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Hey all! picked up a not so shiny 1998 VTR1000 F on 16th april for a grand total of £1000, if theres anyone here in the plymouth area I might see you around

(pics/video soon)

Result!

At that price if you don't like it you can get your money back breaking it......

Is it cheap because of the colour?

Bargian. I got mine for just around the same price. Welcome to the forum.

Welcome aboard Serlant
That sounds like a good price.

Chris.

couple of pics, keep forgetting to take my decent camera out to get some good pics.
Picking her up

Went for a ride, tried an artsy pic with a spectacular sunset, but my camera phone is pretty limited


Edit, I have a gopro Hd so sooner or later there will be a vid up.

welcome, great value for a grand

Welcome, and good find. Now break the T-cut out!

T-cut is no use, had an easy life up to 24k, has the orgional gold honda owners card, reciept for the bike, and all work done up to 24k which is the last service stamp in the book, reciept for the exhaust tyres etc, has 47,000 on it (nearly 400 by me since 21/4/2011) came with dyno charts for the K&n and stage 1 dyno jet kit, was MOt'd in march 2011 and has about 3mm of tread on both tyres(contis any opinions?), whoever got it after the origional owner resprayed it black with everything in situ, covering the mirrors, some of the screen, overspray on the indicators etc. but mechanically sound paint is literally falling off the wheels in big chunks, has a steering damper and has had manual CCT's fitted (2000 miles ago apparently) how do I go about adjusting them?

Sorry for the essay

Search the forum for the manual cct thread, but in a nutshell, if they rattle they're too loose, if they squeal on startup they're too tight. Adjust them too loose, then tighten one flat at a time until they stop rattling.

And don't, whatever you do, jetwash it!
If the PO has just sprayed it in situ, it won't be prepped or keyed, and the paint will flake off pretty quickly anyway, but a jetwash will lift it in strips.

That was why it was cheap.... But with a bit of love, time and attention it'll come up ok, and you can ride it as is for now, and strip it properly in the winter.

Actually I like the satin black, though, given me something to think about

Aaaaaand the dyno says...... 102HP at 9000rpm air/fuel is pretty much spot on apart from between 2-4k, Plenty happy with that since its got 47000 on it

That slight richness between 2-4k is probably worn needles and needle jets with that mileage on, easy to replace them, and with the rest looking ok, I'd replace with the same sizes and settings.

Not bad numbers, turning out to be a real bargain.