Honda RC211V

The Honda RC211V is a 990 cc four-stroke race motorcycle from Honda Racing Corporation, developed in 2001 to replace the two-stroke NSR500. It was a direct result of the major rule changes for the 2002 season, when the 500 cc class of the world championship was renamed MotoGP and four-stroke engines of up to 990 cc and from three to six cylinders were allowed, which led many teams to switch to four-strokes. The name reads RC for Honda's racing prefix for four-strokes, 211 for the first works bike of the twenty-first century and V for the V engine. In its debut year Honda and Valentino Rossi won the constructors' championship by more than 100 points, and power rose from about 200 to 240 bhp in 2003 along with traction control. The RC212V replaced it in 2007.