This is a genuine NS400R for sale somewhere in the U.S.!
Bike: 1986 Honda NS400R
Price: $7,500 USD
Location: Unknown
Mileage: 34,000km (21,126mi)
The seller states that while this bike does have 34k km on it, the bike had an entire engine rebuild and new crank at 32k km. The bike has always been stored inside and starts on the first kick. Unfortunately, the bike is untitled and leads to the best line from the seller’s ad “It has no title as I imported this one from the Netherlands so I can’t register it, but you can.” Oh, OK! The asking price of $7,500 isn’t bad at all for NS4ooR’s that we’ve seen but, this example also isn’t registered.
This bike, and color scheme, was released in 1985 to commemorate Freddie Spencer’s 1983 World Championship; Freddie also won the 500cc & 250cc championship in 1985–the only person to do this. Just like the bike Freddie rode in 1983, this bike is a liquid-cooled, three cylinder, reed-valve, two-stroke in a V-3 configuration. The V format makes the motor very compact–displacing about the same space as a parallel twin–and is housed in an aluminum box section frame. The GP inspired setup results in a dry weight of 163kg (359lb). The 59hp is spread out over the power band (as best a two stroke can do) through Honda’s AT AC (auto-controlled torque amplification chambers) exhaust power valves on the front, two, expansion chambers.
This was a pretty advanced bike in ’85 and is still pretty cool 24 years on, if you have some magical skills or don’t mind a $7,500 piece of furniture–it’s cheaper than that grand piano you probably can’t play–I would have a look at this very nice looking NS400R. See the NS’s we’ve shown in the past here. See this example on the WERA forum here.
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