Switchblade

New battery ?

And does it have HID headlights ?

Hope it holds .

Back again and still struggling, when the low beam headlight relay is plugged out and my vfr idle's the voltage stays on 12.5 volts rev is up to 5000rpm it goes up to 13.2Volts. When the relay is plugged back in the charge goes away and the battery drains away. With the R/R unplugged the red wires test 19.8volts and plugged in without the headlight relay it goes down to12.5 volts. The stators disconected test 4.5V,11.4V and 19.5V is the stator faulty? It also gets hot when plugged in... (ps all the earth block are soldered so no bad earth connections)

Please HELP

Bad stator, 4.5Vac reading is wrong. Replace stator,R\R and the connectors .

Some of you may want to look to the great white north ,your 70 cents will buy a canuck dollar which makes some of the machine work cheaper.

That is a good idea ..

Yes those are the reed valves leave them out .

Your lucky all the screws broke off on mine .

Since '07 I believe, Honda went to recommending 10W-30 viscosity from 10W-40. How many of you are using 10W-30 with no problems? Seems mighty thin for a high revving engine in the hot weather of the South. It also seems arbitrary on Honda's part to do that. For those with 8th gens. what vis. are you using?

No 10W-30 for me I am a T6 guy.

I used Custom Rewind for my 6th gen stator. Still working great. Cost was a bit over $100.

+1 I put that sh#t on everything !

Putt the bike outside, spray al the contaminated erea's with degreaser and let the rain do the job for you.

The rain, you mean the wind and the rain .

I know there is little gratitude BUT i and many here thank you for your efforts .

There claiming it's just a assembly problem so should be no difference but yeah it would have been interesting to see if there was any changes.

The decals for both my girls came in today :-)

July 1986 the year my VF500F was built also the month/year I started with a certain company I am with still today (after 2 mergers and a split...).

Undecided on which color scheme would look best I simply made "3 generations"....

The nothing else matters will look good under the sidepanel VFR logo (methink) with the sane insanity apt for the VF...

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No Dragon stickers ?

Well its a sad day but I finally did it. This bike is now for sale.

I always thought I'd have this bike forever but after seeing how difficult critical engine parts are to get (i.e. impossible, at any price) this just isnt the bike for me anymore. I want a bike I can ride but this one is just too valuable. It needs to be on display somewhere so other enthusiasts can see it.

Its fully functional and I've ridden it once since the rebuild, in addition to starting it up dozens of times so people can hear it run.

Anyone who reads raresportbikesforsale.com will see it there shortly. I took a bit of a guess at the price. Its by no means a pristine RC30 but it has a different value. I'll also be contacting the Barber museum to see if they are interested, plus a collector in Sydney who has the polished frame sister of this bike.

As an RC30 owner, I just want to say thanks for getting it running and sharing the build. I saw your bike at the Handbuilt show in 2014 and really had no idea of its provenance.

And Welcome ..

On sale at Motomummy if anyone is interested. $80.00

https://www.motomummy.com/chain-kits-with-steel-front-and-rear-sprocket/12-oclocklabs-speedodrd/

Why? They are $70 shipped from Wicked Racing via eBay and the website.

There you go ...

On sale at Motomummy if anyone is interested. $80.00

https://www.motomummy.com/chain-kits-with-steel-front-and-rear-sprocket/12-oclocklabs-speedodrd/

:sad2: Sounds like you made the right decision and good luck with your next project.

Thanks for the update .

You guys think you got it bad? Yamaha have just announced a recall on ALL YZF-R1s and YZF-R1Ms globally to replace the gearboxes following a number of failures. Now that is a big job! Engine out and cases split etc etc.

Source - http://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/2015/december/recall-yamaha-2015-yzf-r1-and-yzf-r1m/

Holy crap have not read anything about this until now.

It came with a quarter ?

Nothing wrong with cheap as long as it works.

Check the cloud, not there either .

For legal purposes for those who own the bike in question you have have been unofficially notified .

Think about that for a minute .

Serious question (and utterly off topic) do you have something wrong with your spacebar?

Mine failed over 2 years ago and cost me $2000 in repair cost, I wish the recall came out earlier.

Probably been said, but surely you have a case for reclaiming the cost of this due to it being acknowledged as a fault?

Honda will not refund work preformed before recall or at least not here . Maybe there they will .

WELCOME and Mohawk good info on the HealTech QuicksShifter .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ZpZEMARZkbI#t=87

No worries. Just a bunch of other "world" stuff going on and this project has taken a back seat. Once I get it installed I will post up.

Sorry to keep folks hanging, but life does tend to interrupt our best plans.

Have a safe New Year.

Amen and no hurry we will be here .

Thanks for the update .

Just in case you are still interested ... have a look at this: http://www.peterverdone.com/archive/05shock.htm

Roughly 242 PSI in the stock shock off an '05 CBR 600 RR.

Dude great article . One of the best explanation of a rear shock .

"Spring and damper, know the difference. Preload is for changes geometry, Spring is for changes in load, and the damper is for changes in velocity. It really is that simple. "