Hello!

I've been shopping around for a bike and after a lot of research, I have fallen in love with VFR400s.

I am a little tight on cash though so I'm trying to find a bargain.

The following link is for the bike I have my eye on: (I'm from South Africa.)

http://www.gumtree.co.za/a-motorcycles- ... 0105590809

It has 25 000km on the odometer.
The current owner has told me it needs:
New Chain
Battery
Mirror
and some cosmetic work

Even in this semi disassembled state he sent me a video of it starting up so it works in that sense.

It's going for R12000 which is 570GBP or 876USD.

Is it a good buy, considering the amount of work needed?

I look forward to being part of the community and I look forward to your thoughts.

Sincerely,
Marc

Howdo,

Welcome to the site - there are are few saffas on here so you'll get to see and catch up with some of them I am sure.

That bike, for that money - if all else is decent.....not bad.

Check the generator connections - by the right knee and also into the regulator/rectifier - under the seat panels on the left hand side - I wonder if the battery was taken out by them melting... They all do it :) You cna fix it easy, but you'll want some more money off..

if you are good mechanically and have plenty of money to fix all the other problems you dont know about now.

old sports / race bike replicas cost money to sort out