VFR78

I have done the fronts and the rear caliper line, on my RC79. It all works ok. Presson is on the money, with the lines connecting to the ABS unit. It was way to hard for me. The braided lines look “trick” but I can’t say that there has been a very significant improvement in brake performance.

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I guess that means that there is another valve check looming!

Three valve clearance checks in the first 75,000km on my 2014. All within spec. Now over 100,000km and the bike is still running perfectly. I don’t cane it and rarely go into 4 valve mode, although I did one track day a couple of years ago and it was rarely in 2 valve mode. A pretty good motor.

It’s an expensive bit of kit, new. If you search fleabay, you might get a reasonable second hand one. If the bearings are still good, it might be worthwhile taking the bearing holder out and trying to clean up the teeth. My Viffer has just topped 100,000km and the carrier is still in top nick, they shouldn’t get damaged unless a gorilla has tried to adjust the chain.

Were sold as “pussy grips” at one time, in Oz. Not anymore, for obvious reasons.

Never! Try a CB750 Hornet when the Viffer starts to hurt too much.

I have them and much prefer them to the standard grips. They have not made any difference to the function of the heated grips. You will need to replace them every now and then, because they wear and compact over time.

I thought that squidbilly was chasing the raised “Interceptor” badges from the US 800F model, to replace the front “VFR” badges on the UK or Oz versions. Not decals. I have done it, just to personalise my bike, and got the new badges from a US supplier, via fleabay!

All Fs after 2016 had them. The explanation in the handbook doesn’t inspire confidence (attached). My Quadlock is wired directly to the battery.

Very good news, to hear you’re doing well, and managed a “little” ride. There is probably almost enough gas left in the Viffer to go back and get some more vino, 8 can’t be enough.

My local Honda dealer replaced the plugs at the first two valve clearance checks. I didn’t think about it the first time, but asked why the second time. The response- “ its a Honda recommendation”. The third time I said “don’t do anything, but the valves, I’ll do the rest”. That dealership has now closed. The current plugs have 50,000km on them and the red rocket still flys. At 96,000kms it has never required a valve adjustment, assuming the Honda dealership actually checked them, before they took my money.

Arcoona, South Australia. On the way to the Gulf!

What major maintenance has been done, beyond regular servicing.

I also have one on my 2014. They are unobtrusive. Like all throttle locks, they will not retain a set speed, unless you are on a dead straight, flat road. I just use mine occasionally, to stretch my right hand on big km days.