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Originally Posted by Eric 951

Targa,

Then it may be an 85. The 85 was a 750 correct?

Never heard of a 700 Interceptor, here's a good and brief article. The issues are described.

The interceptors were very popular , but most are gone now. When they first came out we had about an 80% return rate on them into our shop for repairing crash damage. People did't know how to ride that new radical design and with the V-4 incredible Torque and HP they had, people jsut got into trouble with them all the time. Most were lay downs from going into corners way too hot, and the rest were crashes with cars that got in their way. We reccomended lot of sfty modifications at the time, like headlight modulators and 130/150 watt H4 bulbs we got from Canada(both illeagal at the time), along with louder 4 into 1 pipes. Anything to make the basic White bike be more visble. Unfortuanely, I see very few of them these days in any size. The Early V-4 egines has some serious problems in head oiling, and repeated cam chain issues. These issues were resolved in 86 When the bikes became VF"R"'s Revised is what we liked to call them because Honda solved the oiling problems, and went to gear driven cams instead of chain, which resolved all of the problems they were having with them. if your bike has not had any of the aftermarket, Mod Article oiling modification done to it, and you want to keeo it, make sure you have those mods done. The oil supply orifices in the unmodified engine are too small to supply enough oil to the top end, causing premature cam wear (and lot of it, especially ion the front two cylinders). Most of the mods add an adapter that installs beneath the oil filter with two oil lines coming off ot it which are routed drectly to the head. Other kits ran new lines from other high presure points on the block up to the heads as well. Either way, You'll want to get it done. Seriously though, if you like the style, get a VFR and have worry free riding..