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Originally Posted by Alpinestarhero
If i win the lotto tomorrow, I shall go offer that man £30,000 for the RC30.
and then I shall take it to spannerman for a thourough checking over, and get it running
and I shall ride it and love it forever and ever and ever
an RC30 isn't just for christmas...its for every single sunny sunday of the rest of your life
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Good morning all.
I used to maintain an RC30, which was quite a buzz after many years of mass produced fodder. My customer bought it for £3000 due to a top end clatter.
They're a bit like a Swiss watch inside - Engineering porn if you like
Lifting the cams to shim the beggar was interesting to say the least. They have a scissor gear which is sprung loaded alongside the main camshaft drive gears. You have to insert a locking pin to hold them together when you unbolt the camshaft. The pin hole is 'conveniently' is down the drive tunnel. So it's a 'heart in gob' moment with magnets & rags everywhere.
I turned out that a previous pillock ( I suspect it was the owner) had unbolted the inlet camshaft on the rear cylinder, & allowed the scissor gear to spring back. He had replaced the camshaft without re tensioning the gears, hence the rattle. There was no other damage, after shimming all the valves & balancing the carbs she was sweet. 3k- BARGAIN!
It ran reliably for a couple of years, but unfortunately it was one of the RC30's that was affected by the soft valve seats which was a problem on some. Heads off, & wallet out for the owner, along with the words, 'help yourself'.
It was interesting to work on, the only downside is that everything for an RC30 is around 3 times the price of that of a 'normal' road bike. Head gaskets were a 'HOW MUCH' moment.
Cheers.
P.S. If you ever get to ride one you'll wonder why anyone bothered with fuel injection. The carburation is sublime.