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daver314

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  1. I'm no expert by any means, nor do I claim to be, but I think you may run into tuning problems with a new fuel injected motor. By the mid 90's I think most carbureted sport bikes had external ram air intakes. Carbs deal with changes in air intake pressure/rate quite a bit better I think as they depend on a Venturi to bring gasoline into the carb body. Modern efi systems have a predetermined fuel injection rate that could result in your bike running too lean when you get to that magic speed where the extra air pressure makes a difference. I don't know enough about power commanders to know if you can program them to account for this, but I would imagine a lot of re-tuning would be required. I think they usually program based on rom, not speed? Again, I don't know enough about the power commanders. I try to avoid the very slippery mod-slope :-) I think there's room for improvement in the way of cold-air intake in general. I haven't looked much into the vfr intake, but looking at the fiche for the airbox, the 6th gen has 1 intake duct (which I think collects air from directly in front of the air box), whereas my old 954 had two intake ducts which collects air for, inside the failing, but on the outside of the frame where I would assume the air is colder. Here is what the 6th gen box looks like (part 3 is what I'm talking about): http://www.partzilla.com/parts/search/Honda/Motorcycle/2007/VFR800A+AC/AIR+CLEANER/parts.html Vs the 954, for an example (part 17): http://www.partzilla.com/parts/search/Honda/Motorcycle/2003/CBR900RR+A/AIR+CLEANER+%2802-03%29/parts.html There quite a bit on the google about ram air and sport bikes. I think the thing is carbs vs efi. I may very we'll be wrong. It's been known to happen. If you find anything, do share! Cheers, ~Dave
  2. I think the darker red is actually "candy glory red" (R101CU). The same red that's in the 2007 RWB. I believe this was also a colour for 2007.
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