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PostPosted: 19:26 - 19 Aug 2007    Post subject: VFR 400 VS GSXR 400 Reply with quote

VOTE what is best
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PostPosted: 19:39 - 19 Aug 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

vfr no doubt. I had one and it was faultless, fast, nimble, good looking in my opinion and so so reliable. I just got rid of my GSXR 400 recently due to its unreliability. Carb problems were no end, however saying that it looks the dogs and rode really well when it worked.
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PostPosted: 19:53 - 19 Aug 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

phill_sumner wrote:
saying that it looks the dogs and rode really well when it worked.


Looks are nothing compared to ability.
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PostPosted: 20:34 - 19 Aug 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

Find me a GSXR400 that's been ridden to Rome and back, to within sight of Africa, has 97,000km on the clock and still runs nicely Razz
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PostPosted: 20:45 - 19 Aug 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

For me it's the VFR400, but as with other posters in this thread I'm biased. I honestly love the style and looks of the NC30 and it's a big factor in why I chose that particular 400. Really fallen in love with the V4 too, and I think I'll miss it when I get my next bike which is likely to be a Jap inline 4.

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PostPosted: 21:35 - 19 Aug 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

i'll vote for the 1990 model gsxr400rrsp.

simply due to the fact i used to own one.

and i love inline 4's.

it screamed like a bitch at 60 in first Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 22:18 - 19 Aug 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

yeah mate, i owned a gixxer 400, absolute screamer of a bike, aggresive riding postion over the bars but impossible to drive slow, u'll be redlining the bitch everywhere, and i mean everywhere.. Twisted Evil

had a race can so the noise was insane.
Had only 6000m when i seized the fucker , put it flying down the road on it's side and it shat its guts all over the gutter.. Crying or Very sad

i got a RVF at the mo, body work begining to fall to pieces , some elec probs but still very smooth, handling is the bollocks.
I always preferred the IL4 but the V4 is a beauty,. once u go v4 u never go back !!!!

probally better for a everyday bike and as 400's are getting old now, hondas a better call
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PostPosted: 22:42 - 19 Aug 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

i used to have a vf400 (the older bro to the vfr) and a zx4 and a gsx400 the vf400 was by far the most reliable and sounded the coolest, but the gsx and zx4 were faster.
if i was going to get a 400 again i would go with the vfr Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 02:08 - 20 Aug 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

VFR400 NC30.
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PostPosted: 10:50 - 20 Aug 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

Whichever you find a better one of for decent money.

I had a GSXR400, but was afer an NC30 at the time as well. The GSXR just fell into my lap at the right time and the right price. It was brilliant. Never had any problems with that bike.
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PostPosted: 16:45 - 20 Aug 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

ill go for the GSXR bein as i have one. mines restricted and is still pretty nippy for only 33bhp. was great when i had it unrestricted for the first minute or so. many of problems followed this though so theyre back in now
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PostPosted: 16:53 - 20 Aug 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you're comparing a GK76a and an NC30 then I'd vote for the gixxer; it's got better handling. The VFR's bottom-end grunt would be negated on the track by the gsx's faster throttle response.

Although I could be wrong.
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PostPosted: 19:56 - 20 Aug 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

had / got em all. and to kill two birds with one stone here.
NC30 v GK76a - well i liked the GSXR, the motor was great and it went well up top. loved to rev. handling when on its side was quite planted, midway felt a bit odd. very see saw like ride due to the poor suspension at both ends and wooden brakes. starting the GK76a can be problematic. carbs wear quickly, if compression is low then its a cow to start. carb springs can be replaced which helps.

NC30 v NC35 - the rvf is easier to work on, to ride i prefer the rvf, its a tad gruntier but flatter up top. handling is good as are the brakes, however unless the NC30 is clapped out you would be hard pushed to notice much of a difference on the road. the NC30 is stronger up top and the build quality is quite a bit different too. get a good NC30 and a good RVF i would still choose the NC30 as i prefer the motor and looks tbh - but i do also have a RC30 too and the sight of them both together can arouse any true biker of that age / era
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PostPosted: 08:56 - 21 Aug 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

hey i test rid my nc30 the other day and boy was it fast compared to my cbr125 but will that drasticly change when i get it restricted? Sad like will it go 0-60 slower etc Sad
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PostPosted: 11:30 - 21 Aug 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

slightly offtopic but get a zxr400... I dont have one.. honest Razz
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PostPosted: 12:04 - 21 Aug 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

Off topic, but out of the NC24, NC30 and the NC35, I'd go for a good NC30 every time.
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PostPosted: 12:27 - 21 Aug 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

they would both get bum raped by a zxr400, but in fairness I would go for the gsxr over the vfr.
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PostPosted: 17:44 - 21 Aug 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

GSXR400 as i own 1 had it for about 6 months now (longest ive ever owned a bike) and i still love it! reliable as FOOK! i do 50+ miles a day every day been through 2 rear tyres as it eats them and i rebuilt the carbs (orings pins etc)
never had a vfr but i have had a lil race with 1 and 0 to 60 i kicked its ass!

though thee vfr looks tasty with its single sided wheel ive had bad luck with hondas so will never get 1!

gixxer all the way!!!!!!!!!!
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PostPosted: 18:17 - 21 Aug 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

Cant beat honda engineering. You know your VFR wont blow up on you. That and the gsxr 4's look absolutely dog ugly!!,

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