Opinions on this bike please!

[MikeyC]

Thinking of a cheap 2nd hand commuter bike to replace my now broken NSR, what you think? I've not got any information on it as yet

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[m i k e]

Umm yeah i'd have one!


Although thinking about, you said cheap commuter? One of these was going in a dealers down the road from me about 5 months ago and it was £2,800!!!

Mike
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[John]

[MikeyC]

lol! your right, i think its going for £2.5k, gonna see if he can go down on the price though. A good step up from 125 you think?

[m i k e]

[MikeyC]

gonna have a quick peek on eBay now, see if they got anything! whats better out of rvf 400 and kwak ninja 400? or they both as good as each other? any one quicker than the other?

[Robby]

Only pay 2.5k for it if you think you can sell it on for the same.

Also bear in mind its barely different from a £1500 NC30.

If its for traffic commuting you'll be doing the whole commute in a crouch with little or no view behind in your mirrors. 500 twin would be a better bet for a london commute. Honda 400 V4s are very high geared, so from 20mph and below in first you might be teasing the clutch a bit.

[MikeyC]

whats difference between this and NC30? Dont really want backache for the entire journey! Just after something easy to use for a commute (mainly filtering slowly), but something that'll be quick when i open up the throttle, love responsiveness!

[McJamweasel]

The 30 has an 18 inch rear wheel, the 35 a 17. The 35 has better suspension, a lower top speed (slightly) but more midrange. Bodywork.
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[Robby]

You'll get a sharper throttle response from a twin or single generally, but any of these will have a much sharper response than a 2 stroke 125.

NC30 has RWU forks I think, slightly peakier engine, older. Not 1k worth of difference IMO.

For a slow filtering commute I'd recommend a cb500 or gs500. GS is cheaper, but CB lasts better, is more refined, and being water cooled should resist overheating better.

[Ninja]

what are the nc30/35 like for big fat blokes? - say for example, cough, 6'2" and 17st?
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[Dusty]

Kevo has a bike that looks identical to that, he seemed to really like it, rode it at Snetterton a couple of times.

Whether it's worth the extra over an NC30 or not is debatable, depend how much cash you have to spend I guess.
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Rvf 400 West clours (non stock) obviously...

The're expensive for a hack...

Get a vfr400, almost identicle except they are much cheaper. Get them from 1000 quid.

Those 2 are big fun, and much faster tha 125s.


Rvfs are pretty much the best 400s you can buy, it got it all, handling power/torque, looks, archors...Reliability

If you found the nsr ok to commute the rvf should be ok. The rvfs so damn pretty you prob will end up locking it up for crap weather, ie winter...

Is get a vfr400, cheaper, and for a hack its not as "good".

[MikeyC]

More info on above bike:

Bike is a 94 with 10,000 miles (v low, btw) 1 owner since import - fully adjustable suspension, derestricted. Has race can, dynojet, k&n filter, japanese HRC race rearsets, datatool 3 alarm&immobiliser, datatag, steel lines, new pads, new tyres, carbon front mudguard, black screen, mini-indicators...

Have receipts for #1000's of work + all documents.

Extras: original can, jets, luggage rack/grabrail, cover, disk lock.

[Bikerbabe]

Nice looking bike i would definitely have one!
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[MikeyC]

he wants £2499 but is after a quick sell. I aint got enough money at the mo, waiting on a cheque for £1950 for my NSR, but was gonna spend some of that on some debt. If only he was a trader, i could put a deposit on it!

[zaknafien]

RVF for a commuter bike? Are you mad?

You'll end up with a back like robby's and a frequently fecked clutch.
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[MikeyC]

If anyone has pics of the following bikes, so i can compare, i'd be grateful! :

- VFR 400
- Kwak ninja 400

I got the pic of the RVF already. Can someone also explain the difference between NC30, NC35 etc...

[McJamweasel]

[Robby]

[Korn]

[MikeyC]

Thanks, point taken - I assume this applies for all 400 sports, rather than just the honda's? Are ZX4R's just as bad for commuting?

[Korn]

Applies to all hard sports bikes really, not just 400's. Sounds like what you need is a nice little commuter, ER5 or similar...
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[EuropeanNC30R...]

An NC30 is a vfr400, an NC35 is an rvf400, a gull-arm cbr400 is an NC29 etc etc - it's just the model identifier Honda uses.

https://www.walesbikers.co.uk/gallery/albums/userpics/DCP_0002s.jpg

This is my NC30 last year, missing a couple decals.