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Posted: 22:20 - 06 Feb 2017 Post subject: 1993 VFR400 nc30 project |
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Hi everyone
So ive been searching for an nc30 for ages, ive looked at a few lately but it seems like a bike people try to cash in on. i viewed one last month but i turned up to find it was little more than a £3k priced box of bits
and then last week this '93 type 8 came up for sale...
* https://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/dd404/SeanS91/1994%20Honda%20VFR400%20NC30/IMG_5787_zpspgfgiugb.jpg
it has the makings of a cracking bike. on the most part its in quite tidy condition, it just needs a lot of tlc... theres bodywork damage on the right side with several cracks and the nose cone is faded from red into brown. The wheels are badly corroded, brakes are binding thanks to rusty rotors, it has surface rust in other places, and like a barn find its filthy and has that green shit growing on it ...mechanically though its superb, its recently had all new plugs a new battery, and a new rect/reg.
overall im a happy boy
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ive had 3, all were a pain in the ass. good luck ____________________ Current : '08 Yamaha FZ1s
Previous: '99 Honda CBR 600FX, 03 ZX636 B1H, 99 Fazer 600 (red), 02 GSX-R 600 K2, 00 SV650s (red), 2008 ZX10R, 97 Bandit 1200N, 04 ZX6RR K1H, 04 GSX-R 1000, 98 Fazer 600 (gold), 05 Madness 110 Pit bike, 04 CR125R, 00 SV650s (black), 06 KTM 625 SMC, 99 SRAD 600 track bike, 03 SV650, 98 Bandit 1200N, Bandit 600SY, 03 GSX-R 600 K3, 01 GSX-R 600, 01 Fazer 600 (black), VFR 400 NC30 x3, 78 Honda Dream, 00 Speedfight 50 |
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Not seen many bad things being said about them tbh, apart from being unaccessable, and you have to be a midget to fit on one |
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Photobucket?
Imgur all the way. |
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Richard hammond on what its like to ride a vfr400
Bad gag time
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ox-yYLuJ4CE
Nice find btw, and a good price ____________________ Bikes dont leak oil, they mark their territory |
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I dont expect to buy anything 20+ years old without having to do some work. it shouldnt be too much of a job, ive just highlighted the worst of it
Rest assured I'll get this old girl sorted out |
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Looks a good project! I love mine, theyre awesome bikes, and they look cool as.... Ive managed to get everything ive needed so far for mine, however as said you might need a 5 year old to do most of the work cause your hands dont fit down the gaps! Im 6ft 1 and ive never felt to uncomfortable on mine yet haha.
Are they genuine fairings? Think the wheels should be black on type 9's which is what yours is (if you look up the codes its a type 9, Number 8. No idea why they mixed them up like that), although i could be wrong. Well worth repairing if they are proper ones, they fit miles better and make the bike worth a fair bit more id say.
But yeah you'll enjoy it, keep the thread up dated! ____________________ '88 Honda H100 SII - 89' Honda VFR400 NC30 |
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roboff94 wrote: | Looks a good project! I love mine, theyre awesome bikes, and they look cool as.... Ive managed to get everything ive needed so far for mine, however as said you might need a 5 year old to do most of the work cause your hands dont fit down the gaps! Im 6ft 1 and ive never felt to uncomfortable on mine yet haha.
Are they genuine fairings? Think the wheels should be black on type 9's which is what yours is (if you look up the codes its a type 9, Number 8. No idea why they mixed them up like that), although i could be wrong. Well worth repairing if they are proper ones, they fit miles better and make the bike worth a fair bit more id say.
But yeah you'll enjoy it, keep the thread up dated! |
Cheers mate, yeah the fairings are all original, theyre in tidy condition too as it happens, its just the damage to the right side and fading on the front that lets it down (although nothing that cant be sorted) and im with you on the wheel colour, they have to be black i reckon
Yours looks tidy, someones clearly spent a few quid on that at some point. I think if you were 45 and 6'1 though it may cause you a few more aches and pains
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Paddy. wrote: | Sean91 wrote: | I dont expect to buy anything 20+ years old without having to do some work. it shouldnt be too much of a job, ive just highlighted the worst of it
Rest assured I'll get this old girl sorted out |
After seeing the Thundercat, I have no doubts. Truth be told, I just wouldn't have paid that for it, its a 400 rag around. I used one, loaned from shereen, it was fun and noisy, but dat cramp. |
Come on, its not a rag around its a classic appreciating nc with less than 25k miles on the clock
Prices are so subjective, and 2nd hand value is whatever your willing to pay, right? ...i looked around and it seems like you cant get a good one for any less than £2500 anymore and some are fetching £3000 or more. So when one came up for less than £1500 i jumped at it, once ive finished i should have a real nice example for less than 2 grand
Glad you liked my T'cat, it really is a great bike |
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Assuming you've probably paid less than 2k for yours, i wouldve thought someone's lost money after whats been put into it. New bodykit, new disks, fork rebuild etc, that bike wouldnt have been cheap
Yours looks original enough though ey? Im glad it doesnt have one of those nasty tyga kits on it
I looked into chinese bodykits because when i was looking at different bikes they were an option. Ive got nothing against them, It looks like they're made to far better quality than they used to be, and if you get a good kit the design looks close enough to the original that you would need to look hard to tell the difference. If you find 8/9 year old threads on here and the 400grey forum about vfr fairing kits, they're full of people complaining how shit the fit was. Im sure they dont slide together like oem but theyre probably not half bad these days. Ive noticed the cut out for the rear lights are never square though and that would annoy me, i would probably buy an oem H piece off ebay and paint it to the right colour
Did you get your nose cone to shut right in the end? |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 7 years, 107 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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