Rider from Aussie with new VFR

Hello from Australia, l am Mick and live in north east victoria. Just bought a new vfr 800 and hoping to enjoy many years of fun riding on it. Here are some pics of it.

 

Welcome to the nuthouse!

Cheers,
Danny (Melbourne)

 

Welcome, when you said new, you meant NEW, 176km?, what year and whose pipes?

 

Welcome Myka and remember ATGATT bud,thats what I thought Allyance, looks like Staintunes

 

Hi Mick

Welcome to the MadHouse:welcome:

Kudos for posting pictures of your brand new VFR :thumbsup: It looks brilliant especially as you will soon discover red is the fastest colourotstir:.

As you can see from the following thread some riders find these bikes are a bit top heavy and inclined to adopt horizontal parking mode.

http://vfrworld.com/forums/showthread.php/44298-You-dropped-it-how-many-time!

So you may want to think about investing in proper frame sliders, and also free off - and then re-tighten the pivot bolts on the mirror stems. (There should be a allen key hidden under a prise off cap). You are aiming so the bolt is just tight enough to keep the mirror steady but loose enough to twist harmlessly out the way if the bike lies down or you clip a car mirror whilst filtering. Sadly some dealers just tighten the pivot bolt fully, so the stem will snap right off and you end up back at the dealership parts department.

Take care




SkiMad

 

Thankyou for the welcome you guys, the bike is plated july 2012, and correct, the pipes are staintune with no baffles, very nice sounding as well. A definate yes to ATGATT and thankyou for the advice on frame sliders and mirrors, am really enjoying lots of reading on forum as well.

Cheers,
Mick.

 

Welcome aboard. Purrty bike. I really like that red with the gold wheels.

 

Thanks Pliskin, l was extremely lucky to get that bike let alone the color it is, being the color l wanted, with the new model being released in april. the honda whare houses in australia only had 1 white one left, so my honda dealer actually sourced it from another dealer about 100 miles away.

 

Hi Myka,

Welcome aboard. I do like the candy red colour, it's sexy. Make sure you look after it so it looks the same in the years to come. I've got the silver with the gold wheels!