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4K 1st Ride of 2023

First ride of 2023 and it was wondrous-clear blue skies, minimal traffic, minimal gravel on the roads, but many trees down from the severe storms of Friday.  Had to ride over electric lines a few times.    This is a curvy ride about 20 minutes outside Nashville and it's one of my favorite roads anywhere.  It was going well until I got behind Grandma in the white SUV.  Unfortunately I couldn't safely pass her and missed the mini corkscrew, which is a steep downhill while curving L then

interceptor69

interceptor69 in Ride

Track day coaching

I wrote this for one of the groups I coach for back in 2019.    Members ask every year what it is like to be a CR and if it is something they should aspire to, but never more than this year. So, as I promised them, here are my thoughts on being a coach, track days, and riding in general. It is my hope that other CRs will chime in and that members will ask questions. Don’t be shy.   Let’s start off with the elephant in the proverbial room. A number of members comment that they

bmart

bmart in Track days

Back in the twisties!

Today was a glorious day.  Yesterday was a fresh oil and filter change so nothing would be in the way of my first two wheel therapy ride.  Sunny in the mid 70's F.  Little to no wind.  Even the traffic was light.  It was time to ride.  A quick stop at the gas station and I was off.  East on I40 got the bike warmed up nicely by the time I hit the Tijeras exit for a S14 run to clear out the cobwebs in my mind and body.    My focus was on riding smooth, not fast.   Of course, by the time

vanion2

vanion2 in Ride report

The VFR's Trial By Fire

It's been a while since I have been here.  A lot has changed.  This forum, my life.  I figured I would drop back in now that things have settled down for a bit and catch you up on my VFR's recent life experiences (you thought this was going to be about me?  😄).   I hadn't been riding much as I made a move to a new department at my work and finally got into something I loved doing (IT)!  My poor VFR sat in the garage after I spent the summer getting a lot of maintenance done.  New chain

vanion2

vanion2 in VFR's Trial By Fire

The Last Day Of Good Riding Weather

Juniper Pass I took a day off from work and also from my bicycle training to take out the Veefalo one last time before the weather turns ugly, supposed to snow the rest of the week and possibly start sticking to the ground along the Colorado Front Range. I took a leisurely pace up hwy 105 toward Morrison and got reacquainted with the bike since its been over a month since I took any sort of twisties on it at all, hwy 105 is a scenic ride along the front range between Denver and Colorado Spr

HispanicSlammer

HispanicSlammer

The beginning

In 1983 I was working for the UK bike press when the VF750F was launched. I tested it and loved it. At the time I was racing enduro and could not afford to do that and run a road motorcycle. Last year I got the chance to buy a pair of VF750 Interceptors for just £840 (US$1115). One was running but needed work and the other was in bits. The complete bike needed new fork seals and bushes, new head bearings, new chain and sprockets, brake calipers stripping and overhauling with new seals

JimLindsay

JimLindsay

Sold a pup VFR800 vtec 04

Okay I've been naive.  Two years ago I bought a VFR800 on eBay unridden and delivered by a reputable dealer.  Turns out it's not firing on the rear left cylinder.  Took it to an independent Honda guy who spent a week checking the bike over and is struggling to find the source of the problem.  Mechanicals check out, apart from unbalanced butterfly valves, electric looms all good, new plugs, injectors all ultrasonically cleaned and swapped around to eliminate a dud, no issues. Coils too are all fi

Wightwalker

Wightwalker

Trying to find touch-up paint

My dealership can't seem to find some Pearl White touch-up paint for my 2014 VFR-800 Deluxe. I have searched the web but still can't find any. Any suggestions?   Thanks!

Senger

Senger

cycleknight

my 6th gen 2002 vfr died on me on a road trip a few months back and just know took it to my local honda dealer for diagnose/ repair they said my rectifier was the problem plus plugs,battery while troubleshooting. While they where troubleshooting my instrument cluster was fried and power commander now mind u before hand my bike ran for years. Go to get my bike a month later, shop was backlogged + short on technicians, now they tell me at idle only three clyinders are firing and only when u ride t

CYCLEKNIGHT

CYCLEKNIGHT

Recall and a Gutting.

Hi Guys and Gals,   So spoke to my nearest Honda motorcycle dealer Rick Gills Motorcycles and Paul from their parts and service was very helpful. Turns out my bike hasn't had the recall work carried out as shown by a lack of punch/stamp below the J on the head stock VIN stamp. As shown below.   There should be a dot punched/stamped there below the J if the recall work has been carried out. So if any of the Aussie 6th geners are reading that's what to check if

Karbunkle

Karbunkle

The cold light of day. Part 2

So today's entry is pretty short.   Have placed a want-ad on gumtree for a set of factory cans so i can do a baffle-ectomy but keep an original set as spare, hopefully I'll have some news on that soon.   Other wise I checked out the fuse holder under the seat and found pretty much what everyone has found, slightly discolored in spots and one of the wires has warm soft insulation just after running. Also noticed the headlights are a bit dicky with coming on as they should be o

Karbunkle

Karbunkle

The cold light of day.

Hi all and welcome to my blog hope you all enjoy.....   So its been 12 years since owning a motorcycle and now I have a well used and reasonable well looked after 2005 Pearl Heron Blue VFR800. I've only test ridden a few liter sport bikes once I got off my provisional license way back when but this is my first time owning something other then a 250cc. You'll have to forgive the no doubt sometimes novice remarks and just remember I'm just a fellow enthusiast not a MotoGP rider .  

Karbunkle

Karbunkle

Pair, Flapper And Snorkel Mod For 6 Gen

Heard nothing but good reviews about these mods for the 6 Gen so I decided to try them. Its been about a month now of some hard serious riding and I gotta say I love it. They really make the bike seem different (in a good way). I was skeptical at first, but totally glad I did it. Here's the link. Do yourself a favor and try it. http://johnny.chadda.se/pair-and-flapper-mod-with-bonus-snorkel-mod-for-vfr/

Nyceguy9mm

Nyceguy9mm

New To Me Vfr 800

I've been off motorcycles sice 2010 kinda rusty on skills & new stuff. Suggestion anyone?? My week in review Monday bought 2000 VFR from Sasha in North Carolina located shipper! So far so good! Tuesday totaled 2011 Caterpillar dumptruck & walked away with a concussion left rotater cuff (again) & a few tender spots! While at home I decided to order a few things for the VFR Stainless Steel header from Delkevic VFR has Staintune slip-on already looking at stainless brake lines anyone??

wayfastwil

wayfastwil

Front Noise

Hi my 2012 vfr1200f makes a rattling noise coming from the front when accelerating. Cant find anything loose on the fairing. please assist

salim

salim

So You Wanna Buy A Bike? What To Do When You Show Up At Joe Schmoe's House With Some Cash In Your Pocket...

So you wanna buy a used bike huh? How many bikes have you checked out/bought in the past? The following is just MY initial list for things to check when looking at a used bike...at a dealer or private individual. This list is NOT exhaustive--it was initially stream of conciousness, so the order is not necessarily optimal either. There is a wealth of knowledge on how to buy a new bike. Usually a Google search on "how to buy a used motorcycle" is a pretty good place to start...that said, it won't

zupatun

zupatun

Vfr Question

Ok guys i need some help or advice.... I am in the process of selling/trading my Honda RC51 for a VFR I have two people with VFR's who would like to trade and I'm not very familiar with the bikes yet. so my question is which should i go with or is there a big difference between the two 1st: 2008 VFR the dark silver color. it has 20,000 miles on it and is stock except for a full exhaust that was put on, paint and body are in near perfect shape. 2nd: 2005 VFR the lighter silver color, has

drhoy

drhoy

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