yycviffer

Also in on this. Teaming up with a riding buddy/roomy on this one! Looks like it's gonna be a great turn out.

Stay sane through the winter.

I could hear the Hardley Madeits start up from here.

Well that's because "loud pipes save lives"!!!!!  I saw it on a shirt a Hardley riding was wearing on the ferry so it must be true............ Sorry to hear about the deer too.

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yycviffer +1 home safe and sound. Hey, did anyone else getted hosed yesterday south of the ferry on the 3A down to Creston?????

There was a woman with a garden hose at the end of her driveway squirting the road when she heard a bike coming!!! WTF and I was doing the speed limit. Hit the hot springs out of Nelson, and spent a relaxing evening in Fernie at the ski hill. Came home today. Great seeing everyone and thanks all for making the trip memorable for my other half. Looking forward to the next and + 23 on the thanks to the funkmiester for all the planning. I have to admit I'm kind of on a down today. I've been looking forward to this since Novemember and now it's over all ready.

Jeremy

Well the last of the Calgary crew is ready to launch in a liesurely T -45 min. Have a safe ride everyone and loooking to catching up with all! See you guys in 8 or 9 hours.

JW

Now that is commitment!!!!! OK so I guess I will not be leaving at 5 AM, or 200 Km of gravel............. Planning on leaving around 8. If anyone else is up for it, drop me a line.

On 2016-07-17 at 4:20 PM, superfunkomatic said:

We're into the final week. Glad to see everyone is finding their way to the meet and finding groups to ride with. The itinerary is in the first post for meals and meeting times. We'll have some 'pops' and junk food on the patio for everyone whenever you arrive. I should be there around 2pm (early) just in case. If anyone gets stuck or needs any help please feel free to e-mail me (superfunkomatic(at)gmail.com) or text message me at (403)xxx(874)xxx(9254). My family is driving the car out so we could do emergency service if needed.

Have a safe trip, y'all. See ya on Friday!

 

mike

Hey Mike, What time are you planning on getting out of YYC? Looking through the posts, I haven't seen a Calgary group heading south?

Jeremy

Hey,

Has anyone out there installed the Rostra electronic cruise on the viffer? Most interested if someone has done it on a 5th Gen.

Regards,

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I'm in +1.

Anyone have any real world experience with this? Read a little bit on a Duc forum and a Guzzi forum. Yes its just a spoofer but its also considerably less $ then a Power Commander or a Rapid Bike.

Hey Guys,

Well a couple of years ago I embarked on a project to replace the rear sets on my 5 Gen with the that of a 6 Gen. The reasons were two fold; Firstly, I thought they looked tons better. Secondly, I wanted to have an option for a different rear set in the future. Well I have been looking at the Sato sets but was kinda choking on the $600+ price. The I looked at the 8 Gen quick shifter but that was $400 plus a new step holder. I knew the new step holder was key so bought that and then starting going through the Honda parts bin. This is what I have come up with. The pedal is in almost the exact same position as stock and I am just waiting on the arm for the gearshift lever to come in. So far though, I am pretty happy with where its going. Plus all stock Honda parts. Always nice and no need to do anything to the right side.

Hey guys,

Unless I missed the post, (which is an extreme possibility) what was the plan to bolt the gsxr mirror to the new mount?

Hey guys,

I have been working on mirrors at the moment and am still up in the air. I had/have the ebay mirrors on my bike now. Broke one off as the stalk is plastic. At the point were it meets the mirror base there is only about a 1/16" of plastic surrounding the metal piece that is embedded in the mirror stalk. Didn't really want to go that route again. Have been working on gsxr mirror and various bases, BUT have not been happy with the angle of the mirror in relation to the bike so far. I would definitely be interested a set of decent bases for a 5 Gen as long as you can get the look better then what I have now. I have even though about going back to stock mirror's!!!!!!!!!

I agree. PNW 2016? Choco.........Choco...........?

Afternoon All,

yycviffer + 2 back in Calgary. Stopped in McMinville to see the spruce goose on Sunday. That is one big bird! Saw Axel 7 drive through the parking lot. Whats up with that? Baked on Monday to Lewiston. We hit 42 degree's C!!!! It was actually too hot to ride in ANY comfort.

Also big thanks to choco for doing the organising and shirts. After all, it didn't happen unless you have a t-shirt to prove it. It was a pleasure to meet you all and now I have to update my signature with another ride icon! Whooohoooo!

Jeremy

I've been meaning to post my recent findings...

If you've read thru the entire thread where I discussed some of the mods I have done to my bike, as well as some of the things I did that had an affect as I tried to eliminate the hot running surging, one of the first things that stood out as a partial fix were the velocity stacks.

The arrangement of the velocity stacks in this configuration, Left Front: Short, Right Front: Tall, Left Rear: Tall, and Right Rear: Short, made a definite difference. I commute to work on my VFR every day, so I believe I ride it enough to be able to tell when something makes it run better or worse. The velocity stacks in the above arrangement seemed to help but didnt totally eliminate the hot surging.

I had already done most of the electrical mods, such as the 30-amp fuse fix, left-side blue connector ground wire, and so on, but since my bike is fairly new and the wiring seems to be okay so far, I thought of these mods/upgrades as preventive measures since none of them affected the surging. What I didnt realize is that my particular surging problem was related to the electrical system.

About 3-4 months ago I noticed that my barely 2-year-old battery was starting to act up. In the summer mornings it seemed as though the engine was becoming harder to start, and when I hit the starter button it took several revolutions until the engine started. Work with me on the sound effects here, but it was like woo woo, woo woo, woo woo, woo woo, vroom!!! Slow tickover until it finally gone caught and started. I also had an instance where I stopped at a traffic light, and the idle dropped to about 500 rpms for about 10 secs before it finally came back up. I finally decided to just replace the battery when the bike barely started after the third of several errands I had run during my work lunch break.

I went with an FTZ-14S from motorcyclebatteries.com, which is the same size as the stock battery, but has a few more cold cranking amps. The first time I hit the starter button after installing it the engine fired up with a woo woo, vroom!!!, so I know my slow starting was due to the battery. Maybe my stock battery is somehow defective and just doesnt hold a charge correctly...?

The next morning when I rode to work I didnt even think about the new battery, until I noticed the engine seemed to be running a lot smoother. During my 40 minute commute I didnt notice any running surging whatsoever, although I really didnt believe the battery could have been the source of the problem. So, for the next week I decided to really focus on how the bike ran in really hot temperatures. Well, I installed the new battery a little over two weeks ago, and in my particular case I think that was the problem. Weve had some pretty hot temps here in SoCal for a while now, and there have been only a few times where Ive noticed only a very slight surge or a slight on/off throttle dead spot. But its nothing compared to how it ran beforeits a night and day difference. In fact, I am amazed at how smooth it runs now. I can run in 1st gear at 5-6K, at engine temps well over 200F, and it doesnt surge at all. Nada...

A few days after installing the battery I decided I had better also do the monitor wire fix, as although my voltage below the high level per the service manual at about 15.1 15.2 volts, I was worried that maybe the battery had gotten overcharged and that is what made it fail so quickly. After the wiring fix my voltage is now steady at 14.2 14.3 volts. I really dont think the running voltage was the problem, as the engine definitely ran better after the new battery was installed, but the same after the monitor wire fix.

SoI think my hot surging issue was electrically related, but Im not sure how. The only thing I can figure is that the overall electrical system would become degraded after the bike fully warmed up, and somehow the battery was part of the equation, although I don't see how the battery could change characteristics depending on engine temperature. Anyway, my advice is that if you experience a similar problem, do yourself a favor and perform all of the wiring fixes/upgrades, but first have the battery checked as a potential source.

Well I realise this post is quite old but I did come accross this quote in the service maual; "The volume of fuel injected is compensated when the feeding voltage of the battery is low." It was in the technical features section regarding the ECM. Whether that would be only at start or all the time i can't say, but it would appear that replacing the battery did help and this may have been part of the reason why. Before anyone goes there, yes when running the R/R should have a fairly stable voltage but electrons being what they are, you never know.