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Neon
4th July 2011, 20:20
Heading overseas soon for a few years OE. I have an extremely tidy '96 VFR 750 which I am loathe to sell, but having it sitting in a shed for a few years seems like a waste. It's currently on KB & TM for sale, but I'm having second thoughts.

Could it become a classic? Am I mad for selling it? What say you?

:confused:
blackdog
4th July 2011, 20:27
Bonfire.

I'll bring marshmallows.
Neon
4th July 2011, 20:41
Bonfire.

I'll bring marshmallows.

Damn. I knew I should have included a third option. :facepalm:
blackdog
4th July 2011, 20:45
Damn. I knew I should have included a third option. :facepalm:

Live and learn.

I bet the third option woulda won too.
Usarka
4th July 2011, 20:46
Toss a coin. If your reaction is to go for best out of three then go with the other option.
EJK
4th July 2011, 20:48
That's a real nice tidy looking VFR. Hmmm...

If it was RC30 then heck yeah that's instant classics right there but RC36, not sure. Some professional here on KB will surely know.
bogan
4th July 2011, 20:55
That's a real nice tidy looking VFR. Hmmm...

If it was RC30 then heck yeah that's instant classics right there but RC36, not sure. Some professional here on KB will surely know.

Agreed, it's a very nice bike, but I reckon the RC30 will always overshadow it. Still the RC30 is a very high demand bike, even half the 'classicness' of that an it'd be worth keeping.

Chances are if you are having second thoughts now, you'll definitely have them after (if) you sell it too.
Ender EnZed
4th July 2011, 21:01
Could it become a classic? Am I mad for selling it? What say you?

It's unlikely to become a classic in the sense that it'll appreciate and make you rich. However, it sounds like you have a reasonably high opinion of it and don't really want to sell it anyway. If you don't have to, don't.


If it was RC30 then heck yeah that's instant classics right there

:sherlock:
blackdog
4th July 2011, 21:12
Sell the bitch.

If you can find anyone thick enough to buy it. It is obviously a pig that you will be well shot of.
The Pastor
4th July 2011, 21:18
keep it, why not.

heck i'll even look after it for you, for a small charge.
cheshirecat
4th July 2011, 21:24
Well unless you find a good home for it I'd hang on. They won't sell for much less.
Mine's turning out to be a real all rounder, very cheap to run and service. Nothings gone wrong with it except for the rectifier 85,000 k ago. Hasn't even blown the original bulbs. I easily stay with my mates 900 Ducatti in the corners and leave it on the straights, its given Blades a run for their money in bumpy twisties and nothing seems to upset it.
If I had the spare dosh I'd buy it and just keep it in the shed - your engine isn''t even run in yet and won't need it valves doing for another 70,000 if that
Zamiam
4th July 2011, 21:48
Simple - as you feel the need to ask you don't really want to sell it
jaffaonajappa
4th July 2011, 21:56
A Honda 750.
Would someone buy it tho?
Probably have to put it in storage....
NinjaNanna
5th July 2011, 08:59
How much difference would the $4K + make to your OE, how long will your OE be, how much will the bike be realistically worth when you get back, how much money do you think you'll come home with, enough to buy another $5k bike? How much will it cost you to put into storage (including new fluids all round, don't want shitty coolant, brake fluid,oil and fuel sitting in there corroding things for years), do you need to pay for storage?

Answering these questions will help you make the decision, and also work out what your lowest acceptable offer really is.
Neon
5th July 2011, 12:44
I think I'm going to continue with my efforts to sell it. It is a really tidy example for the price. I'll be sad to see it go but I reckon knowing it's sitting in a shed somewhere not being ridden would be worse. :bye:
Scuba_Steve
5th July 2011, 12:53
Could it become a classic? Am I mad for selling it? What say you?

:confused:

Na, I don't see a '96 being a "classic" could be wrong but I think you'll have to look back to 80's models for potential "classics"

as for selling it, if TradeMe doesn't work out for ya I've got a couple hundred $$$ & a BK Whooper I'll trade ya for it :D
ducatilover
5th July 2011, 12:54
You can park it in my garage for free....:innocent:
cheshirecat
5th July 2011, 14:41
When you think bikes are moving the same way as cars with 50-100 micro chips in them -all ready for problematical (read expensive) diagnostics and rapid depreciation after 10 years, then bikes like these could be the new trend. That one of the reasons I bought mine and its paying off big time.
imdying
5th July 2011, 14:54
Sell, it spend it on the OE. Bike are like bitches; everywhere and cheap.
Swoop
5th July 2011, 21:05
If you are going for a few years it is probably better to sell her as long as you get a sensible price.
The '96 is a damned good model and I have small regrets about parting with mine. Fabulous bike that ticks all the boxes for sport/tourer.
GrayWolf
6th July 2011, 14:41
Heading overseas soon for a few years OE. I have an extremely tidy '96 VFR 750 which I am loathe to sell, but having it sitting in a shed for a few years seems like a waste. It's currently on KB & TM for sale, but I'm having second thoughts.
Could it become a classic? Am I mad for selling it? What say you?
:confused:
The biggest risk you'll face if you leave it standing a few years is the risk of hardened seals... That IS a lottery, you can get no problems at all, or end up replacing every seal imaginable, that can be an expensive exercise.
I guess it comes down to how attached you are to the bike. It IS replacable, the VFR800 for example. So you can buy a far more modern version of the same bike.
Neon
6th July 2011, 19:50
The biggest risk you'll face if you leave it standing a few years is the risk of hardened seals... That IS a lottery, you can get no problems at all, or end up replacing every seal imaginable, that can be an expensive exercise.
I guess it comes down to how attached you are to the bike. It IS replacable, the VFR800 for example. So you can buy a far more modern version of the same bike.

Not the same engine though. The gear driven cams were ditched for a cam chain in 1998, the same year they went to fuel injection. IMO the newer V fours didn't have the same character or robustness.
Newo
7th July 2011, 00:43
Oh wow, so that purplish looking vfr is yours then? I was looking at it quite closely on the weekend actually. Very tidy.

Keep me updated as to what happens if you don't mind. I'm quite interested.
cheshirecat
7th July 2011, 08:15
Think an RC30 still holds the record here

VFR v R1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHNa2812cYY&feature=related)

I think the 94/97 is the last of the best versions but then I'm hopelessly biased
NinjaNanna
7th July 2011, 08:16
Not the same engine though. The gear driven cams were ditched for a cam chain in 1998, the same year they went to fuel injection. IMO the newer V fours didn't have the same character or robustness.

Are you sure about that? I believe the 1998-2001 VFR800 was still gear driven, it wasn't until they updated to the VTEC engine in 2002 that they went to chain driven.
Neon
7th July 2011, 11:28
Are you sure about that? I believe the 1998-2001 VFR800 was still gear driven, it wasn't until they updated to the VTEC engine in 2002 that they went to chain driven.

I stand corrected. They moved the gear drive from the centre of the engine to the side in 1998, and ditched them for a chain when they went to VTEC. :baby:
imdying
7th July 2011, 11:31
Think an RC30 still holds the record hereIt's unbeatable, they changed how runs are done there. The actual record itself would be easy to beat on many bikes.
ducatilover
7th July 2011, 13:20
It's unbeatable, they changed how runs are done there. The actual record itself would be easy to beat on many bikes.

The time is taken with the main straight and the very last section taken out isn't it?