Got an interesting extra with my new tyres...

**notme** · 13th November 2007, 13:07

Cyclespot sold me a pair of tyres. I thought they were a bit pricey at over $10k, but they did come with some other stuff attached.....namely a 2006 VFR800

It's a luuuuuverly machine I must say!

**vifferman** · 13th November 2007, 13:08

Congratulations.

Um... that's an expensive set of tyres, but a very good price on the bike! Mine cost more'n that.

**NighthawkNZ:Me** · 13th November 2007, 13:10

Originally Posted by allun

Cyclespot sold me a pair of tyres. I thought they were a bit pricey at over $10k, but they did come with some other stuff attached.....namely a 2006 VFR800

It's a luuuuuverly machine I must say!

Buy a pair of jeans get a free TV, the jeans only cost you $999.00

Nice... Con-grates

**Renegade** · 13th November 2007, 13:19

nice bike, im pretty keen on one myself but they really hold their value and are still to much for me, ya lucky bugger

**notme** · 13th November 2007, 13:29

I had owned it for 2.5 hours or so when the mods started....first thing was to release the mighty V4 howl from the confines of a restrictive exhaust system!

IT. SOUNDS. GOOD.

**notme** · 13th November 2007, 13:35

Look at the post times:

Today 14:07 - Allun's new VFR post
Today 14:08 - Vifferman posts

What were you doing waiting around for a whole minute mate?

**marioc** · 13th November 2007, 14:07

One of the nicest looking bikes out there imo,jealous

**Swoop** · 13th November 2007, 14:20

Originally Posted by allun

I had owned it for 2.5 hours or so when the mods started....first thing was to release the mighty V4 howl from the confines of a restrictive exhaust system!
IT. SOUNDS. GOOD.

How did you achieve that? The pipes look standard.
The F-117 will need that mod at some stage.

**fireball** · 13th November 2007, 14:48

congrats on the new wheels.....

now go use them!

**more_fasterer** · 13th November 2007, 14:55

Nice one dude... just make sure you don't end up spending another $10k on your next set of tyres!

**notme** · 13th November 2007, 15:22

Originally Posted by Swoop

How did you achieve that? The pipes look standard.
The F-117 will need that mod at some stage.

Why yes..... yes they do!

I researched what others have done and it turns out the VFR has a very easy to mod exhaust (6th generation model does, at least!)

There is a very easy to remove plate that means the last chamber of the muffler is bypassed. People have done dyno checks and so on, (well according to the internet which has never ever been known to lie) and it doesn't have a negative effect on backpressure, power, torque, heat, etc.

Apparently it doesn't have much of a positive effect on power either, but it DOES release the V4 sound!

The end caps come off with hex bolts, and when they bolted back in place you can't see that the exhaust is any different!

**kneescraper** · 13th November 2007, 15:24

Nice bike mate, being a newbie I will ask a newbie question. Is that a VTEC model? also how does the VTEC work on a bike....good or very good? Also does it have that amazing sound like they do in cars?

Nice colour too

**notme** · 13th November 2007, 15:45

Originally Posted by kneescraper

Nice bike mate, being a newbie I will ask a newbie question. Is that a VTEC model? also how does the VTEC work on a bike....good or very good? Also does it have that amazing sound like they do in cars?

Nice colour too

It is a VTEC, and I happen to think it sounds pretty good! You get that same change in induction noise when it kicks in, although I did love a previous flatmate's MIVEC (mitsi VTEC) sound more.

The Honda bike VTEC works in a simpler fashion than the car version but achieves more or less the same effect - the arse dyno says that it works "very good" :-)

**kneescraper** · 13th November 2007, 17:54

So you get this major surge of power in the higher revs?

Are there any side effects of owning a Vtec VFR...ive heard some people say they prefer the non-Vtec but never known why.