VFR80025th Posted July 24, 2019 Posted July 24, 2019 MY RWB VFR has been the best motorcycle I have ever owned. I have had it for 3 years. Not one problem. No electrical issues. Nice! New shoes this year Road 5s and new Yuasa YTZ12s. She has 32,000kms or 20,000 miles. I may move onto to an 8th gen but it does look a little boring but the white is growing on me. The RWB is hard to beat looks wise. May consider 2020 Suzuki Katana 1000. But this is all up in the air but I do love VFRs and Vfour engines so 8thgen VFR is in the running. I will powder coat wheels white or black if I get 8thgen over winter. Nothing is written in stone but that is what I'm thinking right now. Thxs Ride safe. 1 Quote
Member Contributer Calculon Posted July 26, 2019 Member Contributer Posted July 26, 2019 I'm sorta in the same boat and totally get what you mean. I also have a RWB 07' and may have to give it up end of next year. My issue is garage space and going from having two bikes to one. My other ride is a Versys 650 LT. Right now my top two bikes to replace both in my garage are either a BMW R1200R or a Kawasaki Ninja 1000. Time will tell. Now if Honda would have brought the RWB Gen 8 to the States then I would have other considerations. I also do like the all white but I don't see those for sale all that often. 1 Quote
skant153 Posted July 26, 2019 Posted July 26, 2019 I don't understand. Why do you have to get rid of it? Why not, I dunno, keep it and get another? What makes you feel you can't have it any longer? Quote
Member Contributer Marvelicious Posted July 27, 2019 Member Contributer Posted July 27, 2019 Ah... this is the prelude to one of those, "Man, I never should have got rid of my..." stories. 2 Quote
Member Contributer Fritzer Posted October 8, 2019 Member Contributer Posted October 8, 2019 2 hours ago, Jixsta said: I should have never sold my 07 RWB 😞 I should have bought one. I was torn between it and the Triumph Sprint that I ended up buying. 1 Quote
Member Contributer Cogswell Posted October 9, 2019 Member Contributer Posted October 9, 2019 I don't ever recall a thread where someone said they were glad they sold their VFR, no matter the vintage. Moral: NEVER sell your VFR. Other bikes will come and go but the V-4 will always have a special place for anyone on 2 wheels. 5 Quote
Member Contributer KevCarver Posted October 9, 2019 Member Contributer Posted October 9, 2019 1 minute ago, Cogswell said: I don't ever recall a thread where someone said they were glad they sold their VFR, no matter the vintage. Moral: NEVER sell your VFR. Other bikes will come and go but the V-4 will always have a special place for anyone on 2 wheels. LOL, True! 1 Quote
Member Contributer VFR Capt.Bob Posted October 10, 2019 Member Contributer Posted October 10, 2019 Better to just keep the VFR and buy a stablemate for it that serves your other wants and needs. I ended up adding a 16 Tuono Factory V4. I imagine that 1100cc V4 will grow on me. Haven't had time to ride it properly but every day I get on my VFR800 and ride it to work and back and think what a fantastic bike it is. Sold my beloved 86 VFR700 to buy my 98 VFR800. Put 135k miles on it and sold it to try something new. CBR954R was too track focused. 07 Tuono was super cool bike but not the best commuter, and speeding tickets threatened my license. RC51 never street legal due to lost title, but I would have kept it had I not gotten infatuated with Triumps. 09 Street Triple was amazingly fun but again not a great commuter. Wish I'dkept it now. FZ1 was probably the closest to all around awesomeness but was getting up in miles 94k miles. Somewhere in all that bike swapping I picked up a low mile smartly modified 99 VFR800 and it has been my bread and butter and meat and potatoes bike. 5 Quote
Member Contributer slo1 Posted October 10, 2019 Member Contributer Posted October 10, 2019 12 hours ago, VFR Capt.Bob said: FZ1 was probably the closest to all around awesomeness but was getting up in miles 94k miles. # me too.... had a garage full of Honda toys, vfr400/750, Hawk GT, cbr400, etc, BUT the FZ1 was my go to all rounder/traveler for years.. 98 vfr800 fills that role now, but the tracer is tempting.... 1 Quote
spud786 Posted October 12, 2019 Posted October 12, 2019 I have like 115,000 mile on my 2006, Doesn't get ridden much, since I bought a KTM 500, and thinking of selling it, but at the mileage, not worth selling, as the motor doesn't burn a drop and reliability is very strong. Its worth more as a piece of machinery , than I could get paid for it. But the forward bias is hard on my old age shoulders. 2 Quote
RustyA Posted October 13, 2019 Posted October 13, 2019 When I die. I'll still have my RWB. I can kick myself in the butt for selling to Cogswell my last A&A supercharger. Plus I should have never sold my RC51 either. 3 Quote
Member Contributer Dutchy Posted October 13, 2019 Member Contributer Posted October 13, 2019 Did someone say RC51? 4 Quote
xpcgamer Posted October 30, 2019 Posted October 30, 2019 I had a 5th gen I sold for my RC51. Loved that but I ride on the normal streets so traffic on that thing in South Florida heat killed me. From that I went to a B4 MV. In the end I am back to a VFR. Too much soul in this bike to get rid of it. Worst thing I did was trying to find a soul in an inline 4. Yuck. Quote
TimC Posted October 30, 2019 Posted October 30, 2019 A couple folks above mentioned the FZ1. When I was bike shopping in 2006, it came down to the VFR and the 2nd gen. FZ1. I'm sure I would have been happy with the Yamaha, but I'm glad I bought my 6th gen. I've had it ever since. I've been interested in a few BMWs over the years, and am kind of shopping for an R1200R or RS now. I'll probably go with the R, and if so I'll likely go with the previous generation air/oil-cooled bike instead of the newer liquid cooled bike. If I do buy one, it will replace my VFR, but man, I've loved this bike - and I still do. Quote
Member Contributer Bent Posted November 29, 2019 Member Contributer Posted November 29, 2019 On 7/26/2019 at 4:42 PM, Calculon said: I'm sorta in the same boat and totally get what you mean. I also have a RWB 07' and may have to give it up end of next year. My issue is garage space and going from having two bikes to one. My other ride is a Versys 650 LT. Right now my top two bikes to replace both in my garage are either a BMW R1200R or a Kawasaki Ninja 1000. Time will tell. Now if Honda would have brought the RWB Gen 8 to the States then I would have other considerations. I also do like the all white but I don't see those for sale all that often. OH MAN!! Don't get rid of the BMW. The boxer engine is a torque monster that just goes and goes, and goes. BMW makes great bikes. After two of them and zero problems, I know. Quote
Member Contributer Skids Posted December 1, 2019 Member Contributer Posted December 1, 2019 On 11/29/2019 at 3:06 PM, Bent said: After two of them and zero problems, I know. Ahhhh, you're the one! I claim my $50 reward. Quote
Member Contributer Bent Posted December 1, 2019 Member Contributer Posted December 1, 2019 7 hours ago, Skids said: Ahhhh, you're the one! I claim my $50 reward. Good. You can spend it on Black Monday. Collect it first. Quote
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