1985 Honda VF700F Interceptor. This bike carries manufacturing date of 071984: one of the first “tariff beaters” manufactured. The bike is 3rd owner bike; have had it since2007. purchased the bike with approx.3k miles and the odometer now reads 14450. This bike is in great physical shape. Tank is in great shape, paint is as good as it gets for bike this age;simply in great shape. There are two small circular paint chips on the tank (about the size of the top of pencil eraser; if you were looking down at it). Both have been touched up. All tabs remainon the side covers, and none broken on the lower cowel. If had to estimate, I’d place this bike atabout 85-90 points. I have had this bike garaged for the entire time haveowned it. have not raced it, nor rung out the engine. However, it has sat for thelast 4-5 years without being ridden. owntwo classic Goldwings, 84/86 and an 88. I spend my time on these two bikes. I work as an eng. consultant so my job takes me out of town for manymonths, years in fact. am amotorcyclist and do my own maintenance. True maintenance: replacement ofmotors, headgaskets, valves, seats, tires, brakes, electronics (stereos, amps,subs), carbs, etc., everything except the splitting of the cases. have taught myself and have made errorsalong the way. think what is of valuerelative to the sale of the Interceptor, it comes from man who rides. have spent winters in PA with nothing butmy 1500. have ridden in sub-zero weather,snow and ice. may use truck to carrya bike to job, depending on the weather; but once here my PU sits. The bikes get used. have traveled across the country, for work,in winter months: Dec and Jan. And yes,it is cold. In other words, this bikedoes not come from “squid.”That being said, the bad first:Fork seals need to be replaced. While traveling to LA from west TX, the fuel pump went out,replaced with Mr. Gasket purchased in Deming NM at an Autozone; Dec of 2012 Ibelieve. It was the – (3-5) psi pump(which overpowered the float valves). Ireplaced this pump month ago, with another Mr. Gasket, but the -3. psipump (cat. 12S believe).I replaced the float valves, carb gaskets, and filters withOutlaw replacement parts. Should nothave done this. Should be replaced withK&L or with parts from the outfit in Canada (name escapes me at present –expensive but worth it). At present, thefloat valves appear to be leaking, and fuel tube o-rings need replacement I'd do both set of fuel tubes in fact. As of about month ago, there is site on Ebay that sells one of the assemblies – about $30. He has had both sets of tubes in the past. have cut off under the seat to stop pressure and vacuum in thesystem – keeping gas out of the jugs. Floats are good, but they are set bit lower (8 9mm) in the bowl to facilitatea better float valve seal. Don’t useOutlaw parts; they don't seal well (needle valves and gaskets). Separating V4 carbs, taking them off thebike, is simply no fun.I’d pick up some new intake boots along with aforementioned parts torebuild the carbs. This needs to bere-done. The right side handlebar switch assembly (housing the ignition switch) went out years ago, start it with asimple on/off switch attached to the fuse cover; sorry, it now has hole init. New ignition assembly is approx. 100or so. Old ignition is still on the bike (internal parts could be replaced), very clean by the way; just inoperable. Tank seal has leaked (I have replacement seal – just notinstalled).I tested compression few months ago, 155, 125, 135 and150. Did not perform leak downtest. did ride the bike for coupleof days after compression was tested (one trip about 60 miles) and it rode great. However, as mentioned, carbs are now leaking fuel. These bikes are so fun to ride, power is still there; wind em up and they just go linear as heck. Top end never reached under my ownership. The second owner was collector; BMW replicas, Ducs, Harley and Vettes. He never rode this bike. I would also pull the heads and do valve guide and seat job on it. The bike sat for years (sorry, with Sta-bil)but even so, gas leaked and possibly, gummed up the heads/valves/and orseats. Never intended to let the bike sit so long without being ridden. don't think rings or jugs need work, but have no way of knowing for sure. Honda is known for their engineering and I've never had to get into the cylinders on any bike for simply sitting. This is first gen V4.Smokes bit (white) at start up. And smells rich. When one owns more than one classic bike, Ihave to tell you, they need to be ridden. Goldwings are incredibly forgiving. As are old air and air/oil head BMWs. The V4s have never been. Theyneed to be ridden; and simply cannot allow this bike to deteriorate for lack of being ridden it is simply way to good of bike.The good:New tires, chain and sprocket (some – years ago) lessthan 500 mi on them – easily less.Givi side bags no name top bagHondaline travel rackNew batteryRelatively new starterRelatively new petcockNew air filterSpare parts (used parts saved – fuel pump, etc)Clean, current title, registration (TX)Seat still soft, no tears Many first, second owner parts and service rctps. also have saved some CD service infoThis bike is in great physical shape – gets complimentseverywhere it is seen To my knowledge, it has never been down, or dropped. certainly have not laid it down, nordropped it. Right lever is slightly benthowever; barely noticeable – don’t remember how the second owner said it occurred. As mentioned, this bike is somewhat historical, and hopegoes to rider that will appreciate its value. It is worth the reserve price. But not overpriced. If it were an84, it would not be for sale.This bike should be worked on abit, and then ridden. Not stored, but ridden (in my view). I have done my best to describe the good and the bad. It does start and run. But, must stateagain, the carbs should be redone and possibly the heads pulled and serviced. have never worried about the cams this bike was never ridden hard. The bike will be the envy of the classiccrowd upon completion, it simply is in that great of condition. I have posted start-up video on the Vimeo Website. It is video 100_1371 by John Doe entitled 1985 VF700F Startup. URL is: https://vimeo.com/308900534. You may need to sign up to view it. You will notice the headlight is off, have an in-line on/off switch for both the headlight and the driving light. keep the headlight off during start-up, just like the ignition switch kills the power to the headlight allowing more current to be used at start-up.
Here is list of parts new and used currently off the bike:New:2 HighflowFiltro HF202 oil filters1 gas cap gasket1 right side engine cover gasket1 clutch cover gasket4 Outlaw (unused misc carb refurbishing parts kits screws, springs, washers, rings)1 530 link chain master link
Used:starterfluid collection box (pulled to make room for Mr. Gasket fuel pump)petcockfront sprocketrear sprocketmisc carb parts (valves, filters, etc)
With regards to the previous description of tires, chain, sprockets all were replaced at the same time; described them at relatively new (less than 500 miles). Old sprockets are in replacement packaging indicating part numbers and brand frankly, could be reused. could not locate the old chain (I usually keep them for other reasons than to be reused if needed).
There is one part have not located and that is the fuel pump mounting bracket. As indicated above, the fuel pump was replaced on the road from TX to CA (Deming, NM). kept all parts taken off to make room for the after market pump; but haven't yet located the bracket. am "used part keeper" and have bins upon bins of Goldwing and BMW parts. The bracket is probably in one of those bins. will keep looking. There is currently used pump and bracket for 35 on eBay to give an idea of what one might be asking used (pump is included price).
Happy bidding and good luck.
ThanksKarl
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