Newby from U.K.

[davefirestorm]

New member here living in U.K. eagerly awaiting delivery of my first Valkyrie a 1999 model recently exported from Colorado USA.I have wanted a Valkyrie for a few years now they're not that common over here.I'm getting on a bit in years 67 now and been riding 51 years and currently have 5 bikes to play with.Looking forward to learning as much as I can about my new bike and think this is best place to do that thanks for letting me in

[Jess from VA]

Welcome Dave.   

[Chrisj CMA]

Welcome from across the pond. Yes. I think you're right, this is absolutely the best place to learn everything Valkyrie

1997 with 175,000 miles



Post a picture of your new ride in the UK when it arrives.

[Serk]

Howdy and welcome! Where abouts in the UK are you? I lived in Woodstock, near Oxford as a child in the 70's (My dad was USAF at Upper Heyford)

[DirtyDan]

WELCOME

great group of people here

Best bike ever made

Dan

[Rams]

Welcome. 

As the newest member of this organization it is that person's task to register for and attend INZANE. 

See ya there. 

Rams   

[old2soon]

     Welcome from the Missouri Ozarks. Gotcha by a day or 4-I turned 76 last month.  And as Dan mentioned-Best damn Motorcycle ever made!  Again-Welcome. RIDE SAFE.

[davefirestorm]

Buying the bike from a dealer and they found the fuel tap is leaking badly so have ordered a new oem tap from Honda,the chrome finish on the alternator cover has come off due to this.Bike has the 6 into 6 exhaust fitted so guess it will be noisy but I have been offered an oem exhaust system that's had the 3 little piggies removal mod carried out so I guess that will be noisy too.The weather is not too good here at the moment so don't mind waiting for a bit of sunshine.I'll be a frequent poster asking silly questions so bear with me.

[Rams]

Buying the bike from a dealer and they found the fuel tap is leaking badly so have ordered a new oem tap from Honda,the chrome finish on the alternator cover has come off due to this.Bike has the 6 into 6 exhaust fitted so guess it will be noisy but I have been offered an oem exhaust system that's had the 3 little piggies removal mod carried out so I guess that will be noisy too.The weather is not too good here at the moment so don't mind waiting for a bit of sunshine.I'll be a frequent poster asking silly questions so bear with me.

Everyone will have different opinions on exhaust and what sounds good to them.   I had a set of six into six and couldn't wait to get something different.   Just too loud for me.   

Rams

[h13man]

Buying the bike from a dealer and they found the fuel tap is leaking badly so have ordered a new oem tap from Honda,the chrome finish on the alternator cover has come off due to this.Bike has the 6 into 6 exhaust fitted so guess it will be noisy but I have been offered an oem exhaust system that's had the 3 little piggies removal mod carried out so I guess that will be noisy too.The weather is not too good here at the moment so don't mind waiting for a bit of sunshine.I'll be a frequent poster asking silly questions so bear with me.

Welcome!

Alternator Cover: http://www.valkyrieforum.com/bbs/index.php/topic,115961.0.html

Piggies cut on  OEM pipes can be annoying if using stock tips @ 60 mph. but not loud from my experience.

[MarkT]

Hi Dave.  I might know the previous owner(s) since I've been riding Valks here in Colorado for 24 years and have been in three local and international Valkyrie clubs including a co-founder of one and involved in the beginning with this one as a "contributing editor".  But you likely don't know who the last owner is with the dealer in between.

Use the search engine especially in the tech forum to find info on your bike.  No doubt therein is the largest body of tech info on the Valkyrie.  I make some mods for the bike, have for 22 years, the last source for custom Valkyrie 1500 pipes AFAIK.  That is, made to your order with several options starting with the OEM Honda-engineered, ONLY double-walled (don't discolor if not abused) pipes.  But shipping across the pond is spendy. 

Enjoy your new ride - you'll find it's a great all-around cruiser!

[davefirestorm]

Hi Mark the Colorado registration plate is still on bike I've just bought it reads. 676-HAS would be great if you knew of the bike and previous owner, hopefully the link below will open  photo of the plate

https://i.postimg.cc/8zd80tTK/5-B15-D131-7-A38-4-B4-D-8-A66-C25541-F9-B901.jpg

[Farside]

  Welcome to the Valkyrie Brethren    and greetings from Florida Pan-handle. I hope you enjoy your Phat Gyrl as much as I enjoy mine. You'll find whatever answer you'd be looking for here. Make sure you post your pic here

[davefirestorm]

https://i.postimg.cc/8zd80tTK/5-B15-D131-7-A38-4-B4-D-8-A66-C25541-F9-B901.jpg

Anyone recognise the plate pictured in the above link it's on the bike I just bought

[f6gal]

https://i.postimg.cc/8zd80tTK/5-B15-D131-7-A38-4-B4-D-8-A66-C25541-F9-B901.jpg

Anyone recognise the plate pictured in the above link it's on the bike I just bought

Link doesn't work.

[Max "Russian"]

Hello from Russia!

[Serk]

https://i.postimg.cc/8zd80tTK/5-B15-D131-7-A38-4-B4-D-8-A66-C25541-F9-B901.jpg

Anyone recognise the plate pictured in the above link it's on the bike I just bought

Link doesn't work.

Hmmm.... The links seems to be working for me?



Did some googling on both the license and the "Colorado Powersports" and didn't find much...

I managed to find what I believe is the VIN (1HFSC3402VA004229) and confirmed it's a 1997 but (Assuming the VIN # I found is correct) getting previous owner information costs $$$.....

[f6gal]

https://i.postimg.cc/8zd80tTK/5-B15-D131-7-A38-4-B4-D-8-A66-C25541-F9-B901.jpg

Anyone recognise the plate pictured in the above link it's on the bike I just bought

Link doesn't work.

Hmmm.... The links seems to be working for me?

It's working for me now.  Things that make you go hmmm.

[davefirestorm]

You'll have to bear with me regards photo uploading I'll do me best

[davefirestorm]

https://imgur.com/jdp87xt

This. hopefully is a picture of my bike

[Serk]

https://imgur.com/jdp87xt

This. hopefully is a picture of my bike

I think I found some more pics of it:









That fly screen is rather distinctive...





Possibly used to have a Givi top box?

[davefirestorm]

That's my bike guess I left my picture account open thanks for uploading I can't wait to pick it up and ride it.Few things I will do remove horrid Givi mount fit backrest/sissybar put CB11 gear lever and shifter buddy mod.Would REALY like a toe and heel shift like my Harley

[The emperor has no clothes]

It's a good looking bike   It looks like you might have the OEM tire valves. You should consider changing to metal at the next tire change.  

[The emperor has no clothes]

That's my bike guess I left my picture account open thanks for uploading I can't wait to pick it up and ride it

not necessarily, Serk works for your MI5 equivalent. 

[Serk]

That's my bike guess I left my picture account open thanks for uploading I can't wait to pick it up and ride it

Nah, I found the pics here, not your picture account. Was hoping some of the pics might ring a bell from someone that recognizes the bike...

https://www.khmotorcycles.co.uk/used-bikes/honda/f6c/60037.htm

[davefirestorm]

Thankyou

[Serk]

That's my bike guess I left my picture account open thanks for uploading I can't wait to pick it up and ride it

not necessarily, Serk works for your MI5 equivalent. 

While I don't, I just work for a humble regulatory agency, GCHQ would be a closer analogue to the NSA... MI5 is more like the FBI, MI6 like the CIA and GCHQ is close to our NSA....

[Rams]

Way too much chrome, you should probably take some off and send it to me.  I'll take take care of it for you so that no one will get hurt. 

Rams

[cookiedough]

sharp bike and not many yellow ones I have seen ever.  Low mileage unless 116K vs. 16K, one nowadays never knows since some valks out there with over 100K miles look like 10K miles. 

I have stock pipes on I/S and cobra's on the tourer and like to trade off driving depending on the mood and if I want to piss off the neighbors in town leaving it in 1st gear doing 20mph or over is LOUD, but if you shift well before rpms go up,  the cobras are not too loud for me with helmet on.  Plus, I find if going under 65 mph the drone loudness of cobras are tolerable, but 70 mph or over gets to me after awhile. 

[Oss]

Nice bike

Welcome to the family     

[MarkT]

I don't recall a local rider with a bumblebee.  But no big surprise; if he didn't ride in my circles I wouldn't.  Over 4 million souls in the Denver area - likely much more now with the Cali-fornicators pollution.  Colorado Powersports is pretty far from here; though they have a couple outlets I know of.  Guessing the PO might have been in their area.

[davefirestorm]

Living in U.K. it's easy to forget how big your country is especially as I've never been to USA,one day maybe
Thought has crossed my mind that mileage could be 116k miles but I'm not bothered the dealer tells me the new fuel tap is being delivered today so could have it tucked away in my garage sometime next week

[The emperor has no clothes]

Living in U.K. it's easy to forget how big your country is especially as I've never been to USA,one day maybe

I hope you do. I had the pleasure of riding around Ireland, and driving UK and EU. (Yes, we are a spread out country)

[Serk]

Living in U.K. it's easy to forget how big your country is especially as I've never been to USA,one day maybeThought has crossed my mind that mileage could be 116k miles but I'm not bothered the dealer tells me the new fuel tap is being delivered today so could have it tucked away in my garage sometime next week

In the UK 100 miles is a long distance.....

In the US 100 years is a long time.....

It's all a matter of perspectives...  

[davefirestorm]

yes indeed a huge country you have,I've been to Australia and Europe and that's about it my wife has traveled a lot and visited USA few times as I said maybe one day

[The emperor has no clothes]

yes indeed a huge country you have,I've been to Australia and Europe and that's about it my wife has traveled a lot and visited USA few times as I said maybe one day

Australia appears pretty vast also. I've only seen Fremantle and Perth.

[Jess from VA]

I was in England like 5 times.

Unfortunately, I never got out of Heathrow.  (layovers)

Same deal in Orly in Paris, and Zurich and Geneva.   Just passing through (with the screaming babies). 

[Bret SD]

Welcome Dave, and congratulations on a beautiful bike, I've always loved the bumblebees.

Back in the eighties I had an English roommate from Plymouth while living in Santa Barbara, he was a diver for Oceaneering.. There are lots of English people in Santa Barbara and through Dave I got to know about what latitude they hail from by their accent. We had a family of English neighbors next door and I became really good friends with the daughter 

Super good dude. Last I heard he was living in Pattaya Thailand, he said he really liked the girls there.  

[davefirestorm]

Thanks for the warm welcome to the forum.
I have a bit of a dilemma now as the dealer I'm buying the bike from has a Black Valkyrie just arrived in same clean condition a 2001 it has oem exhaust leather luggage and all the chrome bits I want including the backrest but my wife likes the yellow,Valkyries appearing more often and selling quick in U.K.

[f6gal]

Thanks for the warm welcome to the forum.
I have a bit of a dilemma now as the dealer I'm buying the bike from has a Black Valkyrie just arrived in same clean condition a 2001 it has oem exhaust leather luggage and all the chrome bits I want including the backrest but my wife likes the yellow,Valkyries appearing more often and selling quick in U.K.

Buy them both; sell the one you don't want over there.  You'll probably come close to paying for them both.