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Brand New Honda NR750 and RC30 Stashed in Sweden

4 posts Started 5 Jun 2010 Last recovered post 15 Jun 2010 Wayback Machine snapshot 4 Jun 2011

#1
Bengt Gunnarson, who is the owner of Stockholm's MC-Varuhus (Motorcycle Warehouse), does something most dealers are terrified of: he actually collects motorcycles in between selling them. In 1992, when the Warehouse received its shipment of not one, but two Honda NR models, Bengt quietly stashed one in the basement for a rainy day. Since then, we have yet to see many eight-valve V-four engines with oval pistons floating around. But this was not the first time that Gunnarson had seen the writing on the wall. Only three years earlier, in 1989, as Honda's HRC division was producing a limited number of RC-30 models to meet World Superbike homologation rules, a parking place was also made for a boxed RC in the cellar. Recently, the crew at MC-Varuhus opened the vault and uncrated these two beautiful bikes. The plan is to let them spend some time out in the open, albeit in display cases, where visitors to the dealership can get a first-hand view of both bikes. Fascinating video for the vifferisti (subtitles in English), and too short at 2:35:
#3
Seen before but still truly amazing and beautifull bikes. Love the tail on the NR750.
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