Honda VFR750R TYPE RC30 Manual

This lot will be auctioned via Iconic Auctioneers, The Iconic Motorcycle Sale at Kempton Park 2026 on Saturday the 18th of July, Kempton Park Racecourse, TW16 5AE. , Developed by Honda with one aim in mind to win the World Superbike Championship,Built with a twinspar alloy beam frame, 16valve V4 engine with geardriven cams, closeratio 6speed gearbox and 4pot front brake calipers,Famously ridden to victory by Carl Fogarty in the TT World Championship in 1988 and 1989,Twice as expensive at £8,499 as its other 750cc racereplica supersport rivals,Bike Magazine wrote 'No other bike from the late 1980s is lusted after like the RC30',This machine started life as a standard bike in 1991, imported from the USA and stripped down by the Honda race team in Louth,Built up using factory NLOB race parts with the frame being modified to Formula 1 specification including flatsided carburettors, full race Tony Scott tuned NLOB engine and kit radiators,Modified with a shortened rear swing arm and larger upside down front forks,Steve Hislop competed on the bike during the 1991 season, finishing second behind Carl Fogarty at Oulton Park,1992 saw the bike fitted with E7D forks and was used by Nick Jeffries on mainly road racing events, including a 4th place in the Formula 1 TT and 4th 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 2nd in the Ulster Grand Prix,Presented in mostly unrestored condition,Forming part of a large private collection and may require some recommissioning before 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,