vfr400 nc30 restore or get larger machine?

[Diggbey]

Hi everybody at 400greybike! Just looking for opinions and advice on what to do?
Obiously the site has a bias towards the little 400's just gathering advice here anyway from long term members.

I've had 2 mint nc30's and one mint nc35 over the last 6 years in between bigger machines such as cbr600fx cbr600rr, S.F. 918 blade and yam r1. But never had a problem going down the capicity scale as well as back up through the ranks. As i found the agility of the 400's compersated for the power and the backroads over here in Ireland are twisty and poor surfaced enough a lot of the time to render the extra power useless a lot of the time.

Currently though finances went low and downgraded to another nc30, but a rough track hacked machine needing a fair bit of money to put right. My dilmema is ive been offered a trade on a k4 gixxer 600 mint condision with myself making up the cash difference. The owner wants a cheap track bike and cheaper older k1 1000 gixxre as his road bike.

My nc30 has some nice parts on it though and i love driving it on the road despite the lack of power compared to the big new stuff out there.It has yamoto 3/4 system,tyga air box rick oliver carbs,r.o. fork internals, rvf doglegs,tyga armour,goodridge braided lines,damper and deresricted and running well. All wiring and road gear put back on in working order.

It has full fairing but rough track fibre glass fairing and rough denented rvf tank so basically its just cosmetic and i was going to go the evil bay route or even take a chance on hong kong fairing.

So i estmate it will cost me about €1200 euro for the repair and the bike cost me as is €800. Should I sell as is or pump a fair wedge of cash into the nc30.

Thanks in advance for any input.

[Cammo]

Get a bigger bike.


And sell the vfr cheap to me...

[CRM]

2 trains of thought here, i would say that if the NC was good and original then keep it, if you like it and enjoy it then dont swop it. gixxer 6's are plentifull where as good original NC's are not anymore - well not for normal 600 money anymore. if the NC is tatty like you say then get shot. if you want another NC then buy a good one to start with and keep on top of it.
as has been said, the 80's bikes are coming back and the little NC is on the crest of a wave. mates just swopping his RVF for a SP2 - again, he has been here before and keep coming back to the RVF, there is a reason for that which we forget about while its parked in the garage but remember once its gone and the extra ooomph wears off on the bigger bike.

[Diggbey]

Just a quick update I sold on the rough vfr 400 nc30 and next tuesday I am picking up a tidy vfr400nc30.
The big bike can wait lol..


Cheers for the advice and hope to post up pics soon.

[Drunkn Munky]

Good choice I picked up a rather tidy nc30 for £900 this week so theres tidys bikes out there to be had for good money if you look.