So finally went for a ride again

[darkwolf]

I sold my bikes three weeks ago with the intention of using the funds to buy the bike I've dreamt about since I was at high school. Unfortunately that turned out to be a bust and I was left bikeless

I went looking for a bike that would do until I found something else. So I came across a VFR800 on trademe and thought I'd give it a try.

Well was I in for a shock.

She had everything I wanted, she wasn't as fast as I was looking at originally but she was surprisingly quick. So I took her to a favourite stretch of road to see what she did when I through a corner in her way. To my surprise she took the corner without any hesitation.

So I tried a few other bikes but I couldn't get anything close. And eventually I bought the VFR:



After three weeks without a bike, the first thing I did when I got away from work was take her on a 90 minute ride covering around 150KM. And was absolutely brilliant for the trip, simply devouring KM. But alas my body wasn't up to it. Sore legs and back about 30 minutes in. Turns out in 3 weeks my body had turned to sludge.

I decided to do the only thing I could. Finished work tonight and took her out again. Still sore from the ride yesterday, I thought this ride was really going to hurt. But after another hour on my new bike, I had worked my bike grove into my ass and the pain had gone away.

Weather permitting Kaikoura will get a visit from a bright red VFR800 tomorrow.

[MrKiwi]

Awesome. I have not ridden my bike this week at all, been in the workshop getting an annoying water leak problem sorted! Pick it up tomorrow, sadly weather looks awful, but life without a bike is unbearable. Glad you got a bike in the end you enjoy, ride safe, ride long...

[tigertim20]

nice.

can ya tell me anything else about the bike? It looks identical to the viffer my FIL recently sold - if its the same one I might be able to supply you with a little bit of its history

[darkwolf]

It's an ex VFR NZ bike and has done 120,000KM. It feels like the cats are clogged so I am keen to find a replacement. Honda wants $1100 plus GST so if there are any locals that can beat that - considerably, I would hope - I would be keen to talk.

[onearmedbandit]

A quick search on google reveals a lot of people remove them completely.

[tigertim20]

It's an ex VFR NZ bike and has done 120,000KM. It feels like the cats are clogged so I am keen to find a replacement. Honda wants $1100 plus GST so if there are any locals that can beat that - considerably, I would hope - I would be keen to talk.

ahh, with that mileage it isnt the same bike, my FIL's had about 20k on the clock, if that.
looks really tidy in the pics for the kms, must have been taken care of properly!

A quick search on google reveals a lot of people remove them completely.

yup, and if its earlier, especially the 98-ish, they had lots of reg/rec issues, but id guess at your kinda milage, that would have been sorted looooooooooooong ago