KanadianKen Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 Just got my April 06 Cycle Canada mag, and right near the end of the magazine is a two page layout of the infamous Frankenviffer of Safe-T. Bike looks great - thought I'd post the article for those that don't get this magazine. How does this bike handle with all those fancy mods? Looks really nice - but I hope you ride it !! Congrats on the article. border='0' alt='user posted image' />' border='0' alt='user posted image' /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer chris2992 Posted March 20, 2006 Member Contributer Share Posted March 20, 2006 I'd like to get my hands on a copy of the issue, is there any place to get it state side? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baileyrock Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 Cool and congrats Rick ! :warranty: Get a full copy posted or a link to the article for the rest of use to enjoy! Please!!! :thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baileyrock Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 Kevin -- that was the whole article. ? what am i missing? Just something I can read Ken ! I can see the Beautiful Beast part OK. You forget how old I am ? :warranty: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer cbar Posted March 20, 2006 Member Contributer Share Posted March 20, 2006 I'd like to get my hands on a copy of the issue, is there any place to get it state side? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm not sure if CC makes it to the States....they used to have a place on their web site where you could order additional issues, back issues, etc. but I think they discontinued that service. Too bad, because right before they canned it I ordered two back issues from 1990; one with their first hands-on experience with the VFR, and another where they took a VFR and a GSX-R touring (up front they admitted it was comparing apples to oranges, but they just did it for the heck of it!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baileyrock Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 THere you go - hope thats better - sorry for the eye strain...... Thanks Ken, That does it ! :warranty: Now who is this Rick clown ? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer SAFE-T Posted March 20, 2006 Member Contributer Share Posted March 20, 2006 Hey hey. That must mean my magazine is in the mailbox... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baileyrock Posted March 20, 2006 Share Posted March 20, 2006 Hey hey. That must mean my magazine is in the mailbox... U da Man ! (bowing icon) :warranty: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer SAFE-T Posted March 20, 2006 Member Contributer Share Posted March 20, 2006 The bike is still the same friendly VFR we know and love, just a little sportier. The Ohlins components shrug off bumps mid-corner, although I have yet to fine tune it - the front is still a smidge too firm (probably have to back off the compression damping) and the rear a little soft, and I think the bike needs a little bit more height in the tail as well. I put in several thousand km last summer testing it to make sure nothing was going to break or fall off, and everything went well except for a reg/rectifier failure at the very end of the season. This year I'm off to Miller Motorsports Park in Utah to watch the AMA Nationals and Oliver, BC for Sportbike West. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KanadianKen Posted March 20, 2006 Author Share Posted March 20, 2006 SO how did you get the bike into this issue? WOnder if my gutted exhausts would get me a two page spread as well???????? :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vfrmonkey Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 Nice work, Rick. Heard anything back from Sport Rider? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwade277 Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 Way cool! :warranty: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vfrrider Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 Safe-T, When my viffer goes up, he wants to be just like the Frankenviffer, perfect. :warranty: Larry VFRrider, back in the garage, awaiting new parts. The cocoon is spinning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veefer800Canuck Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 I'm not sure if CC makes it to the States....they used to have a place on their web site where you could order additional issues, back issues, etc. but I think they discontinued that service. Too bad, because right before they canned it I ordered two back issues from 1990; one with their first hands-on experience with the VFR, and another where they took a VFR and a GSX-R touring (up front they admitted it was comparing apples to oranges, but they just did it for the heck of it!). If anyone wishes to subscribe, they can do so here: https://secure.cyclecanadamagazine.net/frameset_abo.html UK and US subscriptions are available for an extra cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m-crew Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 Nice to see a VFR in the pages of Cycle Canada... :thumbsup: Now tells us how much you paid them. :lol: Great looking Bike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 Way cool, Rick :thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veefer800Canuck Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 Oh, and I forgot to add: Nyahh, Nyahh, I've ridden it and you haven't, Nyahh, Nyahh! :P :warranty: Rick, we gotta trade again this summer so you can check out the GL800RR-SP2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer SAFE-T Posted March 21, 2006 Member Contributer Share Posted March 21, 2006 we gotta trade again this summer so you can check out the GL800RR-SP2. Of course... P.S. I tried to throw in a plug for the site but it looks like it didn't make it into the article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer tok tokkie Posted March 21, 2006 Member Contributer Share Posted March 21, 2006 Cool. Ice cool (aluding to the glacier white colour). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer SAFE-T Posted March 21, 2006 Member Contributer Share Posted March 21, 2006 Cool. Ice cool (aluding to the glacier white colour). <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks, Ralph. I haven't heard from your friend yet, but I think your fender just showed up as I have a delivery notice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum CEO HispanicSlammer Posted March 21, 2006 Forum CEO Share Posted March 21, 2006 Damn my Cycle Canada magazine subscription lapsed................40 years ago I think lol. "Touchstone Of Excellence" he says good show Rick, first day of Spring too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer SAFE-T Posted March 21, 2006 Member Contributer Share Posted March 21, 2006 Kanadian Ken was wondering how I managed to get the bike in the magazine. I was at the Edmonton Motorcycle Show in 2005 and asked the Cycle Canada rep there how the magazine picked bikes in 'ShowCase'. They said they liked to see motorcycles with an interesting story behind them - I wrote to the editor and mentioned how I had bought the bike off a vfrmailinglist member in the middle of the night over the internet plus and how it got taken off the transport truck and stored in a meat inspection plant at the border because Purolator failed to deliver my importation documents on time, etc. etc plus some photos I had taken. They liked it enough to send out a professional photographer in April '05, but I thought they had either forgotten about it or changed their mind as I didn't get any further response from them until January '06 after their longtime editor suddenly resigned. In the end there was a lot of material they just didn't have room to print - how the Honda techs wondered why I was so excited about getting a wrecked bike in a crate from Utah, how I took the rear end apart at least 30 times figuring out the rear brake and spindle adapter, how the bike had bodywork from the same Edmonton dealership it was delivered to, how my briefcase was stolen with all my import papers in it, how I had to plead with American Honda to send me a typewritten letter confirming the date of manufacture so it would pass the Canadian Federal Inspection after it was finished, how the mirrors got returned to their sender twice before finally getting to me, how the headlight came from a vfrmailinglist member in San Francisco, how the original gauge cluster was traded to a US owner with a Canadian bike, how the original seat got sold to a buyer in Texas but re-routed to a completely different person in Wisconsin who just happened to have a fifth generation VFR, how the person selling me their seat backed out of our deal leaving me without one, how I found another seat owned by the webmaster of another VFR site where I got ripped off $500 by a guy in Philadelphia, plus a lot of personal mods I did to the bike like putting my kids name's on the rear wheel, hand polishing the cylinder head covers and about 50 small bolts, making my own stainless steel brake lines, the digi gear indicator, and the 'pursuit vehicle' police badging on the rear fender. But I'm thankful it got in at all. It's neat, and it feels great to think that something I did would be considered good enough to be featured in a national magazine. So thanks again to everyone who helped, and all the positive comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer dude Posted March 21, 2006 Member Contributer Share Posted March 21, 2006 Hey I'm going to pick up a copy just so i can say.... " hey thats the guy that sent me the wrong chainguard" :goofy: Congrats Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gonevifferin Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 Hey I'm going to pick up a copy just so i can say.... " hey thats the guy that sent me the wrong chainguard" :goofy: Congrats Rick <{POST_SNAPBACK}> And me the wrong rotors :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer SAFE-T Posted March 21, 2006 Member Contributer Share Posted March 21, 2006 At least I was able to find the right chainguard for Dude although I wound up paying $27 to 'sell' it to him. I had a pair of CBR1100XX rotors I was told would fit the VFR when I bought them - is that what I sent you ? Too many freakin' frankenparts going through my basement in the past two years... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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