Honda VFR800

The Honda VFR800 is a fuel injected sport touring motorcycle first produced by Honda in 1998. It is the successor to the VFR750 and, like the earlier bike, has the V4 engine configuration shared with the Honda VF and VFR motorcycle family. The VFR800 is known in the USA as the Interceptor.

Fifth Generation: 1998-2001 VFR800Fi (RC46)

Rather than being a direct development of the previous, carbureted VFR750F engine, the VFR800 engine was a detuned and longer-stroke power plant based on the fuel-injected engine designed for the RC45 of 1994. The RVF750R RC45 engine, although a development of the VFR750R RC30 and originally derived from the VFR750F RC24, was very different from Honda's previous V-4 as the gear drive to the cams was moved from the centre of the engine to one side, similar to the CBR250. Tuned for road use in the VFR800, power was slightly increased over the VFR750, and torque was improved throughout the rev range. In 2000, Honda updated the fifth-generation VFR (RC46) with a catalytic converter, oxygen sensors, and an EFI system that would enter closed-loop mode under highway (cruising) operation.