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  2. Hi all i am the new to me owner of a 2003 6th gen VFR800. I’ve previously owned an RC36 but now living in NZ I thought I would add the VFR to my collection to use as a commuter and sometime tourer. I brought it as a bit of a neglected machine, hadn’t been cleaned or properly looked after in years. Anyhow, 4 days of mechanical bits like CCTs, full servicing, bit of wiring and a damn good clean and polish she is on the road and riding lovely. A couple of little niggles that seem normal for this gen VFR for me to work through but what an awesome machine. It’s up there with mileage being at 163000 kms but seems sweet as a nut. Pic attached, all original panels with a few battle scars and micron end cans. Great to be in the forum and I’m sure I will be asking a few questions. cheers
  3. Thanks all. Yep I’m definitely a DIY type. I brought this bike recently as a cheap bike that has just been used as a commuter but not really looked after. Hadn’t been cleaned for months and although a lot of servicing early on not much recently. I had to do CCTs, full service and plugs and a damn good clean and polish and it’s come up great.
  4. VIN Number is stamped on the R/H side of the steering head. Here's what you should be looking for - a dot stamped just above the J. (Thanks for the pic Skids!)
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  6. These are the original Givi tubular racks for the '98-'01. Trunk rack has to be mounted to attach the side case racks. With just the trunk rack on you can pull the tail cowl off, unlike the newer Givi design. Takes any of the Givi Monokey bags. Note the mounting plate for the trunk is not the original Givi, although the bracket is made by Givi. I have two of these set ups now, only need one. All nuts & bolts included. $100 or make me an offer. Shipping from Sacramento, California area.
  7. Indeed. I suppose that after 93K km & 13 years I can't complain. Other than consumables, the only failure has been the original stator at 50K km.
  8. I have an email from Honda saying the drive shaft check has been done, but I’m looking for the frame punch by the VIN. Links to two pics I took…is that the “punch” I’m looking for?
  9. Petcock and petcock lever needed for 1993 VFR750F RC36
  10. Looking good Lorne. The experience I've had with CCT's is that the clatter noise has always been evident high up at the cam covers on the R/H side, and its not difficult to identify if its the front or rear playing up by the noise location. Clutch basket noise obviously should come from down low around the clutch cover region. So it should be easy to determine whether its clutch or cct noise. Clutch noise might also change (unlike cct noise) if you pull the clutch in. Cheers
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  12. In "assembly mode" This is going to open a can of worms... Stupid lighter..! That's all I got...
  13. That is a great idea, Grum, so I just took a look. Thankfully, my airbox hasn't become a varmint condo, and the filter is pretty darned clean. On the downside, a very noticeable rattle at idle indicates the cam chain tensioners need attention. Or perhaps the clutch basket. But my money is on the tensioners. Oh joy!
  14. If you have either bad injectors or a ruptured FPV you should certainly notice poor running and terrible fuel economy. The FPV is an easy thing to check, so might be worth checking this before moving to the injectors.
  15. Thanks for the advice and the welcome guys. It’s a 2002 Vtec. I changed out the air filter, a K&N which was dirty but not wet. Forgot to mention that the bike hasn’t Been MOT’d for nine years so could well have been sat for that long with fuel in the tank. Long enough for good tyres with plenty of rubber left to perish beyond riding. I’m going to keep my eye on the fuel level and if it starts to rise I’ll check out the injectors.
  16. I actually have 2 VFRs, a 5 Gen and a 6 Gen. I set them up slightly different and for two specific purposes. My 5 Gen is setup for sport/track riding and my 6 Gen for touring/commuting. When I first set them up, the first thing I concentrated on was suspension. For the 5 Gen, I went with a fully adjustable rear shock and added rebound adjusters to the forks. Again, this is for my sport riding intentions. Though I initially kept the rear passenger pegs for my wife, she didn’t care for riding on this bike. But for me, it is great on the track and on canyon roads. On the 6 Gen, more closely related to the 8 Gen 2014 model, I went with a more ergonomic approach and tailored the suspension to touring and commuting. There I added a remote preload adjustable shock, due to my varying cargo I might haul and the on and off my wife being a passenger. With the top case (with back rest) my wife finds it a lot more comfortable. The ergonomics part, I installed Heli-bars, which have a higher rise and more shift towards the rider. This along with a touring wind screen made the ride much more comfortable for me too. All that said, I’ve ridden both bikes at the track and on canyon roads and both are very capable in those situations. Once the suspension was upgraded, I turned my focused on other “performance” upgrades but with just the suspension upgrades, both bikes became much more enjoyable. I hope this was helpful. Cheers, D
  17. Might be worth doing a "critter nest" inspection check in the airfilter box! Seeing she's been outside for so long without a run.
  18. And to add to the good advice above...... Check for a ruptured diaphragm in the Fuel Pressure Regulator. If ruptured it will dump fuel into cylinders 3 and 4. via the vacuum hoses.
  19. Very thin, fuel-smelling oil and lots of it would indicate a leaking fuel injector. The tank is quite happy to gravity feed through the pump to the fuel rail, and if an injector is stuck open it can allow a quantity of fuel to drain into a cylinder, past the rings and into the crankcase. Good thing that you changed that out promptly, bad things can happen with so much fluid in the crankcase, and you likely have ejected some excess oil up to the airbox through the crankcase breather, which might explain a bit of smoke. Open the airbox up and take a look, a little oil mist is normal but not much in liquid form.
  20. So mowing forward. Rapidbike, youtube with LSU.4.9x2, Series regulator with homemade mounting plate, rewired with 40a fuse and lithium battery is now in its final location. I only have to fabricate a mount for the rapidbike ECU but I could not resist firing up and see what could be done to the MAP. After guesstimating some fuel cells based on my custom PCIII map and what Dan sent me as test maps before the custom one, sadly as I suspected all along, the rapidbike does not allow big enough numbers! Negative 10 or positive 30 fuel trim is all I'm allowed to adjust. This results in afr 13.2:1 on idle and reving send it down in the 11 area. Before putting -10 in the 0 column i had AFR 12.1 on idle! This is no good so I am inspecting what can be done. I am certain that the youtune will not be able to add another positive 40ish to already maxed columns. Also, and did this not occur to me before now (huge facepalm) rapidbike has linked 1-4 and 2-3 which is great for the vfrd headers but my plan was running front and rear on separate MAP for obvious reason. Darn it... Should have gone 4 bungs in production. But it's good to hear her fire again 😁 The PCIII trim are negative 40's and positive 80's as reference. is there room for the RSV4 1100 engine?
  21. Welcome to the forum Roguewilly. Tell us you drained out the 10.5 litres of oil and refilled correctly before you fired her up! Difficult to imagine why anyone would put so much oil in unless they thought it would act as a preservative..... What year VFR is it? Any photos?
  22. Welcome to the forum, Johnnie! I've never done track days, but I rode a 6th gen. VFR for over 14 years for a great variety of uses - commuting, touring, sport-riding in the twisties, and even lazy Sunday fun rides for a few hours. In my opinion, the VFR's strength is its all-arounder-ness. It's capable enough to embarrass less experienced or talented riders in the corners, but if they're on newer liter bikes, they'll probably whiz right past you in the straights. But if you're only doing track days and not racing, I think you'd have a blast on a VFR on the track and on the street. The V4 engine is just a terrific blend of power and character, especially when revving it from mid to high rpms. The big plus for many VFR owners are its ergonomics. I can't imagine riding a supersport more than 30 minutes at a time, but on my old VFR I frequently did all-day rides and trips where I rode 400+ miles a day. It's a bike that will get you to the good mountain roads comfortably enough, rather than having to trailer it, so you can enjoy the ride to and from, not just in the twisties. VFRs are not light, but the others above are right - once you're moving the weight is a non-issue. And the additional heft does make it more stable, including in high winds. And as others said above, too, it will run forever. And the wealth of information on this forum is a huge plus to VFR ownership.
  23. Insane! Bubba Shobert and that sound sold me on my 86 and that sound at the track..."WTF was that!"
  24. Congrats on your VFR and welcome to the forum!
  25. One of the times I attended his school in Vegas was right at that time. He used it as his coaching bike. Watched him left hand throttle, knee down, reach under his left arm with his right hand and point at the apex. He said he also RAILED the new aluminum framed Goldwing and scared some of the journalists and Honda reps, 2 up.
  26. Hi guys. Just picked up my first VFR, wasn’t expecting to buy one but at the price it was a steal. She’s been stood for a long time, perished tyres and all. Battery charged, fired up first time, a little white smoke. I’ve cleared the codes, changes the coolant too. When draining the oil, with a warm engine, I was amazed at the amount in there. 10.5 litres of very thin, clean, fuel smelling oil. Book says around 3.1L. What do on earth is that all about? Thanks guys, Chris
  27. I remember reading a story about Freddy Spencer riding a '98 VFR just after they were released around Laguna Seca and posting a respectable lap time. I bought one right after reading that story.
  28. Years ago I bought Feddies 6th gen VFR that he used for two-up rides at the school. Other than the suspension and stickers it was stock, and he could fly on that bike. Me, not so much.....
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      Juniper Pass

      I took a day off from work and also from my bicycle training to take out the Veefalo one last time before the weather turns ugly, supposed to snow the rest of the week and possibly start sticking to the ground along the Colorado Front Range. I took a leisurely pace up hwy 105 toward Morrison and got reacquainted with the bike since its been over a month since I took any sort of twisties on it at all, hwy 105 is a scenic ride along the front range between Denver and Colorado Springs, its mostly easy fast sweepers and lite traffic so its a favorite road of mine when going north. Then I have to negotiate a bit of traffic near Highlands ranch and up hwy 470 into the mountains. I decided to take the Morrison Exit and try either Lookout Mountain or head up Golden Gate Canyon - this time it was Lookout Mountain, I was sort of making it up on the fly as I went along. Lookout Mountain is my old bicycling haunt from my days while I was working at Coors, its a killer ride and all uphill - I don't think I could do it today If I had to, not quite there yet! I saw a whole bunch of riders doing it though and wished I was in shape enough to be there doing it as well. 30 more lbs and I will be able to do it! On this day I would do it on the Veefalo instead.

       

       

       

       

      I took a video from the gateway to the top at the Lookout Mountain State Park, getting past riders, the guy in the green jacket actually pretty much astounded me with how far he had gotten in the short time it took me to set up my camera, some 3 miles at least and up to the gateway from the turn off at hwy 6! Amazing I thought. I took the first two turns slow then got more comfortable as I went up further, till I was doing well, I made some gearing mistakes and took the tight 15mph marked hairpins in the wrong gear so I lugged it a bit on one or two. Still enjoyed it though and then got off at the top and hiked over a rock outcropping for an overview of the road for the pictures below.

       

       

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      Lookout Mountain - Golden Colorado

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      Lookout Mountain Park top of the mountain

      From there I headed up interstate 70 to Idaho Springs for a beer at the Tommy-knockers brewery, I was the only customer in the joint - slow day for them so they treated me like a king! I got a nice tour of the place sort of impromptu, they made me a nice Pastrami sandwich on rye and with the brown ale it was fantastic. I must say the beer is much better there than in the bottles - its always good at the brewery. I am glad I stopped

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      Tommy-knockers Brewpub Idaho Springs

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      Idaho Springs Colorado

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      Mashtuns and fermenters

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      Rows of fermenters

      I finished my lunch and since the road to Mount Evans is right there I headed up Squaw pass hoping to get in some nice pictures I wasn't expecting what I found, ICE IN ALL THE SHADY PARTS

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      Icy patches on Squaw Pass definitely taking it easy on that road

      There were some section where the ice covered the whole road for 300 yards or so I had to roll through it with my legs out to help keep the bike from sliding and falling over, I took it real slow. A Ford pickup was right behind me so I pulled over to let him pass but the guy was going slower then even I was so I pressed on - in places where I could see I just cut over to the oncoming lane and out of the ice where the sun was shining on the road more, but some places there was not alternative so I just had to go slow, good thing it wasn't slick but rather they tossed some gravel over the worst parts so I had some traction!

      I did stop for pictures in all the best spots

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      Echo Lake at Mount Evans showing off my new plate

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      Elephant Butte Park and Denver

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      Close up

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      Veefalo on Squaw Pass

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      Juniper Pass

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      Juniper Pass

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      Mount Evans

      My route A is home B is Tommy-knockers

       

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      Not that it matters and not that I expect anyone had noticed, but to those who sent me "where are you?" I would like to say I am back. Not only that I am officially returning to VFRD after nearly 2 months break but I have also ridden my Hawk last weekend and had FUN! Let me restate that; I had major fun riding! Something I have almost given up on.

      Most of you have been riding your whole adult lives and riding is not only a hobby to you, it is part of you. But I started riding three years ago and even though I have encounter some setbacks, till this spring I loved riding with whole my heart. However, I have always considered riding as my hobby. As a hobby which suppose to make my life better, more fun and more rich. Life is too short to do something which we don't fully love.

      My love of riding received a first major scar this spring: I lost a friend on the racetrack. He was a total stranger who offered me his help after I lowsided at CMP track last year. I still remember hearing his "Hi, my name is Todd, do you need help?" while I was duct-taping my roadrash from ripped jacket. He helped me straighten up the shifter and we kept in touch. The next time we saw each other was the day he died.

      With 9 months delay, I can say that Todd's death shook me more than I have realized. It rooted fear in me which was fueled by seeing and hearing about others getting hurt over and over again. If I was to summarize this year - it would be one big accident report. I became sensitive to every broken bone, every roadrash, every lowside. And even though I did 10 track days this year, I became slower and slower and slower. Suddenly, I have acquired this 'grandma' riding style on the road, frozen with fear that behind every corner there is car standing in my lane, or major sand trap or deer staring at me ... I was crippled with fear not only for me about also for my fellow rider.

      So, at the end of this year, I rode more and more by myself. I could not bear the feelings of responsibility for others on the road and my lines were crippled by my own fears. It all culminated this fall at WDGAH. In a freaky accident Love2rideh82crash was taken down by a truck crossing into our lane. I was done. I finished the weekend, locked the VFR into a garage and took a break.

      Until the last weekend, I pretended that motorcycles do not exists. As a last instance after 2 months break from riding, I decided to go to CMP track to see if I can still have fun. I also felt like I should go for the memory of Todd. I went and I had fun! I had much more fun than I expected and the most fun on track I can remember. Suddenly the whole track connected into an uninterupted line of turns and I felt one with the bike riding around! I was giggling like a little girl in my helmet and keep on giggling ever since smile.gif

      Granted I was not the fastest one and through out the weekend, I have never exceeded about 60% of my riding abilities, but I had no "oh-shit" nor 'blond' moments. I could have maybe go faster, I could have brake later for the turns and I could have lean further, but I am no Rossi nor Stoner. I decided to ride for fun and I had amazing blast riding well within my comfort zone.

      I was proud of myself when, after bandaging Ricks arm, I was able to distance myself and go back to riding without the year-long fear. I did feel bad for him but the feelings were not crippling my lines nor my mind. And when a total stranger came to me and said "Hi, my name is Todd", my heart stopped for a minute though but I suddenly knew that my life went a full circle. I probably will never win MotoGP :idea3: , but I am back! :wheel:

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