Crewwolfy

While I was working on my VFR, I bought (and have sold) a 2018 motorcycle. The handlebar switches were so smooth and crisp. I would like to renew my VFR to those levels. I understand I'll need the disassemble/clean/lubricate the internal components. Are there recommendations on cleaning agents? What is the best lubricant to use to renew these parts? Feel free to add anything I may have overlooked. Thanks!

I'll share a word of warning on the Sargent seat, from my own experience. It's a great seat. But if you take the seat off for maintenance, set it down flat. I leaned it mostly vertical, and it fell on the bottom side, snapping the plastic securing bits. Of course the seat was probably ~10 years old. It works, but I'm shopping for a new seat. Not at all a knock against Sargent, just an unfortunate experience..

I don't mean to recommend going away from the VFRness, At the time I just had a bike that wouldn't run and more time than money...

This is the route I took. It's been fine. I did have to shave down the heatsink fins (easy), but aside from the wiring and mounting (also easy), that was it. Please don't ask for pictures, I really don't want to take the tail plastic off...

Currently looking at a 2000 model with a stripped spark plug thread.. Are the heads and/or engines interchangeable from 98-01, or would I need to stay on the same side of the mid-model upgrade if I wanted to replace the engine and/or core components? Excluding the items you mentioned @Cogswell, looks like those are all external of the engine itself.

Apologies for the long silence. I managed to successfully adjust the valve clearances, but bought another bike to ride during that work. Recently sold that bike, so back to focusing on the VFR. @Grum much thanks for the advice. Looking at the Clymer book, I need to put the side stand down to clear these codes. PO deleted the side stand switch... I'll need to do some investigating to see how they did this, but the connection appears to be beneath the throttle body assembly (which I find to be bonkers...).

Hi all, I have a '99 viffer that lived a hard life before me. I can't say it's been easy with me, but I've put another 40k miles on with no drama. And no valve clearance checks. So I'm tackling that now, and thought it'd be a good time to also tackle the FI faults I've had probably since I've owned the bike. Here's the Christmas tree of lights I'm reading: 1 - MAP sensor 2 - MAP sensor 8 - TP sensor 10 - BARO sensor 11 - speed sensor I'm listing all of these because I imagine some of them have a common cause. The bike does run and pretty well, hence the delay in attempting to address these. I have a manual and have attempted investigations, obviously to no avail. If anyone has some recommendations on avenues toward resolution, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks!

I like the romantic idea of reassembly and a new life for the bike, but I'll agree with all of this, Plenty of parts I'd be interested in..

Ha, sorry, missed this. But don't worry, not many good roads in Chicago. Less about the twisties, more about what's along the side of the roads.. Or something..

FWIW, I picked up a pair of headlight modules (the original style of this post), and one of the modules was stuck on high beam. Contacted the seller, and I'm getting a full refund and keeping the parts, so no loss. May take a look in the bad module, but I happen to have an old single-bulb bike that uses an H4. And I think I'll look for some reviews some more before my next purchase..

Yeah, I noticed that the wattage is for the pairs shortly after posting. Seems odd, but bigger numbers sell more, I suppose. I went with one of the kits originally posted. Tired of having to replace halogens every year.. :P

Charging system on a VFR? Those are never anything but perfect... :P

I'm seeing 80w LEDs available. Pretty sure I installed high wattage headlights into my econobox as a teenager and fried some shit. Is it safe to install 80w LED headlights into the Viffer?

This is what I'd suggest. The wiring needs to be fixed, and you can handle that. Sounds like the coolant hoses are gone, and that's a simple fix, even if it might take a bit of work. As for the valves and shims, feel free to take it to a mechanic once the other problems are solved. Some people prefer riding to mechanic duties, some vice versa, and some a combo. If you prefer just riding, let a mechanic take care of the more complex tasks required to keep it running well.