06-10-2017, 04:07 AM
Today I test rode a 2014 VFR 800. Had never ridden a VFR and always wanted to. Customer at my local shop traded a beaut in on a F6B so I got to ride his used one.
The good:
Good handling, light weight, good brakes, good trans, good handling, digital gear indicator
The bad: I'm a munchkin and still felt wadded up on the thing. If it had had reigns I imagined myself being a jockey whipping the steed toward the finish line. Vibrations..above 6500 rpms it vibrated especially thru the footpegs. Made my insteps tingle. Also a lot of weight on my wrists and the bars seemed weirdly angled.
The Neutral: I honestly could not tell where the Vtec kicked in. Not sure what I was supposed to feel, but Ive head sport riders complain about it. It never affected me one way or another.
I took it down a curvy road, a straight flat road, and out on the freeway. Tried to imagine it as a sport tourer. Nope.. No way for me anyway.
Glad I got to ride it, but was really happy to get back on my CB for the ride home (the long way
)
The good:
Good handling, light weight, good brakes, good trans, good handling, digital gear indicator
The bad: I'm a munchkin and still felt wadded up on the thing. If it had had reigns I imagined myself being a jockey whipping the steed toward the finish line. Vibrations..above 6500 rpms it vibrated especially thru the footpegs. Made my insteps tingle. Also a lot of weight on my wrists and the bars seemed weirdly angled.
The Neutral: I honestly could not tell where the Vtec kicked in. Not sure what I was supposed to feel, but Ive head sport riders complain about it. It never affected me one way or another.
I took it down a curvy road, a straight flat road, and out on the freeway. Tried to imagine it as a sport tourer. Nope.. No way for me anyway.
Glad I got to ride it, but was really happy to get back on my CB for the ride home (the long way
)