Wotcha !

[Golgother]

Hey All

Just bought my first VTR, a 1998 red model,42 000 miles, the red ones are always the fastest ..........

First impressions are great and alot of bike for the money, it has a lower fairing belly pan, plus manual camchain adjusters and a few other bits and bobs.

What I need to do first is to raise the handle bars about one inch. Are there any other Honda bars that will achieve this ?

Also:
How are the valve clearances controlled ? Shims ? Screw type adjusters ? Other ?
What should I also look out for ?

Cheers
Matt

[Kev L]

Things to look out for Matt- blue bikes overtaking you, obviously! The reg/rec fails on early bikes (non finned RR).
Higher bars were fitted to the facelift VTR post 2001, wing decal on 19l tank model, or VFR bars give a lift.
Good luck and welcome to the club.

[VTRDark]

Welcome to the forum.

Yes look out for Matt- blue bikes overtaking you, it wont be those shiny Tahitian ones as they are way to slow.

With the bars you can put early VFR 800 bars on if you want the original manufacturers type look or you could fit Renthals. The valves are Shim type.

Have a good look through the workshop knowlagebase http://www.vtr1000.org/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=31 loads of info in there.



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[lloydie]

Hello and welcome to the fold .

[AMCQ46]

welcome to the bike and the forum........both are great.

PS. put your location in your profile so you can work out if there is anyone local who can give you any help

[firemink]

Welcome mate! You will find this forum really useful. Definetely agree red ones are faster!

[Flatline]

Welcome aboard buddy

[Golgother]

Hey All

Thanks for the welcome and info.

I've looked honest, even gone to FAQ's .............

How do I update my profile ?

I'm in Stone Staffs.

Cheers
Matt

[VTRDark]

How do I update my profile ?

User control panel at the top. Then you will see a tab for profile

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[Murv]

Welcome to the forum
Sorry to hear about the colour of it but, on the bright side, at least it's not Blue

[Rob]

Hey All

Thanks for the welcome and info.

I've looked honest, even gone to FAQ's .............

How do I update my profile ?

I'm in Stone Staffs.

Cheers
Matt

Come the Spring I'll probably wake you up at 5:30am going to work as I commute through Stone

Welcome to the forum and VTR ownership

[leevtr]

Take no notice....of course the red ones are fastest.....welcome

[alternative_vtr]

Hi, welcome. Your not a million miles from me if you fancy a ride sometime I am only about 35mins ride from Stone

[darkember]

Hi there & welcome

[BigVeeGrin]

Welcome to the land of grunters. Not a million miles from me either, but not just down the road as well. You'll get used to the colour banter, easy to remember, red for embarrassment, yellow for sick, Tahitian blue is more like what you call a parrot, silver is a foil for the only colour a real storm should be. Black.