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Was at Donington Park on a cruiser getting embarrassed by the superbikes. My favourite bike there was a gorgeous VFR750 belonging to track instructor John Chambers who’s won multiple awards in the vintage motorcycle races on it. Aside from good looking this thing is FAST and he was instructing some upcoming BSB riders on it. Of course John is very talented but he was teaching some of the fastest riders in the country how to go faster on a VFR and it really tickled me! Check out his socials if you’re into that sort of thing and you’ll read all about the bike there. My welder friend will be machining some rearset adapters for the VFR750. Also came across some other lovely classic bikes being raced pretty hard - these guys are running in the intermediate group and were overtaking modern machines! These two were raced by a very attractive young lady who’s less than 5 feet tall and seriously capable. Nice to see old bikes being used as they were intended and not turned into dead museum pieces.

Not Today, but actually last summer, I'm happy to have been able to mount my side panniers whilst keeping the exhaust high mounted 🥳 only required a couple of extra bushings and longer bolts 🥳 Great to cruise with my wife, supper convenient, not so good to ride alone though. The very 1st time alone I got stuck between cars 😅 Traffic was stopped so no harm done, as I was going through cars nearly stopped, pretty much guessing I was about to get stuck 😅 a pic seeing a great sunset on the motorcycle rally paper we attended last summer 😎 As one is on sharing mode, below a picture of my beloved VFR back on December 07th 2022. I was aware, as it was all over the news, that Lisbon was getting hit by a huge storm, pretty much like genesis flood narrative, however as I hate driving my car on traffic, which always gets worse on rainy days, I was like no silly rain is making me go through 1 hour plus of traffic, as I had a dinner with friends in Lisbon, and I live outside Lisbon. Well was I wrong, not only was the rain and wind so strong, that I was going to the dinner slower than cars, as I even had to make a detour to buy a new rain coat and trousers, as mine got all ripped and I was getting soaked. Through out dinner storm quite down, going back home had to take again detours now do to roads being flooded. Next Time I hear about an orange weather warning, I might remember having to go buying a new rain gear soaked 🤣 as well as ridding my bike slower than cars 🤦‍♂️ Take Care EverybodY

So I did a load of digging into this when I did mine. 4 hole from many car tests are much better than single hole, but 12 hole is more the norm, but the step up is not the same as 1-4 when compared with 4-12 but 1-12 is better. Some newer injectors are 16 hole. CBR600F4 & CBR929 injectors are the same 4 hole units with the same connector as 5th gen, just use the 5th gen mounting washers & remove the plastic orientation stub, which 5th gen does not have. But are designed for higher pressure. I tried with VFR regulator & had to add loads of fuel. I then tried 4bar, but was to much. So switched to 3bar & its great. I run 14.2 AFR on my RBR + MTB, runs clean, better MPG & no over heating even in silly 33c temps. The early Hayabusa used the same injectors as the 5th gen. You can buy fairly expensive Hayabusa aftermarket units, 12-16 hole. The simplest upgrade is a 6th gen throttle body, plus airbox, bottom half will do, as tops are the same. Just switch the TB harness at the large multi block that you tap for PC3/V or RBR etc. I can't guarantee the pinout is the same so consult a wiring diagram first. 2014+ 8th model looks the same as 6th gen, but I've never compared them in the flesh. YMMV A few people on here with 6th gens with 5th engines installed have reported better mpg with PC or RBR installed. The one advantage of the single hole pintle injector is that its effectively self cleaning & very hard to gum up. The tiny multi hole units are much easier to block. Hope that helps.