u/scrubtart

So, someone I know is selling a 98 vfr for $2000. They've said it has sat for about 2 years, but I'm skeptical and of course will get more info on upkeep when I go to look at it. I am looking for a sports tourer, and this one is legendary as I understand it. I'm a sound guy too.

I say to myself "Its a honda, I bet if I put gas in it, it cranks right up. If the tires are in decent shape, I can probably even ride it home."

But I want to know what I'm in for in terms of worst-case scenario. The bike is 28 years old, what does the parts availability look like? How hard is this thing to work on? I've heard certain tasks can be annoying. I'm thinking a dealership won't work on it due to its age, which I'm fine with, I like turning a wrench. (My vulcan s has seen to it that I rarely get to) Anything specific I should look for?

Just hit Academics 4 on 6/12. Am I on pace or should I just focus on other S links/stats?

I still think its heavily dependent on your instructors, but its a great program. I attempted it with my wife late last year and her rider coach there was really rude and not helpful. (He was also just straight wrong about her. She's pretty good.) So we left and got our permits and started doing drills. I got comfortable enough with emergency manuevers to get out on the road, and I put 2000 miles on my bike.

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I still needed my license and the wise individuals in my life that love us told us we shouldn't give up on msf so we went.

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Took it at Durham Tech CC, and couldn't recommend it enough. The instructors were awesome, and had great feedback. They really focused on the life-saving maneuvers, and helped me identify some bad habits in low-speed maneuvers.

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They were also really helpful to my wife, very professional and clearly skilled. Everyone in that class improved substantially by the end. Precise feedback like "raise your inside shoulder more on the counterweighting." Really helped me improve.

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You might hear horror stories, but really if you have trouble at one place, just try a different location.

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Do rest your hands before. They said it was about 2000 miles worth of clutch work over the course of two days. They weren't kidding.

Edit: By try a different location, I really mean get a different instructor. The instructors are human beings and have different teaching philosophies and mindsets.

Just look at what happened. They kicked her out without giving her any feedback or coaching and we just got permits and learned ourselves without it anyways. We almost just did the dmv test without going back to msf at all. We both were at a level to pass it too.

But we got talked into going back and now have better developed skills and a license to boot.

Currently riding a Vulcan S. So this would be quite a jump. I wanna keep the vulcan because its just too good around town, but I want something with power that I could maybe do a little light touring on.

Not beating around the bush either. I wanna go fast. I realize a 1400cc inline 4 is a pretty ridiculous jump. But I do not like the look of the 1000sx and I really like the look and the idea of the ZX-14r.

How big of a jump is this? Its like 600lbs, but I imagine it could still loop if I'm not careful with how much power it has. And I've heard the throttle is twitchy.