I was just given a free bike, Honda VFR800

[Lam]

Originally Posted by Whealie

Tart that up and get it on ebay and you might be able to buy yourself a decent RD04 with the proceeds.

good idea



Nice to hear a bit of good luck 4 a change,well done

[Yeti]

Don't clean it........just go and blow the dust off it on the way home!!

[Shep]

Apparently it is incredibly dirty, as it has just been left chained up for 2 years. But in a very dry and open underground car park in London, accumulating dust every time a car comes past.

Surreal day really, got up this morning with 1 bike, going to bed with 2 bikes and no outflow of funds !!!!!

I remember that it rode really well, and was a real minter. Lets hope with a major application of Elbow grease i can get it back to mint, should be able to, with Honda quality.

[trophydave]

Originally Posted by campagman

I got a VFR 750 in May as a mate to the TA and a project bike, quiet different as you'd expect. I was taken by the extra power initially, thats worn off now and its equal use between the 2 now. VFR - nice sweeping A roads, TA out in the hills.

I have a VFR750 and a Transalp and to be honest I hardly ride the VFR anymore,I have only done 4000 miles on it in the last three years.I will probably regret it but the time has come to sell it because it just isn't getting used.Brilliant bikes though and one for free how good is that

[Shep]

Campagman & Trophydave

Is it not testament to how good adventure bikes are that you both have VFR750,s but both prefer the Transalps?

I am the same, i feel once you have had an adventure bike there is no going back.

I will keep this VFR800, i have always had something for the RC30 and the RC45 and this is as close as i will ever get. V4,Gear Driven Cams,Singlesided swingarm etc

[Kjell Lindberg]

If it's been standing still for two years, I would change engine oil as the very first thing to do, before any starting attempts.

I do not really think anything started to corrode on the inside of the engine*, or anything like that, but just as a precauton.

* = It's a Honda

[MCsanandreas]

wow! what a good result! why dont i have friends like that?
elbow hurt from polishing yet?

[Shep]

I dont think anyone can imagine how much dirt was on this bike, i could hardly tell the original colour when i picked it up today

Disgusting !!!!

But she is looking ok now, still needs more elbow grease, i will get the before and after pictures up shortly

[pale rider]

well from the bikes perspective, it is fortunate that it's now in your hands it sounds like the bike has been unridden and ignored for a lengthy time and thats no good is it?

far better that you clean it all back to its former glory or as close as you can manage and get your ar$e on it and use it for what it was built to do or sell it to someone who will....

the advice you gave him was obviously worth more to him than the bike so it seems everyone was a winner here

[BobA]

Shep


It's called "Paying it Forward" and you have received good karma for passing some on to a friend in need, in the past. Well done mate!



I can highly recommend the merits of either "Muck Off" or "Motul Bike Wash".

Smother the bike with it everywhere, leave it for a while, then reapply some more and work in with a cloth or soft brush, then hose off. Easy peesy lemon squeezy!

I'd also go for that oil change as well, preferably before start up, and I'd also empty, flush, and refill with pre-mixed coolant. If you can put a litre of fuel in the tank, slosh it around and tip it out, then refill with fresh for your first start I'd do that as well, just so any gunge doesn't make it as far as the injectors.

Nice bike, and nice mate you got there!


Well done


Bob