HONDA VF750F
V45 INTERCEPTOR
VOLUME ISSUE FEBRUARY , P103
which I chose over the standard
blue-and-white model.
But it's the VF750F V45 Inter-
ceptor celebrating its 40th birth-
day this year. Honda built the 750
for racing, pure and simple. The
"homologation special" was
designed to compete in the
AMA Superbike class when
the rules changed,
limiting engine displacement to
750cc from 1000cc. Yet, the In-
terceptor had to be street compli-
ant, too. At least a little bit.
Our Cycle News review of the
1983 Honda VF750F V45 Inter
-
ceptor in one of the May issues
was mixed. We liked how it per-
formed on the road but not in the
practicability department.
As far as performance, we
gave it a back-handed compli
-
ment by saying, "as a sport bike
our major displeasure with it is
the tendency it has to let para-
legal speeds creep up on the
rider. That's fine on the racetrack,
but on the street, it does its go-
fast job almost too effortlessly."
In other words, the Interceptor
