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Honda RC212V
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| Honda RC212V | |
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| Manufacturer | Honda Racing Corporation |
| Production | 2006-present |
| Predecessor | Honda RC211V |
| Engine | 800 cc four-stroke V4 |
| Related | Honda CBR600RR Honda CBR1000RR |
| Similar | Ducati Desmosedici GP7 Ilmor X3 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR Suzuki GSV-R800 Team Roberts KR212V Yamaha YZR-M1 |
The Honda RC212V is a road racing motorcycle created to race in the 800 cc MotoGP series. Officially introduced on October 30, 2006 as the RC211V replacement in the MotoGP series, it was developed by Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) throughout 2006 and will begin to race for the 2007 season.
The model name designates the following:
- RC = Honda's traditional racing prefix
- 212 = second works bike of the 21st century
- V = V engine
The RC212V features an 800 cc liquid-cooled four-stroke DOHC 4 valve V4 to power the all new chassis built with mass centralization and handling as top priority.
Dani Pedrosa and Nicky Hayden (2006 MotoGP champion) have already begun testing the new bike. The RC212V is expected to continue to evolve before the 2007 MotoGP season opener and all throughout next season. A perennial issue with Honda's GP motorcycle is which team and rider receives the best parts and whether performance differences are due to the rider not the machine; before the racing started in 2007, Marco Melandri said: "In the past few tests I've seen a big progression with Pedrosa's bike, but we're still waiting for new parts from Honda."[1]
Specification as per manufacturer:[2]
- Overall length: 2050 mm
- Overall width: 645 mm
- Overall height: 1125 mm
- Wheelbase: 1440 mm
- Road clearance: 125 mm
- Weight: over 148 kg
- Engine type: liquid-cooled four-stroke DOHC 4 valve V-4
- Displacement: 800 cc
- Maximum power: 220+ hp
- Maximum speed: 335+ kmh
- Frame type: twin-tube
- Front Wheels: 16 in[3]
- Rear Wheels: 16.5 in
- Front Suspension: Telescopic fork
- Rear Suspension: New Unit Pro-link
- Fuel tank capacity: 21 L
- ^ Melandri Still Waiting on Equal Machinery motogp.com, 2007-02-28.
- ^ Unveiling the Honda RC212V (English) (HTML). Honda Racing (2006-10-31). Retrieved on February 23, 2007.
- ^ Michelin Talks About '07 MotoGP (English) (HTML). Superbike Planet (2007-02-22). Retrieved on February 23, 2007.
- HRC official site
- Honda Releases More Details On Their New 800cc MotoGP Contender article from Motorcycle Daily
- Honda Talks 2007 RC212V article from Motorcycle USA
- Honda unveil 'RC212V' article from Crash.net
- Honda Unveils RC212V V4 800 article from SPEEDtv
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| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||
| MotoGP 500 cc 990 cc 800 cc |
Aprilia | RS3 Cube | |||||||||
| Ducati | Desmosedici GP3/GP4/GP5/GP6 | GP7 | |||||||||
| Honda | NSR500 | RC211V | RC212V | ||||||||
| Ilmor | X3 | ||||||||||
| Kawasaki | ZX-RR | ZX-RR | |||||||||
| Suzuki | RGV500 | GSV-R | GSV-R800 | ||||||||
| Team Roberts | Proton KR3 | Proton V5 | KR211V | KR212V | |||||||
| Yamaha | YZR500 | YZR-M1 | YZR-M1 | ||||||||
| 250 cc | Aprilia | RSW 250 GP | |||||||||
| Gilera | |||||||||||
| Honda | RS250RW | ||||||||||
| KTM | 250 FRR | ||||||||||
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| 125 cc | |||||||||||
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