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Carbon!

Godfrey

Godfrey

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When I was at the dealership last Thursday, I saw they've gotten in the new Carbon Dark model as well as the new Carbon Shine versions of the V7III. I like the red valve covers on the Carbon Dark, and the carbon side covers and fenders.

"Oh yeah, those valve covers, side covers, and fenders would go right onto your Racer. You'll need the rear frame loop too..."

I can only imagine what that would cost, and how long it would take to get the parts... All style and bling, but a one-off Carbon Racer might be cool. Not any time soon! :D
 
The front fender alone is $580 MSRP!?! Side covers are $350 each, and the rear fender (alone, no frame loop or brackets) is $650. More than the cost of gold per ounce. ;)
 
I wonder how much a Guzzi, say the V7 III Stone, would cost if you bought every single piece on it's own and assembled it yourself? Probably more than my house. :D
 
An eon ago, I was the parts manager at the local Honda motorcycle dealership. This question came to mind when I saw that in the parts books, all the parts for the then-fabled Honda CB750 Daytona Production Racer of about 1970 vintage were available in the CB750 parts books, scattered in and amongst the standard CB750K parts. They had to be, by the rules of homologation of the time, since the production racing class was limited to "production" motorcycles, of which at least a few had to be made in series.

So I took on the task of assembling a 1970 CB750 Daytona Production Racer on paper, listing every part and price. It took me several months of spare time to do it. The answer, then, was about $135,000 per bike. A box-stock and complete, off the showroom floor, CB750K at that time was $1700 or thereabouts, prior to delivery prep, tax, etc. I imagine that even without the bits approach to assembling it, the Production Racer would have been 10x the cost of the production bike because there were so many bits that were special (light alloy, hand machined, etc) but 80x the cost of the stock bike was pretty amazing.

Needless to say, I never actually ordered my Production Racer. But it was an amusing project to cost it out... :)
 
Godfrey said:
So I took on the task of assembling a 1970 CB750 Daytona Production Racer on paper, listing every part and price. It took me several months of spare time to do it. The answer, then, was about $135,000 per bike. A box-stock and complete, off the showroom floor, CB750K at that time was $1700 or thereabouts, prior to delivery prep, tax, etc. I imagine that even without the bits approach to assembling it, the Production Racer would have been 10x the cost of the production bike because there were so many bits that were special (light alloy, hand machined, etc) but 80x the cost of the stock bike was pretty amazing.
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OK, I knew the number could be high, but that is insane.
 
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