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Originally Posted by Vulcan
The VFRs changed over in 02 to the VTech motor. I think you are looking for a 98-01 although I don't know why, the Vtec models are great.
How did you like the V-rod? That's probably the only cruiser that might interest me although the Vulcan cruiser I had, had trouble getting out of it's own way.
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You are correct. My VFR 800 was actually an '01. I actually had to look through my old registrations to figure it out. The 98-01's I felt was the best balanced bike ever. And the whine of the gear driven cams was very cool on that bike.
Honestly, I only put about 1500 kms on the V-rod, and wasn't a huge fan from the onset. Every time I got on it I knew that even if I pulled up next to a $9000 600cc sportbike my ass was grass. It was a lot of dough to be sorta quick but not really fast. Also the riding position didn't agree with me. My upper back really bothered me for some reason after about an hour on it. And lastly, the whole Harley thing is something I will never go back to. It like the ultimate ###### club with a bunch of guys standing around trying to justify their slow rides with repeating the phrase "theres no substitute for cubic inches" over and over. I always used to get in arguments when I would point out the VTX at 1800cc, the Victory bikes and the Yamaha 1600 Roadstar twin and say " So by your logic, the big bore metric cruisers are better because they have more cc's" Never made me a lot of HD friends. I am a bike enthusiast, most HD guys are image enthusiasts.