Importing a Honda FTR?

**mossy1200** · 13th August 2013, 19:52

Originally Posted by Ender EnZed

Maybe I'm missing something; why is this thing any better than/different to a GN?

GN is a bit cooler I think

**seagullnz** · 7th January 2014, 19:55

Hey Guys, after a bit of mucking about I realised I'd have to go through a dealer to get one. I've been through the bidding process on behalf of a dealer, who must have had an agent in Japan, so there are probably 2 rounds of markup on it before i get my hands on it, it's going to end up around the $4k mark which is a lot more than I was expecting to pay. I always "Just missed out" on the auctions and it was suggested that I bid a little more next time.

I should get it cleared and registered this week so I'll report back soon. I'm pretty excited about it because it took an awful lot longer than expected once I'd actually secured one in Japan, sold my old bike in August last year so it's been a while.

**seagullnz** · 14th July 2017, 21:43

And here I am posting my update 3 years on. I've still got my FTR and only really just finished with all the small mods after 3-4 years. I really like it probably just because it's different and I've spent a bit of time and $$ getting it to how I want it. My opinion is it's definitely just for show as it's pretty gutless compared to other 250 street bikes, even after putting on a pod filter and upgraded exaust and changing the jets to suit, it might be the fat tyres? Compared to the Yamaha Scorpion I started out on it's inferior as far as power does. I only ride it around town in Christchurch and that's all I plan for it really, been on a few rides to Akaroa and back but I don't feel comfortable on it on the open road because of it's lack of power. It's fun to ride, like a BMX with a motor. I've also made mine a bit useless for dirt tracking or mild off-road riding because I put a supertrapp with the pipe running under the frame, which gives the bike less clearance.