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$7800 I'm offering my beautiful Honda 750 V-4 Interceptor. This bike has a unique history — originally supplied by Honda UK as one of three Press Fleet bikes for the 1986 introduction of the new VFR Interceptor. Accompanied by a white and a red example, these three bikes were used for road tests, magazine shoots, etc. When that assignment was completed, a staff member of "Motor" magazine, Rex, requested to purchase one of the bikes. Honda agreed, and Rex chose the blue — this very bike. The following year Rex accepted a position with Ford in Detroit and shipped the VFR to Michigan. After lots of bureaucratic haggling the bike was successfully imported with a Michigan title. Rex kept the bike for the next 37 years and 18,000 miles till he offered it to me last year with the promise that I would refurbish it for its next 37 years and find its next caretaker. This VFR: With 18,161 miles, this bike has had a full mechanical and cosmetic refurbishment. My goal is always to retain as much originality as possible while bringing the bike as a whole up to whatever standard I can achieve — in this case I would put it at a 9 out of 10. ALL of the mechanical systems are inspected, repaired, replaced, rebuilt; whatever was needed (a partial list is below). Cosmetically, I chose to professionally repaint the wheels and both large side fairings along with several small parts. The rest of the paintwork is original, to my knowledge; color-sanded, buffed and polished. The bike has a few small flaws, which I photographed as well as I could and are included in a detailed photo album (see link below). The seat vinyl wasn't up to the rest of the bike so it was professionally recovered in the correct color and texture. The electrical system is inspected, cleaned and works flawlessly. This bike has the Euro handlebar switchgear with a few extra features, compared to the US models, and several other differences. The only significant modification are the aftermarket SuperTrapp slip-on mufflers. To import the bike, Rex needed to replace the mufflers with US-spec mufflers and in the ensuing years the originals were lost. These SuperTrapps are in near-perfect condition with hi-heat powder coat on the black pipes and many hours spent refurbishing the aluminum mufflers. They are tunable and I have the additional discs to allow future changes. And they allow that unique V-4 music — they sound great. My background: I've operated V4 Dreams (.com) for the past 15 years, rescuing and re-homing classic V-4 Hondas. This bike is #42 and will be one of my final projects. Included are all the importation documentation, my work & parts receipts, original UK owners manual, tool kit, Clymer service manual and two keys. The Illinois title is clear and clean, in my name. Some of the service items: Carburetors rebuilt/tuned/synced Spark plugs Valve adjustment Compression check Oil/filter change w/Honda oil Hardwired stator connector Full silicone coolant hose replacement w/Honda coolant New tires; Bridgestone BT46, original sizes Rebuild forks with Progressive brand springs Upgraded steering head bearings All hydraulics fully rebuilt; brakes, clutch Venhill stainless brake lines, in black OEM fuel petcock replaced, new fuel lines/filter Many misc. fairing fasteners replaced Disassembly to frame & engine, full detailing No disappointments, contact me with questions. Thanks for your interest. Joe joe.nelson@ymail.com Photos: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBv3u8

Ok. So I believe I have found the leak from my carbs. It seems to be that the fuel joint gaskets (Items #7 circled in red in the photos attached). The problem is that my Clymer's book doesn't tell how to disassemble the carbs to this degree. It just says refer to a local dealer. I do not have the money to pay someone to repair it at the moment so I am going to attempt it myself. Does ANYBODY out there have a manual or web link that may have step by step instructions, with photos if possible, that I can refer to in order to get this completed? I have the new seals/gasket sets just need the know how. Thank you for any of your help.

Good afternoon VFR riders! Let me introduce myself! My name is Robbert and I am living in the Netherlands. When I was 15 I bought my first VFR because i could not pay my motorcross by working at the local supermarket. I started selling parts of the VFR and nowadays it is my job next to my study! I already stripped about 40 vfr's so I have got a lot of parts of the bike :) The website I created is called www.rvzmotors.nl. I am translating the website into the English language so I can send my parts all over the world. But I am not only selling parts of the VFR. Nowadays I am building a streetfighter. I changed a lot of parts and I am really proud of the results. Next wednesday the silencer is ready to use. Please give me some feedback to the bike. I'd like to learn from other people! I am sorry for my English grammar but it is hard for me :) Thanks for the attention!

Good afternoon VFR friends! Some of you know that I sell VFR parts next to my study and this week I bought an VFR 750 again. This bike is is going to be stripped and every single part is for sale! The bike has been wrapped in cammo colour but you can easily take it off. I can ship the parts to every country in the world. I am based in the Netherlands. I have no fairings of the bike left. I only have the mud guard and a red seat cowl :) On the bike is an Delkevic exhaust which is very cool! (SOLD) The exhaust system is not good anymore. The brakedisks are in good shape. (SOLD) I am looking forward to see the reactions for the parts:) SORRY FOR MY ENGLISH GRAMMAR :) You can contact me by: - Email --> rvzmotors@gmail.com - whatsapp --> +316 34837846

I am having a problem with my VFR750. It has a problem revving up under load past 6000 rpm. I have been told that if I adjusted screws that are circled that it would fix the problem. Here is an explanation of what is happening. When I am riding it will do fine in the lower rpms up to about 5500-6000 rpms. After that when open up the throttle (from half throttle to full throttle) it surges a bit and the rpms will actually start falling slowly while losing acceleration/torque and it sounds as if it bogging. I worry messing with the carbs. I am hoping someone has had this issue and has a fix. Thanks. If anyone has any questions please let me know.

This post will outline my 97 VFR to CBR 929RR suspension, electronics and CBR 600RR Bodywork. Like many people I've been waiting for the return of the RVF, a big 1000cc V4 in a sportbike package leaving the touring aspect behind. I got tired of waiting so I did the next best thing. I bought my 97 VFR in 2007 for $500 from a guy who bought it simply to swap the good fairing to his bike meaning I got some damaged ones. The bike didn't run when I picked it up but about 30 minutes after getting it home and cleaning the carbs, we were trading off taking test rides on it. Bone stock, the suspension geometry and exhaust note made it fun to ride although a little flat on power and the front brakes were less than desirable. The tail fairings had substantial damage and we all know how hard it is to come by plastics for these so I fab'd up a fiberglass alternative for the short term to make it street legal. I scavenged an aftermarket performance exhaust with a left side exit from my 1990 VFR basket case and that began the road to more power/performance including Jet kit, airbox mod, sprocket changes, fork and brake rebuilds, raise the back, etc. At one point I had some popping out of gear so I dropped the engine, split the case, and rebuilt the transmission.The VFR was about as good as it was going to get in its current package and this was fine. It ran the mountain well just like any of my other sport bikes. It's dated design would occasionally get me into trouble when chasing down more modern bikes. The front suspension would flex under all that weight quite a bit on hard braking corner entry and of course release and change geometry mid corner if coming in too hot, typical standard fork issues. The brakes were also less than adequate under hard use managing all that weight. Being aware of these issues, I just didn't push the bike too hard and never really realized the true potential except for brief moments. Since the VFR neck and CBR necks were identical for over a decade, I felt that a suspension upgrade down this path would be the easiest to direct bolt on. And while I'm at it, updating the bodywork would come easy as mounting points on Honda's are all relatively similar. I chose to go with a complete 02 CBR 929RR front end for the Inverted forks, light wheel, and huge 330mm brakes. For bodywork, I wanted a clean adaption of guage cluster (retaining fuel level gauge) and fairings so I chose the 06 CBR 600RR body with electronics. This is the initial result: NOTE: The wiring is relatively straight forward, but you will need a 900rr temp sender to normalize correct temps to the gauge(notice the 255F pictured when cold) and you will need a SpeedoHealer V4 to correct speed differences, everything else works perfectly. I left the coil packs in place but cut the long protruding fairing mounts off the coil pack mounts. I clocked the coil pack mounts so that the radiator moves back just a little to provide clearance for the inverted forks at full turn. NOTE: turning radius is limited a little but only noticeable in a parking lot or when backing the bike into the garage at full clock. The lower mount tab was oval'd out a little to pull the bottom of the radiator in as well. I cut the hoses on my oil cooler and shortened them to mount directly under my radiator flush. The fairings then used the factory bolt hole location on the VFR to finish bolting up. The upper covers of the fairings needed to be clearanced for the coil packs, the side covers needed to be clearanced fro the radiator hoses. Thats all. I used a factory 06 CBR 600RR fairing stay, cut the tab off the end, cross drilled the remainder, and mounted it directly to the stock VFR fairing stay frame tab using 2 aluminum plates and 4 bolts. I have a 12 ton press so I sandwiched the aluminum plates between some steel ones to give them the bends but thats not required to make this work. NOTE: I sold my stock fairings and front forks/wheel to fund this whole project and pocketed extra cash. The handling is substantially improved, braking is much better although using the stock master will require the usage of adjustable levers as the throw to engage is longer. The geometry is much tighter with a slightly shorter fork and loss of offset in the triples so the wheelbase is also shorter. All of this adds up to a more modern stance, ride, turn in, and better cornering. I still have more work to do on the fairings, including finishing the belly pan and possibly incorporating the rear fairings/subframe. I also am currently working on the CBR 929RR rear shock swap as the final compliment to making this system fully adjustable. Things to Note: 929 forks are shorter, period. Use fork cap extenders to gain length and clearance at full compression and or a custom upper clamp that can accommodate mounting them down lower. Both of these approaches are semi costly. Shorter forks also means less ground clearance, less rake, less trail, and less wheelbase. Understand these effects on handling and decide if this meets your riding style. 929 triple clamps have less offset. Understand this affect on handling. This brings the larger diameter forks closer to the headstock and thus closer to the frame which is why the forks hit the radiator/frame with less turning radius. 929 forks have progressive rate springs so typical sag settings do not apply, if you are going to be pushing the bike hard then I recommend replacing these with linear rate springs setup for your weight. RaceTech has them for $99 US. You will need a special tool and some basic knowledge of forks to change them yourself. As eluded to, while the front brake master can be made to work initially, it is not an optimal long term solution, a modern Radial Master is recommended. More to come later:

Hello All, I just bought my first motorcycle and I am having an issue. It's a 1995 Honda VFR750F. I have been riding it for about a week no more then 30 minutes at a time around town. I just took it out to some country roads and the highway for little over an hour. I stopped to pick up a pack of smokes before I went home. I got on tried starting it and the lights dimmed and the starter barely turned. So I had to push start it to get it going. What could this possibly be? Also, the battery is about 1 ½ old. The previous owner bought new and rode the bike once then it sat for a year. So I don't believe it be bad already. Thanks for the help.

Hey guys, I'm extremely new to motorcycles and was looking for any advice about my situation. I have a very beat up 1992 Honda VFR 750 and was wondering if it was best to try and find new fairings, or take the whole thing apart with the help of some mechanic friends and put some generic fairings on it? Not trying to spend too much money so that's my biggest factor I guess. Less than a grand preferably to fix this thing up and have it running soon. Any help or if I need to explain anything else, I will try my best. Thank you!

hello! im new here and actually new to posting on forms completely for that matter! i search and read thru them allot. and have gotten some good info from here so i figured i would give it a shot and see if i can get some extra direction or info! i bought a 1997 vfr 750 from a friend that owns a local bike shop. it was dropped off a U-Haul truck while trying to load it and bent the tail pretty bad so it was a perfect start for what i wanted to do, i already planned on building a custom tail. im a welder fabricator for work and went to technical collage for motorcycle technology and have owned many bikes and still own all types of bike so im not new to any of this but can always use advice from people who have more knowledge on a specific bike. so some info on the bike... when i got it home first thing i did was charge the battery fresh fuel and fired it up ran great! good start, then i striped it of all of its outdated ugly plastics! haha went over the whole bike completely i mean EVERYTHING! found the forks are bent son they came off one of the clipons was cracked so i ordered risers and dirtbike bars and went that rout because that was the plan anyways. did the pair blockoff and got fid of all of that crap. and started on the tail. i started with a ducati monster seat. had to get a little creative on bending the square tubing for the tail ;) but it came out great. i then made the undertail skin and box. im now in the middle of thinning out wiring and figuring all of that out. taht brings me here. right now im planning the dash. i wanna do a minimalistic dash few led lighsts thats it. dont think im going to do any gauges. all i want is a low fuel light signal light high beam light side stand maybe... i cant figure out the low fuel light.. so this is where im stuck. i have SOOOOO many more pictures i will probably add in the morning just wanted to start it up and see if i get any responses. THANKS!!!!

Greatings VFRD Awesome forum this is ! - I am all new to the VFRD but impressed by the builds, topics, and people on this forum. Im am from Denmark and driving a 750 RC24 FK, 1989 I plan to make some changes to the bike because i found that another frontend would do the bike more justice and found a complete frontend from a CBR 900 sc33 that was cheap. After finding VFRD i was wondering if any of your guys have done a swap similar to this and have any ideer of which headbearings and changes that are needed to complete this swap? As the FK has the 3 spoked wheel i also wants to change the rearwheel and has been offered a wheel from a CBR 600 F2. any experience with this ? Does this wheel fit the shockcluch and chainwheel and so on ? The rear wheel is primarily optical I also wonder if any of your now where to get a kerker mufler like the Rainey bike use to have ? - To build a replica of his bike - just in the original red is a dream of mine :) Thanks Rasmus Bjerg, Denmark P.s i attached a pics of the bike with the frontwheel from the cbr 900 testfitted in the old fork

Hey All, I need a little help from the crowd; it is time to sell my 1997 VFR and I need an idea on the price. Here are some details and feel free to ask any questions. I'm sure some are wondering 'how do you have a 16 yr old bike w/ only 4300 miles', here are the cliff notes. I sold my Ducati 851 Superbike (uncomfortable) and bought the VFR then all my friends quite riding, I bought a Miata, switched jobs, moved, got married, bought a dirt bike, wrecked the dirt bike, broke both arms and legs (ouch) and here I am. This is the last of my bikes to go as it is my favorite. The bike is about as perfect as one would expect to find w/ this low of miles, always garaged, covered, and pampered. It's a 1997, 4350 miles, perfect shape, one adult owner, purchased new by me and always garaged. Within the last 300 miles it has: a new battery, new Michelin Pilot Sports (still have the nubs), carburetors cleaned and synchronized, valve clearances checked (w/ pix), new spark plugs, air filter, and voltage regulator. All the work has been done by myself as I am very anal about my bikes and cars. It currently has a Micron pipe (very nice, deep, sound) but I have the stock pipe as well. I have the original owners manual, shop manual, and tool kit, plus the factory rear seat cowl and balancing adapter for the rear wheel. I may be selling the pipe, shop manual, cowl and other accessories separately, but not sure as of yet. It has a throttle lock for comfort, and tank pad to stop scratches. I probably have a few other item to sell/go with the bike but need to gather a list. What do you think it's value is? I have seen a few '96/'97's in the $2000-$4000 range but with 12K to 50K+ miles. This bike is a great example and a true survivor for someone who wants a 4th Gen VFR; tell me what you think. Once I have a better idea it'll be in the classifieds. TIA Bruce

Hi there, Does anybody have a hi-res picture of the VFR 750 RC 36 side sticker ? I couldn't find any good resolution by Google means.... This is what I'm looking for in a better resolution : Thanks a lot ! S.

Just to start off: I've been reading this forum long before I even got my motorcycle endorsement. Why? Because Interceptors were always something I drooled over consistently for the past 3 years. Anyway fast forward to 2 weeks ago. I was visiting the "Hole in-the-Wall" used bike dealer I frequent in Miami because I like looking at what they got (new bikes every week, they come and go that fast) and as I usually do I scanned every older bike they had. I have minimal to no experience working on bikes and even less experience riding them (scooters don't count) but I heavily respect the style and contour of earlier bikes. As my eyes worked across the shop, I stopped completely at the 1984 VF 750 Interceptor sitting in the corner. At last, I've come face to face with the legendary Interceptor.......... Right away I asked the dealer how much was it. $650 he said. I bought it. Then I took my motorcycle endorsement/safety course the next week. Passed. This past Saturday I had it dropped off at my friend's house, as he has more work space than my apartment, where I barely have space to work on my tiny 49cc scooter. So Far: -The VF turns on and runs. I learned this after buying a gallon of gas and putting it in the tank and starting it. -It seems to shift ok (when it wants to) -About 2 minutes after starting and revving the bike, it shut off. All the gas dripped out.... -The front brakes stick/don't come back off after squeezing them. -The front signals are reversed (I press left, the right turns on) -The rear turn signals don't turn on at all -The inside of the tank looks pretty rusted. -There's some noticeable rust near the bottom of the bike -PO probably dropped the bike as the entire left side has aesthetic issues. Turn signal is dangling (front and rear) and plastics are cracked/broken in some areas and clutch is totally bent That's all I can tell from the hour or so of time I had to look at it. I really need some advice on what to do next. I don't know when I'll have time to really go into it and work on this beauty as I have school full time and work 5 days a week 8 hours a day. I know I'm going to need an original manual for sure. The only amount of work I've done with an engine is change fuses/oil/clean carbs. h-e-l-p