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I will stay in my lane and comment on what I know about, and leave the electrickery to Grum. The oily stuff in the airbox is normal, just a bit of oil mist blown from all the wrhirling bits in the crankcase up through the breather hose to the airbox. The white stuff will be some condensation that has made it to the airbox. If the bike hasn't been run for a while this might be expected. If the bike has been running regularly then this would be unusual. The odd man out starter valve is the non-adjustable reference valve. The other three get adjusted to match this one. The SV's control the flow of air into the motor at idle; more air = faster idle. The SVs are moved by the wax unit when the engine is cold to give a faster idle when first started. The SV positions are also controlled by the idle adjuster screw when the engine is hot.

I thought my experience in obtaining OEM hard luggage might be informative/useful for others, because things have apparently changed over the years since the bags were in production. When I bought my '07 Anniversary Interceptor a little over a month ago, I knew I wanted hard bags. I was unsuccessful in locating an Anniversary RWB bike with OEM Honda bags, so once I got it home, I started researching. I pretty quickly decided that I wanted the OEM Honda bags... even though they are basically Givi bags, the mounting brackets tuck them in better, and shape integrates better with the bike. Option #1 was to look for used bags (eBay, etc), but I couldn't find anything, so I started researching part numbers. I was able to find the part numbers for the brackets and bags pretty easily, and discovered that there were originally two separate part numbers for the brackets (side mounts and center brace) and additional part numbers for the bags. I was able to track down the center brace on eBay, and found what I believe to be the last set of side brackets in the US at a dealership in Ohio. I was also able to order the bags new from Honda, and was told at the time I got one of seven sets of blue bags left in the US. Side brackets: 08L41-MCW-1000W Center brace: 08L41-MCW-800B (number no longer in Honda's system) Blue bags: 08L41-MCW-1E0 To my great surprise, the bags purchased under the part number above included all the mounting brackets! None of my research had indicated that would be the case, but then again, almost all the threads I found on the subject were at least 10 years old... All in, it's not a bad deal, and only about $200 more than buying the current production bags and brackets from GIVI (not including my extra brackets... LOL). TLDR: there are still some OEM bags out there, and the blue ones, at least, come with the mounting brackets. On to the rest of the story... When I started installing the mounting brackets it was immediately apparent that they were not going to fit with my Delkevic exhaust. The mounting arm that bolts to the center bracket behind the license plate is angled to match the triangular OEM muffler and wouldn't clear the oval aftermarket muffler. I am fortunate enough to have the ability and tools to do some fabrication, so I cut off the offending mounting arm, and modified the center brace so the stay would be horizontal instead of angled, and thus clear the muffler. Then I welded everything back together. The rest of the mounting procedure was easy bolt-up, per the instructions.

Problem has been found. I have told my buddy several times to both grounds but only checked the main harness ground and never checked the grounding cable that goes from battery negative to the frame under the gas tank hinges. It was quite loose. He has taking his bike for multiple roadtrips and has had no issue since. Thanks for all the help!

How about a better shot from the side clearly showing the damage

Do you think there is enough material left to run a thread die down to correct the threading? Or have you stripped the threads completely. If the latter, could you recut the bolt/ stud with the next size down ( for example if it was 6 mm cut a new 5.5mm or 5 mm thread) and use an appropriately sized nut? Others may have a better idea

Since I also have an Interceptor with GIVI bags in the garage at the moment*, here's a comparison back to back.... The Honda bags are about 6" narrower overall. OEM Honda: GIVI: * My BIL was shopping VFRs at the same time I was, and after a couple deals fell through, I put him onto a bike here in AZ that was my back-up plan if the deal on the one I bought fell through. He ended up making the deal, so I picked up the bike for him and am storing it until he can do a fly-ride or have it transported back to WI. So for now, I have double parked VFRs in the shop...

My son and I will be there. Arriving on matching Honda 2007 VFR 800 RWB 25th anniversary edition.

Looks like the wheel is not damaged & only has cosmetic outer lacquer damage. Waiting on a verdict from BST, but should be restorable to as new look 👍😁 Phew

Hi Tom, welcome. Nice detailed write up. - The stored historical codes you had relate to the MAP and IAT sensors, they would have stored a fault code if the Starter Valves had been synched at some stage, as these sensors would have been unplugged during the synch process. The important thing is you have no current active fault code being displayed (Sidestand needs to be in down position for fault codes to display- if there are any). - Your fuel smell, difficult starting and poor running might be caused by a leaky injector or two, or a ruptured Fuel Pressure Regulator diaphragm which will dump raw fuel into cylinders 3 and 4 via the vaccumm hoses. Check the vaccumm hoses are dry and no fuel dripping from the FPV vaccumm connections. - As for your battery if it charges ok runs the headlights and offers a few good cranks of the Starter with normal good cranking speed it could be OK. Your Off, On and cranking voltage seem normal. But if you're unaware of it age, or health and not able to have it load checked, then it might be worth replacing. - The Orange Ground block you're referring to above the chain guard is for the 5gen. Good Luck.

This is my conversion of the PC3 map before it was possible to adjust more than negative 10 / positive 30. Looks like shit because it is. This is with the ability to adjust negative 100/positive 150. A lot less shit... RB mytuningbike have the ability to adjust +-15 in all cells based on my target afr. It will be very exciting to see what has happened to this map after my first test on a road with no snow! Also there is this 🤏 dont worry, it's just a photo 🙃

Hi All Sharing 1 Lap on below video, as last Saturday I had a G R E A T time with our beloved VFR at AIA Portimão Circuit in Portugal 😈 aka The Roller Coaster 😈 This is why I love so much my VFR, I can through 3 Givi cases and enjoy the road with my wife at snail pace, or I can remove everything and enjoy the track 😍