This is not a Honda V4. It is, however, a Honda, it is a V, and it is tarted up to to look like one of the most iconic and beautiful bikes ever to grace the world's roads, the VFR750R, aka RC30. This is, in fact, the RC31, known in the U.S. as the NT650 or Hawk GT, a 647cc V-twin sport bike available in 1988-91. It was ahead of its time as a naked sport bike in an era of plastic-wrapped race replicas. The Hawk sported some cool stuff like aluminum box frame and single-sided swingarm, and the bike weighed in at just over 400 pounds. I'm pretty sure the later Ducati Monster took some, ah, inspiration from the styling (from the stock bike, not this example). The little GT was a blast to ride, to which I can personally attest, as I had a gorgeous red one back in 2002. Unfortunately, I found the bike a bit small for my growing frame, otherwise it would still be here today.
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Today's bike comes to us from Iconic Motorbike Auctions. This bike was built back in 1990 by Two Brothers Racing as a race bike, competing against (and beating) bigger Ducatis. The engine is a Stage 1 J.D. Hord-built 700cc motor that features cams, a ported head, lightened pistons, and Two Bro's carb kit — it’s been dyno’d at almost 70 rear-wheel HP. Less than 500 miles are on the motor at most. The bike weighs just over 300 pounds and sports an RC30 front end and rare Two Brothers RC30 body kit. It's sporting a license plate so must be street legal, but that's probably not the point for its next owner. Pretty cool.
And here's a shot of my Hawk........
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