marriedman

8 minutes ago, adkfinn said:

 

Way out of my depth here admittedly, but you say 'this doesn't help Larry'... why not? If it solved the belt length issue, wouldn't swapping a 6th gen swingarm onto a 5th gen be an easy and relatively cheap swap? 

I didn't re-read the entire thread, but I am pretty sure that Larry's bike is a RC45 and not a 5th gen. So the swingarms would not be swappable. Just my best guess.

That was a big concern of mine in the beginning. The whole reason I started looking at other bikes years ago was because of the inherent buzziness of the inline 4. I sure as heck didn't want that on my VFR, so I went with the BLS blocks. The V4 design is inherently smoother so it wasn't really an issue but I wanted to be sure. After I bought my 6th gen and it had the MRA version of the adjustables with a teeny tiny thin strip of rubber I realized it made very little difference whether I rode with my boots or just regular shoes. On my 7th gen, I just went with the Buells since they were cheap and gave me the clearance.  The i

The knurling on the Buell footbegs is not very aggressive:

I would bet the the toe of the shoe would receive more wear from shifting than the sole from the pegs.

Just to clarify or expand on my previous post, I bought the BLS blocks for my 5th gen and loved them! My 6th gen came with the adjustable pegs. I would have bought a pair of blocks for my 7th gen, but no one ever visited BLS for him to make some. That left the Buel footpegs.

*edited once I made it to a computer to be more descriptive.
 

I had the MRA version of those footpegs on my 6th gen. Hated them. While the ability to adjust them was nice, the fact is that they moved your foot out away from center. So when shifting gears or braking, you would have to point your toes towards the inside. Several missed shifts occurred because of that.  I have the Buell footpegs on my 7th gen and love them. 

Here is the original post about the Buell footpegs I used:

I think $45 is about what I spent too.

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Found them online:

https://shop.newcastlehd.com/part/n05201ad - left

https://shop.newcastlehd.com/part/n05211ad - right

I had the MRA version of those footpegs on my 6th gen. Hated them. While the ability to adjust them was nice, the fact is that they moved your foot out away from center. So when shifting gears or braking, you would have to point your toes towards the inside. Several missed shifts occurred because of that.  I have the Buell footpegs on my 7th gen and love them. 

Here is the original post about the Buell footpegs I used:

I think $45 is about what I spent too.

I'm so glad you said that, my wife is literally sitting next to me and that is a nice little factoid to share with her to help win her over to giving me permission to buy the ECC!

On 6/3/2016 at 6:23 PM, swimmer said:

I set a new record yesterday for me, and probably the VFR1200 universe with a 230.4 mile tank.  MPG was 51.8 with .3 gallons displaying as remaining.

Dude, how?! Downhill with a tailwind?!

yeah, that is the file I made:

Woah... how in the world did I ever miss this thread?! Can't wait to see more.

WTF is that supposed to mean? They can feature shit bomb CB750's and Ducati scramblers, but your bike is not quite right for them? I think Bullshit Hipster Bike Video's is spot on about that website. They like the idea of bikes as art, not bikes.

http://hipsterbikevideos.com/

Just in case you aren't familiar with that site. Lots of fun. Seb, your work is fantastic. Don't read into that email too much.

All these 100's of hours fiddling with the bike while he could have...

Now the bike is hot!

Beautiful bike ! More indoor pics please

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with the lady in them no?

We were all thinking it, but Dutchy was the only one man enough to say it aloud!

OK then, one gripe.... where are the NACA ducts!!???!!!!

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!

whats with the big disappointment with the fuel tank capacity/range across the 7th gen VFR community?! really whats so bad with a ~200km or so fuel range anyway regardless of the engine's size or the fuel tank capacity

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.

I'll tell you from experience that finding a worse 41mm fork than the one on the hornet would be difficult.

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?

Confusing, ain't it?

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!

Wow, this is an incredible idea! There won't be much that I can add to this thread other than a lot of cheerleading. I love the fact that you considered RasberryPi, but I agree that Android will be the easier route. And I also agree that OpenStreet is the best choice.

I don't think that a resistive screen is the way to go however. The accuracy of those are pretty crappy. And with gloves on that will only compound the issue. I am finding that more and more gloves are putting patches on the thumb and pointer for use with touch screens now anyways. Have you thought about doing a mock up of the GUI you want?

Start a new one and link it here!