Slowrider46

Hello dear bikers, VFR enthusiasts and all who feel similar 🙂 I registered a long time ago, but I never actually introduce myself, so better ever then never. I'm Denis and I'm from Croatia, 38y/o, and driving two-wheelers from very distant youth. There were small 50cc manuals, tuned 50cc 2T scooters, 125 2T sport bikes (Cagiva Mito inclusively), FZ6, Z750, racing 180 2t scooters and etc... I fell in love in one RC36 also when I was a kid, but at that time I didn't even know which brand it was and why it has so beautiful sound. Actually I thought it was V2 but high revving model (apparently I didn't know much about mechanics and engines back in the day) 🤣 After I tried friend's 1998 RC46 for the first time in 2021 (he actually stole my idea after selling his SV1000), I said that's it, and same year I bought my first VFR, silver RC46 from 2001. She was 20 years old, but she didn't give any sign of fatigue. 106 HP, slightly schratched in the front, previously repainted, but mechanically perfect. 258km/h top speed, niiiiice 😙 But I don't like silver. 😴 For me it's the color of the primer, ready to put some COLOR, red, blue, yellow, orange, even black!!! So I did what had to be done. Perfect! I dreamed about red one. Putted iridium spark plugs, new oil, new tires, new filters... (one rectifier later, of course) and that's it. And it was nice one and a half year, one of the best tours in my life, a lot of commuting, freerides, turned 26 thousand kilometers in total. And then my other friend happened.. asked me for a spin, and unfortunatelly the bike was almost totalled, he was luckily OK, only scratches, bruises, but broken pride. 😢 Season skipped unintentionally. And then "banana" came (as my friend calling her) 😆 1999, imported from Germany, well preserved, also mechanically very good, 114 thousand kilometers, yeees manual choke, not that nice gauge background as facelift version, not that nice mirrors... but BOS high-mount exhaust, sport air filter and remapped ECU. A lot of original accessories (Honda tools, passenger grips and original passenger seat cover)... and 270 km/h 😎🫢🤪😮 Plus stronger pull from lower rpms. Everything you need from a bike. And after one year and 8 months, she's still here, but 30 thousand kilometers older (plus one battery which died). Uh, what a bike. She still puts a smile on my face. And almost 150 tkm... Well done Honda 😉

Patience has payed off. I found original bars from 1999 for 90€ both. That's exactly how VFR should feel. 🤩

Hi! Greetings from Croatia 😉 I recently bought yellow one 1999., original paint, it has aftermarket one-peace steering handles installed, but as this is my second 5th gen, I use to drive with original ones which I don't have. Does anyone knows if original handle bars fits from any other Honda models? I mean, not that they just fits, they shoud be identical. Thank you in advance.

Hi all! I’m new here! Greetings from Croatia btw. 🙂 I recently bought a RC46 2001. and speedometer does weird thing: while driving, it starts droping, for example if driving 80kmh, it tries to show 80 but jumps between 40 and 60 up and down all the time nevertheless the speed is constant. Same at all speeds, but more variations are at lower speeds, less variations at higher speeds. Is this a problem with gearbox speed sensor? Except that, the bike is perfect, very pleased with buy, done 3000 km in little more than a month already 🥰 Thank’s! Denis.