I haven't ridden the old '98 VFR800Fi in, what... maybe a year? Thing just sits there glowing at me in the dim garage light as I walk past it to the two blue bikes...
When my son comes home from college he sometimes rides it. He loves the thing. He and his GF rode it last summer on our week long vacation ride south to West Virginia. After returning, and realizing that the Viffer isn't a great 2-up bike even for young folks, I bought a 2001 Triumph Trophy that the "kids" could use on our future summer vacation tours. I then stripped off the Givi bag setup I had for the Honda and sold off the bits on the VFR Forum. So now it's strictly a day rider.
The thing has only ~15k miles on it because I bought my FJR not long after the VFR. THe FJR and Triumph get the majority of the ride time since they are so damn comfy and convenient, what with the side bags and all the 'lectronic doodads.
But this afternoon the red VFR was calling me to come out and play.
It was just an hour's ride around some of the twistier roads around Lake Massebesic, but damn... that bike hauls ass!! :yahoo: I forgot how relatively nimble and quick it is compared to it's porky blue stable mates.
Yeah, with only .8 liters of displacement you do have to wick it up (like a sport bike) to get into the fun zone. But holy smokes does that thing get up to speed in a hurry then, especially when 1-up. I seriously think it would give the FJR1300 a run for the money, even in the straights. In the curves it would blow it away. And the Pirelli Diablo Supersport tires I've got on it stick like friggen glue, not that I ever tested their limits that much on our frost damaged roads.
I had recently thought about selling the bike off to fund my new found desire to get dirty (again) and go dual sporting . Well, I guess that is out now.
I'll just have to come up with the DS bike cash some other way, 'cause this ole' V4 is staying put.
What a sweet machine.
When my son comes home from college he sometimes rides it. He loves the thing. He and his GF rode it last summer on our week long vacation ride south to West Virginia. After returning, and realizing that the Viffer isn't a great 2-up bike even for young folks, I bought a 2001 Triumph Trophy that the "kids" could use on our future summer vacation tours. I then stripped off the Givi bag setup I had for the Honda and sold off the bits on the VFR Forum. So now it's strictly a day rider.
The thing has only ~15k miles on it because I bought my FJR not long after the VFR. THe FJR and Triumph get the majority of the ride time since they are so damn comfy and convenient, what with the side bags and all the 'lectronic doodads.
But this afternoon the red VFR was calling me to come out and play.
It was just an hour's ride around some of the twistier roads around Lake Massebesic, but damn... that bike hauls ass!! :yahoo: I forgot how relatively nimble and quick it is compared to it's porky blue stable mates.
Yeah, with only .8 liters of displacement you do have to wick it up (like a sport bike) to get into the fun zone. But holy smokes does that thing get up to speed in a hurry then, especially when 1-up. I seriously think it would give the FJR1300 a run for the money, even in the straights. In the curves it would blow it away. And the Pirelli Diablo Supersport tires I've got on it stick like friggen glue, not that I ever tested their limits that much on our frost damaged roads.
I had recently thought about selling the bike off to fund my new found desire to get dirty (again) and go dual sporting . Well, I guess that is out now.
I'll just have to come up with the DS bike cash some other way, 'cause this ole' V4 is staying put. What a sweet machine.
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