Description
Please note: Iconic has reduced the minimum buyer fee on this item from $250 to $150.
When the new World Superbike Championship was introduced in 1988, Honda had an issue as its highly successful custom-built RVF750 factory endurance racer (not the RC45) wouldn’t be eligible to compete. So they set out to create a new top-shelf, street-legal, limited edition race bike, producing the minimum number of units required to satisfy homologation rules. Knowing it would only have to turn out a relatively small batch of machines, Soichiro Honda wanted to use the new model to demonstrate what its factory race department was capable of. The result was a no-expense-spared race-grade legend brimming with features previously reserved for track-only machinery. Japan called it the VFR750R, but the bike we fell in love with in America was named the RC30.
In total, only 316 RC30s were sold in the US. The VFR750R (the name given to this bike in other markets) was first released in 1987, though only in Honda’s native Japanese market. The model wouldn’t be offered in America until 1990 — the only year it was officially sold on US shores — despite it being released to Europe and most of the other global markets in ’88. Different markets received different spec RC30s, with some versions getting a little less power. One way in which the American model differed was a red Honda wing in the tank, as opposed to the yellow found in other markets.
These unique wall art tanks are produced by Parc Ferme Moto Art. The artist has been a good friend of Iconic’s and Bike-urious for over a decade and has produced an extremely unique and limited production run of gas tank wall art available exclusively through Iconic Motorbike Auctions. These ultra rare tanks are from a legendary collection of illustrious bikes. Stay tuned for subsequent listings of these amazing art pieces and get yours while supplies last.
The art piece measures 35″x24″x9″ and our transport department estimates shipping from our warehouse in Santa Monica to the continental US be around $150 via Fedex ground. The seller states “Not to worry no original RC30 fuel tanks were harmed to create this. This tank was an aluminum reproduction tank project that was abandoned at about 85% completion due to time and cost. Instead of having it sit in a box it was painted in original VFR750R colors and mounted to a custom plastic board that is wrapped in a synthetic carbon fiber look soft touch material. The stitching is all done by hand, the reproduction RC30 frame badge marks the tank #, there will only be two of these as I don’t plan on cutting up any RC30 tanks anytime soon!”
Currently located in Santa Monica, California, this Honda tank art is offered on a bill of sale only. Have any VFR 750R RC30 stories or questions about this listing? Let us know in the “Comments” tab!
