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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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I have reciewed the green ones but i still want the red ones to have all options at the ready! What's the way forward you think?
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Threw a set on yesterday. Anyone ever used them before? What kind of mileage should I expect?
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I called today, the woman I spoke to confirmed they have these in stock. She advised that there is a discount code on the website. I tried to order via the website, but the part is not "clickable", so could not add to cart to determine final price...
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???? OK so you located the 2P Pair Valve connector. Then I think you are referring to the MAP Sensor which most definitely has its own vaccum hose! Idle speed at start up is certainly effected by amibient temp, there can be quite a difference between cold start on a cold day, and cold start on a hot day. Glad you located the cause of the clicking noise. Pair System operational or not has no effect on performance, it's all about emissions. Sounds like the float may be a little out of wack. Up to you wether you feel the need to slightly bend the float shaft to compensate. Have you done any real economy runs? Fill to a known point eg fill rim go for a long ride refill to the same point, note the fuel quantity then do the sums. Do some forum searching on Pair Valve removal, you could go down that path, or replace the valve, or leave as is, as there is no performance degradation with or without the system, whether it upsets the O2 sensors and A/F ratio calculations I'm not too sure. I've never bothered disabling the system.
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Hi Grum Just to confirm on my 2007 bike, the Pair Solenoid Valve 2P Natural Connector is white and the other block connected and just above it which clips on to the rear of the airbox and has a small rubber pipe connected to the bottom of it is grey (unlabeled on the diagram above). Disconnected the Pair Solenoid Valve 2P Natural Connector and the clicking noise is no more. Bike still runs with no noticable difference in performance. On initial start up it instantly went to 2k revs, which is different to the previous start ups, when used to take 10 secs. Coincidence or warmer weather or pair disconnection caused this? I filled up with petrol to the top, touching rim, at the petrol station and within 1 mile it was already down a bar on the gauge, I noticed some markings on the float in the tank but is this adjustable at all or should I just leave it. I remember on my old bike always trying to get 100miles before hitting half a tank which I think won't be possible on this. Should I just leave the pair connector disconnected now?
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I am having some grief with the neutral switch on my ST1300 at present. The neutral switch completes the ground path so that the starter solenoid will be energised when you press the starter button, and you get the neutral light In neutral, you should have continuity to ground. The light green wire from the neutral switch terminates at the centre leg of the clutch diode; I confess I'm not sure where that lives on the VFR, on my ST it is in the fusebox and looks like a slightly oversized black fuse with 3 terminals. If you can put a jumper from ground to the centre post of the diode you will be simulating the neutral switch working. I have attached a hi-res wiring diagram which shows the 6P connector you are referring to (although 6 wires go in and only 5 come out). The other wires are blue/red to oil pressure switch, and the remaining three (Y/Bu, G/O and G/Bu) go to the engine coolant sensor on the back of the front head. The missing 6th wire (G/Bl) is a common earth. VFR hi res.pdf
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I think the 2011 that was sold here was about the best 6th gen colours (aside from the US Anniversary model): Red body, black frame and forks, gold wheels.
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I’m selling my ‘98 VFR. $4,500. Price negotiable. Cash in hand prior to test ride. Central Montana Bought bike with items installed: helibars, three-color LED voltmeter, heated grips with toggle switch. Computer fan installed onto R/R. Corbin seats. OEM seat. OEM muffler. One of the previous owners painted this ugly gray triangle on the fairing and onto the tank. Changes I made: I just finished painting the wheels white. Added 10,000 miles in 9 years of ownership. Installed new Givi D200S touring screen. Installed new Givi side and rear top case mounts. Received used E-21 Givi side cases as gifts. Had keys made to fit Givi cases. Motion pro magnetic oil drain plug, Motion Pro washer-shaped magnet installed inside oil filter. I replaced the front axle bearing grease seals. I changed out the improper green antifreeze/coolant to Hondas correct type 2 blue coolant with distilled water. LED headlight bulbs, but think the incandescent bulbs are a better option. Bike comes with: rear seat cowl. I never did receive original grab handles from previous owner. He didn’t get them either. Clymer Service manual. Incandescent light bulbs. OEM windscreen. One of the previous owners painted the inboard side of the windscreen black. Spare rear brake pedal lever. Air filter adapter plate. Never changed the sprockets or chain. Installed a new air filter, but bike had a K&N installed when I bought it. placing this ad on vfr world as well and probably on Craigslist too.
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21 years this group has called me Al. 😂 When I first signed onto VFRD I took VTEC and AL ( I lived in Alabama at the time), hence VTECAL as a screen name. Erich (AL) If you'll be my bodyguard I can be your long lost pal I can call you Betty And Betty, when you call me, you can call me Al -Paul Simon
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I tried to call Friday but they were closed. And then I forgot... I'll try again later this week.
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"His name's not Al" ... lol
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Building a Nice VFR with lots of different parts
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Building a Nice VFR with lots of different parts
lastfleetadmiral replied to lastfleetadmiral's topic in Earlier VFRs
Got the motor 🏃♀️ 20240514_211509.mp4 this evening. Ran on 3 1/2 cylinders no 2 slide not lifting will look at is sometime next week 20240514_211509.mp4 -
Yup, got a well-worn ‘stitch. But, I just don’t enjoy traveling to a destination anymore only to ride in the rain.
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I can confirm the RC24 fires right up using this ECU. No idea how it will work on the road but when I find out I will post. But for now they are £30 delivered from China to the UK in about 20 days
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I replaced my airfilter/aircleaner ~10k km ago (paper). The manual states to replace air cleaner every 24k km (or more frequently if the motorcycle is ridden in unusually wet or dusty areas) This season I've noticed a strange noise and odd vibrations while accelerating. I decided to check the airfilter and tbh it was not thaaaat bad (my hornet seen worse), but anyway I've decided to replace it (paper again). Today after I took her on a 2 hr ride vibrations were nothing out of the ordinary and the strange noise dissapeared 🙂
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Oh & some dutch guy stopped me leaving a restaurant & told me "I have a dutch face" 😂
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I took that just for you Dutchy 👍
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As the title says. Good condition. No rot. $100 Note - this is from a ‘99 so it is catless. PM for for pics.
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They did it in 2007. My head did explode, cuz for me they managed to fuck it up by putting the wrong bodywork on the wrong frame and wheel colors. That dark red bodywork would have looked killer with the black frame and wheels. And give the Anniversary a silver frame... like the one you're celebrating. I nearly managed to convince the Sales Manager to let me swap the bodywork on a pair and have the opportunity to offer one-offs, brand new VFRs. With an Anniversary Model getting ABS and the deluxe rear shock. (Think those were the mechanical differences?)
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Apparently, I've been posting on some other thread for the same event. Not sure why there are two.
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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?
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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
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You didnot invest in good raingear? Hhhmmmm...
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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.
Lookout Mountain - Golden Colorado
Zoomed in
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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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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Oops. I do believe I know how to post YT videos or they wouldn't be on YT. However I may have screwed up copying the link to the playlist. Thanks for the helpful comment. -
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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