1989 Honda VFR 750 RC30

The RC30, or VFR750R, was the first race replica which was actually a racer too. It was built as a homologation bike to allow Honda to race it in the TTF1 and WSB Championships. Designed by Honda to their exact racing specification, only minimal road going parts were added when it was sold to the public. The RC30 was also the first production bike in the world to feature titanium alloy, which was used to make the con rods and no expense was spared on the rest of the machine either. Every component was the lightest and most expensive possible for a road bike and the result was a motorcycle which weighed a paltry 185 kilos (407lbs). Six years later Ducati's legendary 916 would still be heavier! Each RC30 was hand assembled one at a time in the firm's Hamamatsu plant where the factory race bikes were built meaning customers were virtually getting their own works bikes built for them.The heritage of this marque is too great to do justice to here, but suffice to say that between 1987 and 1990 it proved unbeatable in the hands of Fred Merkel, Joey Dunlop, Carl Fogarty, Nick Jefferies and many more.

This particular bike has had one lady owner from 2007. Apart from a single paint-scratch on a side panel it is in very nice condition indeed. The engine and frame numbers are correct and the odometer shows a reading of less than 12,000 km.

Considered to be one of the greatest motorcycles ever built, very rarely do these fantastic bikes leave the care of their current owners and so this represents a rare and almost unique opportunity to add one of these special machines to your collection.