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  1. 32 minutes ago, HispanicSlammer said:

    I spent the time with 5 friends, we had a really good time. I needed a relaxing vacation, I rode 5 demo rides most were so so the Aprillia Tuono, that ride was insane..factory sponsored demo ride was absolutely insane. We were really flogging those bikes. 

     

    Possibly replacing the veefalo. I'm debating on the mt-10 sp, or the ktm 1200gt. Both have semi active suspension. I like the Yamaha reliability and easy parts. But I really like the ktm. The Tuono is not comfortable to ride for me..fun though. I need more relaxed ergos now. 

    I have had a great 25,000km with my MT-10. The ride position and engine are great, I did a 500km day ride on Sunday without any difficulty. The tank range is the only fly in the ointment, the bike is not especially thirsty (unless you pull on its tail) but realistically you have 13.5L until you hit the low fuel light, for me that is about 210-230km. Meanwhile you get great handling and confidence inspiring brakes, and the CP4 soundtrack. 

     

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  2. I bought an ST11 as a project two years ago, already done over 30,000km on it, currently at 123000km and running great. Maybe I'm getting old (OK, no maybe about that...) but getting off the bike after 500km and ready to do another 500 is a great feeling. These are a really underrated machine.

  3. Well I might be being a little hard on the ST. It has such a heavy crank that it never seems to accelerate that hard, but certainly has a good turn of speed. I don't think I'd get it to 155 mph without a cliff being involved, but it certainly gets up to 130 mph without a lot of drama. I do love the low CG and stable 18" wheel steering, and the ride position.

    VTR1000F

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    1 hour ago, VFROZ said:

     

    There is actually not much in common between a VTR and an SP1 . 

    SP1 has shorter stroke, fuel injection, gear driven cams, UD forks, different swing arm and rear suspension, different frame, much better brakes, and the list goes on. 

    I like the idea of owning an RC51 at some point (it has all that HRC goodness baked in!), but it looks like even more of a rack to ride than my VTR. I'll go out on a limb and suggest that the VTR is probably the better road bike however.

     

    Seems like a shame that Honda did not do more with the VTR engine and update the bike at some point, as it really is a good basic machine. The engine did get used in the Varaduro (I think that is correct) with FI added, but the basic VTR got little more than a bigger fuel tank, different bars and digital instruments in around 2000 and that was it. They do have a bad reputation for loosing camchain tension suddenly and with bad results for the valves and pistons, hence those in the know fit manual tensioners. 

     

    VTR1000F

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    17 hours ago, Lorne said:

    Honda's VTR1000F is my 2nd favourite bike. I've switched back and forth between VFR 750/800 and VTR1000F several times since 1993. Always felt that a VFR with the engine of a VTR would make a great sport tourer. It sure worked for Ducati.

     Yes I'm half tempted to modify the VTR ergonomics so that it is similar to the VFR, the pegs especially seem crazy-high. Strangely however I don't find the VTR to be uncomfortable over a tank of fuel, I think the wind protection is probably better/smoother and the engine is certainly a peach when cruising.

    vf750f

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    16 hours ago, Dutchy said:

    blast from the past.... :beer:

    You're right there Dutchy. This photo is from 1984 I think, taken by a bike-riding girlfriend, just up the road from my parents' house. I was working part time at a Honda dealer and borrowed this 750 one evening with the intention of trying and maybe buying it. I managed to lock up the front end when I discovered how much more powerful the 750 twin discs were than the single inboard disc on my VF400, and threw the bike down the road at a horrendous speed. The dealer invited me to either pay his insurance excess, or to buy the bike and parts at cost. I did the latter and enjoyed the bike for a year, but reliability concerns (camshafts and tensioners) put me off and I sold it. Still a beautiful bike, and I loved the gold wheels.

     

    Thanks for featuring this Miguel.

  4. Yeah I agree, the silver wheel makes the whole bike look lighter than black. The bike is a very late 98 build, first registered here in 99. No idea whether it came from the factory like that or has been painted sometime; there's a bit of black showing through on the rim edges where the paint has been damaged by tyre changing so who knows? Thanks for the comment.

    I bought myself a Gopro knock-off this week (hey, its nearly my birthday!) so I might have a go at a video of this road this weekend if the weather gods will allow it.

    vf400f8

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    This was my second new VF400F, a Japanese domestic model imported new to New Zealand (hence the lack of belly-pan and the graphics). I have fond memories of this one, with some sticky Metzeler tyres it was amazingly surefooted, and certainly loved to rev, yet at the same time had an all-day sensible riding position and very even power.

    VF400

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    I owned one of these from new. Amazingly fast, stunned my GPZ900 riding mate by getting to 210km/hr down a slight hill. The 400's speedo was pointing to "Made in Japan"!

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