Infidel

Infidel, whenever you get around to removing the peg feelers, I replaced mine with metric allen head bolts, which I cut shorter so that they screw all the way into the footpegs and bottom right out. That way, there is no exposed bolt shank sticking out. I put some blue locktite on them to keep 'em put!

Works great with the lowering blocks.

Thank ya sir!!

BLS (Larry), a forum member makes peg lowering blocks. They are much less $. Use the factory pegs (which I like), and are extremely well made.

Mine are awesome and I'd post a link if I could but I aint that savvy.

Did a quick edit of one of my photos but they look like this...

You have lowering blocks AND peg feelers?! You are a brave man.

I starteed a topic on this awhile back. I keep them on there because I can't lean the bike worth a crap yet. So crawling before I start walking. Those help me learn my limits. Once I get good enough to lean at little angles and such with proper form and head angles then I will venture out farther, and in this case remove the feelers.

BLS (Larry), a forum member makes peg lowering blocks. They are much less $. Use the factory pegs (which I like), and are extremely well made.

Mine are awesome and I'd post a link if I could but I aint that savvy.

Did a quick edit of one of my photos but they look like this...

Someone from these forums was making a product similar to this. I have been extremely pleased with them and they were simple bolt on items.

The Mother Of all Flying Bananas

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Nice Bike!!!! Can't wait to read about Part II...

It was my understanding when I installed these on mine that these are more for a tip over than anything. I could be wrong though. There was a few pics of a bike floating around here quite awhile ago that showed the the slider snapping off and going right into the side of the fairing that had been involved in a low side. I'll see if I can dig up the thread.

EDIT: Found the thread with the pics. Not much but best I can do for ya. http://www.vfrdiscussion.com/forum/index.php/topic/54276-fairing-slider-options/page__hl__snapped

Looks great!! Welcome to the Forums!

You probably have a USA model. (just guessing) I have an 07 and looked through the Owner's Manual just a few minutes ago and it does not list a way to change it. Only shows MPH and KPH changes. Says F for USA, C for Canada. So my guess is you can't. Try searching the forums. Might find a better answer in there for ya.

Where did you buy this from? I was just looking around for something similar to this.

I always love to see someone take a bike and really make it their own. Who wants to be the same right? BIG :beer: for you for all your hard work. Love the pics!!!

Well the VFR is under the knife do to some fuel injector issues, so what better time to light my wallet on fire do some midsummer mods. Anyway, the injectors are on their way to WitchHunter Perf right now and I'll be ordering the PCV "retrofit" kit from fuel moto in the next couple days.

Before I do that, I want to take a look at the 6th gen wiring diagram (06-09 if it makes a difference) and find out if I need to do any modification to the wiring harness for this to work. I would prefer not to download the entire 6th gen manual. So if someone could take a few screen shots of that section and email me, I would much appreciate it.

Now off to the exhaust shop to get that O2 bung welded on....

Do a search by user name and look for Coderighter. He is the man when it comes to 6th Gen and the PCV. However, he is currently on vacation and might not be able to answer you directly, but you can always shoot him a PM and try. Who knows, he might have the stuff you are looking for already in a thread he made on his PCV.

Good Luck!!

EDIT: Figured it out. Thanks for the help.

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OK... here is my question. Let's start at the top. Do I have the right speedohealer? lol.

Next, The pigtail that comes from the Speedohealer has two sides. Can you assist me in exactly what I am supposed to do with both sides? The write up is pretty good, I just want to be exact in what I am doing. I am not teh best electrical guy so I get nervous on electrical jobs.

Next, I have this spiral wire going behind the instrument cluster as you can see it wrapped up. (the excess) am i supposed to leave that connected or disconnect?

Next, is that the connector I am supposed to splice in to up top?

Any additional advice you can give me based on my bike and pics would be great. I have an 07 btw. What guage wire did you use? some of those wires seem awful thin.

Thank you sir.

Dulop and Conti tires, lol! Putting Vortex sprockets on my bike when I re geared it was a bonehead move.

Why do you say that? What's up with Vortex?

Vortex sprockets are aluminum, and wear much faster than hardened steel. My local mechanic has a collection of them that he has taken off, some look like you could cut down trees with them others have 'bout as many teeth as a jack-o-lantern. So I have a $140 chain resting on some crappy sprockets. No need to use aluminum sprockets on this bike. They are fine on a race bike where you will save a marginal amount of weight and rotating mass. If I had it to do over I would have gone with stock gearing and hardened steel sprockets. Nothing wrong with regearing, but I'm using the VFR for touring now and not sport riding, so I would like to go back to stock to drop the RPMs at speed and make the speedo/odo accurate again without adding a speedo healer.

OK that makes sense. I use Vortex sprockets is the reason I was asking.

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Dulop and Conti tires, lol! Putting Vortex sprockets on my bike when I re geared it was a bonehead move.

Why do you say that? What's up with Vortex?

Thanks Jeremy. We both know a little bit about dropping bikes at any speed. It doesnt take much at all to total a bike. Mines totaled right now. There is a tiny scratch on the frame.

Jeremy post the pic of your 100mph lowside that didnt cause much damage.

It's not like a car at all.

You can get great deals at insurance auctions because of totaled bike with hardly any damage. I have a friend who got a 636 because of a dent in the frame the size of a pencil eraser, thats it.

Infidel are you military? If so thanks for keeping us free. Nothing but respect.

Yeah. Retired this year but still over here sluggin it out as a civilian. Got rocked this morning hehe. All is good though and thanks for the comments.

Like I said, I learned a lot here. You never realize the amount of damage that could be caused just by a slight drop.

I had little confidence in non drillings till I was pointed to Oggy knobs and have confidence after seeing the pics my wife sent me. Some thick brackets. Pricey but liked the style. Was just looking for tip over protection.

Good info here that wasn't in some of the other slider threads. Could make for a good search for someone looking for the info in here.

EDIT: Had to re-read something.. can you explain to me the whole "Frame is scratched" is totaling the bike? Sorry if this is getting side tracked.

There are no cut sliders but they suck.

Frame sliders protect the frame. It's a common misconception that they protect the fairings or other parts. They are meant to keep from totaling the bike from frame damage.

Wheres the dead horse smilie?

Right next to the "Bashing NON drilling sliders based on you don't cut the fairing is getting old" smilie.

Although rather new to street riding, I have yet to see any type of fast crash or accident IRL or on Youtube where just because you drilled your fairing and mounted a "R E A L" slider, you just saved your bike.

Give me a break.

Most of us get the NON drill types for tip overs. I bought Oggy Knobs. Don't have them installed yet and were kind of pricey but they will do what I want them to do. I have no doubt about it.

There is an even BIGGER misconception that they only protect the frame. I guess my bike tipping over or someone doing stunts at 5 MPH and their bike tips over is going to total their bike? They are meant to do a number of things... not just protect the frame. You don't have to be a 40 year vet of street riding or a 5 year vet of these forums to know that.

/rant off Now back to your topic.

What do you want them to do? Tip over protection like I wanted them for? There is a few out there that have a bracket mounted behind the fairing and then the slider mounts to that. I bought Oggy Knobs and will install them when I get home. Don't have all the info as I am still at work and they are a tad pricey but I got them on a deal. Search has a couple great threads on them. If I remember when I get home from work, I think I have them in my favorites.

No slider of any type will protect the bike in every situation. The very best sliders are hardbags anyway.

I know folks who think there bike will be fine in any tip or crash just because they have sliders.

THEY ARE CALLED FRAME SLIDERS, NOT FAIRING PROTECTORS.

Frame sliders can also dig in and cause a bike to start flipping in self destruct mode.

I absolutly never said that a real slider will save a bike.

I've seen the bobbins or whatever you want to call them smash radiators and bust fairings.

None are perfect. No cuts may work in one situation and not another and vice versa.

And yes a 5mph crash can total your bike. Dent in the tank, busted radiator, busted fairing's, dented wheel, guess what it's totaled.

I was under the impression that the frame was on the inside of the fairing. Guess my bike was made different.

I also learned that a dented gas tank totals a bike. I thought total meant total loss.

Guess I have a lot to learn about bikes. :fing02:

There are no cut sliders but they suck.

Frame sliders protect the frame. It's a common misconception that they protect the fairings or other parts. They are meant to keep from totaling the bike from frame damage.

Wheres the dead horse smilie?

Right next to the "Bashing NON drilling sliders based on you don't cut the fairing is getting old" smilie.

Although rather new to street riding, I have yet to see any type of fast crash or accident IRL or on Youtube where just because you drilled your fairing and mounted a "R E A L" slider, you just saved your bike.

Give me a break.

Most of us get the NON drill types for tip overs. I bought Oggy Knobs. Don't have them installed yet and were kind of pricey but they will do what I want them to do. I have no doubt about it.

There is an even BIGGER misconception that they only protect the frame. I guess my bike tipping over or someone doing stunts at 5 MPH and their bike tips over is going to total their bike? They are meant to do a number of things... not just protect the frame. You don't have to be a 40 year vet of street riding or a 5 year vet of these forums to know that.

/rant off Now back to your topic.

What do you want them to do? Tip over protection like I wanted them for? There is a few out there that have a bracket mounted behind the fairing and then the slider mounts to that. I bought Oggy Knobs and will install them when I get home. Don't have all the info as I am still at work and they are a tad pricey but I got them on a deal. Search has a couple great threads on them. If I remember when I get home from work, I think I have them in my favorites.

Wife is HOPING to buy this for me for Xmas.... odds it will be available by then?

/prays to the Gods

This is so great... I feel like a kid waiting for this.

Any word on the heat issues?