Honda VF and VFR Interceptor (Whiteorse Press Collectors) [Paperback]

Clement Salvadori (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 8, 2002 | Series: Whiteorse Press Collectors

Street Smarts motorcycle skills is a practical course in two-wheeled street survival. With tips and tactics from experienced street riders and expert road racers, you'll learn safety techniques you can apply directly to your street riding. This volume lets you hear different opinions about how to approach situations such as entering a turn too fast; riding technique for rainy weather; or using your rear brake. Evaluate each answer and incorporate the best of them into your own riding techniques. These volumes are a valuable resource that will help riders at any level. All are nicely produced, with excellent action footage to demonstrate every important point.

Product Details

• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Whitehorse Press (March 8, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1884313345
• ISBN-13: 978-1884313349
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 8.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,569,555 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Own a VFR? Get This Book!, June 20, 2002

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D. Mullane (Pico Rivera, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Honda VF and VFR Interceptor (Whiteorse Press Collectors) (Paperback)

This is a great little (actually 59-page) book on the Honda VF and VFR models. It's one of those books that I put on my shelf and pull out on days when I can't ride, such as when it's raining or the killer bees are swarming.

Clement Salvadori has a relaxed writing style, and readers of _Rider_ magazine will immediately feel comfortable getting into Salvadori's sometimes twisty paragraph structure, with a few non sequiturs thrown in. It's a lot like riding a familiar backroad with plenty of sweepers and wildlife: refreshing and exciting.

One has to love Honda V-4s to call this book exciting, per se. Owners of Interceptors will enjoy the quick but thorough history of the V-4, not just Honda's versions, all within 11 pages. This is vintage Salvadori, an easy read, so I could have my mother read it, and, after a good scolding about the dangers of motorcycle riding, even she could tell me the difference between longitudinal and transverse mounting.

I enjoyed the photography because there was plenty of color pictures, but, as a photographer, I'm not as impressed by the quality of the photos as a whole; the pictures are more "tourist snapshot" than "Ansel Adams." Readers will probably see a little of Salvadori in a couple of frames.

I had been riding my 1998 VFR 800 fi for about a year when I came across this text, and I found myself nodding my head and uttering an "Uh huh" for every page of the section on this model. Salvadori honestly addresses and assesses the VFR model line. His inclusion of interesting trivia makes this history complete. Who knew that Honda backed off from badging the 1990 VFR as an "Interceptor" because of pressure from insurance companies? Great, if unimportant, stuff.

The biggest disappointment I found in this text was the last section on the latest iteration of the VFR. The Honda press photos are there, but, since this text was published before the release of the actual motorcycle, there shouldn't be any commentary on the bike; it would have been better if the publication of the text could have been delayed by about six months, so Salvadori could have written a better examination of the model and actually ridden the bike. Instead, readers get, basically, a rehash of the Honda press release.

There is little mention of the aftermarket, but Salvadori is probably more interested in officialdom than the endless variety beyond the corporate scene. Also, there is a *sparse* index. I hope readers like thumbing through the pages to find the right spot.

Overall, VFR owners and interested individuals should be nicely satisfied by this short text. I'd advise others to read it in the morning before the ride, so they will appreciate their rides that much more. Ride safe!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Don't bother, March 10, 2006

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Josue M. Traverzo "JMT" (Rochester, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Honda VF and VFR Interceptor (Whiteorse Press Collectors) (Paperback)

I thought this was a book. It's more like a large pamphlet. In my opinion, if you pay this much for a "book", you should get a book. It reminds me of when I was a kid and had those "pop up" books. Has pretty pictures but no substance. If you want to learn about your VFR...read your manual.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars he missed a whole catagory of Interceptor, June 25, 2007

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c. mort (CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Honda VF and VFR Interceptor (Whiteorse Press Collectors) (Paperback)

i am the owner of a 1985 VF1000R Interceptor. i found this book/pamphlet on the Interceptor and was very excited. i ordered it but to my dismay there is only a half-paragraph mention of the VF1000R Honda Interceptor - go figure!! the VF1000R was a landmark bike when it came out - it put the Interceptor on the map!! and this guy doesn't even mention it! perhaps his cat hit the delete key while sleeping on the keyboard and erased the chapter on the VF1000R.

it's a tiny book and worth about half what it's currently selling for. (the Hong Kong press that it was printed on can't be _THAT_ expensive)

it is pretty informative and a quick history in the VFR motorcycles. there's not much out there on these bikes so you just have to take what you can get!