86 vfr700

Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 8:37 pm

I know a few of you guys have a few of these. There is one I found for sale locally. 15,xxx miles. well taken care of, asking 1600 or best offer. Question, how is working on them, reliable, anything that is common to look for? Pics for ya

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Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 9:57 pm

Wow; that is a thing of beauty Wow

I'm glad it wasn't for sale locally because I don't know how I would explain to my wife why I need a 3rd bike.
I think we got the 750's in Canada. Enjoy.

Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 11:11 pm

VFR= greatest bike ever. Can't go wrong with it.

Check the usual maintenance stuff, it needs nothing else. Gear driven cams!

I think I recognize that bike from VFRDiscussion.com. The lowers have been repainted.

Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 11:32 pm

doubled wrote:

Wow; that is a thing of beauty Wow

I'm glad it wasn't for sale locally because I don't know how I would explain to my wife why I need a 3rd bike.
I think we got the 750's in Canada. Enjoy.

Thats easy...tell her its for her... Very Happy

Worked for me...now I have 4 Laughing

Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 11:38 pm

thanks for all the input guys. going to look at it Friday. The GF has already gave me her opinion......YOUR STUPID! Although she did say my F looks better...Guess she has some sense...

Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 1:17 am

CowTownBiomed wrote:

doubled wrote:

Wow; that is a thing of beauty Wow

I'm glad it wasn't for sale locally because I don't know how I would explain to my wife why I need a 3rd bike.
I think we got the 750's in Canada. Enjoy.

Thats easy...tell her its for her... Very Happy

Worked for me...now I have 4 Laughing

Worked for me too, got 10 and looking for more

Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:23 am

I just painted mine matt black makes it look evil, reasonable forum in the States, but not as good as this one.

CB1100F Joined: Jun 18, 2006 Posts: 2527 Location: UK

Good bikes the VFR's

A workmate had a 1987 750 here in the UK who got it to 174,000 miles before he got knocked off it and destroyed it, I have a 1997 VFR 750 FV last of the carb models with 43000 miles and runs like new, only problems seems to be voltage regulators failing and rear shocks getting soft at 30000 miles

Keith

Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 12:46 pm

krgood0 wrote:

Good bikes the VFR's

A workmate had a 1987 750 here in the UK who got it to 174,000 miles before he got knocked off it and destroyed it, I have a 1997 VFR 750 FV last of the carb models with 43000 miles and runs like new, only problems seems to be voltage regulators failing and rear shocks getting soft at 30000 miles

Keith

yea. i was told that the R/R has been hardwired..

Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 1:40 pm

doubled wrote:

Wow; that is a thing of beauty Wow

I'm glad it wasn't for sale locally because I don't know how I would explain to my wife why I need a 3rd bike.
I think we got the 750's in Canada. Enjoy.

Third? When you get to 8 or 9 thats when you really start to struggle for explanations/justifications.

Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 2:29 pm

Very cool bikes for sure - I intend to have one in the collection eventually. I found one nearby for a few hundred bucks, but most of the bodywork was junk, there was no title, and it was a general mess.

Now here's one I'd love to grab - an /84 VF100F w/13K on the odo:

Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 4:59 pm

Hate to admit it here but my favorite of 8 is my vfr800, 1998.

Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 5:07 pm

I don't have one of those yet! But 16 in the stable, it's time to find another stable so I can work on them with out being too crowded!
TWEEKER

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 1:40 pm

tomk1960 wrote:

Very cool bikes for sure - I intend to have one in the collection eventually. I found one nearby for a few hundred bucks, but most of the bodywork was junk, there was no title, and it was a general mess.

Now here's one I'd love to grab - an /84 VF100F w/13K on the odo:

Where was that one Tom? Back in the 1990's, I had a friend in Ct with one, but he would never sell it back then.

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 1:58 pm

MikeG wrote:

tomk1960 wrote:

Very cool bikes for sure - I intend to have one in the collection eventually. I found one nearby for a few hundred bucks, but most of the bodywork was junk, there was no title, and it was a general mess.

Now here's one I'd love to grab - an /84 VF100F w/13K on the odo:

Where was that one Tom? Back in the 1990's, I had a friend in Ct with one, but he would never sell it back then.

Hey Mike - it's in RI: http://providence.craigslist.org/mcy/3538529686.html

If you buy it, can I ride it? Smile

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 2:01 pm

I helped a guy with one of these back in the day (not sure of the year his was all white). I added pipes, rejetted the carbs and installed better coils. It was fast and had a sky high redline. When I rode my 1100F I could beat him in straight line acceleration but when we switched bikes I could just stay ahead (he did not abuse the clutch at the start like I did.) Really nice bike. Always wondered what happened to that one.

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 10:10 pm

Alright fellas...Went and rode the vfr today...Definitely not what I was expecting with the body work and paint. Tank dented pretty bad, fairings pretty rough, she "painted" the wheels, overall I would give it a 5 outta 10. Motor seemed to be in good condition, the supertrapps sounded okay, maybe a leak in the pipe somewhere. Pulled good, I love the riding position, just not worth 1600 to me. I would offer her 800, but I don't want to low ball her like that. I think its worth a grand, but I cant spend that. It did make me want one though! Just not that one. oh yea, the chain was VERY loose, and she told me that was how it's supposed to be...???? I will wait and buy something much nicer.

Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 11:00 pm

tomk1960 wrote:

MikeG wrote:

tomk1960 wrote:

Very cool bikes for sure - I intend to have one in the collection eventually. I found one nearby for a few hundred bucks, but most of the bodywork was junk, there was no title, and it was a general mess.

Now here's one I'd love to grab - an /84 VF100F w/13K on the odo:

Where was that one Tom? Back in the 1990's, I had a friend in Ct with one, but he would never sell it back then.

Hey Mike - it's in RI: http://providence.craigslist.org/mcy/3538529686.html

If you buy it, can I ride it? Smile

It is tempting but it has the old chain drive cams which had oiling issues. Being a 1 yr bike would probably mean it would be tough to get parts too! Those V's are not easy to work on either. I had a 1983 Sabre 750 and it ran great, rode and handled like a truck though. The gear drive VFR's are the ones to have--I had 2 of those.

Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 1:03 am

Bill.

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