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  2. RdChinoy
    Im waiting for the bike to land up from the other end of the country. 48$ for a new one is a good price. The price is not a major issue for me. As much as shipping plus 100% import duty on part cost + shipping. We have a very greedy govt. That loves to tax every import. They wont even look at the invoice they will fix whatever price they think its worth. Or the costliest price they can find on google. I also want to open up the engine and confirm that the cam chain and runners are ok. No point changing the tension-er only to figure out the real issue was the chain. If I have any of my bike club coming in from New Zealand will ping you.
  3. FromMaine
    Had some time today so went out to the garage. Bike would not start this time, so I tucked into it. Gas tank was full, So pumped it mostly out and lifted the tank. Removed the air box cover and eyeballed the throttle bodies. Decided to swap the plugs as my NGK iridiums had arrived a few days ago. Started with the left rear (#1) plug and as I was trying to seat the spark plug socket, found it was not even finger tight and removed it by hand. Look at the thread base in the pic and you can see the brown band where the exhaust discolored it. The ceramic was discolored also, so it wasnt sealed. This was the second VFR I have found a loose plug on! The other 3 plugs seemed to have the proper 9 lbs of torque. The plugs were Champion G59C non resistor racing plugs, which I have no experience with. The photo shows the plugs #1 at the top end #4 at the bottom. #1 and #3, the rear bank, look to be sort of OK. #2 and #4, the front bank are obviously carboned up. These plugs have about 3,000-3,100 miles on them. So............... Time to read up, again...........
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  5. FromMaine

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    FromMaine commented on Kel's gallery image in Member's Gallery

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    Ah yes, Kels bike. Met him and saw the bike in person when we got together for lunch in Portland Maine about 13-14 years ago. His bike made my 1000R look like the "rider" it was in spades.
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  7. Terry
    I agree that it is important to be comfortable on the bike but I don't think I quite agree with your approach. You seem to be suggesting that lifting your head higher puts your helmet in smoother air, which it probably does. To get there I would have thought your options would be to raise the handlebars and/or return to the lower stock screen (the one you have looks like a Zero Gravity double-bubble or similar). I can also recommend a Laminar Lip or similar to add to the existing screen to reduce the turbulence.
  8. Katshark
    Hi Dutchy, Thanks for your reply. New stanchions in the UK will cost me £200, the same as rechroming. I have a friend that can get me trade price. Still not decided on springs! I ride with some other classic bike owning guys (VFR800, FZR1000) and modern bikes and I need a bit more stopping power! For comparison I have a 2023 BMW R1250R and 1979 GT250 X7.
  9. Lorne

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    Lorne commented on Kel's gallery image in Member's Gallery

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    An oldie but a goodie, great to see the RVF1000R back out in public.
  10. Frogger
    Sorry for the odd title. I've found that if i stretch out I can get my head above the buffeted wind. The problem is its not comfortable to do this for more than a minute or two. For reference I'm 6'2'' and on a 03. I have the stock seat on it right now but I also have a sergeant seat in bad need of recovering. The sergeant seat felt like it was lower so I never noticed the sweet spot. Me and a buddy talked about riding to mile marker 0 for over 10 years. We decided if it was going to happen we need to get to it. I've been bring her back from a long time sitting in the corner of the drive way sulking. New fuel pump and filter, locks on the side bags( locks were frozen), fog lights for back roads and deer avoidance, cruise control bar ends and grips, volt meter and ram ball phone mounted to the windscreen. Thank yall for any help and for me this is a welcome back to the forum.
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  13. Sheep61
    Thanks ! Yes, I've buffed it from P500 to P2000 and put two quick coat of lacquer on top of it. Now I need to do the rest of the indicators as well as the rear light !
  14. Dutchy
    Welcome to VFRD from across the North Sea. For the cost of new stanchions you can probably pick up a complete VFR750...... Back in 1997/98 I put in a set of (Wilbers) aftermarket springs in that were "right" for my weight plus a new rear shock. Just beacause I had cash to spare Then and stil today the inear/non-linear debate rages l, imho there is no clear winner. My current VFR750Fstill has the OEM front spring (and a new YSS at the rear), Truth be told, for the riding I do on it (mainly coomuting) it is perfectly fine too I fitted new Goodridge/HEL lines, 1st VFR because I could. On my currect VFR (got it after it stood idle for eons) because they were blocked/seized What is your reference point that makes you want to upgrade your brakes? The OEM setup is absolutely perfect..... Compared to my Gilera... Versus my SP2, they're shyte......
  15. vfrcapn
    I've ordered from Webike, no issues, trusted vendor, quick and reasonable shipping to the US. You may also try www.cmsnl.com from Europe. I recently found a NOS 5th gen gas tank there. Edit: looks like cmsnl also has the wheels available.
  16. AaronRic
    I am not in Vancouver, I am on the other coast of the US. It's nearing the end of riding season here. It doesn't look like it is, but I shall find out when I take it apart.
  17. MBrane
    Likely the cowl stay is bent too if it hit hard enough to break the cowl. That will make it frustrating to reinstall the bodywork, and they are not easy to straighten.
  18. MBrane
    Check your pedal adjustment to be certain the master piston is retracting fully. If that's OK next check the front caliper pistons. If they are sticking it's likely rebuild time.
  19. Katshark
    Hi All, I've had my VFR750FT for a couple of months now and having put over 1000 miles on it, it's time for some winter fiddling. I'd like to improve the front brake power. I was thinking caliper rebuild, new EBC pads and discs, braided hoses. Front forks need a new seal and stanchion, so was thinking of getting those new from Wemoto as it's cheaper than getting a rechrome. Also any thoughts on progressive springs? Michelin Road 6 tyres. Tidy up the exhaust mid-pipes and cerakote. Add Delkevic stainless front pipes. Add Delkevic end can. Not sure which to go for, but I want a little bit more sound, but not any jetting changes. Thanks in advance.
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  21. Thumbs
    Most damage is a lot less than you would think, after the initial freakout it doesn’t look too bad and is almost certainly fixable Are you in Vancouver and hence not riding at the moment?
  22. AaronRic
    I can take a couple and post them.
  23. RdChinoy
    When you say deactivated. What do you mean ?. There are 2 parts to any NB sensor. One is the heater control pins as in the ECU must be convinced that the heater is present and circuit is complete. Here we typically use a resistor or a bulb to fool the ECU into thinking the heater is at full operating voltage and it does not need to pump any more power down the supply line. And the other is the NB Voltage output signal which is ground + 0-1 Volt. On the heater pins you have ground + bat voltage. When you say 2 o2 sensors. Is this one per cylinder bank. Or one pre cat and one post cat. What I normally do on Honda engines is take out the NB sensor. Install a wide band sensor. Fool the heater into thinking its working. And then send a simulated NB signal to the ECU to get it to hit the AFR I want. All this will only work in those portions of the map which are defined as Closed Loop. What the O2 sensor or circuit reports in open loop has zero impact on your fueling. Ps: If you found this reply helpful Im looking for info on injectors used on 8th gen VFRs. Number of holes, ohms and flow rate.
  24. RdChinoy
    So Im still waiting on conformation of my VFR800 Vtec 2002 6th gen deal to go thru. Once I confirm all the paper work is clean. Im also buying some parts. For the bike. Known issues based on feedback of a friend. As the bike is in another end of the country a friend is helping with the purchase and transport. 1. Bike feels seriously under powered. 2. Stearing the bike feels really really hard. You really have to wrestle with it. But it tracks straight. 3. Rear shock seems shot. 4. It was repainted but with really crappy decalls. So I need to find original Company Decals if possible and repaint it. Info I am looking for. 1. Injectors. What is the flow rate of the stock injectors. What is the Fuel rail pressure supposed to be. How many holes on theses 6th gen injectors. (I read old bikes had 1 hole and the 6th gen had 4 hole.) Idea being if I can get more modern injectors like say the Kehin 24 hole injectors and the flow rate is the same. I would like to update the injectors. Worst case I can clean and test these. But I know the advantages of using better injectors. Maybe owners of latter gen VFRs can just mention the gen / year of their bike. The CC of the bike 750/800/1200 and the specs for the injectors on their bike. I dont expect any one person to have all data on this. 2. The evolution of the Throttle Bodies on various VFRs. Like can I take the throttle bodies from an 8th gen and run it on the 6th gen. (Yes Ill put in the orignal injectors from my TB. 3. Cant afford any fancy shock option for the rear so just looking to get a VFR1200 shock off a low miles bike from a breaker. Or plug in the F4i shock I have. 4. There is a small panel that covers the bat which I need to locate. A breaker called Rick in the UK is selling all the panel bits as a lot 5. Need to get a rear tail and indicator section there are a few options on ebay uk. That look clean. 6. I need to build and test one of my piggy back units that control fueling and also works as a wide band display and controller. To figure out how fuel trims work on this ECU. i.e. what parts of the map are open loop and what are closed loop. And how much trims it accepts like on the cars we typically see +-30% trims working. The unit allows you to set target AFRs and talks to the ECU via a simulated NB signal. 7. Need to check the compression on each cylinder and then figure out how much timing advance I can dial in. So what is considered a healthy reading for the cylinders. How high have your taken the CR. I normally shave 1mm off the heads for a small bump in comp. 8. Worst of the worst case In case I need to rebore the engine. What are my first over size piston and ring options from Honda and others like wossner or Wiseco. 9. Need to find a re-useable air filter. 10. Any air box mods, Flaper delete EGR delete. other popular mods done for this setup. And how these mods impact your AFRs. 11. Need to find a clean exhaust even 2nd hand OEM or aftermarket. Worst case I build my own. Actually all I need is the SS cover over the stock Exhaust. 12. Need to chk and shim valve clearances. Doubt its ever been done. This bike has run about 28,000 Kms. If somebody could share the diameter of the shims used I can chk to see if any local bike shims can be used. Dont wish to import a full Honda shim kit to do one bike. 13. Put the bike on a dyno and get a base line pull. With VTEC off and VTEC on and seeing what the ideal opening RPM would be for VTEC. Yes I have worked with Vtec engines and the maps do allow for some shift. In VTEC at least on the cars. My 1.5 Vtec 2002 engine made 88 BHP stock and 182 BHP moded at the wheels. Post mods. We used custom wosner pistons 14:1 CR. and Neptune to map the engine. This though is my first Vtec Bike. So am super excited. We used 24 Hole 320cc Kehin Injectors with an edelbrock manifold. Its your injectors and porting that allow you to run more timing and compression. I cant belive that in 22 years nobody has done this test. Its the first test you do on any VTEC or YPVS engine. I enjoy taking these old bikes that nobody can see to get to run right and tweak them to better than new performance. The last bike I did was a TZR 250 Yamaha. And a RZ350 YPVS Yamaha. The VFR Platform has been a child hood dream for me to own and work on. But as there are only 2 6th gen bikes in the country its been a long long wait. I just hope Im not thoroughly disappointed by it. When I was working in the UK I owned a GSXR1100 oil cooled monster. But even that was disappointing when compared to a RZ350 or TZR250 on the pipe. Ps: Any and all info I get / gather will be shared openly.
  25. Lucca
    Nice job!! Did You paint Indicator light as well with gloss transparent lacquer?
  26. Bignoz123
    Thanks Romario23. I’ve been slowly working through it all, it seems to be running better now, the battery is definitely on its last legs though so that does need to be done.
  27. Fitzee
    Hi Lorne, I live in Duncan and ride a red 2004 Viffer. I hope to see you on the road sometime. Beautiful bike btw.
  28. Terry
    I bought camchain tensioners recently from Webike. Great service, no complaints.
  29. mello dude
    I'm digging around looking for a 06 rear wheel. In the US as new, is listed as unavailable, but on a site in Japan, Webike... has listed one in stock.. Any feedback on ordering parts from that site good/bad/ugly and other Japanese vendors? Thanks for your input.
  30. TheoCal
    JH2RC3614MM10xxxx 46000Mi. $2000 Mileage has gone up; price has gone down on my very stock 1991 Honda VFR-750F Interceptor. It has: Owners manual, Honda Service Manual, Honda seat cowl, Honda center stand, cartridge forks from '95 model (stock forks included) Wilbers shock, Barnet clutch disks, Heli bar risers, front braided steel brake lines, EBC brake disks (stock disks included), Minor crack in left inner fairing. Minor scuff on left. Mailto:ted@volcano.net
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      Not that it matters and not that I expect anyone had noticed, but to those who sent me "where are you?" I would like to say I am back. Not only that I am officially returning to VFRD after nearly 2 months break but I have also ridden my Hawk last weekend and had FUN! Let me restate that; I had major fun riding! Something I have almost given up on.

      Most of you have been riding your whole adult lives and riding is not only a hobby to you, it is part of you. But I started riding three years ago and even though I have encounter some setbacks, till this spring I loved riding with whole my heart. However, I have always considered riding as my hobby. As a hobby which suppose to make my life better, more fun and more rich. Life is too short to do something which we don't fully love.

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