So I went to check out my new bike. For those who aren’t aware it’s a Honda VFR400 NC30; and now that I think about it I completely forgot to check what year it was. It doesn’t really matter though; I assume it’s a ‘95 or ‘96.

The pictures are a bit bad, but it was really hard to get any decent photos. Getting a decent angle would have been all but impossible, as should be obvious if you look at the amount of bikes in there. There were a good 20-or-so bikes in his tiny little back yard, he even had his own bikes inside his lounge.

The red is being redone up to look a lot brighter (like the red bike next to it), but the original tri-colours are remaining, so the blue and white will get redone as well. The pipe is going to get swapped as that one has a slight dent in it. If there are any steel brake lines, I’ll get those as well. All in all, once the bike has been fixed up and completely assembled it should look pretty good.

The tyres don’t have too much life left in them unfortunately, so that will probably set me back a good R1.5k after a couple months of riding. The red seat may also get swapped for a black one, I’m still undecided on that point. Otherwise the grips suck… oh well. There’s no barends, which isn’t such an issue since it’s easy enough to buy a set. The problem will be getting matching bolts. I may just leave them off, hopefully I won’t get numb hand syndrome, as the barends actually provide a damping effect. The chain and sprockets may also need to be changed at some point. I’ll probably also get the wheels striped, red or white — anything to increase the value of the bike for when I sell it.