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  2. RC1237V
    Like I said above.... Just bought another 3rd Gen ( 1993, thanks Mike! ) I don't know what I'm going do with it yet... back up to six bikes...😮
  3. Today
  4. VF1000Fe
    I use ordinary engine oil in the Chain Saw. I have used Gear Oil in the Auto-Oiler, it works, but Gear Oil smells. And it still flings off, (I have a speed problem, right wrist control). Worst, the Gear Oil is Very difficult to wash off. If I handle the bike before cleaning (most of the time), it then gets everywhere, including me. I even doubled the size of the Chain Guard, still get oil splash (at speed). I've back'd up to using 15W40, out of the 19Liter pail I gots for the Ol'BattleStar (oil burner). When that runs out I'm going to 20W50. Ordinary
  5. ADrunkRussian
    Thanks, Yeah, I'm just going to have to grab it from the truck. I have a garage I can get this delivered to. I ordered one, allegedly it runs and has no issues with a 30 day money back guarantee. So we shall see
  6. Yesterday
  7. Bent
    My 2014 is on the original Yuasa that came with the bike. That's all I need to know about batteries. It starts and runs like it was new.
  8. JZH
    The tail fairings are nearly the same (rounded on the later bikes, flat on the earlier ones); I was referring to the sides of the frame to which the rear subframe attaches. The 4th gen has no big, sculpted castings (much more like the RC30/RC45 in that respect). Ciao, JZH
  9. ShipFixer
    Pascal's Law (P=F/A) is in effect here. But you are thinking of (A) as constant. In reality these three things are interrelated and change in reaction to one another. (A) increases in response to higher (P) as both the piston moves out and the cylinder lines expand (not to mention the caliper body bolts, or body in a single-piece). It diffuses some of the pressure you are creating through force at the master cylinder, and results in lower overall force at the piston. You can get to the same overall force with stretchy or stiff lines, but you will have to move the lever further for the so
  10. Dutchy
    Harvesting a generator that (hopefully) is not duff last nite And today took the VF to the office
  11. Gebruiker
    Neither of us know the history of our bikes. Once I discovered the problem, I did notice what could have been a small staking dent maybe. But dent or not, it wasn't doing its job. Since it has never become a known unknown around here in 30 years, it seems unlikely to be a major issue. Unless of course, all non-stakers are now dead and therefore failing to report in... But now that you have doubled the sample size of unstaked axles, it might be a good thing for more gen3 owners to check into. 🙂
  12. Gebruiker
    I can't comment one way or the other. My experience is like yours. I've never had a clip master link fail on a bike, but I've only ever used them on smaller bikes. And they sure are convenient. It seems to me one of the more experienced, not to say um courageous? VFRd members, Dutchy, once took a bike from the Netherlands to Sweden(?) without even the clip installed on his chain and lived to tell the tale. But I may not be remembering the story quite right... 😁 If DID is even selling a clip link for its chains, then they must have some faith that kind of design security.
  13. Skids
    Noise I think. Easy to disable, just remove the cable.
  14. Cogswell
    If you buy a motor from a '00/'01, you'll need to swap over the thermostat housing as well as the water neck on the #1 cylinder - they have an additional water tap for the wax unit that your '98 won't have. They interchange directly. Also, check the O-rings behind the water necks coming out of the back of the heads - they get petrified over time from heat - cheap maintenance while you have it apart.
  15. Grum
    You are most welcome Sir.
  16. Last week
  17. mello dude
    Its a real subtle "smear" at least on mine, there could be worse ones. On mine, you really have to look hard to see it... maybe since I changed to a DB windshield the effect isnt all that bad. You cant really see it unless the light is just right. -- There's nothing on the other side.
  18. mello dude
    Thats really great info...
  19. BlackheathMatt
    Not really - but thanks for asking. Weather has been terrible in the UK for last couple of weeks - and we're still under lockdown for the next 10 days - so haven't ridden much. Irritatingly the last time I did ride the bike I didn't hear the noise. Have however familiarised myself with unplugging and reconnecting the solenoid - so next time it happens I can quickly disconnect it know if this is the issue.
  20. raYzerman
    I put cheaper Chinese deflectors on my bikes, clamp on and adjustable. Vast improvement.
  21. Astandane
    Thanks all!
  22. ChuckVFR
    Need Red Seat Cowl for 1990-91 VFR750F in new or like new condition, paint must be perfect for Concours Show Event, Will Pay top dollar! 77225-MT4-010ZA, Color R157 italian Red. Existing one, on the bike for 29 years, as shown in my photo, was lost somewhere on a 50 mile ride, mounting tabs cracked due to aging plastic, cowl flew off behind me, lost forever. Even retraced entire ride and stared at shoulder and side of road entire way. Luckily found rare Euro-Spec NOS Red Seat Pad on CMNSL, so just need the red painted cowl. Please text me 949-619-5901. Thanks!
  23. mello dude
    ^^^Sweet!
  24. Bent
    FOR SALE: 2014 Honda Interceptor/VFR. Standard model WITH center-stand. Color is red. The motorcycle has never been dropped or crashed. There is not a scratch or mark on it and it has 17800 miles on it. Runs like it should, chain and tires in good condition. Ready to ride anywhere with a full tank of gas. This bike has a Honda Center-stand and Delkevic 14" slip on and OEM muffler if you want it. Serious inquires only call me at: 256-655-0940 or email me at: jbrm@me.com for pictures. Price: $5500 cash or USPS money order. Located in northern Alabama
  25. DannoXYZ
    yeah!
  26. SENALLY
    I have for sale a full set of motopumps bar risers. The are used but in like new condition. I am asking $120 for the set. The kit includes an Instruction Sheet, High Grade A2 18-8 Stainless Steel Hardware and a Pair of .6", .95" or 1.25" Bronze Anodized 6061 Aluminum Risers. Installation takes about 5 minutes with only 4 bolts to remove and replace. None of the cables, hoses or controls require any modification with any of the three heights available. There is no interference with the tank or fairing with any of the three heights.
  27. SENALLY
    I have a new never installed Galfer Stainless brake line kit with the clutch line. I am asking $180.
  28. SENALLY
    I have a used like new Two Brother Racing S1R Slip on for the 2014-2015 VFR 800. The bike had under 600 miles when I sold it and the slip on saw about 300 of those miles. I am asking $250.
  29. SENALLY
    I have a set of R&G Sliders for the fork, frame and swingarm. New never installed - $120 for the set.IMG_1506 copy.tiff 756531684_IMG_1506copy.tiff 68316426_IMG_1505copy.tiff 533307786_IMG_1504copy2.tiff
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      Another Epic Ride

      By Tiutis
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      Another Epic Ride
      Lost a job recently so decided to spend some quality time on my moto. Took a 3 day tour of SD/WY, solo keeping a generous 6+feet distance from most individuals and animals (luckily)
      Day 1, left Denver and arrived Hot Springs, SD. I was immediately greeted by lovely twisties of Hwy 395/87 and the bison on a way heading to Custer. 
      Stayed overnight in the Center Lake campground, roughing it sleeping in a hammock (my first). Dipped to 48F overnight so I was a little chilly. The campground is awesome: clean showers, beautiful lake, wildlife around.. 
      Day 2, left the campground and I was immediately on the Needles Highway. I’ve been on it a few times so I did not bother stopping to take pictures because I was enjoying the road basically to myself early morning. The is super twisty and has a few on way tunnels carved out in the rocks. Epic ride! I continued riding to the Spearfish Canyon after a short stop for breakfast in Hill City. SC is another must do: flowy, moderate speeds ride! Left SD heading to the oldest National Monument in US. The roads around it are triple digit sweepers but kept it sane being alone and seeing some cops around. After a quick picture at Devils Tower, rode to my cabin in Buffalo, WY. 
      Day 3, after sleeping not that great, I stopped for a drive through coffee at Macdonalds:). I wonder if I was their first customer on a motorcycle going through a drive through 🤪. After slurping the god-sent beverage, off I went over the Big Horn mountains. It was a cold foggy morning in the mountains so I missed some of the scenery. The fog lifted as soon as I reached the peak, and I was happy to be able to see more than 20 feet in front of me. Again, did not stop for pics, I was just happy to avoid any potential collision with the wildlife and being warm enough to enjoy the corners. The west side of Hwy 16 is better anyways, smooth pavement and nice views. Stopped in Thermopolis, WY at Bear Cafe for brunch-great food!
      The canyon heading south of town is beautiful!! Then, the boring shit of 120 miles to Rawlins.. Not terribly so but after all the good roads, this was definitely a drag. The highlight of the ride back to Denver was a ride through the Medicine Bowl mountains (Saratoga to Centennial). Nice road and lots of snow still on the sides..
      In summary, the best part of my trip is the Black Hills, SD. You literarily can spend 3 days and explore some of the neatest roads and not have to go far. They also take care of their roads, and the wildlife is the icing on the cake: watch out for wild turkeys, deer and bison of course. 

       









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    • Coxylaad
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      VFR1200 Project Bike

      By Coxylaad
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      VFR1200 Project Bike
      Hello everyone,
           First post here so a bit of an introduction.
      I am Coxy, I like taking things to bits! I thought I would come on here to document my VFR1200 project build. 
      I've built a few bikes in the past, the start was putting a TDM900 engine into a TRX850 chassis, I used this on the road and the track and it was great fun:



       
      Eventually I got to the point where I wanted a bit more power on track to keep pace with the big boys on the litre bikes, I ride at Croft and Cadwell mainly, so no massive long straights. I figured around 120bhp would be enough to limit the losses on the straights so I decided to fit an MT09 engine into the TRX.  Power went up to 120bhp, and the weight of the bike was slashed (the mt09 engine is 13kg lighter  than the TDM lump). I spend 2 years refining and tuning it on track and its now its this current condition as featured in Practical Sportsbikes:
       




       
      Fitting the MT09 engine turned out to be a lot more involved that I originally anticipated, and I ended up rebuilding the frame around the headstock and the top tube. 
       
      Here's a video of the one of the last session from last year on it:
       
      So, after all this i started thinking that I wouldnt mind building a bike virtually from the ground up. and I always fancied a V4. I like the look of the shaft drive VFR1200 setup, and after about a year of searching I managed to locate one at the right price:

       
      The plan is to use the engine, swingarm and wheels, and build a bike around that. I'll put another post up to show where I have gotten to so far! 
       
       
       
       
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    1. HispanicSlammer

      A blog by HispanicSlammer in General

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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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