Today we bring you something different. How about an iconic sport bike that was not very rare in its day? The V45 Interceptor was perhaps among the most common of the cutting edge hyper bikes of the early 1980s. With a leading role in the fascinating play that was the Honda technical juggernaut, the Interceptor featured a liquid cooled V-4, and such GP-inspired wizardry as a 16′ front wheel and anti-dive front forks. If you wanted to go fast, the Interceptor was the way to do it. And Honda sold them by the boatload.
1984 Honda Interceptor for sale on eBay
Fast forward 30 years later and this mass-produced memory has been all but forgotten. Sure, you can still find them for low dollars…but most have been beaten down by time, misuse and complete lack of maintenance. THIS example, however, sports fewer than 3,000 miles on the clock, and looks every bit the time machine that it is. Condition makes it rare. A two owner bike with very low miles, clean presentation and even the dreaded cam work was taken care of (the weak spot of the early V-Fours). This is not quite a survivor having had some paintwork done, but it looks great and likely will not set you back like a similar aged smoker.
From the seller:
Amazing beautiful bike. Very original. Only 2884 miles. Many NOS pieces. New chain and sprockets, new tires. Looks new. Check out the key!! No wear. Recently professionally painted and tuned up. Paint is very good but a little off factory perfect. In saying that, the bike looks amazing and sounds new. I bought this from the original owner who said the cams were replaced in 1985 under warranty. This is a great usable classic.
Opening ask on this one is $3,900 with a reserve in place. That might be a bit too high for most folks, as there have been zero takers thus far. Considering the condition and the age, that might be flat out cheap for a neo-classic. Of course maybe they are simply not getting in that much riding up in Canada (where the bike is located). I’m not betting the farm that Interceptors will become high-dollar earners in the future (Honda simply made too many of them for that), but well-preserved examples will always appreciate first. Until then, ride the wheels off of it like Honda intended! Good Luck!
MI
Yea, repainted at $4 grand seems a bit much…it does look fantastic but not original now. VFR collector’s probably will snap it up.
Nice bike. The tank wing decals are wrong – they’re not the correct shades of grey. The repos of the 83/84 decals for both color ways are off. Ironically, there is a set of correct NOS decals on ebay now for that red color way. They literally never come up. It took me over 3 years to source an NOS set of the orange/yellow wings for the blue bikes.
In ’83 I bought a new blue Intereceptor. What a revelation, power throughout the rev range, great handling, super high tech everywhere! I road raced, canyon raced, toured, and commuted on it. I put 25K miles on it that first summer . The magazines heaped praise on it in their articles. Everywhere I stopped a crowd gathered asking questions. Couldn’t wait to get the next Cycle News to see how Honda did in the Super Bike races, however Wayne Rainey and Rob Muzzy won the Championship. But in the real world a production GPz-750 wasn’t close to an Interceptor. That summer still makes me smile.