The gear driven cams sound so good to me, anyone else?

The VFR is one of the greatest engines of all time, not just in motorcycles. Absolute legend.

In 45 years of riding, my VFR 750 was the best bike I ever owned. It wasn't the fastest, or the best handling, or the best for touring, but it was unquestionably the best balanced of all the bikes I've owned. The comment that it was "a bike that made me a better rider" really resonated.

I friggin love my '98 VFR.  The cam gear whine at the bottom end and V4 roar at 9k rpm is music sweet music.  Torque that never ends, indestructible reliability and a machine that begs to go fast.  Love live the Vee!!

I now own 6 Honda V-4's, a VF750C  bought new in 82, a VF750F from 1985, a red/white/blue VFR750 interceptor from 86, two RC30's and a vfr800 interceptor from 2006, so you can call me a fanatic. Ever since my first glance at the V-four engine in 1982 I've been hooked on the looks of the engine but even more by the way it runs. So smooth, power at all RPM's and the VTEC system on the VFR800 is far better than everyone thinks: you get two bikes in one, by having torque at lower RPM's and performance at high RPM's and it doesn't kick in as sudden as they say. You can predict it pretty well. It's a real shame Honda abandoned the V4 engine for street use, it was their finest hour!

The version with the gear driven cams was an absolute jewel.

I have 2 ducatis, an RC51, an MV Agusta F1000, an Aprilia RS250 and a 2001 VFR800i. The VFR is the only one that gets ridden. It does everything with a grace and style the others cannot match. I'm teaching my 17 year old son to ride on the VFR800 and it will become his on his 18th birthday.

If you think the V4 750s and 800s are good, then the 400s are little gems. They're like watch mechanisms. The Japanese domestic market kept the best bikes for themselves.

Riding since 1965 and having many different bikes, I can say without a doubt that 1986 -87 VFR's have been my favorite. The sound, the power delivery, the gas milage on 87 octane is a steady 42 MPG's.  Only problems I've had have been with the rectifier/regulator frying until I moved it out in the airstream.  Fairly easy and simple to work on with no crazy bucket/shim valves to adjust, carbs stay in tune, no overheating, engine bulletproof, brakes OK, no bad vices at all. Current now is an 86-750 I've had since 1997, it still keeps on keeping on. A real sweetheart of a m/c, too bad it's been discontinued.

My dad has the vfr800 VTEC, the vfr1200, and a CBR 1100.  He's a menace at 80 years young.

I was fortunate enough to have had both an '83 Interceptor, then sold it to buy an '86 VFR750F. The '83 was a nice comfortable "sporty" bike, but by comparison the '86 felt like a real race bike. It was actually an homologation special - in order to use gear-driven cams and titanium rods they had to be on the production bike. The "Harly tariff" on any bike over 700cc meant that the VFR700F was $3,500 and the 50CC bigger VF750F was $4,500. As far as I know, Honda only made around 1,000 ~ 1,200 of the 750s, just enough to qualify for the Superbike class, which they won. I now ride a 2002 Interceptor and love the kick and sound when the VTEC opens the other two valves. I had a 2007 Interceptor which had a software update to make the crossover less noticeable, but I like the kick from the early models better.

Ok here goes , I started biking in 1990 , I had Yamahas 3 Kawasakis and one Suzuki . My last Kwak ( which was a mongeral to work on ) suddenly died on me, in 2001, I had to find a cheep bike quickly, the only thing I could find was a 1990 VFR 750 with 80,000 miles on the clock , that looked like it had had an extremely hard life , I reluctantly bought it and……….. that’s when the second phase of my life as a biker began ! It was epic ! The engin was incredible ! It had torque it had high end power ! It sounds like a 60’s muscle car but returned 50 to the gallon! Way more than my perky 600’s did . It was comfy to ride and everything made sense ! It’s servicing was easy and the bike was easy to work on !
It even had ridiculous things I had never seen on a bike such as a centre stand ! A fuel gauge ! And even a clock !  I kept that bike for 2 years  until the electrics went at 104,000 miles , I had no garage to take it apart and work on . This bike had to sit outside in English weather the entire time I owned it. So it went to a guy with a garage and a bit more mechanical savy than me .
Two years later I had bought a house with a garage and started saving for my next bike . In 2006 I got myself a 97 VFR with 14000 miles on it , replaced the pipes to liberate that V4 sound and replaced the regulator rectifier . Aside from servicing , that’s all it needed. 18 years later what am I riding now ?
THAT SAME VFR 750 ! It has never let me down !
It even had to sit in storage for 8 of those years while I worked over seas ! All I had to do was replace the battery and the old fuel and it started on the 3rd go and has ran without a hitch ever since!  I can see why Honda don’t make these any more , they want to sell motorcycles, in a period of 11 years I had bought and owned  7 bikes then I bought this one and in a period of 18 years I haven’t needed to buy another one !

Among my brothers we toured on a BMW R1200 RT, a Yamaha FJR 1300 and a VFR 800. We used to say those bikes defined the Sport/Touring segment. The BMW was more touring than sport, the Yamaha was equal parts sport and touring and the VFR was clearly more sport than touring. It was always fun to switch rides and sample all three!

I owned a VF750 Interceptor when they came out in ‘83 but the issues with the camshaft wear got me down. But when the VFR750 came out I got interested in the V4 again! I’ve owned a VFR750FM since new, it’s a ‘91 model and still runs like a brand new motorcycle, even with 150,000kms on the clock. It never uses a drop of oil between services, starts first time, summer or winter and still looks and runs like a modern sports bike. I’ve also owned 5 FireBlades and a CBR1000F during this time and they’re all been moved on, but my VFR is still in my garage and it’s my favourite motorcycle of all time. Ride safe. 🏍️💪🇿🇦

Over the years I owned three generations of VF/VFR bikes and they were by far my favorite bikes.  Sure, the gixer would murder them most years but the torque, smooth handling, and comfort to ride long distance was amazing!  THANKS for this video.  My heart skipped a beat every time a model I owned popped up on the screen.  Bring it back Honda!

My 86 VFR750 is still one of my favorite bikes for distance riding. So comfortable and great handling. An all time classic.

I bought a 1984 VF750F that was set up for the track. Custom paint, and exhaust, and just an all out performer. My favorite bike I ever had. It didn't hurt that I was living in the Sierra Nevada foothills at the time, and could ride around the best roads in California. Mosquito Ridge anyone?

My old man had an 83 vf750f when I was a kid. I thought it was the coolest thing ever. He stopped riding it 20 years ago and put it in the back shed. I dragged it out last year and talked him into getting it back on the road. It didn't take much to get her going again and I still think it's the coolest thing ever, lol. I've ridden a lot of bikes (zx6r, MV Agusta Butale, Cagiva Raptor 1000, so on) but the VF is still my top favorite by far.

I had a 1998 VRF800, and it was the best bike I've ever owned. I'd still have it to this day if it weren't for someone on a cell phone crashing into the bike at an intersection, sending the bike into oncoming traffic and sending me to the hospital. The bike was totaled. I loved everything about that bike - the ergonomics, the full fairing, the linked brakes, the hydraulic clutch line instead of a cable, the single-sided swingarm, the camshaft gears instead of a chain, etc.

You brought up a fond memory when you called the GSXR-750 the UJM of the future. I remember seeing them at the dealership near my home and thought they looked like a spaceship on two wheels.