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So this update has been a long time coming! After moving last summer my wife and I decided to build a house this winter… so that has been keeping me extremely busy lately. But today I am home sick and finally have some time to post up some pics of last years mods: Since I mostly ride solo I decided to remove the passenger pegs and make a new exhaust hanger. I made an MDF mockup and a friend of mine machined it for me Decided to send my forks and shock off to Jaimie Daugherty Motorsports to be resprung and revalved The wiring harness always bugged me, nothing was where it needed to be on the bike, so I decided to start from scratch. This is the stock harness without tape Needed to make better mounting points for the various components And then began the long tedious journey of building my own harness Decided to crimp all connections and seal with heat shrink Concentric twisting of the layers leaves the harness much more flexible. I eventually wrapped the whole harness in motorsport spec flexible heat shrink and used high quality weather sealed connectors almost everywhere. Finally made a mount for my hugger fender. Used my own carpenter techniques this time Upgraded the switchgear and throttle. Used a CBR throttle housing and an R6 throttle tube for a quick turn modification. I would highly recommend this change on the VFR. Since I use the Koso gauge speed sensor I made a block off plate for the stock sensor location A few pics from the summer. Met my dad for a few day ride My riding buddies Had a fun night at the local 1/8 mile dragstrip. Even took home a trophy (okay… only a turbo 900cc snowmobile and myself in the bike class that night. But hey, a victory is a victory) That's my buddies mustang… and no, it's not stock. 800+ hp on drag slicks. We actually ran very close times that night. He runs low 10's in the quarter. It is so strange having a car match your speed under full throttle! And that's all the pics I have for now. The only other mod I didn't have a close up of was the addition of a dedicated LED brake light on the license plate. I didn't feel comfortable the run/brake LED had enough of a difference between the two to be really noticeable. I rode another 5000km this season and enjoyed every km of it. The bike is working like a dream. It honestly feels like a brand new machine every time I hop on and ride.