The Honda RC213V is a road racing motorcycle

Motorcycle

A motorcycle is a single-track, two-wheeled motor vehicle. Motorcycles vary considerably depending on the task for which they are designed, such as long distance travel, navigating congested urban traffic, cruising, sport and racing, or off-road conditions.Motorcycles are one of the most...

 developed to race in the MotoGP series for the 2012 season

2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

The 2012 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season will be the 64th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.The MotoGP class changes to allow up to in capacity, with a limit of 4 cylinders and a maximum cylinder bore. In addition, outside of the factories, Claiming Rule Teams will be introduced,...

. Rules for 2012 allow motorcycles up to 1000 cc in capacity, with a limit of 4 cylinders and a maximum 81mm cylinder bore.

The model name designates the following:

• RC= Honda's traditional racing prefix for 4-stroke bikes
• 213= third works bike of the 21st century
• V= V engine
  V engine
  A V engine, or Vee engine is a common configuration for an internal combustion engine. The cylinders and pistons are aligned, in two separate planes or 'banks', so that they appear to be in a "V" when viewed along the axis of the crankshaft...
  
  

Honda will field two factory RC213Vs, ridden by Repsol Honda

Repsol Honda

Repsol Honda is the official factory team of Repsol YPF and the Honda Racing Corporation in the MotoGP World Championship.-History:In the team entered a 3 rider lineup with Mick Doohan, Àlex Crivillé and Shinichi Itoh riding the Honda NSR500...

 teammates Casey Stoner

Casey Stoner

Casey Stoner is an Australian professional motorcycle racer. Born in Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia and raised in Southport, Queensland, Stoner raced from a young age and moved to the United Kingdom to pursue a racing career...

 and Dani Pedrosa

Dani Pedrosa

Daniel "Dani" Pedrosa Ramal is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer. Pedrosa grew up in a village near Sabadell called Castellar del Vallès. He is the youngest world champion in 250cc Grands Prix...

; a third and fourth will be used by Álvaro Bautista

Álvaro Bautista

Álvaro Bautista is a Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He currently competes in the MotoGP class of the Grand Prix Motorcycle World Championship...

 in the Gresini Racing

Gresini Racing

Gresini Racing is a motorcycle racing team currently competing in the MotoGP World Championship under the name Team San Carlo Honda Gresini and in the Moto2 World Championship under the name Gresini Racing Moto2....

 team and Stefan Bradl

Stefan Bradl

Stefan Bradl is a Grand Prix motorcycle racer who currently is a rider in the Moto2 Class. He is the Moto2 World Champion, and the son of former racer Helmut Bradl....

 in the LCR

Team LCR

Team LCR is a motorcycle racing team currently competing in the MotoGP World Championship under the name LCR Honda MotoGP. The team is founded in 1996 by Italian rider Lucio Cecchinello. They are represented by Spanish rider Toni Elías in the MotoGP class, riding a Honda RC212V bike.-1996–2003:...

team.

At the first pre-season test Pedrosa and Stoner were at the top of the timesheets with the new RC213V.