Can't decide. VFR750F, sell or storage?

[Scuba_Steve]

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

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

[ducatilover]

You can park it in my garage for free....

[cheshirecat]

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]

Sell, it spend it on the OE. Bike are like bitches; everywhere and cheap.

[Swoop]

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]

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?

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]

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]

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]

Think an RC30 still holds the record here

VFR v R1

I think the 94/97 is the last of the best versions but then I'm hopelessly biased

[NinjaNanna]

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]

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.

[imdying]

Think an RC30 still holds the record here

It's unbeatable, they changed how runs are done there. The actual record itself would be easy to beat on many bikes.

[ducatilover]

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?