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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 reproduces Loris Capirossi's #65 West Honda Pons livery from the 2001 500cc World Championship, the final years of the two-stroke grand prix era. Panels open for engine detail. A significant piece for collectors marking the end of 500cc motorcycle racing history.
Honda NSR500 West Honda Pons #65 L. Capirossi 500cc World Championship 2001 Minichamps 1:12
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Brand
Honda
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 recreates Loris Capirossi's #65 West Honda Pons livery from the 2001 500cc World Championship, panels opening onto engine detail. A significant piece marking the closing years of two-stroke grand prix motorcycle racing.

The 500cc World Championship represented the pinnacle of two-stroke motorcycle racing before MotoGP's four-stroke transition arrived just a year after this entry, making 2001 a genuinely significant late chapter in that long history.

Diecast Detail at 1:12 Scale

This NSR500 is built in zinc-alloy diecast at 1:12, a scale that gives Minichamps room to capture the two-stroke machine's compact, purposeful fairing and exposed mechanical elements with genuine precision. Opening panels reveal engine detail beneath the bodywork, showing off the V4 two-stroke configuration that defined this final generation of 500cc racing machines. The West Honda Pons sponsor livery is applied with sharp, legible graphics across the fairing and tail section, and the model's metal construction gives it real heft compared to lighter toy-grade alternatives.

Capirossi and the Final 500cc Seasons

Loris Capirossi rode for the West Honda Pons team during the 2001 500cc World Championship season, one of the final years before the category transitioned entirely to four-stroke MotoGP machinery in 2002. Capirossi had already built a strong reputation across multiple grand prix classes by this point, and his continued competitiveness on two-stroke machinery in these closing seasons cemented his standing as one of the sport's most versatile riders across a genuine technical transition.

A Piece Marking Motorcycle Racing's Transition

This NSR500 anchors a 500cc or two-stroke motorcycle racing collection at a genuinely pivotal historical moment, its larger 1:12 scale giving it real shelf presence. The opening panels reward close inspection of the mechanical layout beneath a livery from motorcycle racing's final two-stroke era. Paired with the following season's four-stroke YZR-M1, it helps document one of the sport's most consequential technical transitions from both sides of the divide.

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