VF500F

jjdugen · World Chat Champion Joined: 03 Jun 2011 Karma :

Ok, one of you lot is bound to have some experience of these old buses. Been offered one, running, MOT / Tax to Sept. Rattle can painted in matt black..... 38000 miles. I'm assured it runs and stops fine, (cheques in the post, I won't cum in your mouth promises?).
£400 although I will be negotiating that. Guy has to get rid as his landlord says its bike gone or he's gone!
Opinions please.
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chickenstrip · Super Spammer Joined: 06 Dec 2013 Karma :

Did you see this thread? A starting point, anyway.

https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=285474

Shaft · World Chat Champion Joined: 27 Dec 2010 Karma :

IIRC, they developed an early rep for lunching cranks, which was solved but the stigma never went away. I think they also suffered from guilt by association with the 750 version, so everyone expected top end failure and weak gearboxes.

I think they look fabulous, really well proportioned but always too small for me, rode one for a while and it felt like a moped.

As far as I can tell, they have been completely overlooked by the nostalgia buyers, which mean they have to be absolutely mint to have a chance of being worth anything at all and, even then, you could wait a month of Sundays before finding a buyer.

I don't think it's a bike that's going to make you rich.
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Moxey · World Chat Champion Joined: 11 May 2011 Karma :

I nearly got one have a look here for some advice.

I was put off after what I was told in that thread, the experiences a friend had on the 400 variant didn't help either but it did get me interested in V4s just had to look for the good ones about and ended up looking at VFRs.
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The Disapproving Brit · World Chat Champion Joined: 10 Sep 2008 Karma :

I have a couple of VF400F's on their way to becoming a single working VF400F. Cracking bike when they go but can be a bit of a bugger to get bits for nowadays.
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Dan79 · Scooby Slapper Joined: 26 Nov 2009 Karma :

I had one of these (it was my first bike) and had it for about three years. As it was my first bike, I didn't really have much to compare it to, but I would have kept it for longer if the exhausts hadn't rotted to the point at which I could not at the time justify the cost of replacing on a bike that age (1984 model).
That said it was a lovely bike, and it was a brilliant runner up until I parted with it at 55,000 miles. That was seven years ago, and the DVLA site says it is currently on a SORN, so presumably hasn't given up the ghost.
The bike I replaced it with, my 1984 VF500C, uses the same engine as the F, and I have that for seven years now approaching 60,000 miles (of which I've done about 25,000) with no engine trouble yet.
If I saw another F in my area, taxed and MOT'd, for £400, I'd seriously think about getting it it.
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