In its role as the apex VFR, the RC30 continues its monetary ascent into the realm of collectors' lairs and speculators' locked vaults, along with a few lucky individuals who possess the model not for its appreciation potential, but for its beauty and significance.
It's a fitting and inevitable position in the moto world for a model never really intended as a canyon prowler, and we can be assured that the remaining bikes will be preserved.
Some time ago I stumbled upon a short treatise on the RC30 penned by Seth Richards....
It's a fitting and inevitable position in the moto world for a model never really intended as a canyon prowler, and we can be assured that the remaining bikes will be preserved.
Some time ago I stumbled upon a short treatise on the RC30 penned by Seth Richards....
"The RC30, or VFR750R, is definitive: a V-4 Honda that gives the impression that every mechanical detail was wrought in aluminum just as it was devised in the brilliant mind of the Japanese engineer whose insomnia was fed by the quest for designing the most efficient suspension linkage or the perfect location for the swingarm pivot. It is passion fueled by obsession, precision as moral imperative, the final iteration as the only iteration. That was Honda.
The RC30 represents that Honda. It’s a motorcycle that’s beautiful in its functionality and significant because of its racetrack achievement.
With a wet weight of 488 pounds and a claimed 118 hp, the RC30’s performance could be eclipsed by a second-hand R6, but its provenance and hand-built beauty make most bikes seem generic by comparison. There’s a whiff of superiority about the whole thing, which only a V-4 Honda can pull off.
To enjoy a V-4 moment, google “RC30 promotion film.” It’s the most soothing motorcycle video imaginable: Men in matching coveralls lovingly assemble an engine and slow-mo racetrack action are accompanied by gentle piano music. Being mesmerized by the images of the pistons being fitted in the cylinders and marveling at Joey Dunlop’s TT lap in V Four Victory are all most of us have as consolation—virtual though it may be."
Seth Richards, Sport Rider magazine
The RC30 represents that Honda. It’s a motorcycle that’s beautiful in its functionality and significant because of its racetrack achievement.
With a wet weight of 488 pounds and a claimed 118 hp, the RC30’s performance could be eclipsed by a second-hand R6, but its provenance and hand-built beauty make most bikes seem generic by comparison. There’s a whiff of superiority about the whole thing, which only a V-4 Honda can pull off.
To enjoy a V-4 moment, google “RC30 promotion film.” It’s the most soothing motorcycle video imaginable: Men in matching coveralls lovingly assemble an engine and slow-mo racetrack action are accompanied by gentle piano music. Being mesmerized by the images of the pistons being fitted in the cylinders and marveling at Joey Dunlop’s TT lap in V Four Victory are all most of us have as consolation—virtual though it may be."
Seth Richards, Sport Rider magazine
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