Honda VTR1000 Firestorm, what are they like?

Cheers Gr33k,

What's the riding position like on the Falco, compared to the SV? Are the bars much further forward?

And why DO Firestorms go for so little cash?

Originally Posted by thedonal

Cheers Gr33k,

What's the riding position like on the Falco, compared to the SV? Are the bars much further forward?

I find it more comfortable. Its good because when your pushing it you can crouch down like a sport bike, if your cruising you can sit right up!!! Ive done nearly 700 miles on both in a day and the Falco is the better, I was aching after the SV, not the falco...

How tall are you Donal? They seem to suit taller riders better (im only 5'6" lol). Oh and here is a little interesting part for you, people who ride the falco and the RSV prefer the Falco, same engine (pretty much... the 01-03 RSV got bigger valves...) similar dimensions, but for some reason the Falco gives better ride.

Originally Posted by thedonal

And why DO Firestorms go for so little cash?

They are old now are the VTR's, wasnt it 97' they were released, they are just getting old, they havnt had any "real" updates unfortunatly. The Jap's have forgot about the V-twin on the whole.

I'm 5'8" or 5'9" ish. Doesnt' the RSV sit in a higher insurance bracket too? I guess that's nickability, sorry desirability too.

This is all speculative. I doubt I'll be getting rid of the SV until the end of the year (partly due to cash- she's a bit bruised, so wouldn't fetch a bundle) but a litre twin really does appeal.

I do love the twins. The thump of the engine. With good cans on it, I can p!ss the neighbours off more. The low rev delivery. All great.

I just want something that's OK around town and that I can ride to the folks on (only 2 hours, but long enough to make a difference!). I'm not sure I want too many horses- I'd like something that's still fairly forgiving.

So it's going to be either a Falco or a Firestorm. I guess the abundance of the Hondas might tip the scale and a newer model does seem cheaper.

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I take it you have a curvy, then the Falco will be a bit less comfortable (for a 173cm rider). But still ok,
I commute on mine and there's a fair bit of stops involved so I'm getting about 100-110 miles from a tank (reserve light leaves you with around 4L left) that's about 33mpg.
A nice twisty run the other weekend gave me 140 miles (41mpg) I don't know how Gr33k does it, maybe his is set up better or we use different mpg calculators
Get a proper test run, you'll see.
The other thing is, make sure it's set up properly. When I got mine it was set up for 2 and giving me a sore back after 10 miles :/

Places worth looking are:
http://www.ridersite.ws/rs/viewforum.php?f=20
http://www.apriliaforum.com/forums/f...splay.php?f=60

There are often nice SL's going for silly money...

Good luck

Litre V-twins are wonderful. Yeah, they're thirsty beasts but but all that power from nowhere is very addictive and you'll forgive its love of petrol stations . Followed a guy on a VTR1000 a while ago when I had an SV and I wanted his bike - the sound it made was awesome. But he was fueling up at 80 miles I had a raptor 1000 a while ago and with some proper cans and a re-map it went like stink and was great fun until Italian electric gremlins started causing problems I still drool over big V-twins and will always be glad that I owned one