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Greetings from Finland I thought I'd put here a little of what has been done to my beloved motorcycle over the years, especially in terms of power increase. the first two pictures show the difference between the old configuration between the Delkevic and the original exhaust. other mods are the same. -PAIR valve mod, Flapper mod, and airbox mod -O2 sensors bypassed -Power Commander V -Air filter Pipecross -Iridium plugs -LeoVince Slip-on. Dynorun 2023 in the picture shows the changes made during the last year. Other mods are the same except the original headers catalysator cut off. -cylinder heads are lowered by 0.4mm -intake camshafts 8gen. -Air funnels all long. In a week there will be another attempt on the dyno. Changes to the old one. -intake and exhaust camshafts have been increased by 0.8mm more lift -adjustable camshaft sprockets -exhaust camshafts 6gen the camshafts are 4 degrees later -intake camshafts -8gen the camshafts are in their original position -V-tec system deactivated -airbox modded (own design) -Modded Delkevic 4-1 headers to 4-2-1 headers (1 Cyl-4 Cyl. pipes same Collector and equal length. 2cyl-3 Cyl. pipes same Collector and equal length. ) 2/3 cyl. pipes are 10cm longer than pipes 1/4 cyl. I don't own a tig welding machine, so the exhaust pipe seams are welded with a mig and stick machine and it looks like that 🙂 I haven't been able to do a test drive yet, because the arrival of summer is late and it's too cold outside to go for a ride. My english is bad so i have used google translator

Found this earlier. https://www.pressreader.com/uk/classic-racer/20190416/281625306673348

I have never heard of this hack before. I'll have to say, I am absolutely not surprised it didn't work.

FJ still, but not fork yet, but carb diagrams. The old where no good anymore, even the plastic dip paint treatment didn't help, only worked for a day. Costly parts, OEM list price ~150€ each!, aftermarket parts locally in shop ~100€ each, managed to score these from ebay for 320€ for 4, and they are OEM mikuni ones! Have to say was quite tricky to get the needle plate in place as there is a spring under it to hold needle down, other a straight forward jobb. Next to get motivated to pull one more fork apart as lube the shock linkage

As they mention as reservation #1: This is not an exact science https://www.webbikeworld.com/motorcycle-helmet-reviews-by-internal-shape/

So spent most of today putting my rear end back together. Took wheel to local tyre shop to get tyre put on, they did if FoC 😁 👍 Then reassembled the axle & disc, needed different washers as spacers due to 800 & 400 axle having different cutout for disc mounts. But we got there. Fitted axle to the hub & tighten everything up to the correct torque & axle spins freely 👍 Then connected the rear caliper to the brake hose & hung it from the rear of the bike to bleed it, much simpler with the bleed nipple at the top. Remembered to put something between the pads to act as disc spacer. All bled up very easily, hardest part was keeping my mini reservoir topped up, 2 full pumps & its empty. Then bolted caliper in place & put wheel on the bike & torqued up the wheel nuts. Removed centre stand whilst bike warmed up & took it for a brake test up my dead end street. All good, rear brake works & wheel didn't fall off 😂 Get an MoT Monday/Tuesday & then some test rides 👍

Also not from waaayyyy back, but still pretty far back. I was both exhausted and satisfied after completing a SaddleSore 1000 ride just outside Boulogne, France, in around 1998. I think the photo was originally a 35mm slide (which I was still using--and explains why I have several boxes full of slides and few digital photos from the early days!) The FL was my original 1990, bought new in California. Retired it after 60,000 mi or so, but it could have gone on and on (if I had replaced the cam shaft I broke whilst improperly tightening the cap bolts...). Ciao, JZH

Beautiful memories. There's something about how bikes can link us back to memories of places we've been and trips taken. Ten years ago I was stranded on the dock at Cherbourg, France, because the ferry I was catching home to Ireland (an 18 hour overnighter) had a radar problem. Eventually we were allowed to board but I had to leave my VFR quayside. They were basically only allowing us on to give us all a place to sleep for the night. They attempted to empty us out the following morning with promises of other ferries but a few of us hung on and explained that we were entitled to do so under EU law. There was no guarantee that an "alternative sailing" would actually take us and once you've left the boat you're on your own. Eventually made friends with many of the staff, got a tour of the ship, saw the bridge, got the VFR onboard and got home a day late. The poor French lad I'd helped out through this, on a nice Kawasaki ER6, had a day robbed from his tour of Ireland because of it but I managed to get him a cabin so he was comfy (until he got to Ireland where it pissed rain..poor guy). Photo below of the VFR fully-loaded dockside. The two Beemer guys disappeared the morning the ferry was emptied, think they chanced the "alternative sailings" thing. Actually the Larry David lookalike there was riding a Honda Silverwing maxiscoot! One more edit - I'm sitting here now with my baby daughter asleep in my arms and am married to the woman who I was traveling back and forth to France for. We've our own little home, a lovely little dog, and a shed where I can work on/admire my two VFRs. If you'd told me that was gonna happen 10 years ago when that picture was taken I'd have been astounded. Life moves fast.

☹️ Discovered I have a broken Carbon rear wheel 😳 😭

Nothing annoys you more when something like this happens, I feel your pain. Hopefully this helps. Check out Partzilla or Revzilla for parts. R/H Mirror Part No. 88210-MJM-305ZA ($122.82) OR Part No. 88210-MJM-D10ZA supersedes the original, see Revzilla site ($121.50).

(Tired of these updates yet?) Finished the brake and clutch bleed. The brakes never, ever feel different after a bleed, but the clutch always does! Much more crisp and exact at the lever. Also did the coolant flush w/Prestone. It came out clear, so I don't think that the flush accomplished much. The coolant itself came out green/brown. Attempting to channel less lazy people, I also serviced the chain (clean/lube/adjust). While I was channeling, I also gave the body panels a quick wash. I found one rattle (a loose Givi wingrack bolt) and snugged four really wiggly coil mounting bolts. All that is left is the PAIR job...and I am..."a-scared" to do it. There's so much frackin' contradictory info on Al Gore's Internet about the mod itself, and whether it is okay to do on all years '98-'01. Any insight is appreciated. I'd sure like to tie a bow in this work by the end of Sunday.