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  2. bmart
    Apparently, I've been posting on some other thread for the same event. Not sure why there are two.
  3. bmart
    I have a generator, but that doesn't mean I want to leave the power out on my house. lol I'm weather watching also...despite having good wet weather gear. I posted a few notes on the ride post but got crickets. Not too excited to be drenched for four days on superb roads I can't zip along on. It is a lot of $ for less than perfect riding. Sadly, Monday-Wednesday are looking excellent! Guess that's how it goes. I'm making the call tomorrow. Is there any way to see who will be there each day?
  4. JZH
    The 50th "Anni" version was offered all over the world (except North America, where having two colors of the same bike available in the same year would have exploded heads). But, it was indeed only sold in 1999, so it will always be a "limited edition"! TourMax is actually a well-known Japanese aftermarket reg-rec brand, and I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out to be Shindengen-owned. Shindengen made all the OEM Honda reg-recs, as well as most of the other Japanese brands' OEM reg-recs. But, if it was an aftermarket version of a badly spec'd OEM reg-rec (the original OEM reg-rec being rather prone to fail), that could be the issue right there... Welcome to the forum from somewhere else! Ciao, JZH
  5. Dutchy
    You didnot invest in good raingear? Hhhmmmm...
  6. vtecal
    Watching the weather.....
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  8. lastfleetadmiral
    Hi. I notice you have got standard forks and front wheel. If you could measure the distance between the bottom of the bottom yoke and the centre of the wheel spindle it would be very helpful to me in setting up my modified RC24. Thanks in advance
  9. vfrgiving
    Did you pull and look inside the drive sprocket cover? (Item 1). The slave cylinder for the clutch (Item 9) bolts to that cover. If items 11 and/or 13 have a defect they will lose fluid at the slave cylinder and dribble down into the drive sprocket cover. Have a look at the business end of item 11 that pushes on the clutch rod. Make sure nothing looks wet. DO NOT pull in the clutch lever when you have the sprocket cover and slave cylinder off the bike. https://www.partzilla.com/catalog/honda/motorcycle/2002/vfr800-ac-interceptor/water-pump
  10. Stijntje09
    Stijntje09 joined the community
  11. Dutchy
    Nice wee 4th gen Gilera 150 Sport 🙂
  12. pfoley
    I have a 2001 VFR that I'm trying to bring back to life. I acquired the bike with the neutral switch wire shredded apparently from a mouse. The wire break is directly under the throttle body. I removed the air box to get q better look at the wire connections that are broken. Is it possible to repair the wires by removing coolant hoses on the side, or must you remove the entire throttle body and get at it from the top. That tasks looks like a lot of work. Is there a schematic to show wire connectors. It appears to me that there is a 6 wire connector by the left side of the throttle body. These wrapped 6 wires then split under the throttle body, 3 to a 3 wire connector, and the other 3 are the ones eaten by the mouse. Of the broken wires, one appears Light Blue/Red, one a black wire which goes to the neutral switch, and not sure if there is a third. I checked the wiring diagram and these colours didn't seem to match. Could have been some previous electrical work. And finally, is there a connector near the console/dash that I could jump a wire from the switch, at least to test.
  13. tsmitty
    Safe travels my friend(s)
  14. WackenSS
    Yes it Will and you should if your is at 22mm. This is the absolute maximum bosch allows and puts you at high risk of collecting h2o in the threaded area. I hope mine now clears the fairing 🙂
  15. WackenSS
    Aggree! And it is now so it should be on the safe side but not by alot , approx 10° . Seeing the space available where the bungs at placed I would have placed it further forward and higher above horizontal plane than now. Also this would clear the fairing by a big amount.
  16. Stray
    I am very, very jealous, Mohawk! those bikes were going so fast the camera couldn’t keep focus as you panned right. Watching them scream past like that must have been awesome! Beautiful country captured in that wide angle pan shot. Just gorgeous.
  17. Mohawk
    The wide band sensors need to be mounted ABOVE the horizontal plane to avoid condensation collecting on the sensor head which ruins it. Ideally they should be vertical, but mine is at 45degrees to avoid the furniture & has been in there for years with no issues.
  18. myndesius
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  19. boOZZIE
    For those who like techy stuff @WackenSS cutting the bottom bung will probably clear the sensor from the fairing 🥺 oh well I've already notched mine
  20. WGREGT
    And the fluid could not have just evaporated? I don't see a leak anywhere. All the insides of the fairing still has dust all over it. I'd see a trail if it ran down the inside of the fairing. It was parked on a foam mat, and anything wet shows up easily. Not a mark on it. Nothing on the hoses from the res either.
  21. WGREGT
    yeah I guess there's a reason that banjo bolt has a white mark on it. Must need semi permanent loctitie on it? Not sure how it moved enough to let air in there. Its not a bolt I normally check for maintenance.
  22. Captain 80s
    Cool.
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  24. bmart
    Have a really good look for fluid with a flashlight before you ride it. Nice job!
  25. WGREGT
    I swapped out the speedbleeder for an OEM nipple and there was no change. If I pumped the lever 25-30x I did get the fluid to jump out a bit more forcefully but there still wasn’t any pressure on the lever when released. So I held the lever in and cracked the banjo bolt till I saw fluid weep out. Yes! Closed it and pumped the lever. Little bit firmer. Did it again and got fluid at the banjo bolt come out with some force behind it this time. The third time it really came out strong and I seem to have good feel at the lever now. Did not get a chance to ride it bc it was time to leave for hockey but it sure feels strong now. Buttoned it back up after fluid was clean and moving good at the nipple. Thanks for the tips people.
  26. Conn
    Conn joined the community
  27. Captain 80s
    But he didn't state, "I topped it off last Winter for storage, and then the clutch was inop this Spring and the res was nearly empty." There would be fluid somewhere, and it would be on the floor. But yes, pull your counter shaft cover and the slave and give it an inspection. Super easy and you don't have to disrupt the system to check for leaks.
  28. vfrgiving
    Brake fluid doesn't just vanish. Pull the slave cylinder. Could be a breached seal or corroded piston down there.
  29. bmart
    A little rally prep on the VFRs and CB-1. Oil level checks. Chain adjustments. Coolant level checks. PSI checks.
  30. Nozz
    Sold the 2006 VFR800, and I have these parts left over 1. Passenger handles with bolts, washers, and cover caps 2. Took kit 3. Some kind of filter screen (?) 4. Fork protectors (?) (1) Complete passenger handle parts (minus the underneath spacers) for a 2006 VFR800. It should fit 2003-2009 VFRs, so I’m told (please do your due diligence). (2) nearly complete tool kit. I think it’s missing the handle to the screwdriver (3) also, some kind of oil (?) screen? (4) fork protectors? The 5 pictures show everything you get. If you don't see 5 pics, let me know and I'll email/DM them to you $100 OBO + $25 S&H = $125 IMG_1540.jpg IMG_1541.jpg IMG_1542.jpg
  31. Captain 80s
    That is the same technique I use. with tubing going vertical. I sometimes recommend the traditional way because sometimes people don't get what is being described, it def works, and the sudden release can help move / release bubbles. Either way can work, but the open/close technique is not always completely unnecessary. I did have to switch to the hold / crack method on my friend's clutch to start getting decent results. And then we just pumped, moving nice clean, solid fluid to flush. Also, turn the bars all the way to the right and get the clutch master as near level as possible. This will allow air bubbles to get up to the bleed valve (that is under that metal hood). I will even loosen that handlebar, slide it up on the fork tube a little so the limiting tab is not engaged in the triple clamp, and rotate the bar to get the master actually pointing downhill, lever end higher than the banjo end.
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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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      I Am Back !

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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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