400 Sports, VFR, GSXR, ZXR WHY?

[kasandrich]

Wanted 400 sports bike, preferrably restricted to 33BHP, up to £1300, for the right bike and if its restricted.

W.H.Y???

[Ride-or-die]

for the young one im guessing

[kasandrich]

Well, I reckon I'd break it, so yeah, for Andy.

[gixer400]

if he isnt too bothered with condition of plastics (youve seen my bike anyway) then my gixers looking for a new home. i need the money for my cbr. got a great engine, saw 145 the other day. and i can restrict it aswell because ive still got the washers in my garage. not sure what to ask for for it though. ill have a thinks.

[bikerboy]

well i recommend a honda cbr400 there gr8 fun

[kasandrich]

I saw a nice NC30 yesterday, I am taking him back to see it today.

[Biker Dude]

well if u need to know anything about them give me a shout..i am a fountain of knowledge on vfr400's

[Tark]

Just cos you have 2 poor examples of VFRs dont mean you have a fountain of knowlege.

More like a fountain of {EB}. :lol:

[Biker Dude]

LOL...poor examples?? :shock: U wish. They are fine examples and you know it...

[Tark]

I might have been getting confused between bike and rider. :lol:

[Biker Dude]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :shock: thanks mate.....LOL..back to the topic :wink:

[Juvenilerider]

which 400 would you all say is the best, most fun, quickest etc??

[Biker Dude]

quickest - zxr400
slowest - fzr400
most fun - vfr400 (nc30)
most expensive to buy - zxr400
most reliable - cbr400 or gsxr400
most likely to blow up - zxr400 (has weak cam rocker arms)
easiest/cheapest for spares - zxr400
hardest/most expensive for spares - vfr400 (all types)

urgh, cant think of anything else.... I'm sure other people have their own oppinions... so post em if u do...

[Tark]

I think the VFR is more expensive to buy than the ZXR

[Lateshift]

That depends entirely upon the condition, having spent the last few weeks looking at the different 400's for the other half, we settled on a ZXR400 (no i rephrase that, she settled on it because of the colours :D ).

The book price for the bike was £1800 for its year, no service history but on 15K as a 96 N reg so we got it down to £1550 :)

Worth every penny too, pics too follow later because she wants to clean it later :D

[Spider]

and the GSXR is as fast as the ZXR! me and jon prooved that!

[Juvenilerider]

thanks for that, well if anyone's selling, or know's anyone that's sellin a decent 400, let me know please? :D

[Biker Dude]

lol...i've got 2 u can choose from

[Juvenilerider]

lol cheers fella, ill keep it in mind, after going on a bikesafe course thing today though, i realised ive just been riding my bike all wrong, and its actually quite fast :D might stick with it lol

[stu600cc]

i bet you didn't realise the corner speed that can be kept on a 125. i've seen a 125 race a 1000 and win for the first 15 laps or so the straights is where it lost out. 8)