yellow Bike # 2 is my salvage titled 1983 Interceptor, This bike got hit Aug 2004 (I rode this $500 bike for 3 yrs trouble free prior to my son getting hit by a four wheeler, my son walked away from the accident)
There were two kinds of sportbike riders in 1983. Those who owned a
VF750 Interceptor, and those who lusted after one. Armed with newly developed
Honda Grand Prix technology, such as a track-inspired fairing, 16-inch front
wheel, rectangular-section perimeter frame, single-shock rear suspension and
anti-dive front suspension, the Interceptor was a back-road rapier among pocket
knives.
Power was cutting edge. As the first liquid-cooled engine in any sportbike, the
Interceptor's 90-degree V-four spun out an amazing 86 horsepower, making the
bike quicker in the quarter mile and faster on top than its peers. In a top-gear
roll-on, the Interceptor flat crushed them, and, in so doing, exploded the
notion that high-performance sportbikes had to have narrow powerbands crowded
close to the redline. Those triple-disc brakes were regarded as the best brakes
on any mass-produced street bike. When the pavement turned twisty, nothing else
measured up. And if you felt like crossing a time zone or two, the Interceptor
was versatile, smooth and comfortable enough for the job.
Still, its toughest job was racing. New AMA rules required that Superbikes be
built from street-going 750s, so Honda's radical Interceptor arrived with the
heart and bones of a champion. Losing 70 pounds and gaining over 40 horses in
race trim, the new V-4 was equally omnipotent on the track. In 1983, its rookie
year as an AMA Superbike, the VF750F won eight of 14 Nationals, and would begin
a legacy of Honda V-4 dominance unequaled in AMA Superbike racing.
That original Interceptor, through its racing and sales success, proved that
Honda's integrated design approach worked as well on the track as it did on the
street. Fast, agile, comfortable, perfectly balanced, the Interceptor began a
Honda design philosophy that created a line of sportbikes with tremendous
performance and street civility, a line leading straight to the aluminum-frame,
fuel-injected 800 Interceptor in Honda's 2000 lineup.
I figure a soldier brought this home from overseas. This is a very rare
model, title badge on it's frame is titled as a 1982 and the badge is in a
different place then on bikes #2 & 3
it has a PA switch on the left handle bar, and it has these beauty gold rims
(rims are mint)
The bike only has 26k, has a wild sounding 4 into one Hindle header.
yellow Bike # 2 is my salvage titled 1983 Interceptor, This bike got hit Aug
2004 (I rode this $500 bike for 3 yrs trouble free prior
to my son getting hit by a four wheeler, my son walked away from the accident)
red Bike #3 an 1983 Interceptor below was purchased for the gas tank for bike 2 before it got
hit,
it's aging nicely in the backyard under the apple tree...
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