How many older guys ride VFR?

We'll let you know when you get old. Until then, forget about it just have fun. This is kind of an inane thread.

 

58, and still get to scrape my arthritic knees on the odd roundabout. Oh, and getting a copper to let you off 127 on a dual carriageway HAS to be age-related!

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Way to go! Age has its benefits! Me also 58 but yet to scrape a knee. Dont want to wear a hole in my jeans.


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On my way home on the 1st gen, it hit me that our combined ages was 105!

 

At 59, hiding my old head inside my helmet and putting my VFR between my legs for a couple hours makes me feel like a teenager again!

 

Very true statement. Probably more fun than talking to a "therapist" that likely has "issues" too, then writing them a check. One of the reasons I stay in shape is to be able to ride my VFR the way I want to. I'd rather write a check for it.

 

I couldn't agree more. I'm 66. I have a 1995. Vfr750 and a GSXR1000, which is my third one. I love the VFR for being a fine overall bike. But I really love the GSXR for being a total performance machine. I think your riding ability, health and fitness level dictates what you ride a lot of the time. Not your age.

 

Absolutely the truth. Age is a state of mind provided health is good.

 

Yes Allyance! combined for me is 71 yrs! lol!!! not quite up that high yet! :eagerness: Anyhow, Was wonder if you or anyone else have a scotts damper on your viffers? If so what would be a good setting for commuting? Ive been riding my vfr at very stiff settings. It seems someone changed all my settings when I went into a store, so if anyone has an Idea please shoot it to me, Thanks all and keep rubber side down!

 

Sorry, I don't have one on either bike, but have seen alot guys have them.

 

Just landed a 2000, the bike I have wanted since I rode a new one.
I'm 65, and I felt like 25 when I fired up that V4 and rode out into the world.

Can't wait to get some more miles on the odometer, but title, insurance, and plates have to come first.

 

Awesome, congrats...pictures would go along way here 2k

 

Welcome to the forum! Good purchase my friend!

 

Best I can do for right now, but I'll add plenty after a shine and time on the road. :thumb:

 

I have to say how impressed I am by the number of riders on VFR's that are 10+ years old. That says a lot for the engineering and the timelessness of these wonderful bikes.

 

I know that there are plenty which have been ridden a TON of miles...
But I searched for my 2000 a while, wanting to find one that had not been down the road that far.
Currently it sits at just under 11,000 miles, equating to below 700 per year since it was new. I can guarantee that I'll be riding a bit more than that!

 

My 8th gen is my 4th. 2005 had 42k on her B4 she was stolen and both my 07s had at least 35k on them B4 they were wrecked. All were running fine and I have no doubt i'd still be on them had circumstances not taken them away from me. Keeping my fingers crossed for my new ride :cower:

 

I am always perplexed as to why people think this way. What has the age of the bike got to do with whether a bike is reliable or any good.

What would you rather buy? A ten year old VFR with 10 thousand miles on it or a three year old VFR with 60 thousand miles on it. One is old in age and the other is old in mileage. If they've both in good condition I would personally buy the one with the lesser mileage. Sure VFR engines last a long time but clutches, bearings, chains and other useable parts as out. Age has nothing to do with how good a bike is.

My 1995 vfr750 has far better paint than my 2005 gsxr1000. Put the bikes together and ask a non rider which he thinks is the newer bike. I guarantee he'll say the VFR. Because the quality of finish is better. I had to app!y some duct tape to a black engine casing on the gsxr1000 recently. When I removed it a few minutes later it took a quantity of paint off.

Quality and condition count when it comes to having a bike, not age.

 

Good on you! My current 2000 800Fi had 15,000 miles when I bought her two years ago, and I've already doubled that number. I always wonder what on earth people buy motorcycles for if not to ride them! Bikes are made to be ridden, not put in a garage and fawned-over! Hope you have fun.

 

It has taken me a while to get over my aged-motorcycle phobia. As a young-un, I habitually traded/upgraded every 6-12 months, by 25000km I'd be thinking "the newness has gone, its all downhill from here". Marriage, a mortgage and children put a stop to all that and I ended up holding on to my 1995 Suzuki RF900 from new for 55000km and 19 years. Lo and behold, the bike didn't magically wither away, and it was running as well when I sold it as it was new, and handled a lot better due to some sneaky suspension upgrades.

I now look at bikes quite differently, and marvel at the low cost that one can acquire a former hot bike for. Touch wood, my faith in Honda engineering has been borne out by my last three purchases of my 99 VFR800 in 2014, 97 VTR1000F in 2015 and a few months ago a 1990 ST1100. All have higher mileage (the VFR is now 95,000km, the ST very similar and the VTR is the baby at 75000km), the bodywork is in great condition on all, and with some care and attention, they all work incredibly well. All need or have had suspension and bearing replacements, and if I was to pay someone to do the work I might think differently about their value, but the fundamentals of the engine, electrics and chassis seem like they will last indefinitely.

Just yesterday, I took a non-stop 400 km run on my ST1100 (let's call it a VFR1100ST OK?), a bike I paid less than US$1000 for. It ran like a watch, and when ridden as it's makers intended (i.e. in a more gentlemanly manner) did it in comfort and style. And on less than one tank of fuel!