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jmillheiser wrote:4.9 gallon tank? didn't the preceding model have a 7 gallon tank?

On the bright side it should drop the price on used interceptors by a lot.
7 gallons! That's huge! If it gets great mpg - I can only imagine the cruising range of it!
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RhadamYgg wrote:
jmillheiser wrote:4.9 gallon tank? didn't the preceding model have a 7 gallon tank?

On the bright side it should drop the price on used interceptors by a lot.
7 gallons! That's huge! If it gets great mpg - I can only imagine the cruising range of it!
I don't think it's that big! I had a '98 and I think it was about 5 gallon and change. The one with the big tank was the ST not the VFR.
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Month end, I will get the chance, big show coming up and I am in charge of the track Marshals, whoo hooo
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The '98-01 had a 22 litre tank...
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Woohoo! Let us know how everything handles!
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High_Side wrote:The '98-01 had a 22 litre tank...
5.8 Gal, thats still huge for a motorcycle tank
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I admit the Honda VFR Interceptor is a nice bike, 2 years ago a local Honda Dealer refused to sell me one saying thats a higher end professional bike and I don't pass the test as a professional, so i told him to stick that bike up his you know what and never visited that dealer again.
Every dealer in this area knows me, I am one of the guys that buys a new motorcycle or atv every year, all I ask is for the dealer to treat me with respect and I let the dealer know I must like and respect him as a person before I give him thousands of dollars of my hard earned money. I am not one of these guys that hang out at dealerships and window shopps, when I visit a dealer I intend to buy something, I think when they see me coming they should roll out the red carpet and wait on me, kiss the ring on my finger!
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#18 Unread post by matthew5656 »

has anyone sat or looked at one yet? i went into a smaller honda dealer nearby my house yesterday and they still haven't received any new of the model lineup, even though they were supposed to get them in about a week ago.

like i said, i think she's one ugly redesign, but i still need to see it. rarely do i spare any of my time or attention to a bike i think i won't like, but i have to see the new one anyway. i think too many of us have been waiting for the remodel to finally come...
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matthew5656 wrote:
like i said, i think she's one ugly redesign, but i still need to see it
I hope it looks better in real life. It is one ugly bike! I don't know who is the VP of design now at Honda but all their recent redesigns have been mfugly! They totally botched the stunningly beautiful CBR1000RR as well.

I wish they would build a sportbike with that V4 engine!
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#20 Unread post by matthew5656 »

ya the new cbrs are real nice, very innovative with plenty of positive quirks.

but i agree they're ugly too. Did honda forget that we americans just want a bike to solely pick up chicks on? sure we tell ourselves it's more than that, but the chick thing really is the deciding factor, right fellas??

boo ugly vfr. :mrgreen: :laughing:
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