marriedman

Translate: with the lady in them no? We were all thinking it, but Dutchy was the only one man enough to say it aloud!

Yeah, there should be at least one on there as an homage! You know Seb, all of the expenditures could be tax deductible if you kept it as a "Company Car" or as an advertising vehicle for your business.

Oh dear lord, that sounds mean!

Man, I'd be all over this if I still had a 5th gen. Maybe post something on the VFR facebook page? That might get some exposure.

Very nice!

On my 5th gen, I would get to about 180 miles until the last bar. On the 6th gen, pretty much the same. If I was really flogging the bikes, I would get down to 150. On the 7th gen, I get to 120 miles and it is blinking. Fuel economy so far has been 33-35mpg. It's a bit of a hassle when you are out in the middle of nowhere and you fill up everytime you see a gas station just in case you don't see another one when you may need it. 7th gen tank - 4.9 US gal 5 & 6th tank - 5.2 US gal They are really that far apart in capacity, but the fuel economy difference makes that difference rather significant.

lol... okay, is it the internal design of the fork? Is it something that can be rectified with some Jamie Daugherty magic? Or is it just an inherently bad design?

lol, completely.

Yeah, that was pretty much over my head. If I read it correctly, the offset of the tube holes has a lot to do with the rake and trail. With a greater diameter fork tube, the less space for wheel and calipers. With thinner tubes, more axle spacer. One thing that I find interesting is V4 Rosso post about the Hornet fork being 41mm. Does that mean that they will fit in the stock VFR triple?

I've been reading several threads about fork swaps and there is always a part when they talk about the trail or rake being changed or making sure that it doesn't. This is where my inexperience and general ignorance of motorcycle geometry comes into play. As I understand it, the angle of the forks to the ground gives us the rake. And the angle of the forks combined with the height of the axle is what determines the trail. Am I correct so far? If so, then wouldn't the rake be determined by the angle of the head where the yoke/triple tree mounts? And then the trail would be determined by the length of the forks that are used. Correct? As a side note, it appears as though it is always the same forks that are used. RC51, f4i, or R1. What about other models that have inverted forks? The FZ1 has them as do Suzuki TL1000R's. Basically I am just curious about the basics. Thanks all!