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…
Update 5.2.2016: Seller has received a deposit. Congratulations to buyer and seller! -dc The 400cc Honda NC30 has long lived in the shadow of its bigger brother. Not particularly fast, but definitely expensive then and now, there’s certainly a lot to like about the VFR400, but outright speed isn’t really on the list. Instead, you’re…
How cool to have a great championship commemorative that you could just jump on and ride, almost without worry ? Not a temperamental exotic as you’d expect a replica Moto GP replica to be, but a downsized but very sporty model with a winning drivetrain and graphics package. Valentino Rossi’s second season with Honda was…
A precursor to the iconic NC30 that was a sort of “mini RC30,” the VFR400R was powered by the a 399cc, gear-driven V4 and had the bigger model’s same ELF-designed Pro-Arm single-sided swingarm. Visual differences compared to the later NC30 include a more conventional, street-bike styled single headlight and bodywork, along with four bolts to…
The Honda NC30 was officially introduced in 1989, although this one obviously slipped in under the wire as, according to the seller, it was manufactured in December of 1988. This was the first year of the smaller V4 to feature the iconic look seen here, with dual round headlamps to match the single-sided swingarm and…
1994 Honda VFR400 on eBay Grey Market imports are always a bit of a rare bird over here in the States. With our long, flat roads and lack of a graduated licensing system, the 400s just didn’t have a market here and that’s a shame. (Yes, I know we got the FZR400, but it’s not…
Just a few days after Mike posted this NC30, another one has popped up on eBay. This one is in very nice shape with a couple noted scrapes, but looks great for actually riding and not stored in a corner somewhere. Buy-it-now is set at $7k and yes it has plates. Which do you prefer,…
RSBFS faithful know – and generally love – the NC30. Posing as a RC30 (especially with this livery), but in smaller size, less weight and a screaming 400cc V-four, the NC30 is the less expensive choice. But you don’t give up fun for that; what you trade in outright HP you gain in smiles per…
