New bike bought! Classic but quick enough!

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Just bought this bike today, as a usable classic. Does anyone agree with me that it still doesn't look dated, particularly?
It's a 2 owner 1990 bike with 23,000 miles.

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Early thoughts are that first gear is way too high for the road, but it does mean that the rest are closely stacked. I presume this was to make it more competitive at race tracks in the early 90s?

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Given it a once-over. It has had a new chain and a really good clean.
I am lowering the gearing tomorrow with a front sprocket one tooth down on standard. It will still be geared for circa 150 mph, so that won't be a problem but the clutch will get an easier time and it will be more sprightly from a stand.
Nice bike.

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Fartgalen said:

Is that 121 bikes now ?

122 if you include a 1969 Velo Solex I just got!
0.8 bhp!
0-30 in about a week.

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Andybow said:

My all time favourite bike to have in my garage, I remember in 1989 at brands hatch in the pits and John surtees rode past me on one with his suit on. This and the owo1 I would love to have, how much was it? If you don't mind me asking, I'm always looking, for a used decent one that isn't mega money, most that come up for sale that I've seen are now over 20k

The mileage and FSH (inc. new clutch at 19,000 miles) was a reason I chose this one and I knew the previous owner who had basically just got too old to ride it. OK, I wasn't going to mention price, but I paid £18,000 for it.
The local lad who has a GSXR750 can't see the point of the RC as ''his bike will destroy mine for a fraction of the cost'' (his is a 2012) and he is right but I don't care!!!

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papercup said:

It will be stolen immediately.

Not from my home, it won't, but yes I suppose some low life could pinch it whilst I am out and about on it. But like the Ducati it's rarely out of sight and when it is, well, I just hope the alarm and tracker do their job.
I bought this from the proceeds of a one cylinder British bike with 34 bhp and the lights and brakes of a moped! I had about £8,000 left over too. The market is CRAZY for certain bikes.

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srob said:

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I bought this from the proceeds of a one cylinder British bike with 34 bhp and the lights and brakes of a moped! I had about £8,000 left over too. The market is CRAZY for certain bikes.

What did you sell to buy it?

A BSA Gold Star, 1957, just my dad as the only owner from new. Standard, with 2 light restorations done. 98% original.
It had the correct RRT2 gearbox and Amal GP carb, etc.

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It's in bed, nice and warm today and will only venture out when the sun shines, I admit it! But then I am a fair weather rider these days in truth, my times of doing hundreds of miles on a bike in howling rain and gales stopped about 5 years ago. So, I am a part-timer! But at least I admit it!

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I did, for 20 years after dad died, but it was time to cash in. Circa £26,000 for an ancient old one cylinder was too good to turn down.

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I think one owner and almost all original helped, plus the buyer is a Texan multi-millionaire and the $40,000 he paid me is a week's wages to him.

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Fartgalen said:

Is that 121 bikes now ?

122 now! Not very fast this one though!

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I have now done around 600 miles on the RC30. What a noise and what a bike! It got a crowd round it today in Buxton very soon after parking up and questions were fired at me at high speed! Including, ''would you sell it?''
Anyway, no it's not the quickest thing I have ridden, but once under way it's quick enough and I just love the raunchy V4 sound it has, even approaching redline it seems so nonchalant. Great bike.