Re: Terry from New Zealand
Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2026 8:04 pm
This site is a little quiet so here are some more photos of my motorcycling escapades.
The guy in the yellow pants (Adrian) is now a very respected crew chief, most recently for Toprak winning the World Superbike Champs. We used to do an annual easter day ride to Cape Reinga and back, which was epic on the VF400F, 800km round trip and included about 50km of gravel.
This was my CBX750F, properly fast and comfy, but obviously with the wrong engine configuration. Why don't they make bikes with hydraulic valve lash adjusters any more?
This was me taking my eldest daughter out for a spin on the RF, the photo was taken by a very nervous mother so it is suprisingly sharp for a shaking hand...
Waiting for the rest of the group...the VFR was not at any disadvantage over twisty the Kopu-Hikuai road in the company of a couple of ZX-10s.
My first VFR800 was a red beauty, bought with 76,000km, it replaced the RF900 and was a much more frisky and fun machine. This one cured me of the >30,000km = worn out mentality.
My first proper venture into restoring a dead bike was this 1991 ST1100, which had been badly stored for 10 years and needed much fuel system work, but was a lovely long-distance ride, and took me to the Burt Munro rally in fine style. Aside from the shaft and the belt-driven cams, there is a lot of VFR DNA in these, and the cams are almost the same to work with as the 800 but SO much easier to get to.
This was my CBX750F, properly fast and comfy, but obviously with the wrong engine configuration. Why don't they make bikes with hydraulic valve lash adjusters any more?
This was me taking my eldest daughter out for a spin on the RF, the photo was taken by a very nervous mother so it is suprisingly sharp for a shaking hand...
Waiting for the rest of the group...the VFR was not at any disadvantage over twisty the Kopu-Hikuai road in the company of a couple of ZX-10s.
My first VFR800 was a red beauty, bought with 76,000km, it replaced the RF900 and was a much more frisky and fun machine. This one cured me of the >30,000km = worn out mentality.
My first proper venture into restoring a dead bike was this 1991 ST1100, which had been badly stored for 10 years and needed much fuel system work, but was a lovely long-distance ride, and took me to the Burt Munro rally in fine style. Aside from the shaft and the belt-driven cams, there is a lot of VFR DNA in these, and the cams are almost the same to work with as the 800 but SO much easier to get to.