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Honda NSR500 West Honda Pons #65 L. Capirossi 500cc World Championship 2001 Minichamps 1:12

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Honda NSR500 West Honda Pons #65 L. Capirossi 500cc World Championship 2001 Minichamps 1:12 122016165 Diecast
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Minichamps' 1:12 diecast Honda NSR500 recreates Loris Capirossi's #65 West Honda Pons entry from the 2001 500cc World Championship. Detailed bodywork opens over the two-stroke chassis and engine. A genuine piece from the final, most extreme era of premier-class two-stroke racing.
Honda NSR500 West Honda Pons #65 L. Capirossi 500cc World Championship 2001 Minichamps 1:12
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Specifications
Car Brand
Honda
Model Manufacturer
Minichamps
Scale
1:12
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
122016165
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About the Honda NSR500 West Honda Pons #65 L. Capirossi 500cc World Championship 2001 Minichamps 1:12

TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:12 diecast Honda NSR500 carries Loris Capirossi's #65 West Honda Pons livery from the 2001 500cc World Championship. Detailed opening bodywork exposes the two-stroke chassis and engine. A genuine machine from the final, most extreme years of premier-class two-stroke racing.

Capirossi's move to Honda's factory-supported team put him aboard one of the most fearsome two-stroke racing machines ever built, right at the twilight of that engine format's dominance.

Diecast Detail on a Two-Stroke Race Machine

The zinc alloy construction gives this 1:12 motorcycle real presence, and the opening bodywork sections reveal chassis and engine detail representing the NSR500's V4 two-stroke powerplant, an engine format known for brutal, immediate power delivery that demanded genuine skill to control. The West Honda Pons livery is applied with clean, legible graphics across the fairing and tank, and the wheels, brake discs and exhaust expansion chambers, distinctive to two-stroke race bikes, are rendered with real precision. Panel gaps around the opening fairing sections sit within normal tolerance for the scale.

2001 and the Twilight of 500cc Two-Stroke Racing

The 2001 season sat near the very end of the traditional 500cc two-stroke era, just before the category's switch to four-stroke MotoGP machinery in 2002 changed the sport permanently. The NSR500 had a long and successful competitive history by this point, and Capirossi's factory-supported ride represents the format at its most fully developed. For a motorcycle racing collection, a late two-stroke 500 like this one captures a genuinely distinct riding discipline that four-stroke MotoGP machines never quite replicated.

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