Wanted: VFR800i

Just putting the word out there that I am looking for a good condition VFR800i, pre vtec. 2000 or 2001 model, preferebly in red but not too fussy. Evidence of being looked after essential. Not looking to pay over £2800. Desirable extras are crash bungs, taller screen and givi wingrack (for topbox and panniers).

If you know anyone with a vfr matching this, let me know



Matt

No you don't - they are insipid, boring, bland and over-rated bikes with awful linked brakes and dubious styling.

Originally Posted by Lozzo

they are insipid, boring, bland and over-rated bikes with awful linked brakes and dubious styling.

And with a review like that, where can I get one for my commute?

Why did Honda do what they did with the VFR range?

Take the first of the VFR750s - a great all rounder. Light, useable power, fantastic handling for the day and wrapped up in a package you could commute on, tour on, race on and do almost everything except enter a MX race. Ron Haslam took a bog stock one and entered a Transatlantic trophy meeting and put it on the podium against full factory tuned and supported bikes. It was a diamond of a bike to own. A couple of years later Honda made it even better by fitting a 17 inch front wheel.

1990 VFR750L model - Still a good bike, but by this time Honda had made it bulkier, less of an all rounder and more of a tourer and added a substantial chunk of weight. Why it needed to be fitted with an endurance racer style single sided swingarm defeats me, especially when the Blade came without one a couple of years later.

1994 VFR750 - And Honda make the bike even heavier, less flickable, even more of a tourer and give it that horrible NR styling, which really doesn't do it fo me.

1998 VFR800i - By now the VFR is an old man's choice of plodder. It is ugly beyond belief, it has even more weight, linked brakes and is losing sales left right and centre to the opposition.

The V-tec 800i - Why... just why??

Originally Posted by Lozzo

1998 VFR800i - By now the VFR is an old man's choice of plodder. It is ugly beyond belief, it has even more weight, linked brakes and is losing sales left right and centre to the opposition.

Hasn't Mike2165 got one of these..?

My '97 VFR750 still has the individual breaks, plenty wind protection, looks beautiful (if not as much as my recent SV) and can do anything any other tourer can.

[rictus01]

My brother got one last summer, quite good nick, the engine is good, but the linked brakes aren't my thing and the rest isn't really that inspiring either; but he likes it, he previously had a earlier one, think he paid just under £3k for a low mileage 2000 model.





Cheers Mark.

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by Lozzo

commute on, tour on, race on and do almost everything except enter a MX race.

Crap compared to an SV then

[fastdruid]

Originally Posted by Lozzo

Why did Honda do what they did with the VFR range?

Take the first of the VFR750s - a great all rounder. Light, useable power, fantastic handling for the day and wrapped up in a package you could commute on, tour on, race on and do almost everything except enter a MX race. Ron Haslam took a bog stock one and entered a Transatlantic trophy meeting and put it on the podium against full factory tuned and supported bikes. It was a diamond of a bike to own. A couple of years later Honda made it even better by fitting a 17 inch front wheel.

That's the one I have, genuine nutter bike.

Wheelies off the throttle[0], out drags early fireblades[1], ignores bumpy roads. Nearly as fast to stop as an RVF400. Heavy steering and hard to ride really fast but will surprise many a 'faster' bike in the right hands.

The trouble with the VFR750F (RC36) was the VFR750R (RC30), what was a genuine all rounder in the original VFR750F (RC24) that was raced (and won championships) was no longer needed for racing so it became staid and sensible.

Druid

[0] Admittedly only in first.
[1] No joke. Had a friend dyno one, on the same day/same dyno it made ~1BHP less than a 'blade with pipe and dynojet kit.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Crap compared to an SV then

I still love that phot, and the knee sliders! Apologies for the thread heading off astray.