TimC

Congrats on the 7th gen, but sorry to hear about the issues. Hopefully you can either get it sorted properly, or just enjoy the bike for what it is. Either way, good luck and ride safe! 🙂

Nice score on that great looking 6th gen. Congrats!! 🙂

Congrats on your VFR and welcome to the forum! 🙂

Congratulations on your 8th gen. VFR and welcome to the forum from Ohio, USA! 🙂

That's an amazing car. Congrats! 🙂 In the last week or so, I test drove a couple used Cadillacs - a CT5 Sport and a CT4 Premium Luxury. Both were with the base 4-cylinder engine. I liked both, but love the looks of the CT5.

Welcome to the forum from Ohio, USA! I hope you'll post a photo or two of your new machine!

Same here. By the 2nd or 3rd day of a trip, the bike feels like an extension of my own body. Sadly, it doesn't usually last upon returning home, but it's very cool with when you feel you're one with the bike.

Congratulations on your 8th gen. and welcome to the forum from Ohio! 🙂

Congratulations on your VFR and welcome to the forum from Ohio, USA!

Congrats on that sweet 5th gen!! 🙂

It's been a long time since I owned my ZR-7S, but I seem to remember it did have a decent amount of torque down low. When I first test rode a 6th gen. VFR, I was surprised how it bogged down when I tried to accelerate from a higher gear at low rpms. I was still a relative newbie at the time, with little experience on different bikes and different engine types. Interestingly, I'm on my 3rd bike now, and on my 3rd different engine type - in this case a boxer twin. I've seen the ZR referred to as a 'parts bin special, but to me the ZR was a nice UJM throwback. You could get it with a fairing (ZR-7S) or without (ZR-7). When I bought that first bike, I had been seriously considering a new Yamaha FZ6, but didn't want to sink so much money into a new bike, not knowing if I'd even like riding. Ultimately, for me that Kawasaki turned out to be a terrific introduction to motorcycling!

Congratulations on the Kawasaki! A red ZR-7S was my first grown-up motorcycle. It was really too big a bike to start on, but I did okay. I sold it after about five months and bought a VFR. I wonder sometimes what my riding life would have been like had I kept that Kawasaki.

Congratulations on that gorgeous 5th generation VFR, and welcome to the forum! 🙂

Congratulations on the beautiful 5th gen. and welcome to the forum! 🙂

I agree with everyone above - your new helmet will break in over some time and miles as the pads compress to your exact head size and shape. It will a little uncomfortable at first, but the new lid and you will get used to each other. I've found this to be true with my last couple new helmets. Worst case, you can buy and swap in a thinner pad set. That being said, every time I try on an AGV it seems a little smaller than the same size helmet from other brands. So your new helmet might be just a bit smaller than your most recent one you've been wearing for a while.

I wish I could attend, but my wife and I are leaving for a vacation that week. Our vacation will be fun, but I'm still going to be highly envious of you all! Safe travels, everyone! 🙂

Congrats on the sale, but I'm sure it was bittersweet. I felt the same when I sold my 6th gen. a few years ago, but I have many treasured memories of the years with my VFR!

Sorry, you lost me at non-mountain ride. 😆 Just kidding. Looks like it was a gorgeous day to ride, and what a great sound! I got out for a little while on my Beemer. Better weather has finally arrived in NE Ohio, and now I finally have a little time to ride, too.

I considered a Ducati SuperSport when I was looking for a new (or used) bike to replace my 6th gen. VFR. A local shop had a nice, low miles SuperSport S in stock, but it already had an issue with a bad fuel tank sensor. Combine that with a couple other well-known issues with the bike (at least in the first few years of production) and it was a no-go for me. Plus, it was just too similar to my VFR, and I wanted something different. Also, the OEM luggage for the SuperSport is only semi-rigid, with zippered closures, and not waterproof hard cases like the VFR's. That made the bike less attractive to me for use as a sport-tourer. The other criticism of the SuperSport is it's underpowered for what it is. Personally, it's more fast enough for me, but I'm not that fast a rider, so middling performance suits me fine. (I was always happy with my VFR, by the way!) But I had a seat on a new SuperSport at a local Ducati dealer a couple weekends ago, and now it's just too sporty for my aging (and out of shape) body. I'm sure would have liked it a few years ago, but I'm glad I passed on it back then when I was bike shopping.

Welcome back and congrats on your 5th gen! But remember the rule...photos or it didn't happen. 😉

I don't even have a VFR anymore, but I still visit VFRD most days, just to see what's going on. Plus it's entirely possible I'll own another VFR someday, and this forum is absolutely a treasure for everything VFR-related. Anyway, I always got far more out of this forum than I put into it, and I'm sure I am not alone, so I'm happy to help out again. Thanks for letting us know we need to pitch in again, HS. Hopefully we can fill the well again quickly! 🙂

Hi TimC, Thank you for your donation of 100.00 USD. We look forward to improving the forums with your donation. Thanks VFRDiscussion

I'm glad you got a chance to test ride the bike, even if you found it wasn't the bike for you. For me, my 6th gen. VFR was the perfect all-arounder for many years, right up until I was about 50, and my knees and neck starting hurting during long rides. I could have installed a footpeg lowering kit and bar risers, but I didn't really want to change the bike from stock, and after 14 years with it I was really ready for something else. Also, there's no reason older folks can't still ride supersports. If your body can handle the ergonomics, go for it! I have a couple bikes in mind if I were to add a sportbike to my garage, but for better or worse my bank account limits me to one bike at a time. Good luck with your continued search for your next motorcycle! 👍

Congratulations on that beautiful 6th gen. and welcome to the forum! 🙂 My VFR was my 2nd motorcycle, and I'm just on my 3rd now. I started riding in March 2006, and spotted my first VFR (a silver 6th gen.) in a shop a couple months later. It was love at first sight. A few months later I bought one from a private seller and rode it for the next 14 years!