The RS500s generally fetch around the £50k mark, the NSR500Vs anything from £80k up. We valued the 2001 DeeCee bikes at £125k, and the GP community didn't laugh at us, so I think we got it about right. The DeeCee's are special though. Despite not being Honda chassis, they are two of only five 2001 engined bikes. DeeCee got two motors, Shell Advance got one motor, and HRC kept two for themselves! The motors are much improved on the earlier NX6, and the DeeCees are pushing out around 10rwhp more than pre 2001 bikes! We estimate with the ceramic HRC carbs, which unfortunately had to be returned to HRC after every race (source: Eric Goosens, ex DeeCee chief mechanic) they were running around 140rwhp.
Rich's bike is an RS, but the guy who sold it to him still has a gorgeous NS500 in 1983 HRC Freddie Spencer colours (and another RS500). He still has a Shell Advance NSR500V too.
I've recently been offered Alex Barros' 1997 NSR500V, but it's way out of my price range. Funnily enough though, I was only thinking about a way around this again today! Just not sure I'm brave enough to take the plunge!
StephenRC45 doesn't own an NSR500V anymore, but his old bike is still in the GT Motorcycles collection. If you're ever in the Southwest and have the opportunity, a visit to GT Motorcycles in Plymouth is well worth it. They have the two 2001 DeeCee NSRs, two Bakker NSR500V Repsol specials (97 Aoki and 99 Gibernau reps), Laconi's Tecmas Elf, and of course the stunning TSR F.C.C. AC50M.
If you're into bore strokes, they also have full HRC spec RC45 and SP-1, the race kitted RC213V-S, their RC30 in full endurance spec, and a partially restored ex-Wayne Gardner RS850 (essentially the HRC prototype RC30).
The insurance man almost had a kitten when he visited us a few years ago and we went through the inventory with him!
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