Honda VFR - what to check

[Dibble]

Hopefully looking at a 97 VFR 750 tomorrow - 20,000 miles, and around £2,000.

Anyone any tips what to check/look out for?

Cheers

[TvrJohn]

Hi, i run a P reg FV last of the carb versions 12k every year, used every day for commute, done about 70k miles
There is a good website do a google search VFR.

Excellent all round bikes
Weak points:-
exhaust collector box, about 280 to replace
and regulator rectifier,

cheap to insure
cheap to run, about 45mpg
230 smiles per tank

go for it, price sounds right, low mileage too

[Yoda954]

I'm not sure if they are due a big service at 20K...if so it is a fiddly valve job (more so than the in-line 4's) I have it on good authority.

Might be worth checking

ETA: Actually it's probably 16k that the valves are checked, 20k may only be a small one...doh!

Edited by Yoda954 on Tuesday 10th June 00:09

[TvrJohn]

never had tappets checked, just oil + filter once a year, no probs
its a HONDA !

[TL84]

It should've had a valve check at 16,000, get yourself over to the Honda VFR Club (Google it) for a list of things to check.

Oh, I see you've already posted on the VFR forums

T

[dern]

TvrJohn said:

never had tappets checked, just oil + filter once a year, no probs
its a HONDA !

How do you know you've not got camwear or valves not quite sealing due to the fact that you've never checked the tappets? If a bike I was about to view hadn't had it required valve clearance checks I'd avoid it like the plague.