Here’s a Honda Interceptor Factory Superbike, built to compete in the 750cc class and of course built around the legendary Honda V-4. Here’s your chance to get a real factory racebike, though the seller’s stories about pedigree will need some verification. He brings up Ron Haslam and Sam McDonald, as they raced similar bikes in AMA, but I’d love YOUR thoughts on how legitimate this bike is.
As you might expect, Honda Racing Corporation (HRC) went to town on this bike, which features titanium rods, magnesium-bodied 34mm carbs, gear driven cams, and more. Supposedly, the HRC kit engines were $10,000 back in ’83. This bike just received an engine rebuild with only HRC parts (including the 71mm pistons) – I’d love to see the paperwork on that. Fun fact – the frame was designed to allow easier access to the engine. Though this sacrifices a little bit of chassis stiffness, a full engine swap on this bike was possible in just 30 minutes, compared to the 2-4 hours of Honda’s previous FWS racer.
Moving away from the engine, this specific Honda Interceptor Factory Superbike is also equipped with Nissin brakes and the basically impossible to find Showa anti-dive forks, built by HRC. The sale will also include a NOS fairing and set of Michelin slicks. If you want more information on the build, the seller actually includes a scan of an article from a 1983 issue of Cycle Magazine that covers these factory racebikes, so you should check out the link at the bottom of this post. In 1983, the AMA championship went to Wayne Rainey on a Kawasaki, but Honda won from ’84-86.
Find this Honda Interceptor Factory Superbike for sale in Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia, Canada with an opening bid of $29,900
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