SEBSPEED Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 Awesome, congratulations!! :blink: I wonder how many more have been sold to date? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
house Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 On the edge of my seat!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alvintc Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 I'm 5th in line (deposit paid etc) to go on my '01. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer AvalonRacing Posted April 14, 2009 Member Contributer Share Posted April 14, 2009 I'm 5th in line (deposit paid etc) to go on my '01. Cool, a kit ordered by a first time poster to this site. Welcome and I hope you stick around to give us reports about the first Supercharged VFR in the UK! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alvintc Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 (edited) Cool, a kit ordered by a first time poster to this site. Welcome and I hope you stick around to give us reports about the first Supercharged VFR in the UK! 1st time poster, long time lurker! (Back from when toro 1st broke this!) Currently have been collecting bits.. FYI It's a 2001 (Fi1) - Silver New Ohlins waiting to go on PCIII USB (needed for the kit) Carbon fibre hugger Powerlet (stem) Givi full luggage (e52 & 2 E360's) Zumo 660 on order Things to do: Front - discussing options now Intercom - again in the air, leaning towards BT2 but waiting to see what Starcoms new wireless system does... Edited April 14, 2009 by alvintc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer JZH Posted April 19, 2009 Member Contributer Share Posted April 19, 2009 I'm 5th in line (deposit paid etc) to go on my '01. Cool, a kit ordered by a first time poster to this site. Welcome and I hope you stick around to give us reports about the first Supercharged VFR in the UK! Well, I'm supposedly #3...but the bike this is for lives in California. It's getting very close to May... Ciao, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alvintc Posted April 25, 2009 Share Posted April 25, 2009 It's getting very close to May... It's May next week.... :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alvintc Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 It's getting very close to May... It's May next week.... :biggrin: I think I'm cursed... not only is this kit having supplier problems.. my 660 still hasn't arrived yet either! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bigjay Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 ive read this whole thing since I joined, and this kit may very well be the reason I end up getting a 98-99 instead of a 6th gen if I upgrade from my 95, or add a new bike and give the 95 to the wife ( whom i am determined to turn into a rider at some point) I am all for supercharging stuff. I did a paxton on my 99 camaro.. blowers rock!! anyone have this installed yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Beaver Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 ... I'm still wrought with anticipation... waiting for 6th Gen Kit :biggrin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer CrazyInNYC Posted June 11, 2009 Member Contributer Share Posted June 11, 2009 It's getting very close to May... It's May next week.... :laugh: I think I'm cursed... not only is this kit having supplier problems.. my 660 still hasn't arrived yet either! supplier problems?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alvintc Posted June 12, 2009 Share Posted June 12, 2009 It's getting very close to May... It's May next week.... :beer: I think I'm cursed... not only is this kit having supplier problems.. my 660 still hasn't arrived yet either! supplier problems?? Yep, Been in contact with Toro and he's working on it! As soon as I get the kit I'll let you know, then hopefully I'll update with some nice dyno curves and a Brit ride report :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alvintc Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Kit delivered today, very well packed and very complete... unfortunately due to the delays (understandable) I won't be getting it fitted until August.... Will update as soon as it's done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tightwad Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Pictures? Better excuses for not having it fitted this afternoon??? I am sure you are envied by most of the other VFR owners now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alvintc Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 (edited) Pictures? Better excuses for not having it fitted this afternoon???I am sure you are envied by most of the other VFR owners now... Basically, there's a guy @ the other end of the country (Dave) who I'd like to do the work... he's not available until then! Once done the bike'll be: VFR 800 Fi1 AA Perf supercharger Ohlins rear Staintunes V-Tec front PCIII Givi wingrack Zumo 660 Edited June 26, 2009 by alvintc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer vanion2 Posted June 26, 2009 Member Contributer Share Posted June 26, 2009 Sorry...but the picture quality is crap. PM me for my address so I can examine it up close. :goofy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tightwad Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Pictures? Better excuses for not having it fitted this afternoon???I am sure you are envied by most of the other VFR owners now... Basically, there's a guy @ the other end of the country (Dave) who I'd like to do the work... he's not available until then! Once done the bike'll be: VFR 800 Fi1 AA Perf supercharger Ohlins rear Staintunes V-Tec front PCIII Givi wingrack Zumo 660 I'm sorry...did I just drool on my keyboard? :goofy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WackenSS Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Got my final piece today, charger map is loaded, no wet spots below, slight wining from belt, helmet on...... Ill try to post a riders report soon. :fing02: If only i knew how to ul pics... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer jstanwood Posted June 29, 2009 Member Contributer Share Posted June 29, 2009 Got my final piece today, charger map is loaded, no wet spots below, slight wining from belt, helmet on...... Ill try to post a riders report soon. :fing02: If only i knew how to ul pics... OOOHHH!!!! GALLERY HELP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer vanion2 Posted June 29, 2009 Member Contributer Share Posted June 29, 2009 Lucky bastage! Send the pics to me if you have to. Have fun! <insert drooly emoticon here> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WackenSS Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Got my final piece today, charger map is loaded, no wet spots below, slight wining from belt, helmet on...... Ill try to post a riders report soon. :biggrin: If only i knew how to ul pics... OOOHHH!!!! GALLERY HELP Did i say "if i only knew..." I meant to say, if i only had the time to wait for my big pictures to UL. I had the first test run, fixed some bugs, and had my first wheelie below 8000 rpms ever on my black girl, and might i add, this girl has grown some serious torq down there. Im still in the break-in fase of this, so pics and more info will come. BTW, any one having 7'th and 8'th gears for an 99 VFR lying around? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WackenSS Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 (edited) Got my final piece today, charger map is loaded, no wet spots below, slight wining from belt, helmet on...... Ill try to post a riders report soon. :ohmy: If only i knew how to ul pics... OOOHHH!!!! GALLERY HELP Did i say "if i only knew..." I meant to say, if i only had the time to wait for my big pictures to UL. I had the first test run, fixed some bugs, and had my first wheelie below 8000 rpms ever on my black girl, and might i add, this girl has grown some serious torq down there. Im still in the break-in fase of this, so pics and more info will come. BTW, any one having 7'th and 8'th gears for an 99 VFR lying around? Ill just start from the top on this one: From the very start, with my head deeply buried inside the brown box this came in, this just smells like perfection! This is just very well thought through pre- and during production. Bravo Dan :biggrin: The installation took me around 12 hors all in all, some minor mistakes, and disassembly / reassembly of parts had to be done. Some items needed the Dremel for sure, because the japanese did not make all of them 100 percent alike. Now, after saving my old custom map and loading up the one for the charger, it made its first sound. Wow, you can really hear the difference from stock gas pump! 1 sec on the start button and the 4 force-feed cylinders just starts up and runs! Perfect, no stumbling, no restarts, nothing but good! Goes without saying, but after the tear down of th TB, the starter-valves could do with a synchronization. Now it sounds like a twin when idling You can really tell the stock and the charged vfr apart. It now has a deep sound with some belt noise going well with the cam-gears. Throttle response is excellent to, and the good old shaking from letting the clutch out on low rpm's has never been better. Speaking of clutch, you really cant tell the stock springs apart, i have ridden my 1100xx alot lately, and my vfr is a WHOLE lot better in that department anyway. So, even though it was bed time 4 hrs ago, i could not go to sleep now anyway. Now here comes the thrust, or... Nope. keeping it below 6000 rpm, with no more than 1/4 throttle, it runs just a bit more self secure, there is positively a difference, but it is so extremely rideable, and so non frightening that i had to ask Dan a couple of Q's just to make sure it is supposed to be this harmless I thought that i only had these 100 km's to make the break-in right, so i waited it out, gentle as i am. 130 km's in, i let it loose... 1'th gear, just gone, 2'd: power wheelie with a good dose of ignition cut (yes, it came faster than i was expecting), third: i need a steering damper, 4'th god damn... it just no more road. Good thing i had new EBC brakes on all wheels, cause nothing can stop this one now. And the rideability is just better than stock. going slow on the gas, and just making it run along up to approx. 6000 is just as good as it can ever be. Going further, with little throttle makes it feel a bit lean on the mixture actually, but twist a bit more and it just comes back. This is just the best time i ever had on any of my bikes. And it just feels so, so very very right. There is no sign of the bike not handling it, the feeling i have is just that this kit just adds what the bike never had, or should have had. It feels like it will just continue to be this good forever, strange as i know my mechanics and what force feeding an engine with this kind of compression can possibly do. There is no weak sign, it does not feel like anything is on the peak of what it can take. Having only about 250 km's, i have no doubt or second thought about taking her with me to Italy for a 6000 km ride, with bags and girls and 2 bottles of octane booster for the road. Now that i have found my time to UL some photos of the install, i will try to attach a few (big, takes a lot of time!!!) and see what goes wrong. Any one in doubt about this small modification? just stop it, the bikes design can go for many more years, but it needs an engine from this century, and Dan have the solution Gallery Image Link Oh the details Just had to be done! So, i did not manage to attach the images somehow. Read the help files, but there is nothing here. Click image tag button on the left, copy and paste url in my album folder, and then nothing? Not compatible with Firefox? DSCF4933.JPG Tried editing my post and clicking the pics in the gallery post tool, did so in both firefox and explorer, still nothing... At least the charger kit works flawless Edited July 3, 2009 by WackenSS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer vanion2 Posted July 2, 2009 Member Contributer Share Posted July 2, 2009 Your pictures are successfully loaded in your photo gallery. Just use the "Gallery Post Tool" located at the bottom left of your edit screen to insert them into your post. And after having looked through them....sick! :biggrin: Beg/borrow/steal someone's camcorder and get some live footage! I think I will just wait for Toro's 6th Gen charger and forget about wanting another bike. :ohmy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Beaver Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 Your pictures are successfully loaded in your photo gallery. Just use the "Gallery Post Tool" located at the bottom left of your edit screen to insert them into your post. And after having looked through them....sick! :biggrin: Beg/borrow/steal someone's camcorder and get some live footage! I think I will just wait for Toro's 6th Gen charger and forget about wanting another bike. :blink: I'm in the same boat, I have already started saving for my 6th gen kit :ohmy: . I know my insurance company is going to sting me though, it's already expensive enough in Australia to insure a motorbike (cheapest I could find -> Suncorp @ AUS$2500/yr) so I have no idea what a supercharged sport bike will do to my account... Not to mention the price of the Mod-Plate required... :mad: But from what WackenSS has stated.. I'd say its worth it :happy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 Great stuff WackenSS!!! After the work Dan has put into this I expected it to be A1, your testimonial is proof of his level of professionalism. I've always been on the fence about the kit, mainly for reasons of cost, but I'm starting to think that the restoration of my '69 Kombi (and maybe my kids education :biggrin: ) is going to be pushed back a few more years so I can fund a 5th/6th Gen and an A&A kit :ohmy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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