New bike - Hi Vis is the shiz. Say hello to Old Yella

1999 VFR800i. I remember seeing this around town earlier this year and was taken aback by it's colour (which I didn't like), but unless it's pink then colour doesn't worry me much.

I have been tooling around on it a little and I find it loves cornering but I am still getting use to it.

Looking for a better name too, has anyone taken bumblebee yet?

 

Nice mate Reminds me a lot of my old across with that colour haha. I look forward to seeing it out on a ride sometime in the future!

 

That's one of the good ones without vtech isn't it? How much you pick it up for how many km? Congrats they're a awsome bike

 

I got it for $5300, about what I was expecting to pay for one of these and I have wanted one since my brother sold his five years ago. It has 41k on the clock and no mods apart from a leather tank cover. I have the pillion seat cowl too which looks like it has never been used.

I have been told it is one of the good ones but I don't know enough about them yet to be certain. It's in awesome condition though.

I stalled it 3 times on the weekend (yeah I know) and I'm not sure how I'm doing it yet but I obviously have to change my clutch timing from what i am use to on the CBR.

 

Looks pretty good for its age, and its the good ole Honda reliability and comfort, you win...
I love the colour.....no smidsy excuses alright..

 

Looks like a Bagster cover if you decide to chase up a tankbag.

 

Very nice, I like the colour . I was tossing up as to which to get when I bought mine and the only choice was red (mine) or an extra $2000. Good tyres will make it feel very sporty, get the wrong ones and she will not feel as confident. Hope to see her soon. 1st set I had were Bridgestone BT016 and I loved them, the current set of Angels don't give me the same confidence.

 

I like yellow bikes, look aggressive and don't show the dirt too bad, obviously they're usually a bit slower than red ones but that shouldn't be the case here

 

Exactly the same bike turned up on my street this week, in Sydney. Bizarre.

 

Lebster .... that is impressive.

 

The Viffer gets new ears. Turns out the 2000 model mirrors fit straight on and they look so much better then the original, makes the bike look a bit less dated.
Before:


After: nom nom nom

 

Some of us like 'dated'

 

Looks sweet. Nice bike!

 

Top bike @Lebster, see you on a ride sometime...

 

Nice, if you can pick up a Staintune pipe, I am sure you would enjoy the new sound. I got a second hand pipe for another older bike for 100 bucks. Something to look for anyway.

 

Very sweet ride. Hard to believe Honda were making such awesome machinery back in 1999.

 

Nice bike! The yellow looks awesome, some smoked indicators would set if off perfectly. Which I also need to do.

 

Yes a new pipe would definitely enhance the v-four sound and smoked indicators sounds like something to look into for sure. Thanks for the tip.