V45
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P102
BY KIT PALMER
(Right) The original
Honda VF750F
V45 Interceptor is
celebrating its 40th
birthday this year.
(Left) No wonder why
we were so worried
about getting tickets
on the Interceptor!
40
th
Annivsy
I
t might be turning 40 years old this
year, but the Honda VF750F V45
Interceptor still looks young and as
fresh as it did when it first appeared
on showroom floor in 1983. Give it a
facelift here and a little nip-and-tuck
there, and the '83 Interceptor could still
pass as a modern-day backroads sport
tourer. The Interceptor looked so cool
back then that it even caught my atten
-
tion; you see, I was a full-on dirt bike
guy at that time and had little interest in
street bikes. But the Honda VF750F V45
Interceptor changed all that.
The following year I purchased my
first street bike. However, it wasn't
the VF750F V45 Interceptor, but its
little brother, the VF500F Interceptor,
that came out a year later (as did the
VF1000F). The 500 seemed like a wiser
choice for a 23-year-old motocrosser
new to the street, and, besides, I thought
the 500 looked even better than the 750,
especially my Candy-red-and-white 500,
