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[vfrmonkey]

I loved this mod, may as well swap the CS sprocket while ya got it off - 100% best bang for your buck...

[tok tokkie]

tok--
3)? Instead, spend your time getting the kit direct from FactoryPro (I can't imagine why they wouldn't send it to you!) or enlist the help of one of your VFRD brothers to buy it and ship it to you.? Maybe you will become the South Africa distribution rep!!

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There are three problems with getting stuff sent in:
1. Customs duty. I once brought in a load of CD's direct from Rhino. The duties ended up at THREE times the cost of the CD's. At that stage you simply have to pay.
2. Theft in our post office. A national scandel a while ago but much improved over the last few years.
3. Paying for the things. I ordered a pair of binoculars from a US site about 4 months ago & they said my credit card would not work. The big places like Amazon have no problem with it but smaller places seem to have difficulty.

So I hope to get my binoculars this month through a person comming to Cape Town on a visit. Huge advantage as he has the binoculars as part of his stuff so no customs duty problem.
Any VFRD members comming to Cape Town let me know. Can use my bike (when it's fixed as I dropped it last month). I particularly would like to do BLS 'titanium butt' mod.

You guys really have something in EBay that I envy.

Finally, I like to make things myself. I have a cnc mill so could easily make the spider wheel myself; it is just a matter of time & priorities.

Edited by tok tokkie, 09 September 2005 - 11:34 AM.

[Trace]

Trace this is a bit off topic, but I just noticed that you have a ?03 Z06...I was going back and forth between getting a bike or a Z06.  (Chose the bike) 

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joe--The Z-06 is an amazing car. So fast, yet so docile in city traffic, highway, etc. Great mileage at about 24-26 mpg if you just drive "normal" at 70 mph. CD player plays, A/C blows cold air, seats are comfly, lots of luggage space. Long trips are effortless, as are trips to the supermarket, and on top of all that, it will go 11.80 in the quarter and climb to over 170 mph. It has no irritating qualities and does everything well. Kinda like a VFR.....

[joe603]

joe--The Z-06 is an amazing car.  So fast, yet so docile in city traffic, highway, etc.  Great mileage at about 24-26 mpg if you just drive "normal" at 70 mph.  CD player plays, A/C blows cold air, seats are comfly, lots of luggage space.  Long trips are effortless, as are trips to the supermarket, and on top of all that, it will go 11.80 in the quarter and climb to over 170 mph.  It has no irritating qualities and does everything well.  Kinda like a VFR.....

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oh sure...rub it in! I had the chance to get a 383 stroker with all the extras on an '01 for 31k...A part of me wishes I did; man that car was a beast!!!

[Trace]

oh sure...rub it in!? I had the chance to get a 383 stroker with all the extras on an '01 for 31k...A part of me wishes I did; man that car was a beast!!!

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Yeah, those strokers worked good, except that you may have dodged a bullet. The weak link at the time, and still is to some extent, is the clutch. Lotsa problems with grip and longevity, including the odd LS1/6 engine balancing game. I know guys who actually SOLD their cars and bought a new stocker just to get away from the clutch/throwout/master cylinder nightmare they had created. Not available at the time, the new (02-up) Z clutch became the best bet for most applications.

And now, most tuners are doing 427s, using the "Australian" clutch.

As for me, I'm working the issues to get a 2006 Z. No mods needed. Ever!

Okay, now back to VFRs.

Edited by Trace, 09 September 2005 - 03:46 PM.

[enzed_viffer]

All right!
My shift kit is now installed and working (yet to be road-tested). The install was pretty straightforward, thanx to Trace's and Jetpilot's great illustrated instructions. The only hard parts were getting the fairing panel off (despite having done it twice before, it was still a pain, thanx to the plastic clips), and removing a vast quantity of impacted chain spooge from behind the countershaft cover.

No pix, I'm afraid, as the bike is so embarassingly grubby, and I have nothing much to add to the already detailed instructions previously posted.

Edited by enzed_viffer, 11 June 2007 - 04:01 PM.

[dude]

This is a mod i have been meaning to do the last 2 winters and never got around to it.
I guess it was " mine shifts fine" although i've had more than a few false neutrals between 5th and 6th... not good.
I rode a a friends 6th gen a couple times and noticed an immediate difference in the "short throw" of the 6th gen over my 5th. The shifting on his bike was smooth and short. I loved it. I wonder would this install compare to the smoother , shorter shifting on the 6th gen? Anyone? Trace?
Thx for an excellent report Trace
Gary

[enzed_viffer]

This is a mod i have been meaning to do the last 2 winters and never got around to it.
I guess it was " mine shifts fine" although i've had more than a few false neutrals between 5th and 6th... not good.
I rode a a friends 6th gen a couple times and noticed an immediate difference in the "short throw" of the 6th gen over my 5th. The shifting on his bike was smooth and short. I loved it. I wonder would this install compare to the smoother , shorter shifting on the 6th gen? Anyone? Trace?

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Anyone here.
I test-rode a 6th gen and my current bike back-to-back, and they were very similar (should be - they share all except gear ratios), and both very slick.
The reason I ordered the shifter kit is that most of my riding is commuting around town, which in itself is hard on transmissions (lots of gear changes, lots of accelerating/decellerating, etc.) and I think I'm a serial transmission wrecker.
The gear change was starting to lose its precision, and as it's the best shifting Honda I've ever owned, I was rather alarmed, so I figured (based on the reports) that the kit may help me retain most of the slickness of the gearbox, and help to avoid further trashing of the whirly bits.
I'll post more when I get to road-test it.

[enzed_viffer]

I'll post more when I get to road-test it.

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Road test completed.
It works: Snickety-Snick.

I'm not sure if it's due to cleaning all the spooge off the bike, the new erl (Mobil 1), or that star thingo (technical term).

Should I replace them one at a time till I work out which one did the trick?

[Trace]

I'm not sure if it's due to cleaning all the spooge off the bike, the new erl (Mobil 1), or that star thingo (technical term).

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It's clearly due to spooge removal!! :D

dude---I have no time on a 6th, so I can't compare/comment. But it did improve the snickfeel of my relatively low-mileage 2000, FWIW.