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1985 Honda VF1000F Interceptor. A super low mile original survivor that has been off the road for decades. It is in excellent condition and will come with a replacement windscreen fitted as the original was broken in transit. Still has original toolkit and also comes with original mufflers which were replaced when new with a Vance and Hines performance system. It will need full recommissioning and service with replacement and flushing of all fluids,brakes and tires to be ready for road use. These bikes are becoming very collectible and the prices lately show no signs of easing. This,although not concourse with a few blemishes is a great specimen nevertheless and I don’t think there’s another out there with this kind of mileage. A great opportunity.
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We have covered 8 of these over the past 15 years. As far back as July of 2014, Mike shared that, “When the original “V45” Interceptor was launched, it created quite a storm. Moving the sport bike world from air-cooled, two valve per cylinder stone age technology, Honda’s revolutionary VF lineup offered v-four sophistication, including four valve technology and liquid cooling. Following the introduction of the original 750cc model, Honda released the mini-ceptor (500cc) and the VF1000. With rampant changes in technology over the coming years, the VF1000F was relatively short lived. The replacement – the VF1000R – had a foundation in the 1000F but with full fairing it celebrated Honda’s endurance racing success. The more naked 1000F showcased the motor as centerpiece, and still looks great today.”
Mike continues with a bit of nostalgia, “The 1980s were a golden age for sport bikes. Yes, performance progress continues to this day (at a dizzying rate!), but the new wave decade brought more two-wheeled diversity and experimentation than any other before or since. Honda was leading the technology battle, and probably introduced more innovation during this period than any other manufacturer. This particular example is a time capsule of the breed, and deserves to find a good home.”
Here we have another low-mile survivor looking for a new home. Click on the link to see more photos and read the details.
Good luck to the buyer and seller!
I’ve heard good and bad things about this seller. I’ve never dealt w/ him other than he has advertised alot of the same bikes for a long time.
@Jess – good to know. I always look at their ebay score and his has many positive comments and he scored 100%. I feel like an educational piece about how to purchase a motorcycle online would be helpful to the site. LMK if you agree.
Well, it is what it is. As a non runner and without someone who could give you a fair evaluation of its condition and the fact that it has absolutely no provenance, if you were to get it at a reasonable best offer ($3500) it would make a great and affordable addition to your personal collection (if your not local to Miami tack on another $750-1200 for transport, ouch!!!). If held long enough and returned to service without spending too much (it is a low mileage bike, issues SHOULD be minimal) it should return the investment and possibly more, no question.
So many of the bikes from this era are incredibly under appreciated in general today. When the first vf750’s hit the tracks it became clear they were popular, but soon after that topend issues started to appear. Everyone at the time thought it to be an oiling issue as the first gen vf’s chewed up cams at an ungodly rate, on the road and on the track. It would be a while before anyone would determine that it was the cams themselves that were the at issue and not the oiling. By then Honda had its hands full trying to rectify this issue. One of the other things that I remember about these bikes at the track early on was their exhaust note, compared to its inline-4, two or four valve brethren which shrieked by at full throttle the vf’s had a flat and droning type of sound. We were all like, ” wtf is that about?” (Crankshaft). You’d be hard pressed to find a vf500 or a vf750 with reasonable mileage from the early years of production that have a sound or original topend.
One of the issues I have with “E land” is it just isn’t a very credible platform to do transactions of this variety, I’ve been on that site from the beginning and watching people buy things at elevated prices without being able to actually inspect/evaluate them is craziness. It just keeps getting less credible and less cost effective as a buyer. The sellers payment terms in this auction would be (are) a red flag to me and just because they’ve got a 100 rating doesn’t mean everyone was happy. Your not allowed to give a negative review until Ebay says you can, giving the seller every option to make good on the deal. Eventually if your dissatisfied and you get your investment back and it can take weeks, its still considered a good transaction, at which point you’ll be thinking to yourself, “I’m never f$#@ing doing that again.”
Interesting this seller now shows 100% rating since 2009. A year or two ago he had a 96% rating.
Gone, sale price wasn’t listed…
There was another one on there as well, 17k and change on the clock. Sold for $1225. Sounds about right…
And it’s back.