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Offline Roach Carver

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« on: January 19, 2008, 08:01:31 AM »
honda vf700f

what do you guys know about this bike. Is it air cooled? good engine - not good? I may have a chance to purchase one. I want to make sure that they are not junk.

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« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2008, 08:19:26 AM »
just did a quick search and came up with this response from someone having owned one in the past... it was amongst a list of other bike critiques from the same person...

1985 Honda VF700F Interceptor: A step up in the 'Racer Road' hierarchy from the GPz, and at the same time, an eminently practical bike. The Interceptor series of V4 sportbikes from Honda is truly one of the most well rounded bikes ever made. Reliable, powerful, crisp-handling, and comfortable; it could carve corners in the North Georgia Mountains on Sunday, and then cheerfully transport me to and from work all week. I took it on a roadtrip to Kansas City for a family reunion, left on the return leg at 8:30am and rolled into Atlanta a little after midnight that night with just over 1000 miles on the trip odometer. I'm sure it could be done on a modern repli-racer, I just somehow doubt it would have been quite as comfortable. It remained my faithful mount for about fifteen months, running up close to 30,000 miles in that time. If I wasn't asleep or at work, I was out riding that bike. In early 1990, though, I must have suffered some horrific brain malfunction, because I traded the VF for my next bike.
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Re: vf700f
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2008, 08:25:46 AM »
thanks heffay! anyone else?

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Re: vf700f
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2008, 12:10:50 PM »

They had problem with their cams(not enough oil in the head) just like the VF500 and the VF1000f(i had one)At that time Honda had made a big recall on all these bikes.

On my VF1000,i did some modification on the oil lubrification to solve the problem.
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« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2008, 01:00:45 PM »
My son had a VF700 back in the 80's.  It was a great bike.  I currently have a VF500 and It has absolutely no problems.  I wouldn't hesitate to buy another Honda V4.  A lot of those VF700/VF750 bikes went over 100,000 miles with no problems.

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Re: vf700f
« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2008, 03:28:44 PM »
basicly its the smaller version of the VF750F...as others said the cams can wear rapidly if left unchecked..
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« Reply #6 on: January 19, 2008, 03:48:23 PM »
update: the guy had enough parts to build about 1.75 bikes. I ended up buying a rolling chassis as I already have enough projects. the other deciding factor was that the motor had been sitting outside. I think i will cannibalize the suspension components and hopefully put them on a later model cb I have. If it wont work then Oh well. I have wasted more money than this before. Thanks. ;)

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Re: vf700f
« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2008, 04:21:08 PM »
71cb750... is the bike in your avatar leaning on a jack stand?
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Re: vf700f
« Reply #8 on: January 19, 2008, 04:58:58 PM »
got one on each side. Have not gotten around to making one of those rear lift deal-e-o's ::)

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Re: vf700f
« Reply #9 on: January 19, 2008, 05:09:04 PM »
+2 o the cams, but i was told it ws more to do with bad hardfacing, he had a 44 gallon drum almost full of warrentee cams from the vf1000, and 750, just a thought... good luck with it..

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Re: vf700f
« Reply #10 on: January 20, 2008, 03:19:30 AM »
 I had a kit just like www.daughertymotorsports.com sell and solve my problem.
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Re: vf700f
« Reply #11 on: December 16, 2011, 06:35:05 PM »
bert i am still here looking at your avatar!!!......aaalmost......dam....lol


looks like he doesnt make the kit anymore

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Re: vf700f
« Reply #12 on: December 17, 2011, 07:36:22 AM »
cben750fo,
      Those words over the top of your Avatar...about "drawing attention"....I think bert96 needs to put those over his AVATAR !
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