MiniCarver

I have a set of brand new in the box Galfer Waver rotors for a VFR1200. I bought them to try and use on my 2015 vfr800 as an upgrade from 310 to 320mm discs and the offset is wrong. They are $332 a piece brand new from galfer, will sell as a set for $600 + shipping or individually for $310 + shipping

You can just swap rear axles and the 10 spoke 5 lug 8 gen wheel will bolt right up to your 6 gen swingarm. I liked the look of the new swingarm too much to go that route. Unfortunately the brembos didn't work out. There was something with the spacing of the brake pad internally in the caliper that made them offset the rotors and I got a large amount of chatter under braking so I went to stock tokico calipers. But if you cross reference the part numbers, Honda uses the exact same calipers on their cbr1000rr and 600rr bikes, delinked with radial calipers and 310mm discs they work really really well. I've got close to 10k miles on them so far after a cross country trip this past winter. I hadn't heard about the British winter issues, Being in the southeast of the states I don't have to worry about British winters, but there might be an aftermarket caliper piston set that will make them stand up to Winter conditions better? 🤔

You can mount 8gen fork lowers directly to your 2003 fork tubes, Honda kept the upper tube length, diameter, and spacing of the triples identical between 6th and 8th gen. The problem you're going to run into trying to retain the wheel and discs is that the 6th gen has 296mm discs that mount with 6 bolts, and the 8th gen has 310mm discs that mount with 5 bolts. So using the 6th gen wheel and discs, the brake pad won't actually make full contact with the disc. And trying to use larger diameter 8 gen discs won't bolt to a 6 gen wheel to try and retain the wheel. Best option is finding a used front end from a salvaged 8 gen on eBay. And if you're referring to the front fender when you say mudguard, Honda reused the front fender from a 2016 cbr1000rr on the 8th gen vfr, so you can find any number of those from oem to after market carbon fiber on fleabay. Adjustability on 8th gen forks are no different from the 6th gen IF you find the 8 gen standard forks. If you find the 8 gen deluxe forks then you do get extra adjustability. For compression I believe. You should be able to reuse your 6th gen master cylinder but I'm not 100% on that because I'm using nissin radial master cylinders. For the rear brake, I swapped an entire 8 gen swing arm onto mine, which are already delinked as you know, so I just had a single custom brake line made that I ran to an 8th gen rear master cylinder. Best of luck.

That's the spirit, i'd take my little bit melted v-dam with these performance headers over a stock header with clean v-dam any day.

that's my point, he says no stator issues or burnt wiring but he hasn't actually seen the stator yet. and I pulled my cover off to have it powder coated.

have you actually removed your stator cover to look at the stator and see if it's burnt? or have you checked the RR/Stator connector for indications of melting? this isn't a issue of riding conditions. it's an issue of it will go out eventually.

I actually didn't have them run a test piece first. we just looked at the paint card next to the 10 spoke wheel and said "close enough" and went for it lol. ended up working out.

This was my center stand stop solution.

Yep, right at the mid-pipe connection lol

I knew it wasn't be an exact perfect fit. Just letting everyone know what I had to do to get it in place. If you're trying to install this by yourself be prepared to become a novice contortionist.

Finally got around to installing the pipe. The front was pretty far off and misaligned. CornerCarver had to lay on the ground and push the front right with his foot while I worked it into place.

I've been running Titanium exhaust wrap on my 99 catless header and have seen a significant improvement to bike temp. someone had mentioned earlier in this thread that you "shouldn't" wrap SS headers so I contacted the manufacturer of the titanium wrap and they said it won't cause any issues with a SS header.

Maybe someone wants to coat their exhaust for aesthetics?

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