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Very rare bit of Harley history

  • obisteve
    obisteve
    2 months
    Now that really is rocking horse shit.
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    2 months
    Not sure about you Steve but i have only ever seen one in the Barber Motorsport museum in USA. The shop selling this also has a oval piston NR 750 honda for sale, also uber rare bike....i have actually looked at a piston from one of those from a guy who used to work for RSC now HRC in Australia. Robby used to build all Honda superbikes for Honda Australia in the day.  
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    2 months
    Think the value lays in the rarity of the bike rather than its actual failure of its design brief. Not sure a financial advisor would point you in that direction to make a fortune in the future though.
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    2 months
    Gee i would want it pre sold before i bought this one for a possible flick though.
  • B0nes
    B0nes
    2 months
    Always thought they did a ridiculous color scheme on these things. Although I remember reading an article when they were produced and the author even commented on the paint job, good for robbing a bank and riding off in the opposite direction. "Yes officer, they rode off on an orange bike". Next witness "No No it was a Black Bike".
  • paulybronco
    paulybronco
    2 months
    Quoting B0nes on 07 Sep 2024 07:15 AM

    Always thought they did a ridiculous color scheme on these things. Although I remember reading an article when they were produced and the author even commented on the paint job, good for robbing a bank and riding off in the opposite direction. "Yes officer, they rode off on an orange bike". Next witness "No No it was a Black Bike".

    Ha Ha bones i think back in the day you posibly needed to rob a bank to get your hands on one. Obviously the color wasn't the selling point but the promise what it was going to produce. Typical HD....overpromise and underdeliver!
  • obisteve
    obisteve
    2 months
    Followed the program with interest in the American bike mags in the day, just as I'd followed the Cosworth Norton disaster earlier. 
    But by the 90s  I just wouldn't have bought that style of bike even if they got a production version on the road at a reasonable price. I was too happy riding around almost down at the speed limit with mini apes, open face helmet and a big smile after the insanity of my Katana years.
    Loved the way they registered and sold the 50 road going homologation bikes in Poland, meeting Polish version of EPA regulations. I think they went for $60,000 US at the time.
    Went looking around online about it today, came across a great comment, "Harley thought they would never be able to sell enough VR1000 T shirts, so they dropped it"
    Cruel, but good for a laugh.
  • Neale
    Neale
    2 months
    Wouldn’t be able to sell enough T shirts.😀😀😀
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