Mjollimore Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Found this ole girl sitting in a parking garage of a building I’m working in. Managed to track down the owner after a month of searching. I asked him if he would consider selling it, and he approached me today. $700 is what he wanted, it ran 2 years ago, 94,000km or 58,000 miles. It’s complete. Couldn’t pass it up. It’s likely going to sit until at least next summer, before I get a chance to touch it, but step one will be clean it up, get it running, new tires and drive it. I love this year VFR, always wanted one. Any advice from people with some experience is appreciated! I’m a licensed Automotive mechanic, so I will be doing everything that need doing, at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer airwalk Posted December 4, 2020 Member Contributer Share Posted December 4, 2020 Wow! Could be an excellent find, mine is a 700 minus that unobtanium centre stand. Pretty sure I’m jealous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Cogswell Posted December 4, 2020 Member Contributer Share Posted December 4, 2020 3 hours ago, Mjollimore said: Found this ole girl sitting in a parking garage of a building I’m working in. Managed to track down the owner after a month of searching. I asked him if he would consider selling it, and he approached me today. $700 is what he wanted, it ran 2 years ago, 94,000km or 58,000 miles. It’s complete. Couldn’t pass it up. It’s likely going to sit until at least next summer, before I get a chance to touch it, but step one will be clean it up, get it running, new tires and drive it. I love this year VFR, always wanted one. Any advice from people with some experience is appreciated! I’m a licensed Automotive mechanic, so I will be doing everything that need doing, at home. Nice! You darn near stole it! This website has a lot of how to's on restoring / mods on that vintage of VFR - a great resource. http://v4dreams.com/maintenance.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Dutchy Posted December 4, 2020 Member Contributer Share Posted December 4, 2020 Welcome to VFRD from across the pond! At a minimum, I would syphon off the fuel and fill the tank with ethanol-free fuel. If you get to drain the carbs, the better. Inspect the inside of the fuel tank to assure you that no serious rust build up has occurred Remove the battery if one is fitted; you donot want it to start leaking in the coming months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Thumbs Posted December 4, 2020 Member Contributer Share Posted December 4, 2020 Nice bike and great price joe @v4dreams.com is your go to guy for information and many “how to do it” articles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Captain 80s Posted December 4, 2020 Member Contributer Share Posted December 4, 2020 Yeah, that was a pretty good score. Congrats. Start a thread when you start to get into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smack Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Great score ! You are right about the '86 being THE year to have ! Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squirrelman Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 nice find, but it would be a miracle if the bike runs right without a good carb cleaning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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