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If I were to get something different, the Africa Twin or KTM Adventure 890 R are up there.

Hyperpro rear shock is pretty awesome. They make an expensive three-way adjustable as well as a cheaper version. Both will come with a Hyperpro spring to match your front end.

The 6th gen has a lot of brake line with eight hoses vs. the usual three. Changing to stainless braided is a big improvement on feel and modulation. It's big job but I would do it again. Combined brakes on the 6th gen (one of six pistons slaved to rear brake) don't bother me at all. Combined brakes on the 5th gen (two of six pistons slaved to rear brake) really do.

Nothing really wrong with a 2002, including mine, and I'm the original owner. Almost all VFRs will eat their stator eventually, and a 2002 can be upgraded to a 2003+ stator and flywheel easily...which is pretty much the only option anyway. As for updates, the only thing that significantly changed was the mapping of the VTEC transition and not much else, but a lot of us never had problems with the 2002-2005 in terms of VTEC transition. If that's one of the few available somewhere, I'd go for it and be prepared for the things you will have to fix on any VFR. That mostly means the electrical stuff anyway. Not sure what OP is looking at, but the VFR doesn't have valve timing advance. The RBR can control ignition timing in a pretty wide range on the 6th gen. Would definitely not buy one of these to be the fastest, but they are among the smoothest "all day long, real world fast" bikes out there. RBR is pretty sweet. Even better with a catless exhaust. VTEC in cars is completely different; VTEC on the VFRs is just switching between two and four valve operation.

Was able to get used injectors without buying anything else. Lots out there. Had those cleaned, put my old ones in a bag...will have them cleaned in however long and wash/rinse/repeat!

It's a big change, especially over old rubber lines.

LOL. There is a 4oz size for motorsports, that's what I meant. It calls for 1oz per gallon or 2oz per gallon for serious cleaning if I remember correctly. PEA is about the only thing that makes a difference for fuel residue in injectors, and it did make a noticeable difference on my bike when I needed it where Seafoam and whatnot do not. 22 year old injectors, who-knows-what for the decade between when I owned the bike, etc. Nothing beats removing the injectors and replacing them or having them sonically cleaned of course.

Redline SI-1 is the only one that makes much of a difference due to the highest concentration of PEA. Worth looking up and does make a difference. Before I had my injectors cleaned, I was using a small bottle of this a month.

Every state and city can be wildly different. Full coverage for my 6th gen is $355 for the year with Progressive in SoCal, and theft is a real issue here. Down $96 from last year, I assume it's some kind of loyalty points thing as nothing significant has changed on my driving record in like ten years, and my other vehicles are with USAA. In the DC area (Northern Virginia really) I want to say it was something like $500 for the year four years ago. For context though this is all cheaper than four wheel vehicles. My 19 year old Pathfinder that would be worth $1400 on trade-in costs ~$100/month for more coverage than it really needs.

Just...no, FFS no. 🤦‍♂️ @Mohawk is starting with the correct observations.

Lol...Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing.

This is going to keep my VFR company in my garage 👀

6th gen uses numbers too; toggles between air and coolant temperature. Completely normal temperatures and behavior. Can get hotter than 220 on really hot days. It's when the temps are "uncontrollable" that you have a problem...

Oh hey I remember my Bandit 600S 😄

Interesting. I also got mine from their eBay store and I'm pretty sure that wasn't an option at the time. I am good with the looks of the short 8" cans especially since I have my bags on all the time, but I had to buy their "even quieter" baffles from them because they were way louder than necessary with the catless VFRD header. Would have liked 10" as an option just for that, but wasn't sure enough of overall length under the tail without seeing one that it would be worth buying another two exhausts and trying to unload the two 8" versions, etc.