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are you from belgium? the people in this video taking the bike of the box talk dutch.

Poor thing, left outside like that!

Where do you get parts for your 247? Im looking for a reliable suplier .

The guy on the front should have grabbed the front wheel and lifted it up right away then would have came down first thing

Had the same color 87 VFR but a 700cc version in the US in the late 80's.. Bullet Proof!

Now I know what the F stands for “Fire”

love the videos- just came across you to see what I'm getting myself in for, and love the trials bikes in the background!!

I have two MGBs sitting just as that one has that both need the same action. Both were running when parked. My best of the two seems to have the clutch stuck together so I need to get the wheels off the ground to attempt a start.

This is the only mototcycle in my experience where I had to do welding repairs to the chassis for it to pass the MOT. Super bicycle, only the front brake failed to impress.

Nothing more English than starting an old MGB and the first song to play is Oasis! 😂

That was bloody impressive. What an engine the V4 is?

Excellent, always wanted a 750 VFR.

I've always been fond of the HONDA VFR750, right from the beginning. I remember reading eagerly the first test in 'Motorrijder'. Love at first sight, it was, especially the blonde one - white. ;-) Now, as a 56-year old, I've got my own 1996 in black - my preference changed from blonde to black meantime. I live not so far away from Leuven, where this neglected beauty has been stading on a pedestal outside Moto OUlet for so many years. I was thinking of asking wether it was for sale, or not, but you got to it first. Congratulations. Hope to see it live again, and be ridden.

Why am I not surprised :) It is a Honda after all..I've had 4 VFRs so far, they were all excellent, the last one i sold with 232 000KMs.. That is what KTM and Ducati can only dream about..

Brilliant

didn't they have a single sided swing arm once?

Nice one lovely bike, i watched this video on my big TV RUclips. My best wishes to you from the Philippines ❤️💪👍🙂😉😀😁🏁🛺🏍️🐑🇵🇭🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Good work boys. That’s pretty awesome

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Mine ran after 21 years lying in a hedge, yours will be golden 😁 Love this bike, good luck with the resto!

when honda built good bikes!.......now ,they are shit.

for every honda-lovers...the bike worked after 7 years after being in the exterior not because it's a honda...it's because technology of the 80's is flawless...so Suzuki, Honda, Kawasaki and Yamaha from this decade are pretty much the same.

lol the flames funny

I've had a few bikes, they have one thing in-common all Honda's. It might sound boring but they jusr work, and if i'm covering any sort of distance its always reassuring it will make it back.

Of course it will run its a VFR! 😁

Crap way to treat a gd bike wtf were they thinking r they worth 3p

The level of engineering that Honda pulled from mid- late eighties to early nineties was pretty much unmatched. Those of us that owned a Honda from those years can testify to this. Finding an unmolested, bone stock bike like that, with stock exhausts, indicators, etc., is even more astonishing. Thanks for the video!

I'm not very surprised. My TransAlp was mainly used during the cold and wet seasons, always parked outside for exactly 20 years, never missed a beat and always fired up the second i touched the starter button. Only thing that needed a lot of maintenance were the brakes (pistons seizing up) and during the winter i always had a small torch for heating up the ignition key since the switch was always frozen up. At the end of it's life with me, i sold it to my yoiunger brother. Only thing that had to be replaced was the swingarm, which had a hole rusted through it. He also has a 1986 VRF 750, which he bought 2nd hand. That bike showed signs of lazy maintenance from someone who clearly wasn't a mechanic. Did a bit of work on it and it runs fantastic. In the 90's, i sold Honda bikes at a bike shop. We sold them by saying not to buy a Honda, but to pick any other brand. If they did go for a Honda, we wouldn't make any extra money on them in the future, because of the Honda quality and reliability. And that was not a lie.

Lot of budget went into developing/engineering that era of VFR to erase the embarrassment of the earlier chain driven cam VF 750s eating their cam lobes. The result is a wonderful testament to 80's Honda engineering.

How much did it cost? I'd sure love to make a find like that!

What a terrible thing to do to a VfR!

I had same bike - the gear driven cam failed! The one part you wouldnt expect to go wrong...

I’ve seen bikes that have been garaged for a couple of years cause more trouble than this….

Nah…cutout contacts open to prevent battery drain when bike ain’t running.

Can’t wait to see the progress and how you get it back to the UK. Love that colour with the black exhausts

Nice job, isn't it best to flush and change fluids before starting an old bike?

That was almost as easy as your average spring start up! Nice.

Not my kind of bike, but an incredible testimony to Honda engineering and design. Well done you fellows👍. Can we see a bit more on your LDT bike now?😆

This is what makes a Honda, a Honda

Honda’s best effort..

My first (2) bikes . It’s not likely to be your problem but a common fault was the points spring touching the metal cover . Best to insulate it . Poor earth’s another.

running like a bag of sh!t ...

I love the look on Joe's face when he is trying to tap all the rust from the parts he's trying to fit to his car. 'His' car... Emily understands me...

James, I fully sympathise.. that pit is for pygmies, not giants.

Well done! 24 hours counts!

a fun day out.. 😁

I seriously admire your skill and patience.

I’ve just picked up a 76 GT and watched this with interest! Mine has been stripped of some parts - so if you’re going to part your B out, I can find a home for some of the bits that won’t be going on the V8! A sad end, but at least some parts will live on! 👍

Just found your channel and binge-watched the Wolseley series to date - love your content and that little car! Well done for saving it, it looks such a happy little chap! One day I'd love one of these myself, but the rust notoriety rather terrifies me. I'm machanically not a total arse but I have absolutely zero welding or bodywork skills. I'm curious - once properly fixed and cared for appropriately, is it possible to keep one of these fellows in good rust-free order long term, or is the design fundamentally flawed such that it is inevitable that they'll end up needing costly metalwork on an ongoing basis? I love tinkering, but will never be a welder or so rich that it wouldn't matter! Thanks again for putting together such great content about a great little car!

I admire your perseverance to get it done for the run. Think I would have thrown in the towel after removing the head from the "new" engine. 👍