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33 minutes ago, VFR750F3 said:

I am not sure why everyone is so worried about the size and filtration of their air filters. 

What do you mean? 

Maybe someone has the graphic handy?

The WSBK app is completely useless, filled with bugs, and crashes constantly. Even if it worked, there isn't much on it. It has been like that for many years. I don't understand why they don't fix it. I've written to them tons of times. 

The GP app is better, but still nearly useless compared to the website (which is also gone to crap the last few years with giant pictures creating endless scrolling, but sharing very little actual info without a LOT of clicking around...something that used to be taboo in design). 

I'm not sure if either is on Start TV apps. My new Roku Ultra came today. I'll poke around once I have the courage to set aside a week for "quick setup!" 

Let us know if you find anything!

A few hints:

To nav WSBK easily, you may want to choose the "news" link. You'll still get a site designed by kids w/1/30th of the data you want without scrolling...but you'll get news. 

If you select videos, they've "helped" again and separated them by their topic choices (not user/your filtering choices). Good luck. I hate it. You can see highlights "easily."

My favorite is to select Calendar, then Round, then Schedule. From there a normal human can look at any given day, then any given event (race/practice/etc.) for any group and view results (text, thank the Gods), or watch the races directly from links on that page. If you set your initial link to calendar instead of the home site, you won't see results, which they love to post so that the race-watching is immediately ruined for everyone who was looking at that screen. 

I start on calendar for MotoGP also, but the interface was designed by preteen teletubbies. If you want to see more than one or part of one thing...you're going to have carpal tunnel from scrolling and clicking 72 layers in. 

As I'm fond of saying...Humans, the worst.

1-You're on an iPad. Sorry...I couldnt' resist. 

b-Know that even though MotoGP and WSBK have the same parents...the logins are different. And if you log in on one, it'll log you out of the other. At least that is how mine has worked for a while now, and it sucks. 

iii-The apps for both of them suck big time. I highly recommend just using the websites. They are much easier to navigate and offer a lot more info, including life timing on WSBK, for free (pay on MotoGP). 

Check anything that a human touched, and go through a checklist for tech that any track day org publishes. That should get you there. 

10 hours ago, jroberts427 said:

Found two more missing fasteners, and a lonely zip tie in place of one. The excess wasn't even snipped off. What kind of neanderthal put this bike back together? lol  

I can tell you this...I leave many of my zip ties long these days if no one sees them. The short ones cut up your hands when you're working in tight spaces!

Does this make the blinkers more or less visible to other drivers? 

I couldn't sleep if I attached my master link like that. Is there any data on if they stay on under pressure?

I've never owned anything that clean/undamaged, and I don't see any damage in your pic. I think that you might have the "I have too much free time" disease. Go ride it!

I'm not sure what the pic sequence is telling me. Do you end up with a riveted shaft or one with a nut on it? 

I had the same year/color scheme, and an '86 and a '93. Superb bikes. 

Years ago, I would go every season. Quite a few years back, I skipped the one here around Charlotte and there was a shooting there. 

It would be hard for me to care less about new motorcycles, or about being around what we're calling humans these days. I'll stick to riding and forums. 🙂

That's magic. I don't think that even with proper care, they're made to go that long. O-rings break down. Lube comes out. Rollers break. My VFRs have been ~20k miles nearly like clockwork. The track bikes go ~5k-6k miles. If you've ever seen what a breaking chain does to a calf...

For reference, this is nearly done. lol

17/43 530, sizes are surely stock and they look stock to me. If either sprocket or the chain is worn to out of spec, you'll want to replace all three at the same time. It is a great time to improve the ratio. I love mine at 17/45 on the '98 and '00. I had the same on my '99. 

Wear doesn't look bad to me. I'd clean them and the area around them so that you can see them more easily. Likely the same for the chain. 

A quick Google search will give you good examples of bad chains/sprockets. (sprockets looks fine to me. share chain pics?) Here's what mine did at end of life. 

Post pics of FJ! 🙂 I had three of them before making the move to a '99 VFR years ago. Still have some FJ ABS stuff for sale. 

I love my Motobatts...

Let us know how you like them once you get some miles in. I went Roadsmart 3 on both of my VFRs, but wouldn't mind saving some dosh next time around. 

Brake pads close to end of life? Hardly...unless they're a lot thinner on the side we can't see. Clean them up with a brass brush and clean the rotors and run those suckers. New pads are only a few mm thick, so what looks like 1.5-2.0mm left is probably 1/2 to 1/3 of life left...so 10k miles? 

Efficient way to carry spare O-rings? 

More advice, semi-solicited, I guess!

I'd start with the right spring rates, sag, and damping adjustment. Modifying geometry before that won't likely give you a good result under any stressed conditions. And having a bike set up properly for you is so much more enjoyable, and safe, to ride. 

I would add setting up controls, as most of them point to the sky creating all kinds of bad body position. 

Get good body position, still critical for normal on road duties. 

Then geometry. 

Then ergos. 

It sounds like a lot of work, but it really isn't, and the outcome is so much better!

Good luck. Let us know how it goes. 

Which VFR is this? No years in your profile info. 

Try not to fix one problem with creating another. If you have a suspension or geometry issue, PSI won't fix it even if it makes it "feel" better under normal circumstances. 

Not for mine, but for YOU! Saw these on C-list today and thought someone might be able to use them. 

https://charlotte.craigslist.org/mpo/d/matthews-genuine-honda-saddlebags-for/7705840764.html

Mine was well under $200 for front and back for each car during a recent sale. Prices have been falling while the level of tech/image quality is improving. That's something!

Why is there a bloke standing in the middle of the street? 🙂