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Kram World Chat Champion
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Posted: 23:10 - 12 Sep 2006 Post subject: My new toy (D reg VFR400R) |
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Bought this yesterday for £100 from a regular at the pub I work in. It's an old VFR400R.
The bloke had just bought it for £80 and said the person he bought it off had had an accident on it, and had it stored in his garage for about 4 years (last MOT was in 2000 though:S).
The bloke has had it out in his drive for the last few weeks, and i took it off his hands yesterday...
I thought this would give me something to do over the winter, to clean it up, get it running etc... OR NOT.
I put my current bikes battery onto the VFR, syphoned some fuel out and stuck that in the tank, opened the choke, pressed start and.... VROOOOOMMMMMM. one working bike
Started straight off the button. I then went to check all oils, etc:
Engine oil looked brand new (goldish/clean colour)
Front brake/Back Brake/ Hydrolic clutch, had all been drained, to a really low level off fluid in them all.
After bleeding some new fluid into the clutch/back brake, I started on the front brake, but I think the piston is nakered on the master cylinder as it takes AGESSS to come out again, and it sucked about 150-200ml of fluid into the system, with none coming out the bleed nipple and no leaks... lol
But ignoring that, I was out up and down my road, testing all the things on the bike... and everything works.
And the coolest thing is when the side lights are on, the indicators glow a low dim, instead of the headlight
Only problem is a crack on the fairing panel (in picture) but i can bolt that to the fairing bracket.
Total things i need to buy for this bike to pass MOT (I hope) will be:
F/Brake master cylinder
2 new tyres
New bolt for clutch master cylinder (had to drill one out)
Not bad for £100
and it's only done 21000 kilometers ____________________ FS1E -> SR125 -> CB400N -> CB650 -> FZR600 Genises -> VFR400 NC21 -> CBR900RR Fireblade -> Renault Clio 1.4 |
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Whosthedaddy Super Spammer
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Posted: 23:14 - 12 Sep 2006 Post subject: |
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Bargain of the Century
Bastard ____________________ Current : MSX 125 Past : CBR 900RR Monkeybike : c50 LAC : ZXR750 H2 : FZR600 : ZX7R P3 : YW100 : TRX850: Trophy 900 T309 : GSXR 600 L0: Monkeybike : XJ6S Whosthedaddy |
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Kram World Chat Champion
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Posted: 23:19 - 12 Sep 2006 Post subject: |
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makes a change to the amount of money i put in the FZR ____________________ FS1E -> SR125 -> CB400N -> CB650 -> FZR600 Genises -> VFR400 NC21 -> CBR900RR Fireblade -> Renault Clio 1.4 |
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Whosthedaddy Super Spammer
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Posted: 23:21 - 12 Sep 2006 Post subject: |
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Sounds so corny to have bought something from a geezer down the pub
Certainly does nt look like its worth £100, nice looking bike for a golden oldie. ____________________ Current : MSX 125 Past : CBR 900RR Monkeybike : c50 LAC : ZXR750 H2 : FZR600 : ZX7R P3 : YW100 : TRX850: Trophy 900 T309 : GSXR 600 L0: Monkeybike : XJ6S Whosthedaddy |
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Kram World Chat Champion
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Posted: 23:41 - 12 Sep 2006 Post subject: |
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Will play tomorrow...
Might also acquire a battery that fits.
I also found a fully charged working battery in my garage today
I was chuffed. ____________________ FS1E -> SR125 -> CB400N -> CB650 -> FZR600 Genises -> VFR400 NC21 -> CBR900RR Fireblade -> Renault Clio 1.4 |
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Posted: 23:44 - 12 Sep 2006 Post subject: |
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2 bargains Some peolpe have all the luck ____________________ Current : MSX 125 Past : CBR 900RR Monkeybike : c50 LAC : ZXR750 H2 : FZR600 : ZX7R P3 : YW100 : TRX850: Trophy 900 T309 : GSXR 600 L0: Monkeybike : XJ6S Whosthedaddy |
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2Smoke Crazy Courier
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Posted: 00:09 - 13 Sep 2006 Post subject: |
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ooOOooo NC21 with a full fairing! Thats rare! £100? Bargain ____________________ Currently in the stable.. '89 TDR250, 86 NSR250 '79 350LC, '79 DT175MX, 82, Pasola, '98 R1, '95 Speed Triple.. all of them total sheds.. |
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Gazdaman I did a trackday!!!
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Posted: 00:15 - 13 Sep 2006 Post subject: |
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TRACK BIKE!
re: neutral switch, I wouldn't be too worried about that, probably buried fairly deep inside the gearbox.
Sounds like a bargain, is it legit? No filed frame numbers etc £100 bikes in pubs tend to be less than 'conservative'.
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Posted: 07:01 - 13 Sep 2006 Post subject: |
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got the V5, previous MOTS, everything looks ok
even if it is a sack of shit, i can just break it, and still make a fair bit from it ____________________ FS1E -> SR125 -> CB400N -> CB650 -> FZR600 Genises -> VFR400 NC21 -> CBR900RR Fireblade -> Renault Clio 1.4 |
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craigs23 Mr Muscle
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Posted: 08:05 - 13 Sep 2006 Post subject: |
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Cool, another 400 V4 project on the go then? |
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lee8040 Nearly there...
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MarJay But it's British!
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Posted: 11:54 - 23 Sep 2006 Post subject: |
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I used to have one of those!
Great bikes... ____________________ British beauty: Triumph Street Triple R; Loony stroker: KR1S; Track fun: GSXR750 L1; Commuter Missile: GSX-S1000F
Remember kids, bikes aren't like lego. You can't easily take a part from one bike and then fit it to another. |
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Posted: 18:35 - 09 Oct 2006 Post subject: |
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My new front brake caliper arrived on saturday, and I had a few hours spare today.
So off came old caliper, and on went new one. After i got the old one off, i pressed the lever, to see loads of gunk come out , but i think that master cylinder, and piston needs stripping and cleaning (anyone know how?)
I managed to get a master cylinder off a newer VFR400 for £20.99 (inc. P&P) off ebay, so I slung that on after cleaning it. and started to bleed the system (only to break my bleed kit)
So out came the spare battery fluid over pipe I've had lying around, and do it the old method...
And one fully functioning front brake with adjustable brake lever
So I pumped up the front tyre AGAIN, and took it out for a spin, to check brake, and all is good.
I also ran it till it got warm, so i could try and find this oil leak....
And it's not oil it comes out, of what looks like a coolant pump on the left hand side of the engine. (indicated on pics)
There is some instant gasket there, so was wondering if i'd be able to take that bit off (preferably without draining engine) to replace gasket.
Also anyone got a haynes for the NC21 (or 30) that I could acquire?
Drummer ____________________ FS1E -> SR125 -> CB400N -> CB650 -> FZR600 Genises -> VFR400 NC21 -> CBR900RR Fireblade -> Renault Clio 1.4 |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 17 years, 220 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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