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04 October 2020 - Honda RC30 and RC45
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The official name on Honda RC30 is Honda VFR750R, but it is mostly called RC30. It was produced in a number of 4,782 pieces in order to fullfill the homologation requirements to be allowed to compete in the World Championship for Superbikes.

The official name on Honda RC45 is Honda RVF750R, but it is mostly called RC45. It was produced in a number of only 200 pieces in order to fullfill the homologation requirements to be allowed to compete in the World Championship for Superbikes. That makes it one of the rarest Honda bikes ever produced.
Honda RC30
Honda RC30 was introduced in Japan 1987, in Europe 1988 and in the USA 1990. Fred Merkel won the World Championship both 1988 and 1989 on it. Both these years, plus 1990, Honda also won the constructor championship with RC30.
- The four cylinder 748 cc liquid coled V4-engine has a 360° "big bang" crankshaft.
- Bore/stroke is 70 mm/48.6 mm.
- 118 hp at 11,000 rpm.
- 6 geared gearbox with extrem higt first gear (132 km/h).
- Torque 70 Nm at 7,000 rpm.
- Dry weight 180 kg.
- Fuel tank 18 l.
- Top speed 246 km/h.

Honda RC45
For the production of Honda RC45 they used the experiences from the successful Honda RC30 and from Honda's RVF endurance racers, but also from the newly introduced NR750 with oval pistons.
Some differences compared with the Honda RC30 are:
- Bore/stroke is 72 mm/46 mm. This gives higher rpm at the same piston speed.
- Three piston rings compared to two on the RC30,
- 26° valve angle compared to 38° on the RC30.
- Fuel injection compared to carburettor on the RC30.
- A bit sharper front fork angle.
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Honda RC30
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Honda RC45
Look under the menu "Art photos" where bigger photos of these motorcycles are published!
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