Hey guys I just wanted to stop by and say hello. I plan on getting a 5th gen vfr800 within the next few years after I get some riding in on a littler bike. I don't have the riding experience to say whether or not I could handle the vfr as a first bike... but I'd want to die if I damaged those fairings! But just dropping by and reading more info than I already know! Looks like a wonderful forum and I look forward to becoming apart of it sometime.
Welcome Senel. Enjoy the little bike :smile: and get some Miles under you. You'll always have something better and bigger to look forward too. Trust me ;-)
Hehe I definitely will! Probably will end up being a 2008ish Ninja 250 for the meantime I'm happy to have been born when I was, it gives me quite a decent amount of bikes to choose from later down the road lol
:welcome: to the madness Senel :wave: I guess you are not from the State, Might want to edit your profile to include your location so other close by can help if need it. Good luck with your purchase. VFR is a wonderful bike.......:thumbsup:
My VFR was my first ever go on a bike period. But I am older, wiser and older. So long as you know that there is a lot of power there, and the bike is top heavy, you should be fine. Just don't go around riding beyond your known abilities. Ride the VFR and get to know it for a while before you test its limits. Few people manage through the life of their riding experiences, to get through without dropping a bike. You will get over it. I did. 8 goddam times on mine. Once when it was only a week old out of the crate. and once a day after it was painted.
Yes. But I would bet yours are a little more adventurous. Mine were kinda like ol' Arty Johnson on Laugh-In years back falling over on that little tricycle!
Thank you Scuba! I currently live in good ol' Augusta. Only time our city gets cleaned up is a few weeks before the Masters And also thank you Randy for the advice Im sure one day ill definitely enjoy the vfr it is a definite ill love the vfr one day. The weight isn't much of a problem since I've rode on a bike of similar weight. Once again I'm glad to be talking and learning more about these vfrs and the wonderful community behind it!
I was told in the past by a lot of riders. "Buy the bike you want and learn to ride it" "Everybody who rides goes down be it a kick stand snaffu or an all out slide. Remember "all the gear all the time" and the drops are less brutal on you. The bike can be replaced worst case, while you can't. I would never tell anybody to buy a 250. almost everyone i have met with one says the same thing they are tired of it and it wont resell for shit. I would suggest you look for an older 700 or 750 to start with or just buy the one you want now and learn to show the bike respect. Last little bit of advice is NEVER think you are better then the bike. She will show you something if you do.
I'm almost the opposite. I sometimes wish we had the graduated rider style deal they have in europe where you have to learn to ride first then work your way up in displacement.
Seems to me you are already a member of this site, whether or not you actually own a VFR yet. Welcome aboard! There certainly are motorcycles that are better for specific purposes than a VFR, and some would argue there are motorcycles that are better all-arounders than the VFR, but the VFR is an excellent choice in the latter category. I may be biased, but I have found VFR riders are among the best overall - particularly when it comes to mature judgment about when to push and when to keep plenty in reserve to adjust for the vagaries of the road. And many here would say that the 5th Gen is the apex of VFR-dom! I would push back on that, being the owner of a 6th Gen, but it's all good. [Except the VF750F/VF700F, which is an acquired taste and most certainly NOT the best! I know, because I own one.] Welcome aboard! .
reg71, I agree. Even though I am not a fan of regulating common sense. Seems like the OP has common sense on his own . . . Tell me who, as a new rider, could buy a BMW 1000 and learn throttle control on that behemoth powerhouse? .
