The Trendy Honda Motorbike That Nonetheless Turns Heads In the present day

As required by the homologation guidelines, the road bike that hit Honda dealership showrooms was almost indistinguishable from its racing counterparts. The V4 engine produced 86 horsepower, good for a standing quarter-mile time of 11.4 seconds. It will be a disgrace to solely drive this bike in a straight line, although, as a result of it additionally featured a totally adjustable Showa suspension with a beefy 39mm anti-dive entrance fork supporting a radically small 16-inch entrance wheel for enhanced cornering. 

One last racy characteristic was the Interceptor’s “slipper clutch” which partially disengaged the engine beneath heavy braking to stop wheel hop — a primary ever for a manufacturing motorbike. At first, Honda solely meant to provide sufficient VF750F Interceptors to qualify for racing, however the bike turned out to be a runaway gross sales success. This, despite a comparatively excessive worth due partly to tariffs on large-displacement imported bikes that have been meant to guard American producer Harley-Davidson.

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