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  3. Wonder if your version VFR has this front harness Ground Block, needs a good inspection if you have.
  4. - Check the BAS Ground wire for continuity back to Battery Negative. What do you measure? - Have a close look at where this wire goes through the 18P Blue connector, bad joints and problems have occurred here. For fault finding at this stage keep the BAS bypassed, it stays out of the equation that way. Get the wiring and bike running first Then go back to reconnecting the BAS back to normal. - If there is any suspicion of an issue with the ESR, replace it with the Hi Beam Relay. You can only have a partial short or bad Ground, otherwise you'd be blowing a fuse. So you've confirmed all major grounds including engine ground are clean and good (not just tight) and measure zero ohms back the battery Negative?
  5. Battery is healthy. Checked where battery bolts onto frame and that is tight. Checked where main harness bolts to frame and that is tight too. with key off, 0V on frame with key on, killswitch on, 3.3v on frame something is shorting somewhere. unplugging the ESR shows 0v on frame. we then depinned the ESR connector, we removed the black and white wire spade, that did not change anything, still 3v on frame. We then removed the black wire spade, coming the killswtich on the handlebar. we got the relay to click by jumping the correspoding relay pin with battery postive. 3v on frame. (this is the same as killswitch on, we are replicating that by jumping to batt positive) from this we assume that the B/W and B wires are not causing the short. so, when the relay receives 12 V from black wire, that is being grounded to G wire via the bank angle sensor. the bank angle sensor connector is currently being jumped. G wire to R/Y is being jumpered could that be causing the issue? we have gotten the bike to start before by jumping the bank angle sensor a very long time ago so we dont think this is the problem. another interesting detail is pushing the starter button causes 3v on frame with the ESR in or out.
  6. I was thinking drilling thru the tube and the side of the gauge mount bracket as is right there, small bolt and nut, conical washer. The tube would be so much more sturdy or rigid not smushed down there.
  7. I just put a YSS on mine and just received some upgraded fork springs from race tech to compliment the shock, it snowed last weekend and there is salt everywhere so I haven’t tested it yet but I will report back.
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  9. *Update* Was able to get the new mirrors on ran me abt 160 for all parts and shipping. That connector boot nestled behind the dash was hard to get to but I got it out with some good ol fashioned cursing 😂 Gonna restick my convex bubble mirror with some heavy duty double sided tape and its all good. Would really recommend the convex mirrors btw. Think they were the 1.5 inch on revzilla
  10. Beartooth Pass in Wyoming is better known, but nearby Chief Joseph Scenic Byway is no slouch. Definitely scenic, but also terrific fun on motorcycle, with smooth pavement and open sweepers. But if you are in the neighbourhood, along with Yellowstone National Park and Beartooth Pass, CJSB is worth a visit. Btw, this pic is from the homeward leg of my June 2015 Colorado trip.
  11. Bumping the thread here, hoping that someone has an '06+ ABS version, USA model wiring diagram that they could scan in. I'll throw them a few dollars in appreciation. Thanks
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  13. On 86/87 RC24 VFRs to use the CBR wheel with the stock forks you have to have about 5-6 mm machined off of the disc mounts.
  14. Not worth over hauling, and if its "stuck" there's nothing you can do about it. Damping circuits are internal. Either try and find a used aftermarket (Fox, Works, Ohlins, etc) and have it rebuilt or go with something new (YSS, Hagon, Wilburs, etc). I go both routes and have rebuilt Fox and Ohlins on a few bikes, but I have also put YSS on about six bikes and am very happy. Great value. biketyresuk eBay seller is the store front for the UK R&D Center for YSS, Firefox Racing. I have bought them all thru them and have had great service.
  15. How about you take your studies and fuck off
  16. Maybe he would like a Triumph speed triple RR. I've been eyeing one for the last 2 years but can't get myself to sell my VFR.
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  18. Well, as mentioned above for Ground checking, you Must establish why you have a Ground integrity issue First..... All grounds must have zero ohms/continuity back to the Battery Negative, and no ground should measure a voltage with respect to Battery Negative, ignition to On and Off. Check ground bonding starting with the Engine and Main frame Ground. I'm assuming battery terminals are clean and tight and you have a charged healthy Battery?
  19. We replaced the subharness with an older subharness and still had the issue with positive voltage all over the grounds. We have not tried cranking yet, if the dash even turns on its super dim. computer is not in because we do not want to fry it. probing the frame with the conditions i mentioned above will result in positive voltage (4 or 9V instead of ground) we tested continuity on the ignition switch and it was good. if we turn the KEY to ON/OFF, with the dash unplugged, and the killswitch on STOP, the frame and harness grounds are GOOD. with either the dash plugged in or the killswitch on RUN, all grounds are BAD ONLY with key ON and fuse mentioned in previous reply. dash unplugged and killswitch RUN with the engine stop relay plugged in will cause it to click but will make all grounds BAD. without relay, grounds GOOD. we have removed the BAS and just left the connector jumpered (pins 1 and 3 connected). we originally thought it was causing the issue. the bike electronics are stripped down to only the essential components. when the grounds are bad, they are bad absolutely everywhere except the batter negative and the bolt where the battery negative bolts onto the frame. even the bolt where the main harness grounds to the frame is also bad with the conditions above. before it got this bad the dash was lighting up like a christmas tree with erroneous speed readings with the bike stationary the fuel cut off relay was buzzing continiously as well. it has gotten so bad that this does not happen anymore and we have the issue mentioned above in the described conditions. this is a very strange problem and i have never had anything like it before
  20. Holy Cow!! You seem to have gone badly backwards from just replacing the Starter Relay plug! Are you confident the wires in the plug ARE going to the correct connections at the Starter Relay? Assume you're saying it cranks over but doesn't start? Is that correct. Cranking excessively trying to start it has probably caused flooding. Might require you to go through the purge process of throttle Fully open while cranking, shuts off injectors purging cylinders. So if your battery voltage is say 12.5v and you leave your positive meter lead at the battery and you probe any ground point or wire and you're seeing noticeably lower than the 12.5v. This would point to either a bad Negative connection at the Battery or poor main Ground to frame or engine. Your messing with my head referring to frame ground power! If you have a meter lead on the Battery Neg terminal And you probe any Ground with the other lead AND you measure a voltage, then the Ground is Not properly Grounded. Any suspicion of the BAS. For test purposes you can easily unplug it and bypass it to enable the ESR at switch On. You just need to link the Red/Yellow wire to the Green of the BAS. So the Starter, BAS fuse is Not blowing, but somehow upsets power or ground?? Suggest taking good Voltage measurements with the Negative meter clipped onto Battery Negative Probe..... -12v on Black wire of the ESR Ignition to On. Voltage should come and Go as you operate the Kill Switch. - 12v Solid on the Red/White wire of the ESR. This should be there All times Ignition On or Off, source is Main Fuse B 30amp. - 12v On the Black/White wire of ESR Ignition to On. Another weak link with the above voltages is the Blue 18P connector, refer your drawing, common problems of high resistance and poor connections can appear at this connector. Monitor the voltage at the Clock Fuse probing the tiny fuse test point on top of the fuse. You must see battery voltage here Ignition On and Off. This will confirm Main Fuse A 30amp power is good or bad! Do the same for the Headlight Fuse F. This will confirm Ignition Switched power is OK or faulty, again you should be measuring battery voltage.
  21. @Grum We added an extra power wire to the connector and replaced the burnt spade with the spade from an old main harness. That did not solve the problem. The bike no longer starts now. Turning the key will cause some intense flickering and erroneousness readings for speed on the dash. The bike will no longer start as well. Additionally, the bike starts leaking fuel out of the exhaust headers onto the ground. Disconnecting the FI harness solved that issue. With a power probe we found weak battery voltage on all parts of the frame (which should be ground) and EVERY wiring harness ground wires. Grounds near gas tank hinge were inspected and in good condition. We've isolated the problem to the "START, BANK ANGLE SENSOR FUSE" circuit. The frame is powered by the weak battery voltage when the key is on and the fuse mention above is in. Having the engine stop relay plugged in, bank angle sensor jumpered, killswitch run, with key on will cause power to be sent through the frame grounds. Without the relay the frame grounds and wire grounds normally with key on. Plugging in the dash with key on will also cause the same issue as the relay with key on. Very strange. Either the dash or the engine stop relay being plugged in will energize all the grounds. Swapping relays also had the same bad results. We believe the issues is involved with the front subharness (big grey and blue connectors). We have inspected the yellow grounding block on the front subharness and it is in good shape with no obvious burn marks. To avoid frying expensive computers, we have removed the ABS module, pulled all ABS fuses, removed the ECM, removed main fuse B. All headlight fuses and connectors have been pulled as well. We found that the tail license plate light was energizing the grounds at first, after unplugging it, the problem still persists. Also, the issues still persisted with the front subharness replaced with an old one that was involved in the accident. Any ideas?
  22. I build hybrid 2 stroke bikes & I love the Honda wheels so I've fitted a complete NC29 rear end & an NC24 front end to keep the front end period, only problem is the 16" front wheel. I was advised I could change it for one off a CBR600 92-94 so I bought one, refurbished it & the bloody things too wide, any advice most welcome at the moment the discs clash with the forks.
  23. My rear shock just went flat... and seemed to get stuck there even with increasing air pressure. Looking to get it overhauled or replaced. Any advice?
  24. I haven't owned a 1200, but from what I know of that bike it makes 170hp. High HP bikes will generate a ton of heat, that's why Ducatis have somewhat of a reputation for air frying family jewels. Are the fans cycling off? I would expect in 50 degree weather a fan should run for a bit then satisfy the temp switch and shut off.
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  26. Thanks Mello Dude! Huge help to lead me to them. I ordered from them. Very much appreciated.
  27. I'm glad you got a chance to test ride the bike, even if you found it wasn't the bike for you. For me, my 6th gen. VFR was the perfect all-arounder for many years, right up until I was about 50, and my knees and neck starting hurting during long rides. I could have installed a footpeg lowering kit and bar risers, but I didn't really want to change the bike from stock, and after 14 years with it I was really ready for something else. Also, there's no reason older folks can't still ride supersports. If your body can handle the ergonomics, go for it! I have a couple bikes in mind if I were to add a sportbike to my garage, but for better or worse my bank account limits me to one bike at a time. Good luck with your continued search for your next motorcycle! 👍
  28. My 98 is relatively "normal" but my '00 runs warmer and gets there faster.
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      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.

       

       

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      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

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      Tommy-knockers Brewpub Idaho Springs

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      Idaho Springs Colorado

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      Mashtuns and fermenters

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      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

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      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

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      Echo Lake at Mount Evans showing off my new plate

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      Elephant Butte Park and Denver

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      Close up

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      Veefalo on Squaw Pass

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      Juniper Pass

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      Juniper Pass

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      Mount Evans

      My route A is home B is Tommy-knockers

       

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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.

      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 smile.gif

      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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