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Sounds like a pretty sensible life goal to me. I see you left out the 2nd gen, I recently bought and lightly restored one of these but fell out of love with it quite quickly as while very pretty, it just felt kind of old. I started riding in the era of tube frames, crossply tyres and single piston callipers, things did get much better with the advent of alloy frames, decent forks, 17" wheels, and the 3rd gen onwards would fulfill my criteria for "modern (ish)". Oddly enough I've never ridden either the 3rd or 4th gen, but have owned a VF750F, multiple VFR700/750 RC24s, two 5th gens, and I have ridden the 6th and 8th. I still think a gently upgraded 5th gen is the sweet spot.

I did . . . it isn't that I don't like em, it's just that I'm smitten with the SSSA formula. Particularly the 3rd gen. I do respect the earlier gens and enjoy seeing them and am always pleased to see when an owner is preserving / restoring one.

I did, I mounted a new tank on the right side behind the fairing. I also reconstructed the cooling system with a different radiator configuration so I could add a cooler for the Rotrex oil.

If I won the lottery, I'd be a collector of 3rd though 6th gen and 8th gens, and would have one in every color. If I count correctly that would be 19 in all. My favorite is the '91 with gold wheels and ironically one of my least favorite is the '08 silver that I own. That would be some significant MBD . . .

Post 2-hour session with Deloitte to clear my head ride 🙂

Yellow is awesome, and the fastest colour.......

My last 5G was a red 99, and I really wanted to find another just like it. However, at the time I was shopping, there were no decent red ones, only this one in yellow. I wasn't sure that I wanted a yellow VFR, but I am now absolutely smitten and think it might be the best colour ever. Actually called Pearl Shine Yellow, it has a very fine pearl mixed into the yellow, and looks awesome in the sunshine. On the downside, it sure does show up any bugs that are magnetically attracted...

Great effort Dutchy. That "wee dram" will have you tip toeing through the tulips in no time! Cheers