1985 Honda Sabre, price makes my mouth water?

[Buffalo Bill]

Wow, if didn't have a loan to pay off, I'd buy this now!
One of the square headlight bikes from the mid 80s, 1985 Honda VF750S

[Guest]

Those bikes have little resale value, even the bigger V65 Sabres are considered the "red headed stepchildren" of the V4 world. Nice examples all over for $1500 or below.

[Buffalo Bill]

Eess gone already bro!

[Guest]

Here's a nice V65 Sabre in that same color scheme.

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/dak/mcy/5097319001.html

[JEEPRUSTY]

They were lovely bikes..............Drove one years ago nice power and heavy enough not to get blown half off the road by ery oncoming tractor trailer.

[LarryJ]

That V65 is one gorgeous highway bike!

[Guest]

http://detroit.craigslist.org/mcb/mcy/5063104835.html

[Buffalo Bill]

Not so bad, he'll give you his HJC helmet too!
Might be his 1st, and last bike.

[Guest]

How about this one?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1985-Honda-V65-Sabre-W-sidecar-/151732974811?hash=item2353fd74db&vxp=mtr

[Ecklund]

How about this one?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1985-Honda-V...fd74db&vxp=mtr

Nice. And near my home base too.

Recently picked up a Texas Sidecar hack and bought a GL1000 as a tug. Oh well, can't get 'em all.

[Grimly]

One of the V4 750 Hondas of about that time had a dreadful reputation for chocolate camshafts.

[GS1150Pilot]

I know the VF500 had all manner of mechanical woes (though I still think it's a fantastic little machine), and I think the first iteration of the 750 in the Interceptors and Magnas had some problems. I don't know that it hit the Sabres, but it may well have done.

[Buffalo Bill]

I followed a VF500 on ebay this week, cool bike. I think I read about the cam problems too. But this one had 43,000 mi.

[GS1150Pilot]

I think some of the baby Interceptors were clear of such woes, and man, can those little buggers hustle on a back road, even today.

[Grimly]

By this time, the vast majority of them have either broken terminally or been fixed (there was a recall at the time, after much hassle), but even within the last year or two I've read of low mileage examples that were still running ok, but had slipped through the net and were on their OE cams, so it pays to be wary, still.