What was the year of the Honda VFR800?
The fifth-gen Honda VFR800 brought the model into the modern era with a bump in displacement (if not power), Y2K styling, amd the addition of fuel injection. This 1998 VFR is a first-year model from one of the best all-around bikes of all time – and Honda had the good sense to bring the “Interceptor” name back for it.
What causes a Honda vfr800i to stop?
Rectifier issue (Honda’s Achillies heel) can cause the Honda VFR800i to stop, potentially with a boiling battery. Non-Honda units are cheap and solve the problem before it occurs – later Honda units also work well on the Honda VFR800i. As it’s the pick of the Honda VFR750/800s used values are high.
How many miles does a 1998 Honda VFR800 Interceptor have?
The 781cc engine produced 95 horsepower and 54 lb-ft of torque at the rear wheel – not imposing numbers but these are cult bikes that can easily attain 6 digit odometer readings. This example has 56,150 miles and it’s been with the seller for 10 years and about 33,000 miles.
Do you have to replace studs on Honda VFR800?
It comes to all VFR800s sooner or later. If you buy a VFR without a stainless replacement chances are you’ll be fitting one. It would be a good idea to replace the studs/nuts while you have the bike apart as they are not expensive, but the studs are only 6mm thick and snap oh so easily.
The fifth-gen Honda VFR800 brought the model into the modern era with a bump in displacement (if not power), Y2K styling, amd the addition of fuel injection. This 1998 VFR is a first-year model from one of the best all-around bikes of all time – and Honda had the good sense to bring the “Interceptor” name back for it.
The 781cc engine produced 95 horsepower and 54 lb-ft of torque at the rear wheel – not imposing numbers but these are cult bikes that can easily attain 6 digit odometer readings. This example has 56,150 miles and it’s been with the seller for 10 years and about 33,000 miles.
What happens to gasoline in a Honda generator?
In storage, gasoline immediately starts to naturally oxidize and deteriorate. The older it gets the more it deteriorates and the more likely it will cause hard starting and other performance issues that result from sticky deposits that clog the tiny passages in the fuel system.
How much horsepower does a Honda VFR800 Interceptor have?
The 750 figures were a bore of 70mm, stroke, 48.6mm, while the 800 had a 72mm bore and was mildly destroked to 48mm. No great change, really, with the shorter-stroke version spinning the dyno with 95 rear-wheel horsepower at 10,000 rpm. Nice torque, though not much in the lower revs, some 54 lb-ft coming on at 8,500.
What kind of engine does a 1998 Honda VFR have?
Even so, technically speaking, the VFR is an exciting machine. The 1998 model’s headlights and sharper styling steal attention from the two key changes over the previous model – a new engine and new frame. The VFR is now a fuel-injected 800, not a carburetted 750. Its frame now doesn’t have a swingarm pivot.
It comes to all VFR800s sooner or later. If you buy a VFR without a stainless replacement chances are you’ll be fitting one. It would be a good idea to replace the studs/nuts while you have the bike apart as they are not expensive, but the studs are only 6mm thick and snap oh so easily.
The 750 figures were a bore of 70mm, stroke, 48.6mm, while the 800 had a 72mm bore and was mildly destroked to 48mm. No great change, really, with the shorter-stroke version spinning the dyno with 95 rear-wheel horsepower at 10,000 rpm. Nice torque, though not much in the lower revs, some 54 lb-ft coming on at 8,500.