2.5 hours

I bought a '01 VFR800 about two and a half hours ago... a friend paid and got the title from the owner, who lives about 30 miles away, so I won't actually get the DMV stuff done and pick it up until next week.

Which is fine, it's a tad chilly out.

I'm psyched... the last bike I owned was a Kawasaki 750 two-stroke (it had about a third as many moving parts as the VFR) and I've always liked the V4 as a matter of principle.

Wish me luck!

 

Welcome aboard, parsnips.

 

good luck and welcome aboard! was the kawi a triple?

 

I live in, of all places, NY, NY. The home of $200 monthly parking.

I've clearly lost my mind, however motorcycles, if I recall correctly, are more entertaining than subways.

 

welcome to the madness. you won't become hopelessly addicted to your vfr until about five minutes after you start riding it. welcome aboard.

 

Welcome from another NY, NYer. @ 200 month, I'm guessing you live in the outer boroughs... :biggrin:

 

Sadly, no, I'm just I'm delusional. I live on West 72nd. St., Manhattan.

There's a garage on Harrison St., sort of under the BMCC arcology, that claims to offer $160/Mo parking (plus 18,000,000% tax). I work a few blocks from there and it's a fairly easy subway ride so I'm shooting for that. I have a friend in the Far North (near Harriman State Park) that'll let me park over the winter, so hopefully I won't sustain too many losses due to city inhabitation.

 

Welcome welcome welcome ...hey I had one of the MachVIs, cool bike, wouldn't mind now having it back.. ring a ding ding..

 

Sadly, I can share far too many stories of the perils of city inhabitance. Seems the safest place is on the sidewalk...

 

WTF? $200 a month for parking?. They just passed a law in Sydney that says if you ride a bike you get free parking. And mosts appartments come with theit own off street parking. I'm starting to think we're lucky

 

You can pay $1200 / month to park an SUV around Central Park...

$300 for a motorcycle, if you can find a garage that will take it.

Parking rates - check the East 70's for an SUV

 

I think it's a function of population density; where I live the apartments are from about 15 to 30+ stories tall, and land is too valuable for parking... the newer buildings have parking in the basement.

 

I couldn't agree more. I always ride my motorcycle on the sidewalk.

 

there are WAY less cars on the sidewalk...

I think you should ask your work if you can park your bike in the building's lobby.

If I had to pay athat much to park, I would want someone standing over the bike with an umbrella all day.

welcome to the Forum, im in RI, so if hell ever freezes over and we have a northeast VFR meet, I will see ya there!

 

Welcome aboard! Fasten your seatbelt , you may experience a little turbulence here :crazy:

 

Congrats and welcome aboard. If you make any trips west with that new ride, drop me a line. I'm due west of NYC.

$200 isn't "that bad". I commuted into NYC for about 14 years, and don't think I ever found a place less than about $350 a month (for a car). Nowadays, because I drive a "big" pick-up truck (stock Ram 1500 with 20's), they won't even LET me park inside (its too high and will hit the sprinkler heads), and to park it in an outside lot, I usually have to grease the palms of the attendant another $20 to $50. And that's only for a few hours! So between tolls into the city, parking, and being raped, its easily $60 a day, not including gas.

$200 a month? I say sweet. Good deal.

 

And hitting a pedestrian is usually far less damaging to bike and body than hitting a deer! How's that for a glass half full?