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2008 Honda VFR Interceptor First Ride
2008 Honda VFR Interceptor First Ride
The 2008 Honda Interceptor may not have undergone any major changes, but it still carries all the trademark features from its racing roots. Few dates on the calendar instill the kind of fear and loathing-not to mention paranoia-in the American conscience as that of April 15th. That's right, tax day.…
2004 Honda Interceptor
2004 Honda Interceptor
…a nice guy by a prospective love interest is the kiss of death, instantly relegating the suitor to the dreaded "friend" status.Honda's VFR800F Interceptor is a nice, ridiculously competent bike. It goes, turns and stops very nicely without a whole lot of fanfare. Could this niceness at the very core…
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Memorable Motorcycle Honda RC30
Memorable Motorcycle Honda RC30
…powerful marketing tool if the right bike was homologated for competition: the RC30 was that bike. Honda had been racing V-4s and producing some the Interceptor series of sportbikes with this engine configuration since 1983, a long time before the 1987 arrival of the RC30. Thus, the single-sided swingarm…
2008 Kawasaki Concours 14 First Look
2008 Kawasaki Concours 14 First Look
The new ZX-6R may headline the 2007 Kawasaki sport lineup, but the 2008 Concours based off the exciting ZX-14 has piqued our interest.Since we posted this back in September, Kawasaki has announced that this new Transcontinental Tourer will be equipped with variable valve timing, making its monster…
Dunlop Roadsmart Tires Review
Dunlop Roadsmart Tires Review
…stay away for long, our time in the dry did offer a glimpse at the tire's available dry grip. On either the Kawasaki Concours 14 or the VFR800 Interceptor test mules it was clear that on the street it will be difficult to ride beyond the limits of available traction in the dry. It's difficult to say…
Metzeler Roadtec Z6 Interact Tire Review
Metzeler Roadtec Z6 Interact Tire Review
…tight, winding, first or second gear rain-soaked road as we closed in on Switzerland?s Sustenpass. The motorcycle I was riding, a?Honda VFR800 Interceptor shod with the Z6 Interact. The three of us ran up the road at a ridiculous pace considering the sketchiness of the road, yet none of us had even…
Metzeler Z6 Tires Review
Metzeler Z6 Tires Review
…lean angles. The overall result was that they caused the rider to want to hold back from full-tilt sport riding.Case in point: a stock 2002 Honda Interceptor owned by a friend of mine, fitted with Z4s. He's always been a relatively quick rider, but when we'd go for one of our nice little Sunday morning…
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2002 Honda ST1300
2002 Honda ST1300
…protection, ample stowage space and a pinch of luxury. The Yammie, though, is a harder-edged tool than the ST. Honda's new scoot is ideal for an Interceptor rider who is willing to give up a bit of canyon prowess in return for a long-haul machine that's better suited for endless open roads. As if to illustrate…
Ladies' Day at Freddie Spencer's School
Ladies' Day at Freddie Spencer's School
…to help them develop several 500cc Grand Prix racebikes, bikes on which he also won multiple World Championships, as well as the legendary Honda Interceptor in 1983. The engineers Freddie worked with in the '80s are the same engineers responsible for building some of Honda's latest sportbikes, and that…
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2003 Yamaha FJR1300
2003 Yamaha FJR1300
…-inch seat height. The handlebars offer a sportingly neutral riding position, which is to say not too low or too sharply angled, a bit like Honda's Interceptor. Those handlebars become important when you grab a handful of FJR throttle, as you'll be gripping them with white knuckles anytime full-throttle…

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