The Honda Interceptor Story - HOW IT PUT HONDA BACK ON TOP

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• LI

  @limoselect · 2 years ago

  I buy the 1983 original version.    Now 40 years later, i am in the process to rebuilt one. Good emotion.

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• TO

  @tomwagner6334 · 2 years ago

  I wanted a vf500 so bad in ‘84 when they came out. I didn’t have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it of and was only a first year bricklayer apprentice. Bottom line I couldn’t get a loan😂 Now I’m turning 65 in a couple of months and I have a garage full of Hondas, one Yamaha and one BMW. My latest acquisition is a 1974 Honda MT250 Elsinore and I still dream of having a vf500.

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• CR

  @craigbarrett2278 · 3 years ago

  As a schoolboy I drooled over the vf750f. Bought one in &apos;88.<br>I have another now which I&apos;m tweaking with......so far a 7 year project!🤣🤣 life&apos;s busy...<br>But I&apos;ve swapped to a cbr600 swing arm and forks.😊

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• AM

  @Ammageddon89 · 1 year ago

  Bought mine a few years back without knowing anything about it, liked the design and needed a bigger bike for the driver license test (my Z500 was too small, needed 600cc or more). Only now when I started googling it I realise what legend of a bike I have bought.

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• EL

  @ElsinoreRacer · 2 months ago

  I had the original blue 1983. It was like it came from Mars. Perimeter frame (1st), slipper clutch (1st), single-shock linkage rear suspension (1st). The 16in front wheel was great if you had the right profile tire on it and not so fun if you did not. Probably too heavy, but the frame was so rigid and communicated the tire patches so well..... I came from an MX background and rode street like an old lady. With the Interceptor, I was very comfortable pushing the front and stepping out the rear on corner exit. Never rode without knee pucks. Why do we sell these things?

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• JS

  @JsnHgl · 2 years ago

  Bought a used VF750F for $2k in ‘92. Rode it from Charleston, SC to Spokane, WA in 4.5 days. What an experience! Loved that bike. It was my first street bike and I’ll always have a soft spot for it.

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• J.

  @j.t.5826 · 2 years ago

  I remember growing up and seeing the 500 interceptor. I looked at that bike like I looked at it like a women. I drolled over it till I was old enough to buy a VFR 750. I was in heaven.<br>I knew I was hooked on motorcycles. After 30 years of riding and over 30 plus bikes, I still ride and have 6 bikes left.

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• JO

  @jonnyvt6602 · 2 years ago

  I bought a VF500F2 in 2014 and it&apos;s been totally reliable. &nbsp;I&apos;m looking for a VF750FD in UK, but they are very rare in good condition.

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• BL

  @blindsquirrel-v2q · 2 years ago

  I had one new. I was 18. Sweet memories.

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• US

  @user-Terracer · 2 days ago

  I have read where Honda&apos;s R&amp;D budget is more than all of their competitors combined. &nbsp; I can&apos;t back that up - however when Suzuki released the GSXR everything had to play catch up.. &nbsp;I once owned a 1000 &quot;Interceptor&quot; (with gear driven cams) and found it way too heavy and much too hard to change direction quickly. &nbsp; I remember Cycle World magazine tested the V-65 and listed the potential top speed (max RPM in top gear) as being over one hundred and seventy miles per hour.

• LO

  @louislopez55 · 2 years ago

  My friend bought a new 700cc interceptor, but I bought a new 700cc Nighthawk’S’. In a drag race I won, and once on a high speed run I was right on his tail. But his bike was easier to ride fast because of the much superior low-end torque. However, my new 1987 Honda 600 Hurricane was faster in every sense, technology moved fast in those days.

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• JD

  @JDMNatty · 3 years ago

  Love a great story. Friend of mine has put 50k miles on his interceptor. Great to hear the origins of this beast!

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