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Great new Hondas!
By Visordown News on 07/09/2006 21:55:43
Honda reintroduce fabulous VF750 Interceptor
Desperate to know what the 2007 Honda big hitters will be? Yes, us too. Shame the busy Honda executives decided to nip off to some wanky South London wine bar tonight instead of sending us the pics. This is the web, guys. The web. Not some dead-in-the-water out-of-date before-it'...
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Road Test: VFR800 VTEC vs. ZZ-R1200 vs. FAZER 600
By Bertie Simmonds, Gus Scott, Simon Bowen, Daryll Young on 21/04/2008 21:49:21
Three different bikes, three different prices and three different ways to sports, tour and commute. These bikes are living proof that in the world of motorcycling, you can indeed have your cake, take it to the South of France and eat it...
With the budget Fazer 600, the luxurious Honda VFR800, and the vast Kawasaki ZZ-R1200 you have three slightly different takes on the do-it-all theme. And by do-it-all, we're talking here about bikes that can sports, tour and commute in equal measure.They'll take you solo through ...
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VTR250F launched in Japan
By Visordown News on 13/02/2013 22:07:44
Return of Honda’s faired V-twin
’ for the Interceptor VTR250 in 1988 – a kind of mini-VFR750 in terms of appearance – before disappearing in1990. After a hiatus, the bike re-emerged in 1997 with looks that were either ‘inspired by’ or ‘ripped off from’ the Ducati Monster, depending on your point
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BSB 2011: Championship standings after R4
By Visordown News on 31/05/2011 13:35:07
All the rankings for all the classes after the Thruxton round
Padgett's Motorcycles 2210 J. Burns 20Metzeler Superstock 6001 K. Farmer Farmer Racing 752 J. East East Racing 443 C. Behan Kawasaki Team Green 434 B. Burke Bike Interceptor Yamaha 415 D. Brown
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Stop Right Now: ABS vs. The Man
By Jon Urry on 29/11/2010 16:05:26
ABS: good for those that wants it. Or is it even better than that? Can you handle the truth? Be prepared, as Prof Jon Urry and his performing lab rats demonstrate to us all the startling reality
the total braking force much. And car systems have been in development for years. The first car with ABS was a Jensen FF Interceptor launched in the late 1960s. Mass-produced bikes didn't have ABS until the BMW K series in 1988.Crucially, bikes stop
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Tracing the Crosstourer's V4 DNA
By mark forsyth on 23/02/2012 10:19:43
Part One: Ninety degree Vee
gear drive overhead camshafts, the overhead valve gear was driven by chain.V-4 Warranty ClaimBut the VF750 Interceptor changed all that. From new, this ground-breaking new sports bike was plagued with mechanical problems ranging from excessive camshaft
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The Power of Balance
By Ben Miller on 01/12/2010 12:27:54
MotoGP racers talk about it, road bike engineers strive for it and, if your bike’s got it, riding really, really quickly is easy. But what the hell is balance?
), a peaky but competitive engine and, most importantly of all, a refreshing lack of weight (Honda's VF750 Interceptor and Yamaha's FZ750, both of which were liquid-cooled, made similar power but weighed between 25kg and 50kg more), the GSXR750 was a
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