Description
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 twin-spar alloy beam frame, 16-valve V4 engine with gear-driven cams, close-ratio 6-speed gearbox and 4-*** 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 race-replica super-sport 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 flat-sided 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
