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  2. keny

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  4. vfrgiving
    I accelerate out of corner exits when the bike is transitioning to upright and I've never had a tire on the street wear the sides before the center. 😕 My current go to for the 800 is Kenda KM1. I got 14,000 miles out of the last rear tire but I don't see that in stock size for the '97VFR. I see the Shinko Raven 009 is available in 170/60. I ran a set of the Ravens just prior to the KM1 on a cross country ride. That rear lasted 10,000 miles of which 5,200 was interstate use with luggage, hundreds of miles playing around in the mountains of California and the remainder was mixed use commuting/weekend rides once back. I'm running stock PSI and I probably don't ride as hard as some ya'll.
  5. Duc2V4
    Ian, I was the person who partnered with Lance (sfdownhill) on the building of these headers but unfortunately he held onto most of the data and handled most of the electronic files such as the tuning maps. I am on travel at the moment but can see if I can help anyway I can when I get back home next weekend.
  6. IanSummers
    Hi IanSummers, Thank you for your donation of 15.00 USD. We look forward to improving the forums with your donation. Thanks VFRDiscussion
  7. IanSummers
    Hello everyone (I'm new here). I just bought a set of these headers off of capnspiff for my new-to-me 8th gen. I am looking to buy the attack map for the 8th gen. I sent an email to vfrheaders@gmail.com about it. I read about the unfortunate passing of the gentleman who was running that e-mail account. If anyone has taken it over for him, I am happy to pay for the map. We will see if I hear back. If I don't end up hearing back, does anyone here have the map? If so I'd be happy to make a $50 donation to the forum or send the funds somewhere else appropriate. Thanks, Ian
  8. Mohawk
    I run one Bosch 4.9 Wideband O2 sensor at the last 2-1 connection before silencer link pipe. Not at home this weekend so no pics. It is powered from both stock Narrow Band power feeds, so no O2 eliminators required. One narrow band circuit does not have the AMP rating for the wideband, but both more than cover it 😁. 4.9 is connected to MTB for RBRacing modul. I used a weld on bung port as these TBR headers had none. The sensor tip protrudes 2-3mm past the inner face of the pipe. That is beyond the tapered section of the sensor head, as in 2mm of shoulder exposed in the exhaust.
  9. Grum
    Sorry Greg, don't agree with your mechanic, unless your engine only runs if the Sidestand is UP. Does your engine crank and start in Neutral with Sidestand down?
  10. Mohawk
    And/or in general, the fluid return hole in the master cylinder can get blocked same effect. Fluid pressurised toward caliper but unable to release when lever/pedal released. Generate caused by crap in the line.
  11. Wald
    I am in central CT. No knee dragging but bad habit of acceleration out of corners (I guess) Even back in the day never got more than 5k on a '89 cbr600 on Bridgestones. If someone can guarantee 5k miles on a different brand, I would try it as I hate to pay $50 every time when I need a new tire. So far I have used Continental, Michelin PP
  12. mrbriggs
    mrbriggs joined the community
  13. St. Stephen
    First overnight trip in almost 2yrs (finally!) for reasons you can read above. Headed south from Sonoma county towards San Diego county. Midway was Solvang--Denmark in CA. I can't believe how large trucks have gotten here in the U.S. Obviously all 20 million parking spaces should be expanded by 10 feet in width...
  14. Terry
    The most likely culprit for a locked back brake is the secondary master cylinder on the left fork leg. This moves when you apply the front brake and applies pressure to the centre piston on the back brake. If the SMC seizes or gets blocked, it applies pressure but then can't release.
  15. dzy
    I recently purchased a 1999 vfr and after about a week my rear caliper locked up. I’ve since rebuilt it and bled my brakes and it seemed fine for about a day. Does anyone have any thoughts on what it could be?
  16. vfrgiving
    How is this even possible? I get backroads have corners but are you dragging a knee pulling out of the driveway? You live near Maryville and commute on two wheels to Tapoco?
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  18. Terry
    Certainly sounds like you set the cams correctly. But you can check by physically rotating the crank and observing the cams. If you start with #1 (left rear) with the intake cam bearing on the valve, then rotate the engine 450 degrees, #2 (front left) should now be pressing on the intake valve. If the cam timing is correct then maybe you have a VTEC problem? The VTEC actuation is around the 6800rpm mark.
  19. Grum
    Given your weird scenarios there had to be some strange, non standard wiring going on! That wiring is a shocker, a disaster waiting to happen! Finally things make sense! Here's your original three abnormal issues. 1. Engine will not stop when I hit the kill switch - Not normal 2. Engine will not stop when switched off at the ignition - Not normal 3. Engine stops when I hit the kill switch AND turn the ignition off. 1. Finding a wire going from the switched Red/Black Ignition Switch wire to the Fuel Pump Brown means the whole EFI system is now powered by two sources. The ESR Black/White wire, and the closed contacts of the FCR via the added wire. Keeping the system and FCR in a power loop!. This explains situation 1. 2. Switching the Ignition Off alone won't work because the added wire is getting a continuous voltage feed back from the ESR closed contacts. Both BAS and ESR relay coil 12v remain powered until the Kill Switch activation removing the ESR coil power. 3. Both switches need to be off to break the power loop. Good luck, get that Fuel Pump wiring properly sorted back to standard, completely remove the added wire from the Ignition Switch Red/Black wire. Hopefully all should be back to normal! Keep us posted.
  20. Wald
    I am on my third set of Verge 011, really like the tires but only get 3000 miles on front and rear. Only ride backroads. While the center is still good the sides are gone.
  21. Wald
    LOL! Took me a while to get it!
  22. matmat
    matmat joined the community
  23. Kochan
    I talked to my mechanic friend. There was no spark - because computer blocked the normal start sequence. When pushed, the computer omits those blockades apparently. This is how he explained this.
  24. WDIV
    There's a hole in between the two bolts on the tank that it gets attached to with a screw/bolt.
  25. SEBSPEED
    I think one would need to call Barnett and place the order via telephone, since the website has a glitch.
  26. SABen
    Time just doesn't seem on my side. At last got the a gap to get the right fairing off and immediate found non factory cabling. There is a wire running from my red&black ignition wire to the brown wire on the fuel pump. Looks like it was done long ago as the glue on the insulation tape has started to turns into dandruff. Hopefully I will get a gap to disconnect and see what happens this weekend, but I suspect it was a emergency repair to get power to the fuel ump and in the meanwhile the "broken" brown cable fixed itself and now the fuel ump is supplying power to the system after I switch of the ignition. I also found a cable that looks to be connected to something to stop it moving too far - at first thought it was supposed to attach the tank to the frame, but saw no missing/empty bolts. I have a karate competition Saturday, so again time away from the garage and Sunday morning has already been booked by the wife as well.
  27. Kochan
    Just to visualise the position of the rear camshafts.
  28. Kochan
    Yeah, right.
  29. Grum
    But you started it by push starting! If that was the case then push starting wouldn't work.
  30. Kochan
    Yes, there was no spark. Maybe I'm wrong but It kinda does makes some sense to me... It looks like in this position of the cam shafts, the computer does not allow the bike to start by not sparking. That's the question. I think the computer is not initiating the start when cam shafts are in bad position = bad timing from the computer perspective? Not sure, we can check. We just replaced the battery so it's new. No, I asked if at every turn of the crankshaft the pistons are in the same position, but it was stupid question... As in the manual, when setting the timing, you set the crankshaft to 3T, set the rear, move the crankshaft clockwise by 450 degrees and set the front. It's hard to mess up... But something is wrong anyways.
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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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