What: 1994 VFR750
Why: Excellent rider or project basis
Where: "North of Boston"
Price: $750 (!)
LINK: https://vfrworld.com/threads/4th-gen-vfr750f.62355/#post-658741

Here's a rare chance to inexpensively enter the classic bike scene on a V4 Honda or maybe add a daily rider to your stable. This final generation of the carbureted VFRs offers style, comfort and a GT-level riding experience. This particular example has the mechanical heavy lifting completed, including fuel system, brakes and updated charging system. The passenger seat cowl is included along with a Yosh slip-on — and one more unique accessory. Check out the electric Razor pocket rocket in the second photo!

The seller is the second owner, the title has no issues, and even the tool kit and manuals are still with the bike — these are all things that you don't find with bargain-priced motorcycles. From the seller:
"She's not a showpiece or garage queen, she was taken on full adventures. The price reflects my gratitude for the HUGE amount of help I found on this forum. She needs to be taken out onto the highways, time to cut her loose."

Hurry, this won't last long.

What: 2002 VFR800
Why: Nice condition, low miles
Where: Lancaster, South Carolina
Price: $4995 OBO

​Looking sharp in its creased Italian Red bodywork, this first-year VTEC 800 shows only 15,745 miles. If that's its original paint, then this beauty has been pampered all its life, averaging only 685 miles per year. From the seller: “The bike is in excellent condition with brand new Sargent seat, Delkevic exhaust and battery. I have owned this bike for 8 years, always garage-kept and meticulous maintenance. Runs and sounds amazing. Perfect balance between a sport performance and touring comfort.”

This example lacks the optional ABS, which is a plus or minus, depending upon your preference. The seller is open to offers. Looks like a great find for VTEC fans. 

What: 2007 VFR800 Anniversary
Why: Low miles, farkled
Where: Atlanta, Georgia
Price: $5000 or best offer

​It's always nice to see a well-kept example of the '07 25th Anniversary Edition become available, and this example qualifies. Showing only 11,000 miles, well equipped, mature owner, and sporting white wheels to bring home that vintage vibe on a modern Interceptor. From the seller: "Very nice bike heli bar risers, Sargent seat, SBK exhaust, new chain and sprockets, LED lights, cruise control, new pilot roads front and rear. New brakes, power commander 5 that was dyno tuned. Old guy time for a new home."

The photos don't do this bike justice (please don't photograph a nice vehicle in front of trash cans) and don't show much detail, but I don't discern ABS brake hardware and can't really zoom in on the paint condition. So, I would want to ask for some more detailed photos and discuss any flaws, but otherwise this seems a very desirable package. The price is in line with the bike's condition, miles and extras, and the seller is open to offers. This will make a great sport tourer for the next caretaker.

Stators, regulators, Mosfet, AC/DC, alternators, rectifiers, volts, amps…if your head spins at the mention of charging systems and all the misinformation spewed on internet forums, you might just benefit from this concise but thorough article from motorcycle cruiser.com.

I stumbled upon this helpful little gem while researching something or other and thought…"I wish I'd had this information about thirty years ago." It would have given me a solid knowledge base to build upon, or at least shown me what these various bit of hardware were all about. So, if you could use a lesson on your bike's charging system, or just a refresher, click on the image above.

Well, this can't be good…. While prepping my 1993 VFR750 last fall for winter storage, I couldn't help but notice this unusual scene. A solidified, sticky, honey-colored goo had appeared on the lift handle, obviously originating from above, its source hidden under the tail fairing. Some investigation revealed that the Ignition Control Module (ICM) was bleeding this stuff. It wasn't actively leaking, so I decided it could wait till the VFR came up on the winter schedule.
(click on an image to enlarge)

Last week, I finally got the bike on the lift for a few winter tasks, including syncing five sets of carburetors, so time to see what's going on here. On the bench, I didn't get much insight beyond the obvious — the plastic case had been oozing this stuff but no more had accumulated over winter storage, so maybe this only occurred when running and warmed? Don't know, but I strongly suspect that there's no repair to be had here. Fortunately, my parts stash included an ICM salvaged a few years ago from a running 1990 model, and an online check showed the same part number used from 1990-93. A quick plug & play swap, test run, and voila, back in business. The moral of the story; keep your old parts.
P.S. The goo cleaned up with a plastic scraper and lacquer thinner.

What: 2007 VFR800 Anniversary Edition
Why: Low miles, pretty
Where: Oneonta, New York
Price: $4000

​Found on ADVrider.com and located in upstate New York, this very presentable Anniversary Edition VTEC 800 shows only ~8000 miles on the clock, and is represented as a 2-owner bike with the only modification being a set of HeliBars. According to the seller, "great shape, minus a few scratches here and there."

Clean, unmodified Anniversary Editions are becoming harder to find, especially at a reasonable asking price like this. Here's your chance at a perfect rider-grade example.

One of the final tasks on Project 41, a 1987 VFR700, was to install a windscreen. The owner chose a higher touring-type screen from GP Cycleworks, formerly know as Gustafsson Plastics. This screen is substantially higher than stock, with a pronounced outward arc, presumably to redirect airflow over and around the riders head.

​The screen arrived well-packed but still had some light scuffing along the centerline, top to bottom. A call to GP Cycleworks got me a trio of Novus plastic polishes sent ASAP. A light handbuffing with #2 scratch remover followed by an application of #1 protectant had the acrylic looking new again. The mounting process wasn't so easy….

I've used three aftermarket windscreen brands over the years, including a $38 Chinese repop, and all provided the mounting holes pre-drilled…but not this one. Instead, a plastic-specific drill bit and a practice piece of plastic are provided along with a link to a company instructional video. The video mostly concerned itself with how to mark the holes for drilling using an original windscreen, and explained, like the label, to drill using high speed and low pressure. So, I made a few practice holes, discovering that the provided bit wasn't large enough to fit the screw diameter, so I gently enlarged the holes with a step drill. That went well, so on to marking the windscreen on the bike.

And this is where the struggles began…the screen does not have enough side-to-side curve molded in to wrap onto the fairing, and it required a large amount of force and four hands (six would have been better) to push and hold the shape long enough to get an accurate marking. It didn't help that the edges of the screen don't really follow the lines of the headlight well. I also had to heavily tape the mirror stalks as the sharp edge of the screen wanted to constantly scrape the mirrors. I don't have any photos of these acrobatics as that would have required even more hands. There is no way I could have marked the holes using their bench top method — the original screen would have been too distorted to allow an accurate marking.

Patti and I eventually found that the only way the two of use could accomplish this was to mark only the front lower two holes and secure the screen temporarily in place with those, then bend one side and mark-remove-drill-install that side, then mark-remove-drill-install the other side. Through all of this the sounds of creaking plastic on the part of the screen and the freshly painted fairing rose my anxiety to…ahh…uncomfortable levels. Somehow, we got the screen secured in place, avoiding damage and divorce. The screen was not lying flush to the fairing, of course, as the factory curve is so far off, so to make myself feel better I applied gentle heat to the entire screen in hopes that it would relax and settle into its new reality. No idea if that helped.

From this description, you can probably guess my evaluation of this product: I would never do this installation again. In addition, the screen isn't blacked-out along the lower portion so the white fairing and the back of the instruments are visible, especially in sunlight — perhaps their dark tint option would help here. The edges don't precisely conform to the bike's shape so, in the end, it doesn't come off as a quality piece of hardware. At $257 (shipped to IL) I would expect more.