fanny bay r1

Get a 996 or 998 (better bikes) there are tons of them around - just go on the Duc forums. Bought by old gits who always imagined owning a Duc, they mod them with the best parts, fawn over them but never ride them!! You can get them dirt cheap ($7K-$9K gets you pristine, low mileage examples).

I got mine for hardly anything after the guy had just done $10K in engine work - I ride it all summer long!! Great bikes - but - they're not Yamahas!!!

cgfen

ride?
pretty much every chance i get!

Craig

justin993

Great pick up
Don't ride, but appreciate collectable motorcycles

IXLR8

On that subject, where has everyone been?

So far all I've seen are motorcycles parked in parking lots or a driveway.

sdoolin

Lost in the mountains of N. Georgia, no paved road gets you here...

Essexmetal

Always loved the RC30. Also a fan of 2 strokes. The Yamaha and Suzuki 500's of the early 80's were the inspirational first Super Bikes. I know it could not spank an RC30 but I think the RZ500 would keep it honest. As with most the cars and bikes I have they need to have an unusual engine, air cooled 6 or V4 two stroke. This is a 1984 RZV R, Japanese only version with an aluminum frame as opposed to the ROW steel one.
Rick

Slow Guy

Ridden for a few years and can appreciate the RC30 (and asst Ducs and such) but my body just won't let me ride in that position for more than a couple of min. I'd have to be straightened out on a rack when I got off one of them.

Congrats on the find, enjoy it in good health! Love the pics too.

silverporsche993

Flat air cooled opposed two cylinder Cafe BMW R65LS bought new in 1982. Sold in 1984, found and bought again in 2009.

DanQ

Hey I resemble that remark, but with a 748s....

Very nice RC30 BTW!

Slow Guy

^^^ It would take a Chiropractor, 2 massage therapists and a high $$$$ hooker to straighten me out after riding the 748....

Just sayin'

Robert993TT

This is my 748R from 2002. As a track day machine it is perfect. If I was after a street bike I would look elsewhere. The same can be said about the RC30. My mechanic once said that I would throw the bike in the ditch halfway to his shop from my where I live if I would buy one. Maybe he exaggerated a bit. One day I have to find out.

fanny bay r1

Well if we're now posting pics!!

IXLR8

And any like it.

While on a day ride in the Black Forest with friends, I got to switch rides with another rider; I on his MV Agusta 750 F4 and he on my old BMW R65.

Less than 20 clicks later I was only too happy to get back on my BMW.

I've done lots of 1000 mile days on my BMW. No way I could do that on the MV; not on that seat and raked over like that.

But...it is three-dimensional art fit for display in any living room. Its Italian; you can't beat that styling!

IXLR8

I spent the first 10 years touring Europe and the Alps on my non-LS 1980 BMW R65.

The R65 was a bit small for me, but it took me to places most can only dream of and it was (no surprise) bullet-proof. The last 8 years there were on my 2004 (RIP) and 2003 BMW R1150 GS Adventure. More to my liking size-wise and it has incredible range (I hate stopping for gas).

Here they are together for the last time...

speedy88

My former bike (1990 VFR400R - aka NC30 "baby RC30"), I sold it last year. Kind of regreting it now! :-(