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CLASS at Infineon 2007
In 2007 I attended one of Reg Pridmore's CLASS days at Infineon and it was a blast. A sunny mid-May track day in NorCal is damn hard to beat.
photo used with permission, credit: Ian Donald - http://iandonald.com/
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Shift/ Gear shaft support for 5th Gen?
bmart replied to NorthernV4's question in Modification Questions
What is a shift shaft support and why do you want one? Never heard of them... - Today
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Thanks! Yes, UK variant Gen1 had the square clocks. Yeah, good shout but checked also. I have another knuckle in the post from Germany so i have a fall back if needed. Ill see if i can get some video this weekend. 👍
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To my knowledge, no one sells a shift shaft support for the 5th gen. Is there anyone here who can help me find one?
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For those who have posted WTB listing. Do not proceed with any transactions at the suggestion of new members who provide email address (that are supposedly real members email address ) stating that those real members have what you are looking to buy. The email address is not that of the real member and it's a scam .
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I have a gas tank for a 87 VFR700 has 1 small dent no rust in tank. Email me I can send some pictures.
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Couple more things to consider... How does the different petcock style fit with the rear head? How does the 86 Airbox match the contour of the bottom of the tank? (this one is probably pretty close) The 86 seat style *might* work ok with the seat relief on the 92, but I don't think it will fill in quite right. Can the 92 tank "fit" between the mounts and accommodate the seat properly? Let's see some mockup pictures.
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Hey Guys, In my ever complicated 86 rebuild, where the original tank is at the welding shop trying to get put back together like humpty dumpty. Not sure if it will survive. A friend had a leftover 92 tank that he gave me. overall the dimensions are not that far off. 5.2 gallons on the OEM and 5.0 on the 92 tank. I will be doing some complete on the bike measurements to confirm proper fit as it might need some cushioning along the bottom left/right sides for rubbing on the frame as it will not sit perfectly on the 86 frame. I will have to modify the top bracket by cutting off the top mount of the 92 and installing a straight mount for the 86, the bottom mount looks like it will line up with the single bolt at the bottom. Just wondering if anyone has done a cross year tank swap?
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Is is becoming a nice bike again 🙂. Rectangular instruments ...? Maybe trivial, but did you tighten (42)+(43) to right torque?
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You're confusing me Vlad! You said you cleaned All the SV's. Already mentioned this! And your answer! Refer to 5-65 of the Service Manual for SV removal, don't think you'll need to remove the whole TB to remove the SV's. Perhaps a squirt of WD-40 might help if the plungers are sticking in the bore. AND, just incase you intend on cleaning the throttle intakes - WARNING - Be very careful when cleaning the Throttle Body Intakes not to damage the Molybdenum seal coating for the butterflies, do that and you'll end up with high rough idle, you could also end up needing a replacement throttle body assembly!.
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Not that I've heard of. Check the FB 1200 group, loads of owners on there have had Stefan flash theirs.
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Can't say 100% for sure, but looking at the one 6gen ABS version drawing I have, it seems like the ABS and its control unit is independent from the ECM, there appears to be no connections between the two units. My Service Manual Section 16 ABS System Diagram, also seems to confirm no conections between the ECM and ABS Unit. The BIG question - does this bike have the HISS system? "I know it will go straight on but as there are no ABS sensors on the bike and the ECU being ABS enabled, will the dash show FI fault flashes or similar or will the bike fail to start or anything similar?" I don't think there is such a thing on a 6gen, as an ECM being ABS enabled! and ABS has NO influence on the Starting System. The ECM doesn't handle the diagnostic codes for ABS. The ABS Control Unit will send out error codes to the ABS Light not the Fi Light. NOTE - Just checked Partzilla website for the 2009 6gen both ABS and Non ABS ECM P/No's ...............Both ECM's are the same Part No. 38770-MCW-K01. While this may not be the exact model ECM for your bike, at least it confirms the ABS and Non ABS ECM's are the same, and also confirms there is no special connectivity between the ECM and ABS Control Unit. Hope this helps!
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Evening all, I don’t post a great deal on here but use it frequently to research for maintenance etc and always recommend the site to others I meet re the VFR and it’s back up such this great site and it’s gurus etc. As you all know, the VFR is so reliable it’s unreal and for that reason I’ve never really had any cause to ask for help on here. With 173k on the clock, original reg rec, pipes and never missed a beat I’m faced with an issue that I can’t find reference to to solve. It’s not on this bike but another 2009 bike I bought to replace my current one should she eventually pack up and I’m left bike less. its a 2009 VTEC. Non ABS model that I bought for less than a grand off a chap who’d given up riding years ago and lost the keys. Over the last ten years or so the keys have been lost and the ignition barrel and ecu taken off it and are now, also lost. To this end, I am looking for a complete lock set including the keys, ring, tank and seat locks with the ECU to match. Looking on the net currently, there are several for sale but all for ABS models. I know it will go straight on but as there are no ABS sensors on the bike and the ECU being ABS enabled, will the dash show FI fault flashes or similar or will the bike fail to start or anything similar? so by fitting this enabled ECU will I have any issues, I simply have no idea and can’t find info on it at all. thanks for any help🤞🏼
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Does his flash result in any midreading of the gear indicator in 1 and 2? FWIW Guhl flashed my first 7th Gen.
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Oooor the plunger as stated here. Not sure how I should verify them without taking the whole throttle body apart. Probably no other option.
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Thanks everyone for the help! Then my whole life was a lie, I thought the 4 hoses are attached to the airbox to receive air but now I realize that they are vacuum hoses... So stupid. This means that the placebo effect worked and made me think that I can sync the TB more effectively, but it was a lie the whole time... The air filter was new when I bought the VFR one year ago, made around 15K km and I've inspected and cleaned it when I got the sync valve job the first time one month ago. It looked good with only just some normal debris that were cleaned. I'm riding the VFR every day, and it seems that the jerkiness of the throttle is the same. On low acceleration, it feels like chugging and I need to open the throttle more for it to become 'normal' and resistive. So it seems that all the issue is with the first 25% of throttle. After some more asking around and reading, I come to the following hypothesis: - Valve shims worn off/clearance not in parameters > burnt valves > cannot sync throttle valve for cylinder #2 > incorrect balance of the engine fire times > power output delay > throttle jerkiness/chugging and numb vibrations of the left foot peg (where cylinder 2 is located) Could this be correct? Valve clearance should be checked at 10k and most probably the previous owner did this as the cover gasket seems new. But as Grum said, I will first start with the compression test to eliminate this possibility.
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Yes please! That would be great! I contacted them weeks ago, nothing yet even though they say 2 days 🤷
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Have you tried contacting Barnett directly? I would be happy to repackage & ship to you if they won't ship direct to Norway.
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Use a new, Honda style, aluminum washer. I don't see anything that should be a problem.
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As for the fault code , I solved it by installing a new compatible ECU unit and all works great. The previous ECU was for 2003 vfr which is not fully compatible with 1998 vfr . Thank you all
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Might have found the running issue on the FJ1200 New O rings needed for sure
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Other VFR and other pics....
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Bandit update, or some would say taking update off? Off whit the to noisy after market exhaust muffler / silencer, on whit a orginal one, the orginal from a breaker, has small cosmic scratch but will do
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Here the crush washer(s) I had But looking at engine, the surface might net be 100% even? If so, why 🤔
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i do not regret the testing at all. i learned so much from this process (you) and i'm excited to dive even further into the platform. i will try to update as the build progresses. again, thank you so much. cheers 🍻
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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 Springs, its mostly easy fast sweepers and lite traffic so its a favorite road of mine when going north. Then I have to negotiate a bit of traffic near Highlands ranch and up hwy 470 into the mountains. I decided to take the Morrison Exit and try either Lookout Mountain or head up Golden Gate Canyon - this time it was Lookout Mountain, I was sort of making it up on the fly as I went along. Lookout Mountain is my old bicycling haunt from my days while I was working at Coors, its a killer ride and all uphill - I don't think I could do it today If I had to, not quite there yet! I saw a whole bunch of riders doing it though and wished I was in shape enough to be there doing it as well. 30 more lbs and I will be able to do it! On this day I would do it on the Veefalo instead.
I took a video from the gateway to the top at the Lookout Mountain State Park, getting past riders, the guy in the green jacket actually pretty much astounded me with how far he had gotten in the short time it took me to set up my camera, some 3 miles at least and up to the gateway from the turn off at hwy 6! Amazing I thought. I took the first two turns slow then got more comfortable as I went up further, till I was doing well, I made some gearing mistakes and took the tight 15mph marked hairpins in the wrong gear so I lugged it a bit on one or two. Still enjoyed it though and then got off at the top and hiked over a rock outcropping for an overview of the road for the pictures below.
Lookout Mountain - Golden Colorado
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Lookout Mountain Park top of the mountain
From there I headed up interstate 70 to Idaho Springs for a beer at the Tommy-knockers brewery, I was the only customer in the joint - slow day for them so they treated me like a king! I got a nice tour of the place sort of impromptu, they made me a nice Pastrami sandwich on rye and with the brown ale it was fantastic. I must say the beer is much better there than in the bottles - its always good at the brewery. I am glad I stopped
Tommy-knockers Brewpub Idaho Springs
Idaho Springs Colorado
Mashtuns and fermenters
Rows of fermenters
I finished my lunch and since the road to Mount Evans is right there I headed up Squaw pass hoping to get in some nice pictures I wasn't expecting what I found, ICE IN ALL THE SHADY PARTS
Icy patches on Squaw Pass definitely taking it easy on that road
There were some section where the ice covered the whole road for 300 yards or so I had to roll through it with my legs out to help keep the bike from sliding and falling over, I took it real slow. A Ford pickup was right behind me so I pulled over to let him pass but the guy was going slower then even I was so I pressed on - in places where I could see I just cut over to the oncoming lane and out of the ice where the sun was shining on the road more, but some places there was not alternative so I just had to go slow, good thing it wasn't slick but rather they tossed some gravel over the worst parts so I had some traction!
I did stop for pictures in all the best spots
Echo Lake at Mount Evans showing off my new plate
Elephant Butte Park and Denver
Close up
Veefalo on Squaw Pass
Juniper Pass
Juniper Pass
Mount Evans
My route A is home B is Tommy-knockers
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I Am Back !
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.
My love of riding received a first major scar this spring: I lost a friend on the racetrack. He was a total stranger who offered me his help after I lowsided at CMP track last year. I still remember hearing his "Hi, my name is Todd, do you need help?" while I was duct-taping my roadrash from ripped jacket. He helped me straighten up the shifter and we kept in touch. The next time we saw each other was the day he died.
With 9 months delay, I can say that Todd's death shook me more than I have realized. It rooted fear in me which was fueled by seeing and hearing about others getting hurt over and over again. If I was to summarize this year - it would be one big accident report. I became sensitive to every broken bone, every roadrash, every lowside. And even though I did 10 track days this year, I became slower and slower and slower. Suddenly, I have acquired this 'grandma' riding style on the road, frozen with fear that behind every corner there is car standing in my lane, or major sand trap or deer staring at me ... I was crippled with fear not only for me about also for my fellow rider.
So, at the end of this year, I rode more and more by myself. I could not bear the feelings of responsibility for others on the road and my lines were crippled by my own fears. It all culminated this fall at WDGAH. In a freaky accident Love2rideh82crash was taken down by a truck crossing into our lane. I was done. I finished the weekend, locked the VFR into a garage and took a break.
Until the last weekend, I pretended that motorcycles do not exists. As a last instance after 2 months break from riding, I decided to go to CMP track to see if I can still have fun. I also felt like I should go for the memory of Todd. I went and I had fun! I had much more fun than I expected and the most fun on track I can remember. Suddenly the whole track connected into an uninterupted line of turns and I felt one with the bike riding around! I was giggling like a little girl in my helmet and keep on giggling ever since
Granted I was not the fastest one and through out the weekend, I have never exceeded about 60% of my riding abilities, but I had no "oh-shit" nor 'blond' moments. I could have maybe go faster, I could have brake later for the turns and I could have lean further, but I am no Rossi nor Stoner. I decided to ride for fun and I had amazing blast riding well within my comfort zone.
I was proud of myself when, after bandaging Ricks arm, I was able to distance myself and go back to riding without the year-long fear. I did feel bad for him but the feelings were not crippling my lines nor my mind. And when a total stranger came to me and said "Hi, my name is Todd", my heart stopped for a minute though but I suddenly knew that my life went a full circle. I probably will never win MotoGP :idea3: , but I am back! :wheel:
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I think that you might not know how to post videos. You're in your YT studio in these links. You need the link to the actual video.
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