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2 hours ago, Philois1984 said:

Thanks for that Grum, I won’t be doing it myself but I use an ex Honda mechanic who will be happy for me to supply the chain and sprockets, and the best part is he charges very reasonable rates AND is happy for me to watch and learn. Great bloke whose (nick) name is Grub.

 

No worries Phil. Good to know you have a reliable Grub of a mechanic on your side to help you out.:fing02:

Cheers.

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On 7/3/2022 at 12:47 PM, VFR78 said:

Front end refresh at 73,500km. New tapered roller headset and fork seals etc. Nothing wrong just felt it was time. 9,000km ride coming up in October.8653BEB2-4A50-4900-B42C-1FA3E9BAFAD0.thumb.jpeg.71a9cf0bf1d958e54742cfb1b97f9480.jpeg

Finished and no tankslapping at 110kph.

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Left it in the garage and took the car to work

 

Forecast was for 39 deg C / 102 deg F and that is no fun on a bike.

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That's really something for the UK! 

High of 98F here in Charlotte, NC on Saturday. May try to escape to elevation, but the slog down to sea level to the car is tough after!

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54 minutes ago, bmart said:

That's really something for the UK! 

High of 98F here in Charlotte, NC on Saturday. May try to escape to elevation, but the slog down to sea level to the car is tough after!

What climate change? 

 

Due to reach 41/42 tomorrow. 

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I got some of those Emgo replacement mirrors and replaced the mounts on my stock mirrors.  The Emgo ones "look stock" and probably work but I didn't like something about them.  Stock mounts had chips in the paint and the aluminum was bubbling.  Now looks new...

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Last week…but new Michelin Road 5 and a whole lot of cleanup on the rim.  I also hit a lot of the trim pieces with Cerakote ceramic trim wipes.  Highly recommend them!

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Okay and this is “something @SEBSPEED did for my VFR that I haven’t installed yet.”  Cerakoted upper triple clamp and brake calipers.  I have red Galfer stainless steel brake lines to go with them, as we all as a red Oberon clutch slave piston upgrade.

 

 

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After wrecking this March, this week I placed an order for new fiberglass fairings from AirTech, then took off all her clothes to assess further damages & knock out a few small items off the punch list (LED flasher unit, removing the resistors, LED plate light, inspect sparkies, clean clean clean, etc)

Tried to fire her up. Starter motor spun great, but the beast did not sing. Grabbed the can-o-fire and sprayed into the intake, and she sputtered alive for a moment. Sparks and coils must be good, but my fuel may have gone bad after sitting for nearly 6 months with ~2 starts just to keep the blood moving.

Will investigate more when I find more garage time.

+ Also ordered R&G frame sliders for when life happens next time.
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You likely know this, but fuel with ethanol starts to degrade after ~2 weeks...assuming it was fresh when it was added. I stopped using it in everything. 

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Today I installed Competition Werkes Fender Tidy kit on my 2014.  Installation was 100% bolt-on. My customizations were painting the stainless kit satin black before installing, and reusing the OEM 5mm shoulder bolts on the sides instead of the included red reflectors. I provided my own lock nuts on the underside. I also removed the plastic 1" license light spacer to bring the light in line with the center of the plate. Last thing was reusing the OEM flange nuts between the stainless kit and the rubber seal behind the light. This made the installed unit rock solid and it looks much, much better. 

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SubyRS... that looks great!...I never even noticed that I could take that spacer out on mine when I did the comp-werkes eliminator. 

 

 

Also took the 8th gen out for a 250 mile ride yesterday thru Tarryal reservoir and Deckers area yesterday....

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Thanks.  I read in the old fender-tidy topic that people were filing something off to get the Werkes kit to fit.  I didn't see anything like that was necessary.  Once you remove the license light spacer, to remount you just need a couple of 2 mm spacer washers, or re-use the OEM flange nuts as spacers like I did.  If you don't fill the gap between the stainless steel and the rubber isolation grommets, the grommets will pull through as you tighten the license light nuts.  I never liked how the OEM license extension flopped a little no matter how tight it's mounting hardware was.

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Yesterday, but I took about 90 minutes to do 30 minutes worth of work, wiping a few things down (I got mocked for a filthy bike the other day!) and performing an oil change. 

 

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On 8/21/2022 at 2:37 PM, ShipFixer said:

new Michelin Road 5 and a whole lot of cleanup on the rim

 

Good man, Michelin's R5 really suit the VFR.

 

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17 hours ago, PetePower said:

Popped a new Dunlop Roadsmart III on the front OMG it turns again hehehe.

 

Coming up to 30000kms so will get the Valves checked and pop some new plugs in.

Hey Pete.

Save your money, the plugs on an 8gen are good for way more than twice the 30,000k's you've done.

 

I decided to replace mine at 60,000ks they looked excellent and the gap was still in spec and the bike had absolutely no running issues. I wouldn't hesitate if need be in refitting the originals (which I've kept) and run them for another say 30,000k's.

 

The OEMs are NGK IMR9D-9H's, a top quality Iridium and Platinum long life plug.

NGK specify a design life (guide only) for these plugs at 100,000 miles !!! Though I'd definitely not run them out to that distance. YMMV.

 

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Today was the first sunny day in a couple of weeks, and since my insurance runs out in a week or so I took my VFR on some errands.

 

Sunny ≠ warm, and there was a brisk wind, too. But I found a favourite spot to snap this piccy for posterity. This is atop King George terrace in Victoria, BC.

 

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250. There's a lot of chatter about all of the improvements on the 300, but most skilled riders seem to think that no one would notice. And I never even use the 250 power!

 

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VFR forks getting attention over the next week or three. Trying a new to me place that came highly recommended from a riding buddy. '98 forks are excellent from Thermosman. 22k+ since last refresh. Also bringing '00 forks to request setting the damping up as similar as they can get to the perfect '98. We'll see! (Still hunting for a reasonably prices shock for the '00.)

 

Also taking both ends of the CB-1 to the same guy. It has been a decade and a lot of miles since they've been refreshed either. 

 

Also also taking the KLX to him to let him set up the carbs properly. We've made it better, but it still runs rich and doesn't like to run when it is cold, on or off of choke. 

 

The garage is a frackin' mess with parts and bolts everywhere. 

 

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