Why are RC-51's so expensive?
 

Here is a 2002 w/ 13.5k miles on it for $6200..

Do people actually pay these crazy prices?

http://longisland.craigslist.org/mcy/2302590553.html

Almost. That one seems a little high, but yes they seem overpriced because they are limited in numbers

Performance chrome exhaust ?! WTF is that. LOL.

The sad thing is that in stock form, the RC51 is really anemic. I was disappointed when I rode a bone stock one. The handling is great, the brakes are great. The motor is so restricted it sucks.

Call it Honda fanboi-ism maybe? I dunno, but I've noticed the same thing.

Here's another one that I've seen on Craigslist for over a yr..

http://newyork.craigslist.org/lgi/mcy/2306620281.html

01 with slightly less miles going for more money!

Must be a Honda fanboi thing.. so does that mean I can get 20k for my S2000 because it's a Honda.. Don't worry about the fact that it has 60k miles.. It's a honda!

Because the owners friggin LOVE them and can ASK that much

http://www.troybaker.com/tlr/pits3.jpg

They're not all that fast, they don't handle as well as most 04-newer sportbikes, but they've got a great deal of character. And close to stock ones are getting a lot harder to find.

They are cool bikes. I wanted one for years. But I sure as shit wouldn't pay those prices for one....especially for high miles like many of them have.

I found one several months ago on Craigslist... full exhaust, trick wheels, suspension goodies, low miles (for being 10 years old)... $3800.

Unfortunately it was an old ad that the guy never deleted... he said he sold it the day he posted it...

They have a cult following, people either love em or hate em. It's not really a fan boy thing either, because Drewpy isn't a Honda fan boy by any stretch of the imagination and he loves them. They are no longer produced, had low production numbers, and it's getting hard to find decent condition ones. They are just going to go up in price now.

Yeah.. I found 1 decently priced one in CT -

http://newyork.craigslist.org/fct/mcy/2303663486.html

This one is probably sold too.