+1 for the Z750S very fun bike...sport touring insurance ....109HP. Not fully fared though but there are faring kits if you feel you want to go that route.
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Total loss on my bike...looking for the next one
- Thread starter lil sushi
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silverbullet132
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Highly recommend a 5th gen VFR800 (1998-2001). No vtec like the 02-09, but in exchange you get gear driven cams which make it sound super sweet (think supercharged):
[video=youtube;nMM6e1lcRgM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMM6e1lcRgM[/video]
Ps: I think I saw your bike at snow city
[video=youtube;nMM6e1lcRgM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMM6e1lcRgM[/video]
Ps: I think I saw your bike at snow city
Dude, you can't go dropping model names like "675R" and then flake out. This bike has your name written all over, it's just begging to be ridden in heels. Hell, show up in heels, your helmet and $8500 cash in hand, and with a li'l squishy squishy if ya know what I mean, the bike is yours!
Yeah I'm looking around at the vfr's now...my bud has one and I was drooling all over this summer lol
And if there was a nekkid chick with electrical tape on the tank pad and the custom plate "twnki", forks bend and twisted, headlight cracked and falling off? yeah that would be Quinn...I'm picking up my plate tonight...
LOL...i want it...it doesn't mean i can afford it at all...lol...wanted the 675se...but bills take precedence...damn monthly rent and living on my own!! *shakes fist*
.. and the fact that the company you work for has been bought out, and everyone is being shuffled out to new locations in 2 weeks or being handed pink slips.
Listen hear young lady, you need to start behaving much less responsibly and I mean now. Budgets are only good for retirement planning, but there's no way you'll get as much out of those extra few grand when you're old and decrepit, as you can get out of them now with this bike. If you continue to act mature and fiscally responsible then I don't know if we can continue to be friends.
Look at importing a VFR from the US. There are tons of VFR800's brand new down there for dirt cheap.
silverbullet132
Well-known member
Yeah that was it
For vfr's though, 98-01 is the best years. 02-09 do not have gear cams + the valve adjustments are a lot higher cost because of the vtec.
thunderhorse
Member
I like the CBF600. it seems to be a swell motorcycle. Not exactly a powerhouse, but I did read an article.. was it on CMG? Where they said the bike is still pretty fun on the track as well.
I remember you complaining about how difficult you found manuvering the 650r, the vfr is a pig compared to it. I'd skip the vfr800, next time i'm around you can try mine. the zzr is 100 pounds lighter.
You would be best off contacting your insurer, and seeing if they have a list first. The decisions made by insurers make very little sense. For example Co-operators said that they wouldn't insure a Ninja 650r or ER-6n, but would insure a Versys or VFR800. The VFR is by far the most "sportbike" of the lot.
rideitlikeyoustoleit
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Do you mind me asking how much you got for your bike from insurance?
silverbullet132
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Valve adjustments on the vtec motor can cost upwards of $1600
That number sounds WAY out to lunch. Inspections are something like every 30,000 Km and this isn't like the car VTEC system. It's a very simplified variant.
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Bigevildoer
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Here's the 16,000 mile valve check bill from a guy in the U.S.
Yes.. almost $1700... without our cursed HST...
Here's the 16,000 mile valve check bill from a guy in the U.S.
Yes.. almost $1700... without our cursed HST...
That means nothing. I was present when a friend was quoted a price for a 190 rear tire, in Alabama, that would have covered dealer price for a rear and two fronts, up here. Who has one, here, and has paid for a valve job?
Get a loan asap.
Personally, not a Triumph fan at all, but even at full asking price, that pictured bike (675R) is a steal of a deal.
If it can be had for $8500, I'll take a dozen.
You might find a new one for $15K, but probably closer to $17K.
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