Looking very much like their very desirable VFR750R, the Honda VFR400R shares similar engine configuration, style, and that distinctive “PRO ARM” single-sided swingarm. The sophisticated V4 featured straight-cut gears in place of a chain or belt and drove twin overhead cams. Early VFR400s used a 180° crank, but the NC30 shared it’s 360° “big bang”…
Before heading out for the holiday weekend, here is a bit of unobtanium: a 1989 Honda RC30 located in Canada. Perhaps if you are heading towards Ontario for the holiday anyway, a short detour is in order? 1989 Honda RC30 for sale on eBay in Canada The RC30 is a bike that every serious…
Update 11.2.2016: Sold in just one week. Congratulations to buyer and seller! -dc In the early 1990’s Kawasaki and Team Muzzy found the handle to AMA Superbike racing and won championships with Doug Chandler and Scott Russell. And while the Sunday wins sold a lot of ZX-7R’s later in the week, Kawi also brought in…
1986 Suzuki GSX-750R LE with 6k on ebay australia Yes, you read that right: 6 kilometers, essentially 4 miles,…since new,…30 years ago! And its the LE version, which means its a homologation bike. For anyone who doesn’t know what that means, here is a bit of history: Back in the mid 1980’s the heads of…
The popular conception of homologation specials is one of thinly-veiled racebikes, competition bodywork with a couple holes cut in it for headlights, close-ratio gearboxes, and racebike power just a remap/rejet away. The reality is sometimes far less exciting. Sure, the Honda VF1000R may look like an endurance-racing bike with lights, but at a portly 600lbs…
We just had a nice RC45 here on RSBFS last week and given the rarity of these it’s a bit of a surprise that another one has popped up for sale so soon. While the previous bike was a gray import bike offered by a dealer in Florida, this one looks to be a US…
Update 8.1.2016: The seller has notified us that this bike has sold. Congratulations to buyer and seller! -dc V4-powered sports motorcycles are all the rage now, but they were long associated with just one manufacturer: Honda. Their homologation RC30 set the standard for “exotic” in the late 1980s and 1990s: V4, gear-driven cams, single-sided swingarms…
A pure homologation special never intended for mass-production, the Yamaha YZF-R7 OW02 was a spiritual successor to the storied OW01 that took the fight to the famous Honda RC30 and the Ducati 851 Corsa featured this past weekend. But where the Honda used a different engine configuration than their more common mass production sportbikes and…