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Hi Everyone Not today, but last Saturday I had a blast with our beloved VFR at Estoril Circuit 😃 Below link for the videos if you would like to "take a ride with me" 😈 Can't wait to go back with the new headers, and win a bit more time on the straights 😃

Mine just passed 44,300 miles...

Sjit heppenz..... 😐

Fitted this neat little white LED waterproof Voltmeter to the bottom of the GPS mount on my 8gen. Previous 3 wire voltmeter had died. 14.5v charging (when measured at battery) allowing for the 200mv drop through the wiring, 14.3 at the meter.

Many Thanks to you both. I ended up removing the metal bracket, screwing the bolt through the chain guard to the metal bracket, and hammer it down as it looks like it was loose, at least now it's staying there 😃

Somebody on this forum provided me this info when I did the 929 shock conversion. Use this for guidance AFTER you have properly set sag. LACK OF REBOUND DAMPING (FORK) • The fork offers a supremely plush ride, especially when riding straight up. When the pace picks up, however, the feeling of control is lost. The fork feels mushy, and traction "feel" is poor. • After hitting bumps at speed, the front tire tends to chatter or bounce. • When flicking the bike into a corner at speed, the front tire begins to chatter and lose traction. This translates into an unstable feel at the clip-ons. • As speed increases and steering inputs become more aggressive, a lack of control begins to appear. Chassis attitude and pitch become a real problem, with the front end refusing to stabilize after the bike is countersteered hard into a turn. TOO MUCH REBOUND DAMPING (FORK) • The ride is quite harsh--just the opposite of the plush feel of too little rebound. Rough pavement makes the fork feel as if it's locking up with stiction and harshness. • Under hard acceleration exiting bumpy corners, the front end feels like it wants to "wiggle" or "tankslap." The tire feels as if it isn't staying in contact with the pavement when on the gas. • The harsh, unforgiving ride makes the bike hard to control when riding through dips and rolling bumps at speed. The suspension's reluctance to maintain tire traction through these sections erodes rider confidence. LACK OF COMPRESSION DAMPING (FORK) • Front end dive while on the brakes becomes excessive. • The rear end of the motorcycle wants to "come around" when using the front brakes aggressively. • The front suspension "bottoms out" with a solid hit under heavy braking and after hitting bumps. • The front end has a mushy and semi-vague feeling--similar to lack of rebound damping. TOO MUCH COMPRESSION DAMPING (FORK) • The ride is overly harsh, especially at the point when bumps and ripples are contacted by the front wheel. • Bumps and ripples are felt directly; the initial "hit" is routed through the chassis instantly, with big bumps bouncing the tire off the pavement. • The bike's ride height is effected negatively--the front end winds up riding too high in the corners. • Brake dive is reduced drastically, though the chassis is upset significantly by bumps encountered during braking. LACK OF REBOUND DAMPING (REAR SHOCK) • The ride is plush at cruising speeds, but as the pace increases, the chassis begins to wallow and weave through bumpy corners. • This causes poor traction over bumps under hard acceleration; the rear tire starts to chatter due to a lack of wheel control. • There is excessive chassis pitch through large bumps and dips at speed and the rear end rebounds too quickly, upsetting the chassis with a pogo-stick action. TOO MUCH REBOUND DAMPING (REAR SHOCK) • This creates an uneven ride. The rear suspension compliance is poor and the "feel" is vague. • Traction is poor over bumps during hard acceleration (due to lack of suspension compliance). • The bike wants to run wide in corners since the rear end is "packing down"; this forces a nose-high chassis attitude, which slows down steering. • The rear end wants to hop and skip when the throttle is chopped during aggressive corner entries. LACK OF COMPRESSION DAMPING (REAR SHOCK) • There is too much rear end "squat" under acceleration; the bike wants to steer wide exiting corners (since the chassis is riding rear low/nose high). • Hitting bumps at speed causes the rear to bottom out, which upsets the chassis. • The chassis attitude is affected too much by large dips and G-outs. • Steering and control become difficult due to excessive suspension movement. TOO MUCH COMPRESSION DAMPING (REAR SHOCK) • The ride is harsh, though not quite as bad as too much rebound; the faster you go, the worse it gets, however. • Harshness hurts rear tire traction over bumps, especially during deceleration. There's little rear end "squat" under acceleration. • Medium to large bumps are felt directly through the chassis; when hit at speed, the rear end kicks up.

Dropped the bloody thing wheeling it back into the garage, caught the back of my shirt on the handlebar of my mountain bike and it pulled me off balance. Fortunately it went towards me not away and I managed to stop it but still managed somehow to snap off the mirror stem. Managed to get a used replacement on ebay but couldn't get to the electric connectors without taking all the side plastics off, what a pain! All sorted now.