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  2. timmoer
    I have the Blueskysea B5M, it's about $130 USD off Ali Express. Here's an example video: I'll never go without a dashcam, when I was a new rider on my SV650 I installed the cam and literally the next day someone didn't see me in their blind spot, merged into me, I locked up and went down. We didn't actually come into contact, just came super freaking close - the guy pulled over, then just left. From the camera I made out his plate and showed it to the police, who ultimately charged him and I got his insurance to pay for full repairs (most of which I pocketed, really it was just a clutch lever, shifter, and some chinese fairings).
  3. WhiteWolf
    WhiteWolf joined the community
  4. Captain 80s
    I always wanted one since working at the Honda shop starting in the early 90s. Got to ride them and work on them. Was just always waiting for the right one, in the right shape (solid bones, but not nice enough to demand all the money). Well the first came along and was the perfect candidate, and I got to do the mods I always wanted to do. Absolutely love it. The second one was exactly why I have multiple VFRs. Not actively pursuing, but opportunities present themselves that you just can't afford to let get away.
  5. vfrgiving
    You folks in Europe enjoy, like the NT1100 this probably won't come stateside. 🙃
  6. Captain 80s
    Actually... hold on! You have to standing above for the lines to match. All original paint and graphics.
  7. Duc2V4
    Just to let you know, I worked with AS3 and another Hawk owner member from the FB Hawk group and got them to build silicone coolant hoses for the Hawk family of bikes. Should be available very soon.
  8. St. Stephen
    I've always felt there might be a Hawk in my future. It would join the two other V-twins in my garage. Simple, light and good looking. But...Triumph is bringing back the Daytona, the 675cc engine I believe. Whenever I've been behind a Daytona I just loved the sound of the triple. The 2024 Daytona is I believe under $10K. It doesn't have sophisticated suspension adjustability, or a lot of other bells and whistles, but it's around 430 lbs. and has lots of opportunity to modify into a great track day bike. Looking forward to seeing one in person. (I too have never owned an inline four)
  9. tsmitty
    Lot of questions Captain and some sporadic. ok, i mask everything off scuff up the white, Do I prime the blue areas that will be painted as well as the petcock area? After all that, after pealing the masking away, that ridge we just created between the blue and white paint does that have to be made smooth again? Then apply the decal then clear everything? Blue, decal, white?
  10. Captain 80s
    Duplicolor BGM0153 Perfect Match Automotive Paint, GM Arctic White, 8 Oz Aerosol Can
  11. Captain 80s
    Paints that don't require a multiple stages to get the color right. Like a colored base coat and/or a special top coat, like a very translucent pearl. Sold white, no pearl or metallic, is pretty easy to shoot, and hides flaws and contamination really good. Your tape lines look pretty on. I'll compare a straight side look on my 86, but Honda usually has it's stripes configured for straight from the side. Look for a Duplicolor non-metallic white in a can to match up. They offer quite a few. I've got one I am gonna try for that white fairly soon. Not sure which one I picked out (will verify), but GM Arctic White is supposed to be pretty damn close to Shasta White.
  12. tsmitty
    Does the masking look right to you?! That blue is so far off!
  13. tsmitty
    What is "single stage" and are you talking shaker can paint?
  14. Captain 80s
    Ouch. I see some white paint in your future. The good news... single stage solid white is usually the easiest to shoot and have look good.
  15. tsmitty
    Some more playing around with masking tape. I'll get some white and red vinyl tape.
  16. Dutchy
    I bought a VF500F2 for keny 11 years ago with 15? year old BT45's on it. Thread depth was good. So keny opted to ride some 1600kms in 23 hours to Stockholm to catch the ferry to Finland. Keny will be fine with 9 yr old tires no problemo.... 😁
  17. Skids
    Great. And of course my fuel tank is full from over-winter storage 🙄
  18. bmart
    Only 9 years old? lol Yea...I'd get rid of those! They're probably fine for running around, but I wouldn't want to have to rely on them in an emergency situation.
  19. bmart
    Is the 6G more reliable than the 5G in general? Are the yellow wires a thicker gauge?
  20. MBrane
    The Pirelli Sport Demons I ran ran on my '87 Ninja 600 never did that, but they didn't make it close to 7 years either. I would ditch those without hesitation.
  21. MBrane
    Sweet! The original v-twin 650 naked sport bike.
  22. Captain 80s
    I just added another Hawk to the fleet. Built my first one. bought this one. 700cc engine. Couldn't afford NOT to buy it.
  23. Duc2V4
    Will do, may not be able to get to it until March, work will have me traveling this month. I want to have him bring it to my place so I can have a better and longer go at with all my tools at my disposal. Definitely chime in once I get a chance to look at it closer.
  24. MBrane
    Fail. I swear their recent Moto GP struggles are karma related.
  25. Skids
    Hi. No, I've not had time yet and won't for a little while. There's no rush though, she won't be back on the road until April. Please let us know how you get on with your mates bike.
  26. Duc2V4
    Any resolution on this issue? I went to see if I could help a fellow 5 Gen owner with the same issue. I tried looking/listening for air leaks but the bike wasn't at my place to do a more thorough go through. I took the wax unit out of the equation (adjusted it to not effect the idle), just to see if it was the culprit and although it seemed to keep the RPMs down, the problem still exist. I want to bring the bike to my place to have a better and more thorough look but thought I'd check in here first. My gut says air leak but until I can "strip the part off the heads to get a better inspection, thought I'd look on the forum first.
  27. Duc2V4
    If Ducati can go from making V-twins that were winning races to building V-4's that are winning races, can't see why Honda can't go back and do the same. Never cared for inline motors, so much so, that I went out and sought an old Honda V-twin (Honda Hawk GT650). So now I have 2 V-twins and 2 V-4s in my stable. V is for victory! All ribbing aside, not sure what drives the motorcycle market these days but if it's inline motors, whether it be twins or 4's, I guess that's what they'll be putting out. It's a shame Honda didn't build another RC model for the masses. Yeah, the RC-213V was done, but it definitely wasn't for the "masses", at least not with most peoples bank accounts. I'll hang on to my VFRs for as long as I can and keep crossing my fingers for Honda to give us two variants of the VFR, one an RC inspired version and another more suited for sport-touring. I'd probably buy both, one for the track and one for the daily ride, essentially what I have now, just more modern and up to date.
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    1. HispanicSlammer

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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

       

    2. MartinkaP's Blog

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      I Am Back !

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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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