Paul here, from Wollongong, Australia I'm just about to pick up my third VFR, another Gen5 to replace my first Gen5, sadly written off. My first was a 1995 Gen4 750. I've been riding since 1974, and the last bike before the VFRs was a 600 Hornet, hence my username. I'm looking forward to listening and learning, and perhaps sharing a yarn or two Paul
Welcome to only sane part of the world today. We have many here to assist you with any questions you may have but I suspect you already may be fairly handy. From my beginning here, I have gone from being very inexperienced with bikes to still knowing jack shit. But that is just me. We like to see pix of our rides so soon as you acquire your ride and take a snap, get it posted up here. We will appreciate being able to see your gem.
Well, I won't bore you all with the long story, but today I picked up my third VFR, a 12/99 Gen5, with just 45,438 kms on the clock. Ohlins shock, all the elcetrical stuff sorted, new tyres and registered till August And, I'm sure eagle-eyed American readers will note, the highly-prized Australian-made Staintune pipe, with bafffle. They make a great sound!
Wow that looks stunning, and it is red - which are always the fastest. Take care of it and hopefully it will bring you many miles of happy riding. Have fun SkiMad
Thanks, mate While I've got you, do you think it's worthwhile advertising spares/bits on this site, or would shipping costs from Australia to the US/Canada make transactions unworkable?
Paul - this is VFRWorld - with VFR owners worldwide including loads in Australia and New Zealand, and loads in Europe and North America. For older VFRs, stocks of service and maintenance parts are already getting very problematic indeed some now qualify as "unobtainium" especially pristine fairing panels and petcocks which are not leaking! Whether it makes economic sense to ship parts around the planet is basically dictated by whether they are available cheaper anywhere else, so if do you have VFR parts for sale, then you may want to list a few parts together with clear photos and your asking price in the "for sale" section and see if you get takers. If you attract international interest doubtless they will message you for an estimate of shipping costs, before arranging some sort of funding solution if they are happy. Take care SkiMad
Purdy! My friend had a 6th gen with Staintunes, Yes it really sounded nice. But a deer took care of that several years ago. I always liked the sound of his. I thought about getting them for mine but kept putting it off and now wished I had not. I may still order up a pair for mine but I hesitate again because of the very high mileage on mine. Tkx for posting the pix.
Hi Randy If you want Staintunes, you'd better get in fast. The boys are limping along under Corona-restrictions, but when things are back to normal the factory is going to be shut down and there will be no more new pipes. The boys have made determined efforts over the last two years to sell the business (it's only about 60kms from where I live) but no suitable buyer has emerged, so, sadly, the end is near. I can only imagine what effect a final shortage of their superb pipes will do to the value of the existing fleet, but that's the way the world goes.
Thanks for the heads up. Presently I am looking for a second bike for the stable so timing is wrong. I have survived on the OEMs since the bike was new in 2006 so I guess I will survive.
Welcome Aussie-Hornet. My "98 looks like a twin with the high- mount Staintune also. I do like to remove the baffle from mine now and again, but for the sake of the neighborhood put it back in much of the time.
I'm a baffle person. My first VFR, had a Staintune, and when I bought Scarlett, she did too, but someone had removed the baffle, so I took the baffle out of the blue bike's pipe and sold it without it. Now I have Scarlett back in my yard, with the Staintune, and tomorrow I'm getting the stock pipe for the new bike from the bloke who sold it to me, so I might have a Staintune for sale......
