Hello from Minneapolis

[KingTito]

I thought I would take a few moments to thank everyone for their help being relatively new to the VFR world and introduce myself.

I live in Minneapolis and I almost bought a VFR800 back in 1999 but passed and bought a 1999 Triumph Sprint ST. Great bike, no complaints. I sold it about a year ago and the only bike I had was my 1982 CB900F Supersport. I stumbled on a nice 1999 VFR with just over 5,000 miles on it and picked it up about 2 months ago.

Since then, I have gone through every aspect of it (all new fluids, filters, plugs, coolant, etc.). I took time to detail everything and replace a few parts. I upgraded to the mirrors from the 2001 and installed a zero gravity screen.

Unfortunately, 2 weeks ago, I tore my ACL playing soccer. I feel better now and just finished up all of the work on the VFR.

Alas, I decided to take one last 25 mile blast on it (couldn't go longer, knee too tight) and winterize everything now (it's only August) as I will be having surgery in the next 2-4 weeks.

I was pretty down for a while but I'm looking forward to getting things taken care of, rehabing, and moving on.

Here are some quick pics of my rides and thanks for everything!

[drewl]

Nice. Welcome aboard.
Plenty of time to polish her and pet her and dream about next season.
She won't let you down.

[ewryly]

The bike looks great, King. It does suck to have to hold off riding, especially when you have such a nice looking bike in the garage, but it sounds like a good choice. I hurt my back a few years ago and had to most of a season of bicycling, but I'm glad I was patient because I'm back at 100% and the lost time is just a distant memory.