Ive had my 2001 VTR 1000 ( teal in colour ) for about 2 years, cam tensioner went on front cyl, last June (on way to brass monkey rally at Oturahura, central Otago) no indication at all, went on a rise in the road, I was following a cruiser down the hill on the other side and thought the noise i was hearing was his crappy exhaust overrun, WRONG! Had to trailer it home next day, 200km. It cost NZ$ 3200 to fix and took 5 months at local Honda dealer, everypart takes 3 weeks from Japan, and a few mistakes were made in the inital order for repairs. Fast forward to end of Feb 2006 a local touring group organised a poker run, thought it would be fun, went along, enjoyed an hour and a half spirited( for me) riding before it started missing and farting around, trailered home( aprox 150 km) , and after a week the shop found it was a coil breaking down, however it took a doner bike to swap parts off to isolate it, as it was ok with normal testing. Yep, it took 3 weeks from Japan and was ( with new battery, ht leads, spark plugs) NZ$ 650.
The bike is ok now, in fact its very ok.. love the sound, easy to ride when going, bought it with 12000 ks now has 28000 ks,tensioners went at 24000ks. I realy like this machine, and hope my worries are now over and I can enjoy it ( my previous bike was a 91 VFR red 84000km no worries).Sorry about the long post, but its a good introduction...
Hi, thought I would join in and talk VTR.
Hi, thought I would join in and talk VTR.
Craig from the land of the long white cloud. Teal VTR 2001.
Welcome on Board 
............so come and join the fun. 
Bloody aussies ( I can say" bloody" cant I?) and the accent debate continues !!!!, Hi Sharp1 hows it going, next thing you will want me to say six.For anyone who dont get it, an aussie, to a kiwi saying six,sounds like sex! a kiwi,to an aussie saying six, sounds like sex! visa versa too I suppose!!!!!.Sorry Im confusing myself, but its both our national pastimes to take the piss out of each other at all opertunities..... But I do like it better than a feed of feesh und cheeps.HaaaaHa 
Craig from the land of the long white cloud. Teal VTR 2001.
Six, sounds good to megcs wrote:Bloody aussies ( I can say" bloody" cant I?) and the accent debate continues !!!!, Hi Sharp1 hows it going, next thing you will want me to say six.For anyone who dont get it, an aussie, to a kiwi saying six,sounds like sex! a kiwi,to an aussie saying six, sounds like sex! visa versa too I suppose!!!!!.Sorry Im confusing myself, but its both our national pastimes to take the piss out of each other at all opertunities..... But I do like it better than a feed of feesh und cheeps.HaaaaHa
Just to confuse things slightly how do you get on with that when the cricket is being played
just a thought 
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