swimmer

So bring along some good oil for them to put in instead of them using the Honda stuff.

+1. Seems very reasonable. Honda loaner bikes in the US is almost unheard of, especially if your bike is out of warranty.

I think if the situation was urgent Honda would have notices to owners ASAP. That isn't happening so I will keep on putting as many miles as possible on my VFR.

Good job on Honda for addressing this issue properly.

They'll find you through DMV. Got a recall notice for my Yamaha several months ago. I am not the original owner and never registered anything with Yamaha. @Swimmer, it sounds like you have already updated the mailing routine by transferring info at a dealership, as I was told that Is the process. Not done by phone or online. They also confirmed the pending driveline U-joint recall today. Honda Powersports Cust Ser. 866-784-1870. (Have your Vin. # handy) Honda of San Mateo, CA also confirmed pending recall... "If you're having issues, have it inspected. The dealership will communicate up line if needed. If no issues, wait for the letter" was their comment to me. At speed all feels fine here but... How much slow speed slop n clatter is too much? I'm hearing varying degrees. No, I didn't buy the Yamaha from a dealer and certainly never took it near a dealer. The recall notice just showed up. They get their information from the DMV.

They'll find you through DMV. Got a recall notice for my Yamaha several months ago. I am not the original owner and never registered anything with Yamaha.

Limp along? Not a whole lot of drive shaft failures happening so I suspect this may have gone completely unnoticed had Honda not issued the recall. I didn't feel like I was limping along on my way to work this morning.

It's not really a big deal presumably. Drop your bike off, they fix it and, you take it home. Good for them for taking action. The thought of a VFR1200 stop sell order in the US is pretty comical.

Did he mention when they would have the parts needed for the repair? My VFR is not going anywhere near a shop until they have the parts on hand.

So, I can only assume owners with bikes falling into the recall will get a letter from Honda.

So, does the last sentence say, get it checked even if the are no parts available to fix it?

Did you find any of the aluminum bits in the sump as was found to be an issue with some 2010 models bought in the UK? How many km on the bike?

Swimmer, have you calculated speedo error, or might you be using a GPS-based odometer? Yes, the speedo is quite accurate and the odometer is short by a little over 1%. So, in reality my mpg figures are slightly better than posted but, close enough.

On my 5th gen, I would get to about 180 miles until the last bar. On the 6th gen, pretty much the same. If I was really flogging the bikes, I would get down to 150. On the 7th gen, I get to 120 miles and it is blinking. Fuel economy so far has been 33-35mpg. I bought my new, 0 mile 12' VFR1200 on Oct. 10. After riding it 820 home I started tracking the mpg on fuelly. First 3 tanks with my normal commute. 192.8 miles @ 46.3 mpg 211.7 miles @ 47.7 mpg 213.8 miles @ 49.7 mpg. I expect those numbers to get a little better once the motorcycle is broken in. As usual, the horror stories of bad mpg are overblown and have more to do with factors not dependent on the motorcycle.

Which Rotella? I prefer the Rotella T6 to the Auto Mobil 1 I was running.

Got any great advice about removing the stickers from the tank without messing up the finish? Goo Gone.

I can appreciate fabricating all of that stuff by laying out everything by hand and manually machining everything but I could probably model all of that stuff in SolidWorks in a few hours and send it out to be made by some shop with a CNC and a week later I'd have my parts for much cheaper than what you were paid to do that. I send a lot of my small jobs to some dude who does all his machining without a CNC because he is fast and his quality is super so I can appreciate your skills but NFW would I pay $2k for that.

It would be interesting to find out what the pressure relief valve is rated at on the OEM filter. Of the filters recommended in the posted link the Pure One has the lowest rating and according to Purolator it is still too high. Their MC specific one is rated at 9-12psi.

Should the Pure One be dropped from this list since Purolator recommends not to use them on your motorcycle? My link Edit: so I see the spec for the pressure relief valve on the filter is 17psi and the oil pressure on my VFR at 6k rpm is 71psi. The stated concern of Purolator seems like a non-issue to me.

Aren't the Ir's stock?

FWIW, I am still running the 20/3 setting. Looked at my chain pretty closely this weekend as I had the rear wheel off to get a new tire mounted. The rollers and o-rings still look wet and the side plates dry. The chain guard still is getting some accumulation on it. The tire I pulled off did not have any signs of fling-off save for a few specs here and there.

So I've gone through about 2 tanks with the 20/3 setting on the pro-oiler. The side plates of the chain are pretty much dry but the o-rings and rollers still look a little wet. The chain seems a little loud but I think that is because the previous owner did not maintain well for the 8800 miles before I got it. I am definitely not getting any fling off onto the tire. This seems like a pretty good setting. If anything I might go up to 20/4 but I am going to leave it as is for a while. I think if the VFR had a normal type of rear sprocket with a large face on it and not the little ridge that the nozzle has to sit on it would work better and more oil would get on the o-rings and less on the rollers.

I think I'll write Pablo a note telling him how many people are finding the pre-set or suggested flow schedule to be too rich. After moving my pro-oiler from my 650R (where I had zero chain adjustments or cleaning in 14k miles) I found the suggested setting too rich for my VFR. Currently I am using 20/3 setting and that may be a little lean for commuting. NFW will I ever go back to the clean/lube routine pre pro-oiler.