My last motorbike was a 97 VFR750,
which I purchased new. In the 5 years that I owned the VFR I found it to be the
best all-round bike I’ve ever ridden.
I would still own it if we didn’t
need the money to move house. I’ve owned or ridden a lot of bikes over the years
and the VFR was the easiest to ride with the broadest spread of power. It made
me look like I new how to ride. It wasn’t the most powerful or the quickest
around a corner but because it was so forgiving you could ride it very quick on
real world roads. Many a time it surprised other riders, mounted on much more
powerful or sporty machines, when the viffer and I would ride round them on a
bend in the twisty stuff, even when we were two up.
Anyway, I miss that bike and when
finances permit I’ll look around for another one, or maybe one of the VFR800s,
they are all good.
There are a heap of resources on
the net for the VFR. The best mailing lists I have come across (of any subject)
are the VFR lists. The two I have signed up to over the years is the
international list
here... and the
Australian VFR list (which I am still active on)
here…
Both lists are extremely helpful with little or no
bullshit or argument and collectively are THE repository for VFR and VF
information any where in the world.
These guys are the most helpful people I have found on the
net and if they can't find an answer to your problem no one can.
If you have a question or want to know anything about VFRs
past or present give them a go.
Here is a page showing the
different models of
VFs and
VFRs over the years.
Here is a page detailing a fix to the
regulator/rectifier
that I designed to help fix the overheating and destruction problem. I ran this fix on my VFR750 for 5 years until I sold
the bike and never had a failure of the regulator/rectifier. Something of a
record I think.
Here is a page of VF/VFR related
links
