Two years ago this month owner Eric took delivery of his completed 1986 VFR750F, aka Project 38. His was a special build with lots of quality modifications and gorgeous cosmetics. Here’s a link to my photo album. We've kept in touch and this past week Eric shared a few photos from a recent ride in rural Missouri. In his own words:
"I took the bike for a 400-mile spirited ride through southeast Missouri with a couple of old college riding buddies. It was as hard as I have pushed it since you completed it. The bike did fantastic all day hanging with a Honda 919 and an 8th generation VFR. I was really impressed with the suspension and handling. It felt really stable through all of the twisties that the Missouri letter roads had to offer."
I'm always pleased to see or hear that the projects I've helped with are actually being exercised the way Soichiro intended. Beautiful mechanical objects are a pleasure to the eye, but they were never meant to be static art — they were envisioned and built to be used, in this case a "spirited ride" on twisty, hilly midwest backroads.
In the photo below, note how the R/W/B Interceptor always stands out in a crowd. But my favorite part of the story was a show of Eric's love for this machine: At an overnight motel stop, Eric recalls, "they were calling for rain overnight and I couldn't stand the idea of that. So I folded the mirrors in and tucked her in for the night...in the room." That's classic. Thanks for sharing, Eric, I only wish I'd been bringing up the rear on this ride.
"I took the bike for a 400-mile spirited ride through southeast Missouri with a couple of old college riding buddies. It was as hard as I have pushed it since you completed it. The bike did fantastic all day hanging with a Honda 919 and an 8th generation VFR. I was really impressed with the suspension and handling. It felt really stable through all of the twisties that the Missouri letter roads had to offer."
I'm always pleased to see or hear that the projects I've helped with are actually being exercised the way Soichiro intended. Beautiful mechanical objects are a pleasure to the eye, but they were never meant to be static art — they were envisioned and built to be used, in this case a "spirited ride" on twisty, hilly midwest backroads.
In the photo below, note how the R/W/B Interceptor always stands out in a crowd. But my favorite part of the story was a show of Eric's love for this machine: At an overnight motel stop, Eric recalls, "they were calling for rain overnight and I couldn't stand the idea of that. So I folded the mirrors in and tucked her in for the night...in the room." That's classic. Thanks for sharing, Eric, I only wish I'd been bringing up the rear on this ride.
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