my new bike!!!!

[Ryan]

Yes ive finally got the dosh to buy my new bike and chose my baby today!! After goin to leeds, then Harrogate I finally went round a few places in York where I live and found my new bike.

Its a RVF 400, P reg, 15000km, red white and blue (never dropped), full MOT, the best condition i have ever seen!! sadly completely standard (i wud of liked a hugger, dubble bubble or can) and cost me £3300!! I tried to get a private sale but all the ones under £3300 were always sold in a day!! and at least ive got the re-asurrence its not gonna break down right away. Oh and the cunts were askin for 3900! but i haggled em down )

Although the trip to leeds wasn't a complete waste cos i found J&S the motorcycle acessory shop were selling Alpinestar GP gloves for just £70 insted of £120.

What do u guys think then am i payin over the odds for my bike? i thought it sounded about right
I'll get a pic up here with in a week

[Doddmaster]

No mate, u got a really good deal there! most places are asking over £4000 for an RVF

[Korn]

Welcome to the V4 club

You should be able to score a bubble screen for about £30 quid, hugger from £40 to £90 depending on if you want expensive carbon fibre jobbies or not, and a can would be anything from £150 to £350 depending on the make and materials.

Enjoy the bike mate, the price definitly sounds good for a dealer sale.

[Ryan]

what i did to get the price down was walk in there druel for about 10 min until they noticed, then when they said if i was looking to buy i said yeah, but ive only got 3 grand cash, he went there's no way i could let it go that low, then i said i could maybe scrape a couple of hundred more, then he said he'd do it for 3400, then i said what about if i buy the restricters from them as well and he said he'd do it for £3500 with £200 worth of restricters, oh and the bikes got none of that silly jap crap restrictors in it.

I can't wait to pick it up!!

[TiN]

Sounds like a fair deal!...do you get any warranty with it?...and as Korn: Welcome to the V4 club!

[Korn]

I got mine from Demon Tweaks about 9 months ago, the bubble is v-shaped like the R1 & R6 windscreens. I don't know which particular company Demon Tweaks buy them from but it's very well made and the plastic is quite thick. Only thing I had to do was drill the holes a little larger when I got around to fitting anodized windscreen bolts as they were just a little too small.

[Scooby]

Had to do that to mine Korn when I got rid of the shitty rivets holding the screen on my NSR in place and replaced them with screws.
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[Mole]

Ryan, sound like a bloody good deal mate. Had to pay £3,650 for my VFR400 on an "M" Plate

Looking forward to seeing the Pics,

Bet your well made up,


Good luck M8

Mole
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[Ryan]

picking it up tomorrow or the day after. cant wait!!!

It's got BT96's on it heard these are super sticky

but don't last much more than a 1000 miles

so what do fellow v4 ppl recommend?

cheers

Ryan

[Korn]

BT96's are top tyres for 400's. They'll last a fair bit longer than 1000 miles, I should think 3000 miles for the rear and 5000 for the front unless you're really caning it.

BT090's are the replacement for the BT96 range, Bridgestone say they're made of a slightly stickier compound and the construction is stiffer.

I've had both on my bike, and loved the BT96's for the sheer grip and how quickly they heated up. The 090's are pretty similar but warm up even quicker, and I've found they can handle more abuse the the BT96 compound - I boiled the right side of my BT96's with some very hard riding around Stockley park roundabout but so far the 090's haven't shown signs of deteriorating. You don't get as much warning with the 090's when they're about to let go, but if they're really warm you can almost powerslide them around and they still grip.

One other piece of advice about tyres, I'd recommend a 150 section rear for the VFR/RVF as opposed to the 160 - this really keeps the handling sharp and lets you chuck it about through bends.

[Ryan]

seems u know ur stuff korn, any ideas for suspension sttings as i doubt they havent been fiddled with. Im 10 stone and ride mostly good roads that aren't that bumpyand hopefully very fast. Standard settings for now would do. I think its time to invest in the haines manual.

Cheers
Ryan

[Korn]

I'm 13 stone and I've got the suspension set quite hard, if you ride long distanced you'll probably want something a bit softer... Anyway:

Forks preload all the way in then out 2 turns, rebound all the way in then 6 clicks out. Rear shock 80% preload, rebound all the way in then 4 clicks out.

Not totally hard-as-nuts because I like small country lanes which tends to throw a few bumps at you now and again, I've have a few slappers now and again but they were mostly pretty mild.

The V4's are pretty soft as standard, being as they're made to be ridden by 8 stone japanese blokes

[Ryan]

Thanks alot mate!!! I'll try those out

[Ryan]

ive got some pics of my new bike but don't have a clue how to get them here, can someone help plz?

I picked it up yesterday but had to pretty much go to work straight away . I finished at nine and took it for a blast up the A19 and it was brill . Then it looked liked it was gonna rain so i legged it back home. Luckily it didn't so i went to pick my mate up and went south on the A19 then went most of the way to sherbun on the B1222, then back home . Ive been on it all mornin today and ave just stopped for my sunday lunch.

The bike only does 100mph with its restricters, but when i went to pick it up the mechanic said he'd whip em out for me next week . Oh and Korn the tyres are fucking ace, i got my toe down already to day on just one attempt of a roundabout and didn't have chance to go round again and change my foot position cos i wud have got my knee down for sure!!

[TJ NSR]

im glad to c ur having fun mate,

enjoy and love!

lucky bastad

[Korn]

Email me the pictures and I'll stick them up for you. Have fun!

[Ropehead]

Hey ryan i have a few meates who go to sherben every week i might pop up and have a look! i'm in Bradford

[Ryan]

Yeah sure, just wait untill next week and my bikes at full power and ive got used to it

[Ryan]

korn plz can i ask u one more question

I thought the exhaust system was the same kind as the vfr, as in its one big thing welded together (including the end can), but my rvf has a joint for the end can, which means i can easily take the standard off and fit a racing one . insted of mymates vfr which u have to buy another system (second hand) and weld a racing can or fabricate a joint.

[Korn]

The standard VFR can is also interchangable, your mate must have had a non-standard exhaust system... If you're after a can for your RVF the two best sounding one are the BlueFlame and Micron cans. Or if you find a pile of money you can go for one of the exotic Jap racing exhaust systems, either two cans on one side, one can on either side 'ala the racing VTR's high level ones or two underseat cans 'ala Ducati.

https://www.uri.sakura.ne.jp/~tarako/usada/rvf400/imgfiles/rvf400_s2.jpg
https://www.hondapart.co.uk/RVF400.jpg
https://www.jha.co.jp/product/rvf400/img/A20008.gifhttps://www.jha.co.jp/product/rvf400/img/A20006.gif

[TJ NSR]

wow those cans look brilliat, i hope they sound as good as they cost and look!!

2 under the seat is neat!!

drool drool

[Korn]

Personally I like the look of the twin can setup from JHA with one can on each side (bottom left picture). I made enquries last year as to cost and it would be something along the lines of £1200 for the full system (it's all titanium, don't ya know) and the cans. Although I think I'd be tempted to replace them with two blueflame cans instead...

Well, maybe when I win the lottery

[zaknafien]

yeah 1 can on each side does look very appealing, reminds me of a hayabusa
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