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1986: Honda VFR750 F-G

Coming off the back of the flawed VF series of the early 1980s and the ‘Chocolate Camshaft Crisis’, Honda finally hit the nail on the head with the first version of the VFR. This bike pushed out around 105 ‘claimed’ bhp at 10,500rpm from its gear-driven cam motor. At the launch was future MotoGP commentator Julian

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