My new to me '99

[Gearhead82]

Hi All. I've been lurking for awhile. I purchased my first bike back in July. It was a $500 '93 Ninja 500 that wasn't running at the time. I fixed it, rode it for a few weeks, and sold it for enough profit to pay for my helmet and MSF course. I've done tons of research and knew I wanted a 5th Gen VFR. I picked this one up yesterday:

It's a '99 with about 18k miles. It's pretty rough cosmetically. I rode it the 60+ miles home and it rides well, but the clutch slips pretty bad above 6k at anything more than half throttle and the chain is toast as well. It has a pretty bad exhaust leak. Everything seems good as far as electronics. It's definitely a bit of a project. I paid $1250 for it. It does have brand new tires. I also discovered that it has a Power Commander II.

[steven113]

I have a clutch off of a bike with 6k on the clock that I would be willing to sell cheap, say $25 plus shipping basket disks and all. let me know if you are interested. I love those kind of projects! I bought my 98 as a basket case for $550 and went from there. Let me know if you have any other parts you need also... I have alot of spares for this bike. Bye the way great find for $1250

[motorhead1977]

Cool find at a nice price! Specially with the new tires. With winter coming on very soon you have all the time needed to get ready for spring riding. Enjoy the project.

[drewl]

Welcome aboard.

[vfrcapn]

Welcome, nice find. Sounds like a decent price and the '99's are the fastest of all the VFR gens.

[VFRBenny]

Nice deal! I just got a 2000 thats real clean. I was looking for a 99, I would have wet myself if I got your deal!

[78EDGES]

That was a sweet deal!

[Gearhead82]

Thanks everyone. I think I got a pretty good deal. He was asking $2100 and I talked him way down obviously. I'm sure the forums here, along with ebay, will be my best friends as I start working on it.

Steven: Thanks for the offer on the clutch. It may be a little while before I start working on the bike so I may contact you later if it's still available.

[Lgn001]

Welcome to the forum, and congrats on the new-to-you bike!

[Scubalong]

Nice find, Great deal. BTW welcome to the nuts house.
Take your time and make her pretty :)

[Regal Ryan]

I saw that bike on craigslist. I had the guy send me some pics of it. you definatly have a project bike. Congrats on the bike that is a pretty awsome price considering what he was asking for it. Said he was selling because he just had a kid.

[Gearhead82]

I saw that bike on craigslist. I had the guy send me some pics of it. you definatly have a project bike. Congrats on the bike that is a pretty awsome price considering what he was asking for it. Said he was selling because he just had a kid.

Yeah, he's been advertising it for a couple months and kept dropping the price. I finally decided to make him a low offer and see what happens. It's a little rougher than it looks in my pictures for sure. So far my shopping list is: clutch, chain/sprockets, clutch lever, RH mirror, gas tank, header, plastics. I hope to have it mechanically sound by spring and start working on cosmetics after that.

[Strike_Zero]

Awesome deal!!