Well, for me I had grown up around bikes as my dad had an RF in 1999, a repossession, and it had only 1000 miles on the clock when he got her.
I loved the way it looked but as I grew up I thought I’d never get one. I started off on a little GS125, which I never looked after and blew it up.
I bought an EN125, which I liked, then passed my test and got a GPZ500, which I hated.
Just as I had my compensation, from being knocked off my EN, I bought my RF900, six months after passing my test.
I remember picking it up swapping insurance over from my GPZ to my rf9 but I was scared of it as I had never had a big bike before and was like a kid at Xmas.
Only managed 50mph but it was one hell of a machine. I’ve now had the bike a little over 12 months now and my confidence has grown.
I think I made the right choice when I chose the RF900 as I had a choice between the RF9 and a ZX9 and the RF just seemed to tick all the right boxes, looking more appealing and with a back end I loved.
My first mod was my Quill T3 race can then I put my yellow wheel tape but in November last year she was knocked over by some idiot in a car park.
With the help of RFOC Members and fleabay, she is nearly right again.
All I can say about the RF900 is “what a bike” mine is 13 years old with 39,000 miles on the clock - but it never misses a beat.
