Cheers, but way I'm feeling road bikes are maybe on the way out fella, not sure lil confused confidence on road seems to be keeping gone, I have some training on an airfield in the pipeline but not booked as yet, I'm ok off road, the rvf is perfect for me but yeah kind of wasted.
Get some track fairings for the rvf mate and some track days, if you like the bike and are confident riding it your enjoy so much more. I find road riding hard work now to be honest, track is so much easier and more fun. Your enjoy riding again.
Get yourself a bike that’s nice to ride on the road. The Monster / Scrambler / Diavel / Multistrada type of bike actually make a lot more sense. Last night we rode down from Knockhill to Washington and then I continued to Lincs and it was a doddle, lovely evening and a nice easy ride with us mostly working within speed limits. Sun was shining over the North Sea and all was well in the world. I got off the bike after a five hour ride (and just one fuel stop) in a good mood having slayed traffic leaving the circuit (over grass, gravel and bonking comes out of the way with my panniers) and then cruised in comfort. Even though I always gravitate towards sportsbikes they’re the high heeled shoes of the motorcycling world... walking boots or a pair of trainers crush them most days. If you’re the right size for the RVF then something like a Monster would allow you to scythe through life in comfort maybe? I only like the RVF because it’s a beautiful and superbly engineered marvel, it’s actually too small and too focused for me too. I’d love one though, and my other half is small and would fit it well.
As I've said before it's a lovely clean bike, I'm not sure though that the market is very buoyant at the moment for 400's and I'm not entirely sure why. The only thing I can think is that they are still fairly common, where as the 250's aren't so much so. I would say anything you can do to show that it really is immaculate will set it aside from the 'crowd' because my friend was recently looking for a VFR and spent hours looking and they were all described as 'mint' but up close were covered in paint cracks, scuffs and general wear.
Get ya self on a track day fella , have some fun on it, after all riding bikes is all about having fun matey.
They are great little track bikes. And you can get 100% from them pretty easily, unlike most sports bikes.
