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    Quote Originally Posted by HenryDorsetCase View Post
    4 grand for that TRX, sort the suspension (say $2500) and brakes (say $500) assuming the motor is good you would have a pile of fun.
    or just buy a Ducati for 7K and not have to go on about Yamaha's forgotten fauxcati.
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    Quote Originally Posted by HenryDorsetCase View Post
    4 grand for that TRX, sort the suspension (say $2500) and brakes (say $500) assuming the motor is good you would have a pile of fun.
    TM is flooded with VTR1000 at that price range. They are crying out for those mods and will dick a TRX all day. Aftermarket regulator and manual camchain tensioner for not much and they will keep going. Maybe race fairing/ tailpiece could sexy them up a bit . And hopefully disguise the fact that it's a Honda.
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    Quote Originally Posted by F5 Dave View Post
    TM is flooded with VTR1000 at that price range. They are crying out for those mods and will dick a TRX all day. Aftermarket regulator and manual camchain tensioner for not much and they will keep going. Maybe race fairing/ tailpiece could sexy them up a bit . And hopefully disguise the fact that it's a Honda.
    One of the bikes I will own before I die is an RVT1000R (but you can stick your VTR1000 up your bum)
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    Quote Originally Posted by F5 Dave View Post
    Someone has seriously devalued this but somehow thinks it is worth more as non std. Like way more than the RZ.


    https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...c0d68f56a58422
    this model has very little value anyway, old SOHC outdated bland model that wasn't in any class of it's day, ie not 1000 750 or 550....

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    Quote Originally Posted by HenryDorsetCase View Post
    One of the bikes I will own before I die is an RVT1000R (but you can stick your VTR1000 up your bum)
    ^^ They're also valled VTR's over here. There are VTR Firestorms which are the semi naked sports tourer-esque ones and then the VTR SP1 and SP2 which are the kickarse ones from WSBK and Suzuka etc. There's one which races in my town. Sounds AMAZING!

    Apparently it's an RC51 if you ask a 'Murrican.
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    Quote Originally Posted by HenryDorsetCase View Post
    One of the bikes I will own before I die is an RVT1000R (but you can stick your VTR1000 up your bum)
    Yeah but you won't find one for 4 grand. My comparison to the TRX stands.
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    Quote Originally Posted by WALRUS View Post
    ^^ They're also valled VTR's over here. There are VTR Firestorms which are the semi naked sports tourer-esque ones and then the VTR SP1 and SP2 which are the kickarse ones from WSBK and Suzuka etc. There's one which races in my town. Sounds AMAZING!

    Apparently it's an RC51 if you ask a 'Murrican.
    I didn't recognise HDC's description, that may be the American version, but SP1 and SP2 I understand.

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    Quote Originally Posted by F5 Dave View Post
    Ridden it twice. I mean what sort of dork does that?

    Given he's swapped out the front end for no apparent reason maybe he stacked it on the first or second ride.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by F5 Dave View Post
    Yeah but you won't find one for 4 grand. My comparison to the TRX stands.
    https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...1bdc81bea326a8


    true.

    I turned down a minter a couple years ago (when I think they were at their nadir value-wise) and I think they are creeping a bit.

    There was one in Queenstown and by the time I had the money together in a pile he had sold it - fair nuff.

    https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...1bdc81bea326a8

    I am sort of dithering about this one - I think it is too expensive for what it is. I suspect potentially ex race bike but dont know.

    https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...1bdc81bea326a8


    this one looks pretty fucking tasty though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by HenryDorsetCase View Post
    this one looks pretty fucking tasty though.
    I partly recall the BIKE comment from back in the day. Along the lines of, "Fully committed. If you're not, leave it."
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    Quote Originally Posted by pritch View Post
    I partly recall the BIKE comment from back in the day. Along the lines of, "Fully committed. If you're not, leave it."
    they had bad fueling and snatchy AF at low throttle openings (PC3) and need a suspension rebuild. Tend to run hot too (like an RC30).

    Ive always loved the look of them.. Great for a Sunday afternoon thrash I reckon. Or trackdays. 120hp not 190!
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    In a different league to a poxy FartStorm, but also in price. Never ridden one, and as an ex YZF750SP owner I'm more Yamaha wsb biased. Hence my difficulties before suggesting the humble VTR was better than any Yam.
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    Quote Originally Posted by HenryDorsetCase View Post
    https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...1bdc81bea326a8


    true.

    I turned down a minter a couple years ago (when I think they were at their nadir value-wise) and I think they are creeping a bit.

    There was one in Queenstown and by the time I had the money together in a pile he had sold it - fair nuff.

    https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...1bdc81bea326a8

    I am sort of dithering about this one - I think it is too expensive for what it is. I suspect potentially ex race bike but dont know.

    https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...1bdc81bea326a8


    this one looks pretty fucking tasty though.
    Always been a yamaha man, but the RC51 is one of the nicest and most comfortable sports bikes i have ever ridden, they handle like they are on rails, amazing torque and the sound is something else with the right pipes on, smile factor all the way. Some of the early VTR's 1000 had to small fuel tank and no range, i think the RC51 was better. That one in Porirua looks bloody mint and set up nice as well, id have that if i had some room.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HenryDorsetCase View Post
    they had bad fueling and snatchy AF at low throttle openings (PC3) and need a suspension rebuild. Tend to run hot too (like an RC30).

    Ive always loved the look of them.. Great for a Sunday afternoon thrash I reckon. Or trackdays. 120hp not 190!
    They are nothing special at all. Good looking bike though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Drew View Post
    They are nothing special at all. Good looking bike though.
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