Interesting Hondas - and a Kawasaki

**Paul in NZ** · 1st January 2011, 10:25

If there is such a thing....

This is as much for my interest as anything else as I'm not really interested in this era but fascinating tech and style. One wonders if these will be future classics (I suspect not)

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-344175722.htm

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-343402559.htm

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-343977363.htm

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-344107476.htm

I suspect that these will be hard to sell now due to the expensive rego.....

**scumdog** · 1st January 2011, 10:53

The first one has some 'style' to it eh!

**Motu** · 1st January 2011, 11:01

Someone loves UJM's,just not me.I do like those Honda customs though...but would only take one as a gift.

**BMWST?** · 1st January 2011, 11:10

got a soft spot for those vfr 1000s

**awa355** · 19th January 2011, 01:28

Those early V4's gave a lot of trouble with the camshafts pitting. The rear cylinders were supposed to be half a days work just to get at the valves. I think the 500's were the best of them. A nice handling bike,

**nudemetalz** · 19th January 2011, 09:21

I had a VF500F once. Lovely bike, only thing that let it down was the crap rear shock.
Nice smooth creamy V4 with good torque for a 500.

**nadroj** · 19th January 2011, 11:48

Originally Posted by Paul in NZ

If there is such a thing....

This is as much for my interest as anything else as I'm not really interested in this era but fascinating tech and style. One wonders if these will be future classics (I suspect not)

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-344175722.htm

I suspect that these will be hard to sell now due to the expensive rego.....

Lined up with it's stable mates.

**slowpoke** · 19th January 2011, 12:04

Originally Posted by awa355

Those early V4's gave a lot of trouble with the camshafts pitting. The rear cylinders were supposed to be half a days work just to get at the valves. I think the 500's were the best of them. A nice handling bike,

Nope, the only problems were on the earlier chain driven cam V4's, the gear driven cam engines (VF1000R was first of them) were good bits of gear. The GPZ900R was a better bike from most accounts but the VF1000R is most definitely collectable.