Another video - Ride over Rimutakas

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Hey - I didn't realise they'd rebuilt the cafe. I must go up and check it out.

I hope your joking, there is not a cafe up there, this video is old old OLD... back in the days when crazy horse ran the cafe up there - yeah the guy with the goldwing.

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I quite enjoyed watching that, how does your VFR800 compare to the VF1000 in the video out of interest? And how do rate a V4 against an in line 4? Cheers.

well, the 1000 feels like it has heeps more grunt, i guess you should expect that from the extra cc's. of course the 800 feels lighter and more flickable. after saying that i never had any problem getting the pegs down on the 1000 up the tucks, and for a poor rider (ability wise) it was always great to be able to just open the throttle in any gear and pull away form the last cocked up corner..
touring, i prefer the 1000 for the extra power, and it's heavy so has great stability and road presence. side winds dont bother it so much.
the 800 is much more comfortable, the 1000 is more of a race seating position where as the 800 is more touring upright.

i have not ridden many big 4's only little ones (gsxr 250 etc) so i cant really say i'm afraid. i always thought an old gs1000 might be fun though.