About the VFR750
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The VFR750 is a sports-touring motorcycle manufactured by Honda between 1986 and 1997.
It was succeeded by the VFR800 in 1998 through to 2021.
Engine
The bike is powered by a 750cc (cubic centimetre) liquid-cooled 90degree V-4 engine,
which places it on the larger side of the medium displacement sports-tourers. The engine is
fed from 4 carburetors which sit at the centre of the V arrangement. One of the most notable
features of the VFR750 engine is the gear-driven cam system, which supplants the
camchains of older Japanese motorcycles.
The engine uses gears instead of a chain because previous generations of Hondas suffered with
camchain tensioner issues which could lead to drastically premature engine failure. The
gear-driven cams were designed to last the entire lifetime of the vehicle with no maintenance.
Since spur gears were used, the geartrain has a tendency to whine as the engine RPMs increase,
often being louder than the exhaust note.
The transmission is a 6 speed sequential gearbox with a standard 1 down, 5 up pattern,
attached to a wet multiplate hydraulically operated clutch. The chain is 530 width, length 112 links.
Chassis
The chassis is primarily constructed from a cast aluminium frame looping around the engine, onto which the subframe is attached.
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