Soichiro’s finest: the Honda RC30

Motorcyclists are a well-read bunch. Despite the well-publicized travails of some mainstream magazine publishers, the niche market is booming. Every country with a reasonably large population seems to have an independent magazine devoted to custom or ‘alt.moto’ culture. A short-lived entrant to this pleasingly busy market was Retro-RR from England—a high-quality quarterly with 132 pages, celebrating bikes that were ridden or raced in the 80s and 90s. We were so impressed with the launch edition, we asked if we could reproduce an abridged version of our favorite article—covering the mighty Honda RC30. Enjoy. In an age of prosperity, huge tobacco...