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New to me '83 Honda VF750F Interceptor
Picked it up almost 10 days ago from a FB MP ad.
Conveniently located in Daytona Beach - about a 20 minute drive. 39.5K original miles - pretty much factory original and in good running condition. In fact, I rode her home after getting a lift to the seller's house from a buddy. Asking $1,900 and I didn't haggle because I liked the kid selling her and I thought his asking price was pretty fair. He works with his father who owns a small local appliance repair business. Thought that was pretty cool. This makes my 5th Interceptor!     
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Cornering the market on the classic Intercepter!
Intercepter is one of the best names ever for a motorcycle.
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That is one crazy cool bike Baz, congrats! Love the styling. Have fun with it!
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Not a curb find?
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I love those things.
Had a guy going out on deployment trying to give me smoking deal on a red one, practically new, was going to pick something up in Oz that you could not get here. Tough to turn down. He sold it to a guy who was getting out and was going to be a mailman.
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FWIW, another one of these showed up today - also on FB MP. This time right here in NSB. Was not running - cosmetics not bad. Wanted $500. I PM'd the seller and found out he bought it 5 years ago and was not running then. I wanted more info and left my phone number but the seller never called - just said "Have had a lot of interest. First $500 takes it." So I let it go. The fact that I just bought mine in running condition means I don't really need another project bike. Especially with a seller not interested in discussing....which to me is always a red flag. These Interceptors are future collector bikes.
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Awesome Baz
You have great taste. 
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I am pretty sure I have an original Honda sales brochure for this bike. If anyone is interested let me know.
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Damn, I like those old Interceptors.
There's a 500cc one about an hour away that looks to be in good condition but hasn't run in a few years. At times I'm tempted to drag it home just to look at it. Best Les
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Very nice! I've owned a stock VF700 and a VF750 ex-superbike and both were great fun. Really good torque and great sounding engine. The only real bad point is removing and installing the carburetors!
I put quite a few miles on my college roommate's 500 interceptor which is great little bike and I was fortunate to ride a VF1000 once. Unfortunately the 1000 wasn't running good at the time so I couldn't really feel the brute force of it.
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Super bike. I took a new one for a ride back then. Fastest bike Ive ever been on.
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Beautiful bikes! The styling still works today, and I love the paint scheme! Congrats!
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Wow that brings back memories as a young 18 yr old lusting over motorcycles I could not afford. The color option you have is also my favorite. I was riding a dirt bike back in the day, early 80's, and the dealership had a red version in the window. I think Star Wars movie was around the same time.
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At some point I hope to post some riding vids, so stay tuned.....
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It's freaking beautiful!!! Tri-fold in EXCELLENT condition! Another example of why this place rocks! THANK YOU, Mike! front  back  inside  inside back page 
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Nice article here:
https://www.cycleworld.com/why-1983-honda-interceptor-750-was-first-modern-superbike/
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