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Go to ebay and search on "Michelin Road 2". Can't miss it. It's the same seller that was on Amazon - same name and ships from the same location in MO.

I believe there is a factory service manual available for free download in the downloads forum. Mite have a look.

Grum, That Road 6 pricing is indeed crazy. Even with the currecy conversion, that single tire is significantly more expensive than the Road 2 set available here. The high cost of tires is why I finally set myself up to mount and balance tires myself. That takes some of the sting out of it and it seems that fewer shops want to mount tires not purchased from them. I have a bit over $200 invested in setting myself up, so I figure the first 2 sets paid for it. Regardless, it looks like inflation is here to stay and we'll all be paying higher prices for everything.

Welcome to inflation. Oil near $125 is putting huge price pressures on everything. IMHO tires will be particularly susceptible to that. I think of it as Covid on my wallet. There is a US based ebay retailer selling Road 2s for US $220 per set. No idea about international shipping tho. The last set I got from them in 2021 were about 3 months old, so recent production. I may buy a set and toss em on my spare wheels before the price goes up. Unfortunately higher prices are likely here for the foreseeable future. 😞 Just double checked - no international shipping from that seller. Grum - any thoughts about Angel ST or GT? ST's seem in the same general price range as Road 2's, at least here. I'm not understanding why Road 2's have disappeared from mass retailers inventory and even Michelin's website and yet this retailer in the central US is able to source them with current date codes . . . My last set with the 2020 date codes were made in Spain. Too bad about manufacturer's obsession with having "the latest and greatest" - when what customers want is the tried and true that works and is a good value. Maybe that's too simple a concept in today's hyper competitive market, dunno.

All the gear all the time!

Nice . . . I'd give that photo two likes if I could!

Great intel - thanks.

Sorry - I can't help myself . . . for me the "strange whining noise when starting cold" is the GF complaining that I ride too much. Ignore me now and back to topic . . . LOL!

The ones that run perpendicular to the line of travel are usually of no consequence, but if they get carried away with parallel ones in the wheel tracks it can be some trouble in curves - otherwise taking the right lines can usually avoid them. Near Zion Park one year I encountered a stretch that was so plastered with them I was cursing the head of the Utah DOT the entire time I was on it. Ridiculous. Anyway - nice video. I had the pleasure to cover that in 2018 with Canadian friends on the way to Custer. It really is epic.

Sounds like Toyota with the new '22 Tundra V-6. Many trucks are apparently throwing check engine lights for a turbo wastage problem at just a few hundred miles. Parts for repair back ordered and repair seems to involve engine or cab removal and weeks if not months on the dealer back lot. The owners who are stuck with a two week old $60,000 brick are getting stonewalled by Toyota, zilch in the way of communication. Lots of owners with high blood pressure. My guess is that corp lawyers counsel management to clam up and admit nothing for fear of litigation, damage or loss of use claims. Seems common protocol these days. Most end users just want to know they'll be taken care of, but unfortunately that seems to be one more thing the legal profession has denied us all.

There's no substitute for cubic inches/cc's. 😎 I think the hillbilly way of saying that is that "there's no replacement for displacement . . . " LOL!

Us seeing that is like teenagers going in to a strip club for the first time and seeing strippers. "Can anybody stand up . . . ? LOL!! That is dead sexy. I don't recall a 10 spoke in white. Plenty of 8 spokes but on a G8 seems a rarity. Well done!

Danno, just noted the Dark Side comment. Couldn't agree more. A car tire makes much more sense and would be cheaper and last longer than a M/C tire in that application.

Not sure what to think of that. I never got the 3 wheelers thing - takes up substantially the space of a car, but you're out in the open like a bike. Seems nicely executed for what looks like a home built rig.

Link to him, below. Not cheap, but if you can't get it from Honda . . . Looking through the thread, I did not see (and please correct me if I missed it . . . ) any mention made of the coolant used at the change prior to the leak appearing. I have had hoses leak and produce that type of drip there, but early on in my association with Honda M/C's I made the mistake of using a silicate coolant. The WP seal was ruined in short order. So be sure if replacing the pump to use non-silicate coolant only (apologies if I'm stating the obvious . . . ). Anyway, good to know that 6G pumps will work on our 5G engines - that should keep us supplied for a good long time. https://azv65.com/products/honda-p-n-19200-mbg-000-98-01-vfr800f-interceptor-water-pump-overhauled-0404d?_pos=6&_sid=9e8875fe8&_ss=r

Knock offs are unfortunately far too common these days. China has little inclination to enforce property rights, brands, trademarks, etc. The internet has provided an avenue to peddle fake goods worldwide. If a deal seems too good to be true . . .

I appreciate the comment in the OP about being humbled by being passed by a coach or other rider that's two up, or on a small bike, etc. That happened to me - I had some time at a local track and thought I was cutting a pretty good line until one of the coaches blew past me on another G6 VFR, disappearing through the next turn before I could get there . . . I felt like the slack-jawed Coyote watching the Roadrunner disappear. It was a lot to process in the moment as my stupid ego deflated - I had to process that I'm not even close to as good as I think I am and that I have a lot of development that needs to be done. (I recall thinking "how is that even possible??") I couldn't rationalize that he was on a better / lighter / more powerful (pick the adjective) bike than mine - it was the SAME!! - it was NOT at all about the bike, but WAS about my lack of skill. I haven't done any track time since, but have not forgotten that experience and often think of it prior to departing on a ride to remind myself to stay within my abilities. Riding on the road is not a race - the only prize is to pull the bike back in the garage with it as nice as it was when I left. If only we all had the time / money / facilities available to get to that next level. One other thing I took from that was that good ride leaders don't tell everyone to "keep up" - they rather tell them that "we'll wait for you at such and such a junction / landmark - whatever. Ride your own ride and be safe." Great write up - thanks for sharing.

Awesome story. Just random chance you saw it - was definitely meant to be!

One use I've found for it is when riding through mountainous areas. The ECU does not have an idle air bypass that was common for the era and it thus cannot compensate for changes in atmospheric pressure. The most pronounced I ever had was at the Pike's Peak summit. My G6 would just not idle - it could maybe maintain around 700 rpm, so I had to constantly hold the throttle to keep it running. Once back to lower levels it regained its idle. Even at 5,000 feet which can be common in the western US, I find myself pulling out a screwdriver to change the idle speed. Then once back to near sea level do it again since its idling too fast. The manual lever lets you keep the idle more or less where you want it if idle is baselined near sea level. The other for me is that the wax unit is such a PITA to get at that taking that out of the equation is one fewer potential service project I might need to do. And I think it's happening on my G6 - there doesn't seem to be a fast idle these days - it stumbles along until it warms up then idles fine. Just my $.02.

Same here. IMHO the wax unit was a solution in search of a problem. The lever actuation was much simpler and IMO works better and is more reliable. Probably some sort of EPA reg . . .

As a self taught mechanic that has made the "he didn't check the boss or filter to see if the old gasket was still in place" mistake , I can say from experience that if that were the case, oil would be everywhere! It makes a gigantic mess . . . LOL! Somehow it seems that it wouldn't, but when it comes to pressurized oil and gaskets, less is more. As to the mechanical blunders on my learning curve, it was probably just a notch below the "he didn't replace the drain plug before refilling with oil" goof. Thank god with the latter the drain pan was still in place - the only damage was to my ego and wallet. I'm going to guess in this case it was from a filter that needed just a tich more clockwise muscle and seeped a bit over time. YMMV

A consideration for a 98/99 converted to a 6th gen TB would be that you lose the manual control for the starter valves and would likely convert to using the 6G wax unit. Since the 98/99's don't have that, the thermostat housing and clutch side waterneck on the rear head need to be swapped for 2000 to 2009 units which have the nipple for the small hose that goes to/from the wax unit. Last time I looked at the parts fiche both were available from mother Honda. If someone were very good at modding, it might be possible to hook the 98/99 cable control to the 6G starter valves, but it would probably require some fabrication of some small parts. I looked at that but determined I do not have the abilities to pull that off. Wish I did - I'd love to be able to get rid of the wax unit on my G6.

She's lookin' really good!

I can't recall the last time I saw a G3 for sale - C/L, FB, ebay, Cycle Trader . . . It would be intetesting to know how many survive.

Sounds like a true barn find. If you have a red 3rd gen with white wheels, that would be a 1990. Date codes or no, just looking at those tires they look like they're hard as bricks. We just had someone else with one of these and found the fuel tank to be pretty crusty. I hope yours is in better shape. JMO, but with so few 3rd gens around now, I'm guessing many were sacrificed for their rear wheel. It's nice to see the ones that remain loved on and ressurected!