/sigh. It has gone. Lots of pics.

[MementoMori]

Well a week or so ago, I managed to sell my bike to a chap in Auckland, which meant that the bike would be taken up there by a bike moving company.

So I decided to clean my bike for one last time before they came to pick it up. Overall, it took me 3 days to clean and polish the bike but I put my all in to every second of it, knowing that it would be 'The Last Clean'.

K, so first off, I pulled off all the fairings to clean the engine casing, clocks and headlights etc.
https://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/ilikeforks/clean5.jpg
https://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/ilikeforks/clean6.jpg
https://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/ilikeforks/clean3.jpg
Very thorough, naturally:
https://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/ilikeforks/clean7.jpg
I clean my teeth every day! :
https://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/ilikeforks/clean.jpg
This is a joke picture BTW, I do not clean my sprockets, I am not Craig.

Then I gave the fairings a good clean and polish and put them back on, before giving them another quick polish.
https://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/ilikeforks/clean11.jpg
https://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/ilikeforks/clean14.jpg
https://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/ilikeforks/clean13.jpg
https://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/ilikeforks/clean16.jpg
https://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/ilikeforks/clean17.jpg
https://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/ilikeforks/clean10.jpg

Sharing a moment:
https://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/ilikeforks/clean18.jpg

We had some good times.
https://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/ilikeforks/goodtimes3.jpg
https://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/ilikeforks/goodtimes.jpg
https://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/ilikeforks/goodtimes2.jpg
https://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/ilikeforks/nohands3jpeg.jpg

And then:
https://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/ilikeforks/clean15.jpg
https://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/ilikeforks/clean9.jpg
https://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/ilikeforks/clean8.jpg

As the man closed the doors on my bike for the last time, my dad said, "There goes Steph's race bike..." Thanks Dad, that made me feel loads better.

Good bye Viffer, you were awesome to me. Even when we stripped you of your pretty bits and soldered your sparkles in an attempt to ressurect you when it turns out the only reason you weren't catching was because the killswitch had been bumped. You carried me around that track day on those god awful Shinko tyres and let me catch up on the short straights using your OM NOM V4. There was never any real fault with you. Sure, your fan switch packed up and you kept wetting your plugs but we got there in the end.

Sigh.


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[D O G]

The removal man's shorts were very, very wrong.

[J.K.R]

[alun111]

[NinaMarie]

You have you memory of her Steph =)

And i must agree... that guys shorts are indeed wrong...

I would understand if it was a transvestite in hot pants...
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Gilera Coguar 125: Written off!!
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[Bullet]

see i would have forgone the last clean and taken it for one last ride, using up every milliliter of fuel left in it.......
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[TUG]

Same feeling everytime i've sold a bike i've had as a long termer. Sucks but you will get another bike to help replace the lost feeling.
Whats the next bike?
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Haz ER-5, innit!

[craigs23]

Gorgeous bike. Those colours are timeless, spot on.

If you liked that bike enough to give it one last clean, you will miss it.

Unless you're buying an RC30 of course.

[McGee]

*Hugs*

It sucks having to let something go.
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[MaybeGuy]

bah, i at least put some effort into my GSXR400 death post!

better luck next time mine even had background music!
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Blue_SV650S wrote: it was a sh1te wheelie, but it proves that he can get it up in 3rd and can do angles. In summery, mattsprattuk is a gobby little sh1tebag, dopehead tw4t, but sadly for all of us, he probably isn't THAT full of sh1te!!
Kickstart wrote: Hi I tend to agree with Matt. All the best Keith

[Shinobi_phoenix_ninja]

you know what. looking at your pic, i think i prefer the vfr without the front fairings. it looks so cool and mean!
but lovely bike and i want to ride my friends when i have my full license.
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[killa]

It looks like its going to a good home, and going to be ridden.

When my VFR went, they loaded her up on the trailer, i counted the money, i shared a moment and turned to walk away. Then i heard a CRUNCH!....they didnt tie her in properly. Mugs
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[Deano]

the vfr400 is a special bike. only if it had 100bhp i still think i would have it as my main bike today. after 5yrs of owning it.

[Stevie GooGs]

https://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a312/ilikeforks/clean9.jpg


Could it really be


https://farm1.static.flickr.com/175/458502402_a3f3306bc7.jpg
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[ram_doom]

Jesus christ Steph, you can clean my bike if you like! I'll take pics for bcf obviously...

Ahem, nice job. I remember I used to clean my bikes *sigh*
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[st3v3]

Looks lush.

I've not been a fan of these 'til recently and those pics have swayed it for me.
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