New Guy

I just took ownership of a 1993 white vfr. I have been researching mcycles for the last 3 years. my wife started me on it 3 years ago telling me I should get a mcycle to use getting back and forth to work. my daily commute is 100 miles, 60 of it is highway though. needless to say the cars I have rack up the millage pretty fast, 30k/year is not difficult. I was able to go for 36 years without a mcycle, even while my HS buds pushed me into it and the same guys pushed again after in returned from college. now, I am looking at starting up. I have had a few lessons on my neighbor’s hurricane 1000, and took to it pretty fast so there wasn’t any real hesitation of looking at a 750. I have raced bicycles for almost 20 years so bike handling is second nature. I have found that the mcycle is harder to steer, but the bike is harder to propel forward, so its a result of I find riding a bike is harder than the mcycle, I have suffered many times on the bike, I truly doubt I will have mental and physical suffering on the mcycle as I have on the bike.

So, as I work on getting used to the mcycle, I am sure I will come across questions, there is a matter of kitchen re-modeling that will stand in the way of using the mcycle for a while, I hope to find tons of knowledge here on this site.

Thanks in advance for all the dumb questions I will be asking.

 

Welcome to the Wonderous VFRWorld! I'm new to the VFR world myself (<2 months now!) I use mine mostly to commute as well (only have a 70 mile round trip commute,) but the fun starts on Sundays when I hit the twisties!

 

I am hoping to use it Mon, Wed, Fri...that will save 300 miles on the car per week. tues and thurs are out as I need to lug the bikes for training race on tues night and group rides on thurs. unless of course I fabricate some rack that will hold the bike by the front forks and rear wheel, I have seen one fashioned before.
Kevin

 

Welcome aboard. My wife's dad has a cabin in Pawlet. I love the roads in Vermont being from Brooklyn where traffic is a nightmare. You can never stop learning about improving you motorcycle skills. As long as i have been on a Motorcycle, i always look to improve my skills. You tube has some good videos for learning countersteering and other important skills. You live in one of the best places in America to own a Motorcycle, and you have a VFR! Enjoy, and be safe.

 

Pawlet is out by NY, I am in springfield, VT on the NH boarder. Springfield is a big city compared to Pawlet. but nothing like Brooklyn. I work in Lyme, NH which is very small, my commute has 5 stop signs, no lights, and 2 left turns that might require a stop. all in 50 miles. it takes me roughly 50 minutes by car.

in case I dont have a user manual for my 93, is there one I can download somewhere?
thanks
Kevin

 

Welcome to the site. Yes, you definitely wont suffer as much on the VFR as you do on your bicycle!

 

Kevin, welcome to the madness from another 93 and fellow New Englander. You'll love the bike, it's very smooth. As far as a manual, try this link: 1990-1996 Manual. I've used it several times, but I still went out and got a Haynes and a Clymer manual as backups. Good luck.

Adam

 

WELCOME! And congratulations on the find. :wave:

A motorcycle is a lot easier to make go forward, if you are pushing with US dollars, that is :tongue:

I think you will find great advice here, if not great friends (which i have found)

And here's to many safe miles on both your bicycle and VFR!

:cheersaf:

 

welcome to the site...from one newbie to another!

A wealth of information here...have yourself a few good reads!

 

OKAY NEWBIE>>>>>>lets get some rules out of the way.....first thing you made your introduction speech...BLAH BLAH BLAH thats all cool. your follow up post SHOULD have included pictures...I know thats hard to believe, /but the blanket heads that float around here are lucky enough to have the attention span to pick their noses without stabbing themselves in the eyes.so what am I getting at here. If you could be so kind as to post up some artfully done portrates of the new mistress that would be lovely....

Welcome to the world...
Crustyrider

 

Crustyrider-
I thought adding pics would be a nice touch, but, I got home late with the 93 and the pics would have been crappy, so I didnt. I am also right in the middle of a kitchen remodel, so any spare time is put into that, so the 93 is currently under wraps in the garage. If I can hang the last 3 cabinets today with time left over this afternoon, I will first have to clean up the bike as its rather dirty and then take some pics.
Kevin

 

Ok, so I rolled it out of the garage last night to start it up, the wife says it’s loud, oh well...Anna, my daughter (7) was very very excited and wanted on immediately. My son, (9) thinks its nice but isn’t as excited as Anna is. He did want on though.
I took 1 pic but the lighting was poor and it’s with the phone, so it’s mediocre at best.

 

Nice pic, doesn't look too bad at all.

Adam

 

TinkerinWstuff-
I am not familiar with the bike yet, I am not sure about it missing a collector or if the pipe is gutted, I am not only new to the VFR, but new to motorcycles in general, hell I dont even have my permit yet. My neighbor drove it home last thursday as I followed in the car. My sunroof was open, I didnt tailgate him, but I could hear the bike easily and knew every time he increased throttle. I am not sure how I will find the noise level yet. I do know this, I would like to move the pipe to the left side, not sure at this point what that will require, best situation would be to get it up under the seat as my wife is super paranoid of burning her leg on it somehow. She did that once way back in HS and apparently has never forgot it.

I just need to get this Kitchen work out of the way and then I can work on the permit and endorsement so I can start riding to work with this.
Kevin

 

Welcome aboard
Nice looking bike.