These legendary engines are practically bullet proof. I have seen quite a few with over 200,000 miles on the clocks and they still run perfect.
The gear driven cam system is genius and does without rattly camchains and dodgy tensioners. It is also incredibly strong, reliable and maintainance free.
Regular oil changing is the key to these engines, change it every 5,000 miles and the engine will literally last forever.
The 1st VFR750 with single side swingarm is THE one to own and the best.
<3 it. RC/NC30 are the best looking bike from the 80's IMO. the massive single sided swing arm is uber sexy... the head light, fairings are perfectly profiled and shaped and looks great from all angles. flawless and perfect.
Such history in this machine. I just hate it when people think Bubba Shibert used an RC30 in the 1988 AMA Superbike championship. It was Fred Merkel's 2 year old RC24.
This and the Ducati 916 are motoring Genesis. They are the two wheeled versions of the Porsche 993 and McLaren F1.
Great bike, great video! The RC30 & RC45 are the best japanese bikes ever built. :) Powerful V4 engine, gear driven camshaft, beautiful single sided swingarm...
Yes, they were really built this way, they was teams of HRC engineers picked for the task, they were assembled in the HRC works rather than the Hoda production facilitiy
@razor650 They do - you just have to spend the $30k+ for them.
The RC30 was expensive - in 1990 I remember them costing $16,500 (at the 1 dealer where they actually sold it). To put that in perspective, the GoldWing at the time cost around $7500.
Pure class!! love it, people can slag honda off all they want, but in my eyes, no other manufacturer comes close...remember the NR750?? underseat pipes...then came the ducati 916..and people think that ducati are the ones with all the style ans ideas lol..
Anyone knows which is the first song of the video? The one that sounds while the bike is being assembled. The other one is Erik Satie - Je te veux, as adivsed in the below comments.
I can't be sure, but it sounds exactly like the main music from the documentary "Man on Wire" about Philip Petit tightrope walking between the twin towers in 1977
I'm realy glad that Honda are going to start mking more V4 performance engines, I rode a vfr 400 and the engine was a peach, dull in the vfr 800, I want to see it in more road race bikes!
me mate has one, he offered me a lap of the isle of man on it...i was too scared i mite have dropped it so declined...proper race bike...not a converted street race rep..
Absolutely awesome film, as a tribute to a well manufactured dream bike. This is the bike japan invents itself new back then. Sad that these bikes like the RC30, OW01 and of course RC45 never had a true follow up. Sayonara
V4 is Honda. I don't like CBR...
Motoloverbmw 1 week ago
beautiful
locusmagnum 2 months ago
This is more beutiful that any ducati
996artichoke 2 months ago
Wow i will own one!
996artichoke 2 months ago
One of the best motorbikes in the history!
XaviSpit 4 months ago
只有兩個字~~~~感動!
能生產出這樣的東西,
那些技師們應該會覺得很自豪。
PassngerC 6 months ago
Look at the size of those visors. I didn't know astronauts tested bikes back then.
bonesintube 6 months ago
I'm sure HD takes this much care in their production bikes..
alanthegringo 6 months ago
@alanthegringo that's funny
456rocko 4 months ago
素晴らしいものを見せていただきました。
うp主さん、ありがとう。
dr30033934 8 months ago
wåhnsin_bîÑ_sÙpèr_Dråüf_gráDE_sucht_màl_Áüf_gòõglè_Ñách:_geldeasy_Ès_klãppt_wIÉ_géschmÌêrt
AuraGinaxy235 9 months ago 67
Jizzed in my pants
benniehitchcock 9 months ago
Building an engine without oil? Hope they never started it! Nice promo video though.
Kitspartan 9 months ago
Just RESPECT
McNeosxx 9 months ago
Nice..., True colors,mate
samiwistler 9 months ago
Absolute perfection!!!!!
gabadoo6969 10 months ago
Some engineering pieces for their character and history are what they are, timeless classics forever, like the spitfire in the ww2, or the vfr
vfrbfl 1 year ago
wow... And friends wonder why I have a honda tattoo on my arm...
billybadass42 1 year ago
the godfather of the VFR series.
epic! i want one
Bertlhuaba 1 year ago
Apparently, Joey Dunlop watches this in Heaven everynight before going to bed.
zuss10r 1 year ago
Ive got a map of ireland on my pants :)
aircooledwizard 1 year ago
six ppl ride harleys
Ecosse57 1 year ago 2
So beautiful it brings a tear to the eye. You can really tell that hey made this bike and vid with pride!
Venom011 1 year ago 3
art.
jablowska 1 year ago 3
These legendary engines are practically bullet proof. I have seen quite a few with over 200,000 miles on the clocks and they still run perfect.
The gear driven cam system is genius and does without rattly camchains and dodgy tensioners. It is also incredibly strong, reliable and maintainance free.
Regular oil changing is the key to these engines, change it every 5,000 miles and the engine will literally last forever.
The 1st VFR750 with single side swingarm is THE one to own and the best.
Thebritishgent 1 year ago
BRUTAL! Estos de Honda las saben todas...
mlapela76 1 year ago
AMEN
bla1die2bla 1 year ago
This isnt Engineering, this isnt Hand-crafting, This is sheer Artistry in in Skill & Steel, a Sculpture, an Immortal Icon....F.
FrostyA1 1 year ago
Being a Kawa fan myself, it's this videos that show that passion for making special bikes isn't all in Italy.
Japanese have always been true craftsmen, driven by perfection. If you know how they did (and do) a samurai sword, you'll know.
They don't always get it right, but when they do...
Marillionado 1 year ago 2
<3 it. RC/NC30 are the best looking bike from the 80's IMO. the massive single sided swing arm is uber sexy... the head light, fairings are perfectly profiled and shaped and looks great from all angles. flawless and perfect.
ghettoracer 1 year ago
Una de las motos de serie msa bonitas de la historia.
FENIXGSXR 1 year ago
This is for me one os the finest promotional videos of all times. I wonder if it was filmed on 35 mm. ...
patpan007 1 year ago
Tecnology and Passion together. Magic!!
Great video! Thanks
ottteb 1 year ago
El video mas bonito que he visto
ricodnf 2 years ago
beautiful
ReadyDC2 2 years ago
pure magic!
luckyseven76 2 years ago
For me best bike in the world... i myself own the litle sister rc30.... great video thanks for sharing
asantos84 2 years ago
i'm crying
jablowska 2 years ago
Such history in this machine. I just hate it when people think Bubba Shibert used an RC30 in the 1988 AMA Superbike championship. It was Fred Merkel's 2 year old RC24.
This and the Ducati 916 are motoring Genesis. They are the two wheeled versions of the Porsche 993 and McLaren F1.
EJ25RUN 2 years ago
this video is like porn for mechanics =)
(got a boner =P )
the nicely machined parts measured on the tolerance watch was as hot as two hot girls wrestling in a pool of oil!!! =P
haugstule 2 years ago 42
Great bike, great video! The RC30 & RC45 are the best japanese bikes ever built. :) Powerful V4 engine, gear driven camshaft, beautiful single sided swingarm...
Thanks for uploading this interesting video! 5*
Greetings from Hungarian VFR Club!
Sayonara!
Csizirajder 2 years ago
your so much cooler on one of these
bunchofdicks 2 years ago
Using no Oil when they assemble the Engine?...
tullebukk24 2 years ago
I don't think they actually built them this way, but it's a nice mood and good info on the details.
It was a beautiful bike.
KutWrite 2 years ago
Still is a beautiful bike !
Yes, they were really built this way, they was teams of HRC engineers picked for the task, they were assembled in the HRC works rather than the Hoda production facilitiy
Rc30clinty 2 years ago
BEAUTIFUL!
Wish they would build Bikes today with the same diligence and handcraft...
razor650 2 years ago 14
They do, in Bologna, Italy.
Ride1098 2 years ago
@razor650 They do - you just have to spend the $30k+ for them.
The RC30 was expensive - in 1990 I remember them costing $16,500 (at the 1 dealer where they actually sold it). To put that in perspective, the GoldWing at the time cost around $7500.
anteleo 1 year ago
Magnifique <3
chetfish56x 2 years ago
<3 love
OceanStateTuning 2 years ago
PB magazine sucks cock - Doesn't it Lil Guv!
cruss01 2 years ago
What a beautiful vid!..PB magazine recommended this video so a big thankyou to all at the pb office. It was an absolute gem!
yazbellvue 2 years ago 3
un grand merci fabulleux
quattroman88 2 years ago
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scribla72 2 years ago
Pure class!! love it, people can slag honda off all they want, but in my eyes, no other manufacturer comes close...remember the NR750?? underseat pipes...then came the ducati 916..and people think that ducati are the ones with all the style ans ideas lol..
stuYZFR1 2 years ago
Anyone knows which is the first song of the video? The one that sounds while the bike is being assembled. The other one is Erik Satie - Je te veux, as adivsed in the below comments.
Thanxxx!!!
shgdf 2 years ago
I can't be sure, but it sounds exactly like the main music from the documentary "Man on Wire" about Philip Petit tightrope walking between the twin towers in 1977
zaner230 2 years ago
erik satie 'gymnopedies'
pegsPboy 2 years ago
@zaner230 you nailed it!
shgdf 1 year ago
thats pure passion and nothing else!
calaiscruiser 2 years ago
nice japanese!
mz799 2 years ago 2
Excellent video! Thanks for posting!
CASpyder 2 years ago
que belleza..., el videoclip es perfecto..., la calidad de los constructores japoneses en su maxima expresion...
you could upload the video to download better quality?please
452845452845 2 years ago
I really loved the bike before watching Honda engineers giving birth to such a beauty. Fine hands for extreme delicate japanese art job.
Thanks for sharing.
Tavi340 2 years ago
I'm realy glad that Honda are going to start mking more V4 performance engines, I rode a vfr 400 and the engine was a peach, dull in the vfr 800, I want to see it in more road race bikes!
steady2wheels 3 years ago
put simply the best japanese bike ever built!
eugi0070 3 years ago
awesome
FM77 3 years ago
the bike is a real superbike icon from the 90s.the video whit that piano part is very borring
madaraszattila 3 years ago
me mate has one, he offered me a lap of the isle of man on it...i was too scared i mite have dropped it so declined...proper race bike...not a converted street race rep..
pmay222 3 years ago
Yeah that's pornography for me.......I love my NT650 and the RC30 is like the cream of the crop.
weedtastic 3 years ago
Well done Soup for bringing this video to the fore !!!
Now [ yet again ] I want one.
theduderwiggysan 3 years ago
iconic bike the v4 drone gives me goosepimples hope to have an rc30 someday soon, a big thanks for posting video
918fblade 3 years ago
A dream owning one of these masterpieces..
i drive the regular VFR 750F :)
dorftrottel2k 3 years ago
was a joy watching joey dunlop race these machines,back in the day
horselaverda 3 years ago
FORCE V4
racefactory900 3 years ago
were these bikes actually hand-made?
DoctorNumber46 3 years ago
Absolutely awesome film, as a tribute to a well manufactured dream bike. This is the bike japan invents itself new back then. Sad that these bikes like the RC30, OW01 and of course RC45 never had a true follow up. Sayonara
Yecora26 3 years ago
fantastic youtube gem !!!!
AcidVFR400R 3 years ago
my friend Lucas Rd350 their mounts in the same way, that's why it took two years with unassembled
kemiras009 3 years ago
Is...romantic video!
RC30 beautiful!
Harno3 3 years ago
oh my, my panties are wet now!
tordenskrald 3 years ago
Pure sex. Reminds me of why I bought my RC30 and makes me get it out for a ride.
linny999 3 years ago
Does anybody know the piano song that was used?
Racr4Lyfe 3 years ago
erik satie
tomdcirca1985 3 years ago
Funny, right after I asked what song it was, I looked at some old CD's and I found this song.
Racr4Lyfe 3 years ago
It is Erik Satie - Je te veux
Rc30clinty 3 years ago
Gymnopedie nº1 (1st from a total of 3)
from Erik Satie.
Awesome choice.
patpan007 3 years ago
Thanks man.
Racr4Lyfe 3 years ago
My pleasure!
patpan007 3 years ago
it really a beautifull film.
Thanks .
pescopocomapesco 3 years ago
Is incredible if I think that today is all different.....very good video....one of the best...
sbiagio 3 years ago
Excelent video :)
When bikes were made with the heart and moved on with soul ehehehe
MrTrecolareco 3 years ago
Thank you so much for posting this!
;-)
leesstuff 3 years ago 2
AWSOME VID!!!!!!!!! What a FIND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THX I Raced the RC30 for 10 years.
VIdeo on Youtube with the RC30 at Daytona.
finstersrc30 3 years ago 4
Very nice. Enjoyed watching this. Been riding V4s since '91. Great bikes... all of them!
V4PWR 3 years ago 2
Bloody superb clip!! :]
Aexomer 3 years ago
its weird that this video is 7:49 which is the lap record that this bike still holds at the ring
rvfpower 3 years ago 2
brilliant vid amazing
MOUNTKENNEDY 3 years ago
Beautiful!!
weet0 3 years ago
Awesome... takes me back to being 18 again.. lusted after a 30 so much... only took another 12 odd years before I got one...
Thanks for posting this vid...
Reggie
reggieperrin06 3 years ago
Top video at last on YouTube and the quality is subperb compared to my UK copy !
Well done !
Rc30clinty 3 years ago
Where in the heck did you find this film?
iamahicfromoutwest 3 years ago