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Hi everyone! I just joined this forum because I had a quick question. I am currently helping out a friend who owns a motorcycle shop in Wisconsin and we think these are parts from an RC30 but just wanna double check. If they are and anyone wants them please let us know!

Hoping this is the right place to post. This is the rebuild process of my early prototype VFR-750R built in 1986 and imported into Australia specifically for use as a race bike. I bought it in 1994 and was lucky enough to get it with an engine that was built in 1993 with the full HRC race kit installed. At the time this kit alone cost almost $60,000 in addition to the cost of the bike. And back then they were selling in dealerships for just under $20,000. The bike was raced its entire life and then retired when the RC45 was introduced. Thats when I was able to pick it up for what I considered to be a steal. I rode the hell out of it, doing 50 or so track days in 5 years before the crank lost a gallery plug, causing the bottom end to seize. The stock titanium conrods were destroyed but I was able to get the crank repaired. At the same time I was in the process of moving here to the US so I had no time to repair it. As a result I covered the chassis in a layer of grease, put the engine in a waterproof box and put it into storage. 10 years later I was able to ship it over here so I packed it up and it arrived with the thick layer of grease still in place. It took another 3 years to find all the parts I needed before I could even think about rebuilding it, and then my 996 went all Ducati on me and I had to rebuild it just so I could get rid of it. But once that was done I cleared out my work space and got started. There were a few nasty surprises in the build but nothing I couldn't handle. There were a bunch of parts on this bike custom made by the race team that were either broken or worn out but thats why I taught myself how to use Autocad and a bunch of CAD/CAM programs. I built myself a small CNC mill specifically to make parts for this RC30. So here are some pictures: My first track day on this bike early in 1994 Picking up the package from the freight hub in Houston The special parts cleaner in use. It works perfectly. Cases all clean and ready to go back together. Heres the top end ready to go back together. New aftermarket rods cost more than my KTM supermoto. You can see the damage on the original titanium rod but these are not repairable. Checking side clearance on the new rods when installed. Using the damned expensive internal micrometer to check the custom bearings. Much more accurate than plastigauge provided you take all measurements with the parts at the same temperature. Old pistons are worn out. Thats why the motor was smoking a little the last few times I rode it. New pistons. Notice the different reading on the micrometer. Thats the difference between smoke and no smoke under decell. Checking the cylinders. Thankfully they were still within spec. This motor has the cylinders cast into the top crank case. As a result the engine has to come apart any time new pistons are needed. Here they are going in: From below. Individually weighed and balanced rods and pistons installed. Transmission installed after each gear was washed and all bearings checked. There are four of these oil jets in the cases. Dont forget any or there will be problems. Cases together. It takes a lot of jiggling. Heres a question - who can shed some light on the spiral groves on this bolt? It holds the cases together so has no interaction with oil or gears. Heads of two of these are visible in the next picture. Flipped over, this is the oil pump. Its actually from a VF1000R as the standard pump doesnt have passages for the lines to the oil cooler. I figured this would be the best time to bring the engine and chassis together. Thats when I noticed the crud in the threads. Heres a shot from the timelapse - frame installed on the engine. http://youtu.be/PTBPv6x7GbA Roger at OnroadOffroad.com rebuilt the shock and forks. This is the titanium swingarm pivot - part of the HRC kit. It feels light as aluminum. Here are the starter motor and gears I installed when I first got the bike. Why? Bump starting is a real pain. Race kit crank allows ignition timing to be adjusted. All ready to button up. (oil cooler bypass line waiting for new hoses) Time to start work on the carbs. Luckily I emptied them before I stored them so they werent bad at all. I installed a choke system - not easy with the short-port NL0 heads. But worth its weight in gold. On the other side of the motor I found some more stripped threads. The race team helicoiled almost every bolt hole in the motor for reduced weight. I did the rest. Coming together nicely. Checking piston travel to verify cam settings. Checking cam travel. There is actually a degree of difference between the front and rear intake cams. Not sure which one is wrong though. I cant adjust until I know which one is correct. I then found a bad bearing on the front bank so I replaced both. Here the hot bearing drops onto the chilly cam. Race kit ID mark. Now comes the fun part. The race kit wiring harness was replaced with the stock wiring harness so I could use the starter but is huge and heavy. So I ordered a used VFR-F harness to donate wire and connectors for a new harness made to the race kit wiring diagram. I later found out that there were several plugs missing from the F model harness. I found a goldwing harness that had all the plugs I needed and it was an easy process to make the new harness with starter motor and charging circuit added. Kit CDI connected to the new harness. We now have sparks in all the right places. Heres the new brake calipers mounted with custom made brackets. The old calipers needed new seals that were no longer available. Hopefully these calipers from a 999S will work as well as the AP Lockheed ones. (Thats not dirt on the calipers, the previous owner painted them then scraped most of the paint off. Theres a little more left to do though).

I came across this today. Sorry if it has already been posted. Listen, watch, enjoy https://www.sportrider.com/1990-honda-rc30s-promo

Hi guys, I'm going to modify my VFR750 RC36 (1991) into an RC30. I have been searching hours for different parts and found most of it. The one thing I cannot find is the mirror mounts for these mirrors: http://www.wemoto.be/bikes/honda/ns_125_rh_rk_rl/88-93/picture/mirrors_pattern_pair/ So they are for an NS125R, but are very similar to the cool RC30 mirrors. They should be fitted (I think) in the mirror mounts as circled in the image with the black mirrors. So I need these mounts with the 2 pins (as shown in the image with white mirrors). Does anyone have an idea as to where to get those? Thanks!

I am still waiting for the video of them running... https://www.facebook.com/MotorcycleNews/videos/10154213530678855/

Righto, seeing as how this is the first and so far only entry in the RC30 section, I thought we could do something useful with it. I know the list will likely be short, but how about adding to this thread info and stories about YOUR VFR750R experiences. Most of the other sections on VFRD have proud owners discussing their present and past VFR's with and without pictures, so let's get some RC30 posts happening. This could turn out to be a useful resource or just a cool collection of pictures and stories, either way VFRD needs more RC30 stuff. There can never be too much RC30 stuff! (My wife might not agree...) Edited spelling.

So witch VF/VFR___R (all road going include the NR750) is the best looking? The contenders: 1. VFR400R NC21 2. VFR400R NC24 3. VFR400R NC30 4. RVF400 NC35 5. VF1000R 6. VFR750R 7. RVF750 8. NR750 And tell what color was the best, if there was a other than in the pics....

File Name: MCN - Honda V4 30 Year Special (16 May 2012) File Submitter: fabio222 File Submitted: 20 Jan 2015 File Category: Article Scans A comprehensive look at V4 Honda's over the last 30 years by British weekly magazine, Motorcycle News. This was published in May 2012. This was scanned with a camera phone and then converted into a PDF. Most of the pages are of decent, readable, quality. Click here to download this file

Over at SuperbikePlanet there is a nice photo gallery of the RC30 gathering during the WSBK event at Monza in 2007 http://www.superbikeplanet.com/image/archive/rc30monza2007/index.htm

File Name: Cycle VFR750+RC30 1990 File Submitter: Lorne File Submitted: 24 Mar 2014 File Category: Article Scans Cycle magazine's intro/comparison of the VFR750F and the RC30, Aug.1990 Click here to download this file

Since the model year for my old girl will be 25 years old in a month, I thought it was time to pull her out of the living room and put her back on the road. The list of things to do; clean the carbs rebuild front brake calipers general tune up install the rear brake arm install Maxton ride height adjuster install 17" rear wheel new tires Micron slip on exhaust Ride her!

I am definitely going again next year! Have already been to two previous. In 2011 my father and I rode down while I was still Suzuki Bandit 250 mounted. This year was VFR year and I can't wait to do it all again next year! Next year is the 20th running of the Island Classic so it is sure to be a massive event. Rumour has it an American team is planning the trek to contest the International Challenge. For some pictures and videos check out MCNews.com.au (http://www.mcnews.com.au/latest.htm). For those who don't know what it is, basically there are "Periods" in which all manner of bikes, from WLA Harley Davidsons, Velocettes, Manx Nortons and Indians through to Japanese superbikes up to 1982 compete. Two stroke Yamaha 250 and 350s and Bultacos against Honda CR72/77 500s and too many more to mention. Notable mentions are 175Hp Suzuki Katanas, many Honda CB900/1100Fs, the Irving Vincent 1300cc and of course what has to be the worlds fastest and maddest CBX1000 with 6 into 6 pipes! A new category was created this year to meet the rolling ages of bikes. Period 6 allows 750-1000cc bikes from 1983-1990, so you end up with GSXR750 against ZXR750R and so many other models. Malcolm Campbell was to race his original Australian Superbike Championship winning RC30, however it remained in the pits. In the race was an awesome 1989 VFR750F racer. This thing ran third against what I would have thought were much stronger bikes. See pix below. I didn't get the chance to talk to the owner, so I couldn't find out any nitty gritty. Suffice to say I suspect this thing was slightly larger than 750. Does anyone know what common overbores these things took? Were the earlier VFR750Fs still limited to 837cc max? Were the 860s acually based on the older motors and therefore 360 degree crank? This VFR was a 180 degree. Dad and I headed off from home Saturday morning. Took about four hours to get to our cabin ~40Km North of the racetrack. Weather was fine but very warm, about 35C. Visited the Vietnam Veterans Museum on the way to Cowes. Visting the museum is a MUST. Stayed overnight and met up with one of Dad's mates on a ZZR1100 the next morning and got to the track about 8:30. Saw three VFRs, a dark purple/aubergene 4th gen, a red 5th and a RWB 6th (I think). I nodded to all of them just after paying at the booth. Anyone from here in that group? Weather fine for the races, temperatures were between 33C and I reckon it had to have hit 36C+ later on. The beauty of this event is the ability to wander the pit garages. As long as you don't interrupt someone working on their bike, you're free to take photos and chat to owners. Left the track and it was a hot traffic jam. About 10Km from the cabin we could see dark clouds rolling in. I stopped to take my iPhone out of my jeans and put it in a waterproof jacket pocket. Took off again and 500m up the road it hit us. Dad was five minutes ahead by this point and just pulling into the cabin. Our mate on the ZZR was probably fiive minutes behind me. Visibility was down to almost nothing, cars still pushing 100Kmh in the wet. I pulled off down the service road that led to the cabin and out the front of a servo the VFR stepped sideways in a pool of water in front of at least 20 riders taking refuge! I didn't go down though! See the last attached pic of what we were still contending with back at the cabin. Suffice to say we were drenched! Next morning (Monday) we took off and were met with more rain from there to Cranbourne. Stopped at Maccas for some brekky. Rain all the way to Melbourne. Luckily I had put my winter liner in the jacket. Note to self: get wet weather pants. I was lucky to have taken some zip-lock sandwich bags and handed them out to Dad and mate. Electronics guaranteed to be dry. Got home and had forgotten to protect the garage door buzzer in my pocket - toast. Our mate left us in Melbourne, Dad and I continued to Calder Park servo and it was sunny and very steamy. I checked Weatherzone on the iPhone and it said no rain up ahead. So with that info Dad took off his wet weathers, I removed my winter liner because it was 30 something degrees. 20Km North of Calder Park it BUCKETED down. For another 130Km we endured the rest - soaking wet. Yes we could have stopped, but why bother when we were already wet? Put wets over wet jeans? Pull the winter liner out on the side of the road to get it wet before putting it over a wet T-Shirt? Nah, grin and bear it and enjoy the ride! It wasn't cold anyways, probably high 20s. All in all a great little adventure. Hope to see more of you there next year! Malcolm Campbell's RC30 VFR750F Racer And what we contended with after the race.