Honda - CB450 - 1970
No. 27046121
Honda - VF 1000 R - 1000 cc - 1985
No. 27046121
Honda - VF 1000 R - 1000 cc - 1985
Honda VF 1000 R, the homologation ‘series’ model for SBK racer Spencer.
This very carefully maintained exotic is intact, fully operable and ready to go.
Large picture files; so zoom in!
Retail price in 1985 was 26,160 guilders, literally twice as much as other sports motorcycles.
Actually they were only made to justify Freddy Spencer’s V-four Superbike racer (the ‘Water Whale’) as a ‘series motorcycle’.
They were built ‘expensive’, among others with gear trains to the camshafts instead of a chain and other expensive components such as the - now light - 4th generation ComStar wheels.
Just like its predecessor (the CB 1100 R), this V-four was already an exotic from the start.
The current red-white-blue RCV V-four (worth 180,000) is.. a Honda tribute to this VF 1000 R.
It is still well-suitable to ride: you can keep up with a - successive - RC 30 at Francorchamps.
Still suitable as a sports motorcycle with its top speed of 245 km/h (and a beautiful deep sound...), but an investment object at the same time and a beauty to behold.
Affordable now, but this likely to change in the future.
Which makes sense, because its rare and a good investment. Trend: climbing!
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