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    The Honda racing 860 ignition kit/ and cams really made the ol girls skirts lift.
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    Quote Originally Posted by manxkiwi View Post
    They'll be rising in value now and in to the future.
    They'll only ever be worth fuck all.

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    Cor blimey! Lovely stuff, indeed!

    Probably an "entertaining" ride for a modern-day rider...

    Sadly Honda hasn't got the swing of the Thou' with other bikes. Pump out a VFR Thou = a happy group indeed.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AllanB View Post
    Yeah Nah......

    Memory lane is all good until you are riding it too hard into that ever decreasing corner.....


    I'd have your modified TL over it any day.
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    I really like these too. Particularly fond of that colour scheme. Those and CB1100R's.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Swoop View Post
    Cor blimey! Lovely stuff, indeed!

    Probably an "entertaining" ride for a modern-day rider...

    Sadly Honda hasn't got the swing of the Thou' with other bikes. Pump out a VFR Thou = a happy group indeed.
    Where do I sign?

    And no, the VFR800 and the (shudder) VFR1200 don't count. The VFR800 is a nice bike no doubt, but yeah nah.

    Though of course we all "know" that a V4 has an intrinsically long wheelbase, and not enough weight over the front wheel, making them impossible to steer...... *



    *because the internet told me thats why the Ducati MotoGP bike sucked.... thus it must be true
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    Quote Originally Posted by HenryDorsetCase View Post
    Where do I sign?

    And no, the VFR800 and the (shudder) VFR1200 don't count. The VFR800 is a nice bike no doubt, but yeah nah.

    Though of course we all "know" that a V4 has an intrinsically long wheelbase, and not enough weight over the front wheel, making them impossible to steer...... *



    *because the internet told me thats why the Ducati MotoGP bike sucked.... thus it must be true
    Also, not being able to wheelie the 1200 since the shaft-drive will prevent this...
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    A bloke who was on the last intake of the ACC traffic dept was killed on one of those in 1989. It could have been any bike, the way the crash happened.

    When he got it we all told him he'd kill himself on it, turns out it only took 3 weeks.

    Sad memories.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rastuscat View Post
    A bloke who was on the last intake of the ACC traffic dept was killed on one of those in 1989. It could have been any bike, the way the crash happened.

    When he got it we all told him he'd kill himself on it, turns out it only took 3 weeks.

    Sad memories.
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    Quote Originally Posted by neels View Post
    You guys have better eyesight than me, I thought it was a couple of years earlier that that. So why was it they went to gear driven cams again?
    Honda didn't make them, HRC did. It was the RC30's direct predecessor. It's built to a much higher standard and spec than a VF750.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rastuscat View Post
    A bloke who was on the last intake of the ACC traffic dept was killed on one of those in 1989. It could have been any bike, the way the crash happened.

    When he got it we all told him he'd kill himself on it, turns out it only took 3 weeks.

    Sad memories.
    Sorry to see that rtc.

    I see on here you're retiring. Did that Scuba Steve guy get to ya? He's a worry alright.

    So now it's only SD to hold the fort, or are there others?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Swoop View Post
    Also, not being able to wheelie the 1200 since the shaft-drive will prevent this...
    Please let this be a piss take.

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    Quote Originally Posted by neels View Post
    You guys have better eyesight than me, I thought it was a couple of years earlier that that. So why was it they went to gear driven cams again?
    The VF750F was the one that had the cam issues. the problem was insufficient oil feed. It was fixed in the later V4's.

    I personally would quite like a VF500F if I could find a tidy one.
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    Quote Originally Posted by HenryDorsetCase View Post
    The VF750F was the one that had the cam issues. the problem was insufficient oil feed. It was fixed in the later V4's.

    I personally would quite like a VF500F if I could find a tidy one.

    The attachment gives a brief on them

    A bit of a diversion but oddly enough the biggest of the lot the 1100 V65 Sabre held a record for a number of years as the fastest production bike on paper and currently have huge cult following in the states....funny the one on TM last month went for bugger all
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    Quote Originally Posted by Drew View Post
    Please let this be a piss take.
    Keep up with the "KB knowledge-base". "Shaft-driven bikes cannot be wheelied".
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    Quote Originally Posted by Drew View Post
    Please let this be a piss take.
    Everybody knows shafties can't wheelie



    Looks like nobody told Troy Corser that though
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