My first bike (about 2 seconds after I left my parents house) in 1985 was an 86 500VF. My second bike is actually that same VFR in the pictures. I bought that one in 92 (could not even begin to afford it new) and obviously kept it ever since. Now showing nearly 60K miles. The 500 I bought quite a while ago (just got it running) from the original owner and it has 3600 miles on it. For whats its worth, out of all the car and bike forums I belong to posting pics here was the easiest by far.