Motorcycle Review - 1987 Honda VFR 400 R NC24 - Performance Beyond the Spec Sheet

[@TheLoneTrader]

🍺 If you enjoyed this video click this link to buy me a beer: www.buymeacoffee.com/thelonetrader 🍺 My apologies that my voice is a little hard to hear on this one. Something about the frequency of the cam whine just got picked up by my helmet mic and I couldn't really EQ it out. Hope you all like this review. The VFR has been one of my favourite bikes for the past year and a half.

[@mckendry17]

Hello u still have this bike?

[@petesmith8000]

Go up a size on the jets to sort out the flat spot, change to braided hoses to fix the brakes - makes a huge difference - 30+ year old rubber hoses just don't cut it. I have a 87 RWB just restored & 1 x 88 Rothmans almost completed restoring. Changing to roller bearings on the headstock makes the steering sublime.

[@dvgrman3470]

Well, that was a pleasure to watch! I feel 'clued in'. Lovely bike, lovely review, cheers!

[@urbanfireblade]

A mate had the '87 NC30 and those brakes felt wooden too. Awesome review, great watching and listening to the engine noise!

[@TheLoneTrader]

Yep. They're not bad brakes but they just require a lot more effort than more modern machines. Glad you liked it. This one has been a long time coming.

[@thejdmguru621]

This is one of my favorite bikes, keep of the good work

[@PaulCookson-cw3bp]

Great video, forgot how great the NC24 is & sounds.

[@TheLoneTrader]

An underrated bike because it's overshadowed by the equally great NC30.

[@jasonlazenby8895]

I owned one of these when I passed my full bike test lots of fun

[@tarickabouldahab4938]

Excellent honest review

[@Toptechitsimracing9601]

I Used to have a vfr 400 nc24 sold mine 2 years ago

[@spinnanz]

Mines got 117,000km on it now. The engines never been opend up or worked on.

[@Durables1]

Great informative video! Thanks.

[@agunemon]

Damn that sleek yet boxy design is soooo Masked Rider-esque or supersentai-esque

[@MutieThePig]

Great viudeo but no mention of the 16 inch front wheel?

[@thegazwaz640]

She sounds gorgeous. It certainly doesn't hold back does it. What's the red light that keeps coming on. Hope it's not your oil light :)

[@TheLoneTrader]

Aha! Yes, I thought someone would bring that up. It's actually a speed warning light. Whenever the bike goes over 80 km/h it comes on. It can be seen as a warning or a target... depends on the mood of the day 😀

[@danielbateman6518]

What's crazy right now is that vfr750's and vfr800's are going cheap as chips right now, and vfr400's are going for more it seems than their larger counterparts. Seeing the same with old fireblades too. Seems like riders and collectors are favouring the smaller bikes, I can only assume for the same reason I'm after an old 400. They rev like crazy, and you can use all the power on public roads safely and legally. Even a 900cc fireblade or vfr 750 with a top speed of 170+mph seems a little silly unless you're going on German autobahn or tracks. On UK roads/motorways what are you going to do? Rev all the way in first, then shift up throb fears while dropping revs and just cruise? It's fine I guess, but I'd rather have the mc22 or a 400rr or vfr400 and enjoying making it work a bit harder.

[@BNHC0]

great review

[@RT22-pb2pp]

Second best honda ever first is nsr 400 2 stroke. Honda builds great 400 bikes. Had 75 400 four super sport in 78 loved it. Perfectvsoze and power for street. Anything bigger is ego cause a good 400 four is all you need for streets. If you race better bikes but for street anything bigger is wasted on 99% of riders as you would never reach a modern 400 fours limits and you know it, if you are honest. 600 and up is ego no where on street do you need 160mph bike. Lighter smaller is faster evetywhere but long straights

[@EpicAdamMotovlogs]

Hi mate. Thanks for the comment on my recent video but KZbin won't show it for some reason

[@2000jago]

I've never understood why anyone cares about the "dry weight" spec. Unless for the purpose of shipping costs where every gram costs money, I don't see how a "dry weight" spec is relevant. Under NO circumstances is a bikes engine power competing against a "dry" load that it's trying to move. I vote that we completely drop the "dry weight" spec as it's pretty much useless.

[@TheLoneTrader]

Valid point. Maybe fuel can make an appreciable difference, if barely. I also never like crank horsepower figures. They're not applicable to the actual experience on the bike. Maybe I should make a point of only wet weight and rear wheel HP figures.

[@ricardobecerraramos995]

la mejor moto que tuve,hermosa.

[@leondavibe]

yea stuck needle and seats and or dirt stuck there is a bitch , so yea sorting the carbs is the most important part and then riding it regular enough so it doesn't get gunked up or draining the carbs if not ridden at all for winter

[@user-yj1mj7dw5r]

I just bought the same bike

[@TheLoneTrader]

What do you think of it so far?

[@shanepowell8313]

Quick question, any idea how to drain all the fuel from the NC24 tank/ bike without removing the tank? Any help or video ref would be greatly appreciated.

[@Fatpig-fq3vb]

Sounds like the bikes off Road rash on a old sega megadrive lol

[@TheLoneTrader]

That was the era 😄

[@laudencialevins.3579]

How about any suggestions for my bike vfr400nc24 after a mere walk her RPM is being busted or dying already? Should I increase the rpm?

Oil low pressure ligh went on at 10:17 just after hard accel....

[@TheLoneTrader]

Newp. That's a 'Speed' light. Comes on when you go above 50mph or so.

@@TheLoneTrader ahh, OK, thanks.

[@TheLoneTrader]

@ Yes, it's a weird Japanese import quirk.

[@acvn-hg9gy]

great bike! sounds awesome aswell. whats the red light that keeps popping up? seems like it says "speed" or something like that?

[@TheLoneTrader]

Whenever you go over 50 mph or so, it lights up and says 'Speed'. No idea why.

[@acvn-hg9gy]

@@TheLoneTrader ah. I just read a post about it. It turns on at 80km/h on the japanese import bikes, wich functioned as a warning that you are over the speed limit. Since bikes at the time were not allowed to go faster than 80km/h on the freeway at that time

[@axelsaul4207]

why is the oil light coming on and off?

[@TheLoneTrader]

It's not an oil light. It's a 'Speed' light. Once you go over a certain speed, it comes on.

[@tarickabouldahab4938]

You still have the bike and is it for sale

[@user-wi6hb2tj2q]

87のプロアームが嫌で86VFR乗ってた😂✋どっち乗るか選べと言われたがもちろん86😂😂😂

[@marcelocea6967]

Hola cuanto segundos de 0 a 100

[@TheLoneTrader]

About 4 - 4.5 seconds