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Honda VFR 750 discussion forum:96 VFR 750 Review |
| 96 VFR 750 Review |
| Gaunty40 said 2005-10-16 22:07 |
| I have had my VFR for 7 years now. I bought it with 1000 miles on the clock. It has never let me down. It handles beautifully especially on back country roads in Sussex, Surrey and Kent where I normally go for a Sunday blast. I have upgraded the brakes with steel braided hoses and uprated brake pads on both the front and rear brakes. Stopping power is now excellent. I have also put on a stainless steel end can which I bought online from Staintune. It looks fantastic on the bike and the Veefer now growls like a mini V8 at tickover and howls like a banshee once you get past the magical 7K rpm. My bike is now nearly 9 years old but is still a "real world" bike. Today I went for a ride with my brother in law who has a brand new Suzuki GSXR 1000 K5. Most of the roads were back roads from Horsham, in Sussex, where I live past East Grinstead towards Tunbridge Wells in Kent. There were plenty of twisties interspersed with plenty of straights to have a blast now and again. We stopped at a splendid looking pub for a pint of Adnams bitter (only 3%abv). My brother in law complained about the bumpy road and how his backside hurt but I had hardly noticed them on the VFR and I hadn´t been riding slowly either. We had a fantastic thrash on the way back and it was only when we were on a long straight road after leaving the M23 that the K5 really got to unleash its radical power. I accelerated hard up to around 150 mph when my brother in law came past me like I going backwards. He had to brake for a corner and I managaged to keep up with him quite easily for the next 5 miles back to my house. It seems that there are not many roads that you can really use the power of a K5 in the South of England, but there are plenty where you can let rip or just cruise as your fancy takes you on a VFR. |
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