1991 Honda VFR750R TYPE RC30
£45,000€51,920US$60,332
Description
Estimated Price: £35,000 - £45,000
- Developed by Honda with one aim in mind - to win the World Superbike Championship
- Built with a twin-spar alloy beam frame, 16-valve V4 engine with gear-driven cams, close-ratio 6-speed gearbox and 4-pot front brake calipers
- Carl Fogarty famously rode an RC30 to victory in the TT World Championship in 1988 and 1989
- Twice as expensive at £8,499 as its other 750cc race-replica super-sport rivals
- Bike Magazine wrote 'No other bike from the late 1980s is lusted after like the RC30'
- Built in Louth using factory NLOB race parts with the frame being modified to Formula 1 specification including flat-sided carburettors, full-race Tony Scott tuned NLOB engine and kit radiators
- Modified with a shortened rear swing arm, factory vented front brake discs and larger upside down front forks
- Steve Hislop competed on the bike during the 1991 season, finishing second behind Carl Fogarty at Oulton Park
- Frame stamped 'Hislop 90' and factory carburettors stamped 'NW200 1989'
- 1992 saw the bike fitted with E7D forks and was used by Nick Jeffries on mainly road racing events, including a fourth place in the Formula 1 TT and fourth in the Senior TT at the Isle of Man
- In 1993 Joey Dunlop took ownership and raced the bike in Northern Ireland with a best result of second in the Ulster Grand Prix
- Forming part of a large private Collection and presented in mostly unrestored condition
- Recent engine recommission, tank clean, radiator flush out and now presented in running order but will require some brake recommissioning and safety checks before track use
- History file included containing, amongst other paperwork, a copy signed letter from Neil Tuxworth and a copy invoice from Honda UK
- Great opportunity to own a piece of Joey Dunlop history
Specifications
- Year
- 1991
- Brand
- Honda
- Model
- VFR750R TYPE RC30
- Condition
- Used
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