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From: JustBiggus on 1 Aug 2010 05:35 Lovely? >Yeah VFR1200. Lovely looking bit of kit.
From: Fraser Johnston on 2 Aug 2010 22:20 "Kevin Gleeson" <kevingleeson(a)imagine-it.com.au> wrote in message news:srp456hc88qjnpvj5mpt29g3k9em2d4u5s(a)4ax.com... > On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:22:58 -0700 (PDT), Nev Gml <nevgml(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >>On Jul 30, 1:24 pm, "Fraser Johnston" <ftr...(a)iinet.net.au> wrote: >>> In the grey colour it looked f*cking lovely. Nice factory panniers on it. >>> Be >>> the perfect bike if it wasn't so f*cking expensive. >> >>Just between you and me, I think the VFR1200 is a souped up VFR800 >>replacement, rather than replacing anything in the CBR range. I saw >>one a couple of months ago. In the flesh I thought not as ugly as it >>looked in pictures, but still pretty ugly IMHO, particularly around >>the headlight/nose section. Yet to see one on the road. Either it's >>not a big seller or I don't get out as much as I used to. I read one >>forum which has a lot of members who are the types of riders who would >>buy that sort of bike. Between them they own more 1400GTRs than you >>could poke a stick at but not a breath about the VFR (and no, it's not >>a GTR forum). >> >>Nev.. > > Yeah, I have yet to see one in the flesh but have yet to see a photo > that makes i look good. And I am a former Hayabusa and Blackbird > owner. > > But having owned 4 Honda V engined bikes I am intrigued. I thought it was awful in photos but in the plastic it is quite nice. The headlight is an acquired taste but I think hayabusas look good so who am I to judge. Fraser
From: Fraser Johnston on 2 Aug 2010 22:21 "JustBiggus" <_b00ged(a)gmale.kom> wrote in message news:2ufa56ljru4aa3tnhaj7o4p6jkucbssfin(a)4ax.com... > Lovely? Compared to my V-Strom. : ) Fraser
From: Nev.. on 3 Aug 2010 05:26 On 3/08/2010 12:20 PM, Fraser Johnston wrote: > "Kevin Gleeson"<kevingleeson(a)imagine-it.com.au> wrote in message > news:srp456hc88qjnpvj5mpt29g3k9em2d4u5s(a)4ax.com... >> On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:22:58 -0700 (PDT), Nev Gml<nevgml(a)gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> On Jul 30, 1:24 pm, "Fraser Johnston"<ftr...(a)iinet.net.au> wrote: >>>> In the grey colour it looked f*cking lovely. Nice factory panniers on it. >>>> Be >>>> the perfect bike if it wasn't so f*cking expensive. >>> >>> Just between you and me, I think the VFR1200 is a souped up VFR800 >>> replacement, rather than replacing anything in the CBR range. I saw >>> one a couple of months ago. In the flesh I thought not as ugly as it >>> looked in pictures, but still pretty ugly IMHO, particularly around >>> the headlight/nose section. Yet to see one on the road. Either it's >>> not a big seller or I don't get out as much as I used to. I read one >>> forum which has a lot of members who are the types of riders who would >>> buy that sort of bike. Between them they own more 1400GTRs than you >>> could poke a stick at but not a breath about the VFR (and no, it's not >>> a GTR forum). >>> >>> Nev.. >> >> Yeah, I have yet to see one in the flesh but have yet to see a photo >> that makes i look good. And I am a former Hayabusa and Blackbird >> owner. >> >> But having owned 4 Honda V engined bikes I am intrigued. > > I thought it was awful in photos but in the plastic it is quite nice. The > headlight is an acquired taste but I think hayabusas look good so who am I to > judge. The Mk1 Hayabusa had that awful bronze colour scheme which just made the ugly uglier. Later black/silver/blue versions have been much more appealing to the eye. Nev.. '08 DL1000K8
From: G-S on 3 Aug 2010 06:21
On 3/08/10 7:26 PM, Nev.. wrote: > On 3/08/2010 12:20 PM, Fraser Johnston wrote: >> "Kevin Gleeson"<kevingleeson(a)imagine-it.com.au> wrote in message >> news:srp456hc88qjnpvj5mpt29g3k9em2d4u5s(a)4ax.com... >>> On Thu, 29 Jul 2010 22:22:58 -0700 (PDT), Nev Gml<nevgml(a)gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> On Jul 30, 1:24 pm, "Fraser Johnston"<ftr...(a)iinet.net.au> wrote: >>>>> In the grey colour it looked f*cking lovely. Nice factory panniers >>>>> on it. >>>>> Be >>>>> the perfect bike if it wasn't so f*cking expensive. >>>> >>>> Just between you and me, I think the VFR1200 is a souped up VFR800 >>>> replacement, rather than replacing anything in the CBR range. I saw >>>> one a couple of months ago. In the flesh I thought not as ugly as it >>>> looked in pictures, but still pretty ugly IMHO, particularly around >>>> the headlight/nose section. Yet to see one on the road. Either it's >>>> not a big seller or I don't get out as much as I used to. I read one >>>> forum which has a lot of members who are the types of riders who would >>>> buy that sort of bike. Between them they own more 1400GTRs than you >>>> could poke a stick at but not a breath about the VFR (and no, it's not >>>> a GTR forum). >>>> >>>> Nev.. >>> >>> Yeah, I have yet to see one in the flesh but have yet to see a photo >>> that makes i look good. And I am a former Hayabusa and Blackbird >>> owner. >>> >>> But having owned 4 Honda V engined bikes I am intrigued. >> >> I thought it was awful in photos but in the plastic it is quite nice. The >> headlight is an acquired taste but I think hayabusas look good so who >> am I to >> judge. > > The Mk1 Hayabusa had that awful bronze colour scheme which just made the > ugly uglier. Later black/silver/blue versions have been much more > appealing to the eye. > > Nev.. > '08 DL1000K8 I would have said less appalling rather than more appealing... but I take your point :) G-S |