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Thanks again for the heads up!
I found a VFR nearby that I can go see tomorrow to see how I get on with it. Not too sure about the one I posted the eBay link too as I'm always a bit wary about people selling motors on only after a month, even if the excuse may seem genuine. |
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my zx-9r has a sticky ignition barrel, different kind of wiggle to the one required for the gsx-r 750 I had (also sticky barrel)... the fazer 1000 had an intermittent sticky barrel mainly down to moisture in the air it seemed..
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Now slightly going off the radar.
Going to look at a 58 plate ER6F done 15k miles. Owner wants £2300 for it. Standard bike with supposed full history, 4 owners in kwaki green! |
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Interesting idea, the VFR. That's got me thinking, because I'd always assumed they'd be a lot more expensive than an SV. It's a bigger bike of course, a lot heavier (unless you go back to before the single-sided swinging arm), presumably tyres fuel and insurance will all be more expensive. Nice bikes though and I probably didn't check them out properly when I was last looking.
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I think you're best off with an SV650 if you're getting back in to the swing of things, for me it's the best value motorcycle around and if you're worried about paying for fork seals etc just pay a bit more and find one on less mileage. The VFR750s are from 86-97, unless there's a recent service history, they'll need fork seals, shocks, brakes rebuilt, that's just from age and there's a lot more parts out there for the SV650 second hand if you ever damage it. When it comes to bikes I think sticking to a common model is best, I've had more unique machines and it was just a pain to get the smallest parts for them.
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Haha, VFR750 parts hard to come by? Hardly. They were Honda's flash ship model, so much more bike than the sv could ever hope to be! Be hard pressed to find a vfr actually needing all those items either, they're usually very well looked after.
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I miss the SV, but love the VFR. sent via Pony Express |
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I didn't say it would be difficult, only easier with the SV. :p |
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Can't say there's any difference in the two tbh. I've had both and never been short of supplies. The only hard bits to come by on the RC36 model is decent second hand fairing.
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