1985 Honda NS400R

SOLD FOR: $7,918

Seller accepted post-auction offer.

Sold on July 13, 2021

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Description

Additional photos of this 1985 Honda NS400R are available here for your perusal.

In 1983, Freddie Spencer became the world’s youngest 500cc World Champion, and he did it on a Honda V3. Honda responded by releasing a 250cc production bike to commemorate the win, but it took them until 1985 to build something closer to the actual size of Freddie’s champion. That was the NS400R, and even though it gave up 100cc and plenty of power to the race bike, Honda called it a “race replica”.

The two-stroke V-3 displaced 387cc and it was good for 72 horsepower and 37 pound feet of torque, both at nearly 10,000 rpm. Oh – and the whole thing weighed less than 360 pounds. For more information on the NS400R, check out this article from Classic-Motorbikes.net. Depending on who you talked to, the NS400R wasn’t as fast or aggressive as the 500cc race reps from Yamaha and Suzuki – but the tradeoff was that this was a confident handling bike. A review rehosted on Motorcycle Specs says “the NS is exciting and pretty near faultless.”

This example is VIN: NC19-1004927

The seller acquired it five years ago as a non-running project. He recently (within the last two months) brought it back to life by cleaning the carb, cleaning the tank, installed a Red-Kote tank liner, new petcock, hydraulic fluid flush, new fork seals with fork oil flush, new coolant, oil change, new chain, and new tires.

It also has new tires with date codes of 4020 and 4620.

Since then he’s covered 15 miles. The odometer shows 8,782 kilometers (5,456 miles).

The seller states that it originally had Rothmans bodywork. The OEM plastics were repainted in the last two weeks.

The sale includes three keys.

Cosmetic Blemishes: please view the photo album up top for 180+ detailed images.






Inside of the tank:

Currently located at our facility in Santa Monica, California (please make an appointment for an inspection), this Honda is offered on a Bill of Sale only. Have any NS400R stories or questions about this listing? Let us know in the comments!

Additional Information

Location

Santa Monica, California

Model

NS400R

Year

1985

Make

Honda

Mileage

5,456

VIN

NC19-1004927

Title

Bill of Sale Only

Title State/Country

N/A

Private Party/Dealership

Private Party

Additional Charges

No

Total Bids Placed: 31

Auction has ended.

Auction expired without reaching reserve price.

Highest bidder was: b*****s

After the auction ended, the seller accepted an offer of $7,918 including buyer fees.

Bidder Name Bidding Time Bid Auto
b*****s July 15, 2021 9:58 am PDT $6,400 Auto This was automatically placed for a bidder with a higher proxy.
g******n July 15, 2021 9:58 am PDT $6,300
b*****s July 15, 2021 9:18 am PDT $6,100
n*****l July 14, 2021 7:53 am PDT $6,000
b****1 July 14, 2021 7:53 am PDT $5,900 Auto This was automatically placed for a bidder with a higher proxy.
b****1 July 14, 2021 7:53 am PDT $5,850 Auto This was automatically placed for a bidder with a higher proxy.
n*****l July 14, 2021 7:53 am PDT $5,750
b****1 July 14, 2021 7:53 am PDT $5,600 Auto This was automatically placed for a bidder with a higher proxy.
n*****l July 14, 2021 7:53 am PDT $5,500
b****1 July 13, 2021 2:19 am PDT $5,300
g*******n July 13, 2021 2:19 am PDT $5,200 Auto This was automatically placed for a bidder with a higher proxy.
g*******n July 12, 2021 9:50 pm PDT $5,100
p******2 July 12, 2021 9:49 pm PDT $5,000 Auto This was automatically placed for a bidder with a higher proxy.
g*******n July 12, 2021 9:49 pm PDT $4,900
p******2 July 12, 2021 8:06 am PDT $4,746
n*****l July 12, 2021 8:06 am PDT $4,646 Auto This was automatically placed for a bidder with a higher proxy.
n*****l July 12, 2021 5:45 am PDT $4,500
p**l July 12, 2021 5:45 am PDT $4,400 Auto This was automatically placed for a bidder with a higher proxy.
p**l July 10, 2021 7:44 pm PDT $4,300 Auto This was automatically placed for a bidder with a higher proxy.
c*******o July 10, 2021 7:44 pm PDT $4,200
p**l July 10, 2021 3:56 pm PDT $3,200
g*******n July 9, 2021 11:09 pm PDT $3,100
g**r July 9, 2021 11:09 pm PDT $3,000 Auto This was automatically placed for a bidder with a higher proxy.
g*******n July 9, 2021 11:09 pm PDT $2,900
g**r July 9, 2021 11:09 pm PDT $2,800 Auto This was automatically placed for a bidder with a higher proxy.
g*******n July 9, 2021 11:09 pm PDT $2,700
g**r July 9, 2021 11:08 pm PDT $2,600 Auto This was automatically placed for a bidder with a higher proxy.
g*******n July 9, 2021 11:08 pm PDT $2,500
g**r July 9, 2021 9:00 pm PDT $2,100 Auto This was automatically placed for a bidder with a higher proxy.
u****c July 9, 2021 9:00 pm PDT $2,000
g**r July 9, 2021 10:04 am PDT $1,000
Auction started July 8, 2021 11:19 am PDT
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1985 Honda NS400R
Asking price (including buyer’s fee): SOLD FOR: $7,918
$0.00 to the seller