Just joined this forum and hoping to glean lots of information from it. Im a high school special ed teacher in the Atlanta GA area and am attempting to re enter the motorcycle arena after a 12 year hiatus. I am trying to purchase a VFR to use for commuting to and from school as well as running errands since gas prices have gotten so outrageous!!! Am looking at several used bikes and trying to make the right choiced, so any guidance or information would be much appreciated. Hope to talk to many of you real soon Arnold
I suppose it depends on how much you are really willing to spend... If you can splurge get a used 5th or 6th Gen VFR... A 2000 VFR would be my choice and I'm secretly wishing I could squirel away some money to have one as a second bike.. Don't get me wrong the other Gens are certainly nice but if your looking for reliable comuter and your looking "used" I would get the newest that you can afford.. Then again a Gen 2 would be sweet... But I digress... Around here Used Gen 5's (That's if anyone is crazy enough to part with it) go between $3500-4500 sometimes less. Gen 6 are around 5k. I got my 2002 Gen 6 for 5000 even and so fa it's been the best purchase of my life. Now, keep in mind there will be a lot of folks here telling you to stay away from the Gen 6 because of VTEC... Poo Poo on them! They are just jelous... Just as I am jelous of the Gen 4 and 5 owners who have Gear driven Cams... Oh and welcome to the forums BTW.. LOL
the VFR is a great bike, but the mileage is not quite as good as some others. It's very dependable and you more than likely would love the bike, but there are a few things to note. It's a little heavier than a full-on sportbike so a little slower. It's a little more aggressive than a standard so wrists may hurt a little. It's an 800 so the insurance may be a little higher than say an EX500 or even a 600 sportbike. It's a little hard to get parts. It commutes well and can cruise all day at 80 without a problem, but at less than 10-12 mph, it's a little unwieldy. The exhaust note is sublime compared to other bikes, the SSSA is very unique. Some part locations are hard to reach (but you have that on most any bike) As far as all around good at most things, not best at any, it has to be one of the greatest of all time. See here: http://www.sportrider.com/bikes/146_0204_2002_honda_vrf800_interceptor/index.html http://www.motorcycle.com/manufacturer/honda/1998-honda-vfr800fi-interceptor-15064.html The second one was a big part of the reason I bought my 98...
