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I'd bought this VFR less than an hour before and only had enough time to grab a few photos. This was June 6, 2011 and the VFR was n.o.s. with less than 100 km.Copyright
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ha ha! I think that this forum, and others, seem like our "babies." A lot of time goes into them from frequent posters with many more single time visitors (not you) barking about the completeness and timeliness of free answers. It isn't...equal in that regard. I get a lot from this site, so I try to give a lot...and like most of us, don't take offense if at all possible. People are what they are...when they are. You never know what is going on in someone's life or in their day. š
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My only guess would be less than buy the real deal. Saw one somewhere this week $65k.
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Yep. Seems like I do. Even pissed at myself.
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I just picked up another 500 (an 86) and itās a really nice stock bike with 28,000 kms, Iām going to keep this one stock and ride it this summer, then restore it when my 85 restomod is done. Iād like to flush all the brake and clutch fluid, engine oil, put a new chain on it and some better tires; Iāve seen some new retro pirelli phantoms, does anyone have experience with these? and what sizes should I go with? I also need a new battery and maybe an air filter recommendation.
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Nope I haven't. I have a small child to raise, a job to hold down, a house to run, bikes to maintain, so I don't get to forensically analyse every thread. Did I break a rule or something??? You barked at someone else for not having read back through loads of pages too, seems you've an issue with that?
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Wonder how much it actually costs to fully transform an RC36-2 into an RC30...
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This adopted Honda I have had been dropped before my ownership. My intention was to sand down the paint plus respray. The tank has some OP orange peel in the clear. I intend to strengthen each fiberglass lug with carbon matting plus Cyanoacrylate glue. (THIN) With the one side of the fairing off I may take it to a local paint shop. I follow Windy Urtnowski on utube who repairs crashed fairings from bikes.
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Thanks for the input, guys. Here's where I'm at. 330mm was nearly impossible to get in. I may have backed off 1/2 mm but it took force to get the plates/bolts in. Changing the length of the shock will allow easier install in that regard, but does not change the lack of clearance to the cat, for instance, as all of that is driven by the plates...unless the cat is moved/lowered. The bike had ~3k miles on it, so unless it was a visually perfect repair, I think everything was factory when I bought it. It was an "I know what I got" seller...but he owned Harley's, so I expected that! Because at 330mm (same a '98) the aSS end is way up there, part(s) have to be different. I have no way to easily compare them without removing them from both bikes, so I took the tack of p/n research. Some p/ns had changed, but the same ones (for parts listed in prior posts-singarm, frame, linkage, dogbone, centerstand, etc.) fit both bikes outside of the actual shock p/n which is different. I can't know beyond that unless someone else posts some info about theirs...and I heard only crickets. I suspect that the area where the top of the shock mounts to extends slightly further down on the '00. that would cause trouble getting the 330mm shock in and raise everything...but I'm making that up. There are quite a few parts that could have changed to cause this symptom. So...I sucked it up and got my Captain big boy pants on and shortened the shock 1.5 turns, so 1.5 mm, which turned into a no weight (on centerstand) measurement change of 2-3 mm. I expected more or I would have shortened the shock more. (CB-1 is 3-4 mm per 1mm change in shock length, for reference.) Again...I wish folks that know would chime in. I may have to do that one more time, but I'm going to ride it as is (and set warm sag properly) and see what happens. Stay tuned or tune out. It's up to you. š 1998 at 330mm. Plenty of room and easy to install. 2000 problem with clearance, Clarence
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Surely it has to be the lower linkage, all other parts being equal. The only other possibility would be a rear subframe that has been damaged and repaired at a slightly different angle - enough to give different measurements to the axle. But you said getting the 330 length into position was a bi*@h which brings us back to the dogbone and link plates.....?
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Gently pry up on it using 2 thin flathead screwdrivers or butter knives. They are press fit to the motor shafts. Make sure the needles remain in the "power off" position when removing and reinstalling. You do not want to rotate or twist them, especially when reinstalling.
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In case you guys haven't already seen this.
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Holy shit. I am so sorry. I have been interpreting the problem completely backwards and am guilty of not realizing what I'm reading. I need to take my own advice and slow down before responding. I'm an ASS. So you are complaining about realizing too much ride height with a shock length setting that is too long to be easily installed? I am REALLY confused now, and I don't have anything to offer. I have muddied the waters too much, and again I apologize. Captain 80s out.
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Without going out to study it, this is where my mind went on this. Maybe try swapping the lower linkage from one bike to the other? Not a huge amount of work to eliminate those parts from contention.
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Congrats on your 6th gen. Anniversary bike and welcome to the forum! š I 100% agree with you, these bikes are great values now. For the V4 engine, build quality, and quality of components, plus the looks, it's hard to beat a used VFR now. I sold my 6th gen. a few years ago, but I keep thinking I'll have another VFR sooner or later.
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I'm not gaslighting you, whatever that is. I'm not hip. ~330mm is (jammed) in there, but the ass end is WAY up in the air. If it wasn't jammed...the ass end is still way in the air. Whatever the swingarm hits is irrelevant. Make sense?
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It's not sarcasm... it is genuine confusion. I'd swear you're gaslighting me at this point. The stock shock doesn't have to be shorter at all to still install in the same space because Honda is not trying to install a 330 mm shock! The bikes are different... somewhere. You seem to have finally realized it. Find out where that goddam swingarm hits and prevents the same full extension distance as the 98 and see if there is something you can do about it to install the shock pre-set at 330. Nothing else on that bike has been changed geometry wise between the years. Different shock part numbers don't have to mean anything more than a valving change or a change to a finish color one one stupid, inconsequential part.
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Admittedly, I'm grumpy about it...but I'll get there. Unencumbered by facts, I suspect that the shock is shorter to accommodate the cat. Perhaps max length is shorter on the '00 and 330mm just isn't right. I can easily make up for that with my limited brain power...soon. I appreciate the input and sarcasm.
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I wish. They're both set the same. Poking around the parts list, the shocks are different part numbers. I can try to find mine and see if length differs. Still, there has to be another part(s) that would drive that shorter shock. I just can't find it. Regardless, I'll likely have to pull the plates/dogbone, shorter the shock 2-3mm (assuming that'll get me close to removing that 11mm delta) and get on with life....hopefully it will be very similar in measurements to the '98, let me set sag again on both ends...and ride this sucker...maybe to the rally. I took some "better" measurements tonight. The forks are the same length. New tires on bothe etc. At the back, helmet lock is 11mm higher on '00. 4mm is between floor and bottom of axle bolt and 7mm is between axle bolt and helmet lock.
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fabio222 replied to Haydenpleace's topic in Fifth Generation VFR's
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This is what happens when I apply voltage to the Stock "Temp" meter.
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On mine there are two relays under the nose cone (behind the dashboard really). One for each head light. I don't think they're fed directly from the switch in either case. In the attached pic you'll see a rubber cover which isn't holding anything. I think one relay is held in here and another identical one on the other side. I'd an issue once before where the headlights just completely failed on me after exiting a motorway toll booth just as I got into darkness and hit full beams. Scary as fuck when you're tipping 120kph. Never happened again and could never find the reason why it happened but this pic was taken during my "investigation".
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Previously he stated that he could not install the shock in the 00 @ 330mm like the 98, and that's when he started verifying the linkage configuration. And then the shock got fucked up trying to add shock length after install, which was really just pre-loading the spring more. If it is/was such a f-ing bitch to get in after repair and set at 330mm, I think there is a good chance he is actually having to compress the shock to get it in because the swingarm is bottomed against something, is then losing installed shock length and subsequently the ride height he thinks he should have realized. So bmart... can you install the 330mm shock in the 00 by just sliding the mounting bolts in? You should actually have to lift the swingarm a tad to get the last bolt in if you truly have enough swingarm travel.
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I don't have the patience to read back very far. Is the eccentric adjuster for the rear wheel flipped over?
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SEBSPEED thank you so much! I am on it! Whats the secret for removing the gauge hands?
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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.
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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
Tommy-knockers Brewpub Idaho Springs
Idaho Springs Colorado
Mashtuns and fermenters
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
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
Echo Lake at Mount Evans showing off my new plate
Elephant Butte Park and Denver
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Veefalo on Squaw Pass
Juniper Pass
Juniper Pass
Mount Evans
My route A is home B is Tommy-knockers
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I Am Back !
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
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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