1985 Honda Interceptor

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1985 Honda VF1000R (Not the 1000F Interceptor, ebay's problem) True garage-find 17K mile bike. V4, gear-driven cams, desirable red seat version.. amazing machine! Bike ran when it was stored. A buddy’s dad had taken the bike in trade years ago, it has been in storage indoors and I’m listing the project now. I changed the oil with fresh motorcycle oil, old oil wasn’t that dirty. I freed up the carb slides, throttle operates freely from grip to butterflies in carbs. Engine cranks over, but no spark. That’s as far as I went, relatively easy electrical fix to get spark happening again and this bike will run. Brakes are good front and rear with pressure and no leaks. Hydraulic clutch has no pressure, needs service. Needs new tires. Missing factory airbox, missing gas cap. No big rust in tank visible, but may need cleaned/re-coated, would need carbs cleaned, needs fork seals, all the potential typical stuff to revive an old bike. Missing one blinker lens, and blinkers hanging/need service. Needs new battery. With 12v powered the lights/horn/starter/etc. all seem to function normally. Fairings/bodywork has all been stored off the bike. From evidence, the bike has been down before there are some broken portions of fiberglass fairings, there’s also an additional red lower fairing from a different bike included which is less broken than the original color-matching piece. Looks like it's missing fairing bodywork to trim the headlight and taillight. NO TITLE, sold with bill-of-sale (bike isn't salvage, you can apply for and get title). This could be restored to be an original 9/10 bike at least with a little fixing/refinishing and no major overhaul/rebuild. Please view pics carefully to see any damage (pretty much fiberglass damage and scrapes on steel/aluminum levers) Bike has definitely been down on the right side with scraped R. muffler and footpeg and damaged fiberglass bodywork on right side. Left side is kind of fishy because no muffler or footpeg scrapes, but part of the clutch lever main mount portion has evidence of scraping on the ground (maybe part had come from another bike). Please ask with any more questions, NO RESERVE AUCTION, winning bid gets it! Payment due within 3 days, buyer responsible for pickup or shipping arrangements, bike is in Salt Lake City Utah. I can help crate the motorcycle (for a fee) for shipment if needed (steel/pallet, with front tire removed). Thanks for looking!On Sep-17-18 at 09:07:43 PDT, seller added the following information: If you located a new upper front fairing for the bike to use and go along with that extra red fairing we already have, the fiberglass repair left would be very minimal. Gas tank only has a minor dent on the right side down near the frame tube, and the small dent on the left side visible in pic.