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Glad the site is back in action! My offer still stands as I don't mind the long term work and fiscal investment. I have ridden with many members here and am no stranger. Don't hesitate to reach out to discuss if you begin to consider to shut it down again as I'd love to indefinitely ensure that doesn't happen. Luckily I think we are sorted for now. *cheer*

Nothing has changed as of yet; the certificate is still expired. Some browsers will ignore it after a certain period of time (still will show Not Secure in the address bar) and load the site without prompting. I'm currently in a holding pattern waiting for contact back.

There should be no need to bog down the poor web server with HTTrack. I am not archiving the site, but going to push to just continue it as is. I'd hold off on doing such things unless we're unable to keep things going. Those crawlers really spike CPU and Disk IO.

No update to share yet, but hopeful!

Never had an issue charging with a SH847 under any condition. The heat doesn't really affect them in my experience. I'd be looking at your stator voltages when it's hot. Also make sure it doesn't develop continuity to ground when hot.

There is no need for mandatory fees. Mandatory fees would accelerate the end of the website, imo. The website's value comes from the information being available to everyone. Every day there is a new VFR owner, it just is a second hand VFR. Those people end up finding their way into VFRD through Googling their issues. They join the community and it expands! If we were to paywall everything it would basically island the site and that would be the end of it. The cost isn't a concern of mine at this time. Miguel is going to reach out when his time allows. I will see if I will be allowed to take over duties and keep things going. If so, I will do just that and things will continue like they always have. I do not want to implement any crazy changes like fees, etc. I'm not against making new ways for people to donate, such as a Patreon, which would allow you to schedule a monthly donation. I am happy to see people willing to contribute.

I would not order the regulator that you linked. I'd order a SH847 from www.roadstercycle.com or Suzuki directly. That regulator you linked is very low quality and should not be used from my experience. I have seen them fail. They also still cause pre-mature stator failure due to the nature of MOSFET technology. Series rectifiers actually keep the stator cooler! A cooler stator lasts many many more miles.

Management of this site can't be that difficult? It is and isn't. It's sporadic. Easy until there's major upgrades or alterations then it takes time and effort. A lot of the day to day work is that of the moderators. Having such a large database also makes certain things a little more time consuming or difficult to plan for. It's not the smallest website in the world, but far from the largest. It seems to me we could find an IT Guy/ VFR lover who would/could take over the site? I have made a proposal to do such a thing (scroll up to read the full text). Miguel is going to reach out when they are able to discuss. So fingers crossed we may be able to keep things going.

After it expires you'll get a certificate error. The domain may be registered through Aug 17, but it's unclear when the hosting end date is. There's domain, hosting, and certificate all with potentially separate end dates. I don't see any benefit to putting a new name on the site, even for Miguel. He'd still be the founder and have Admin access should he want it. He just would be off the hook for the backend work and money side. It's very easy to attach another domain to the vhost if that's the path they'd want to take, though.

He did see my initial message as it's marked as read, so I'm still crossing my fingers that we'll be permitted to save the site. I know he wants to be done with it based on his post, and even transferring it to somebody is still a hassle; I totally respect that. The certificate expires in approx 4h and 10m as of me posting.

Below is the message I just sent Miguel (for full transparency).

The whole point of "saving" the site is for long term information preservation; I want someone who posted 10 years ago to be able to still find and reference their old post, not have to find out what the site is called now. Miguel would retain full admin privileges, still be the founder, just I'd assume they don't have much interest in continued participation, we'd make sure they were still able to and still have full privileges. In fact, the goal would be to make the site not feel like much all has changed. Maybe up some anti-spam measures, stuff like that, but as far as general functionality, mods, day to day, I don't see much need to start to change things up other than maybe try to jumpstart some more forum activity/events. I am willing to shoulder the financial burden as well as the technical. Fiscal assistance appreciated, but I am willing to out-right pay for it if needed to keep things running. On a technical side my plans would be to pay for whatever's needed to keep the site up for a year on the current provider, and use that year to work a transition to our own home on AWS. Try to cut those costs down as much as possible to make it financially viable long term. It'll be quite a project to transition, so having the year to do it would be the play. I've sent Miguel a DM here, posted both on this thread and the thread on Facebook. If there's interest I'm sure I'll know before too long. I really do want to save this site indefinitely, and don't mind putting in the leg work and funds to do so. The certificate expires today, May 31, so action will be needed to keep things going. If hosting continues beyond the certificate expiration, you can manually 'proceed' through the expired certificate notice. You'll have to do so until (if) it gets renewed.

If you want I'll continue hosting and maintaining the invision license. I'm in IT and am intimately familiar with what's required. Forums shutting down like this is a huge knowledge drain and will hurt future VFR owners as the bikes age into classics and collectables. It would be a shame for decades of info to be thrust into the darkness instead or kept afloat on a life raft. We can migrate you to a free LetsEncrypt certificate there's no need for a paid one for a non-commercial site. Shoot me a message here or Facebook if you'd be interested. I would make no changes, and just continue to maintain it on a technical and fiscal level. Please, no. Let's stop putting knowledge under their ownership, I've already lost another forum of over a decade to them that they ended up shutting down.

I would not run these headers without a tune of some sort.

Wish they'd allow us to return the restrictive filter for the new one; I have one taking up space on a shelf. No sense to run it over stock.

6 pages already. Honestly this needs 2 threads. An official update/build thread, and the discussion thread. Otherwise I don't know if I want to bother sifting through multiple pages to try to find the updates.

I did not have to do that, no. The suction on the tool seems to do a good enough job. I always do a few final quick crack open 'bleeds' while the other person is holding down the brake or clutch lever. Pushes that last bit of air out.

I got mine cheaply at Harbor Freight.

Those things make bleeding brakes a breeze. Even my 5th gen took me no time at all a few weekends ago. Amazing tool!

I second everything you posted. Seafoam direct into the TB and a smoke show should help clean them up. Always impresses the neighbors when your vehicle becomes a smoke machine /s

1) Re: Note c - can we have Wade perform the expansion of our midpipe connector for an additional fee? (applies to local members only I'd imagine) 1a) Re: Note c- Possible to pay extra to have the 49mm midpipe connection as modifying a Staintune may be out of the question for me.

Mine has had ~32-38mpg since 1199 miles on the ODO. I manage 44mpg on the 8th gen. Wife gets 48mpg on her 8th gen, softer on the throttle and weighs less. Rider weight and luggage also factor in. Heck, so does tire pressure. Rolling resistance goes up a ton even if psi is down by 5-10.

I told you on Facebook, you are chasing ghosts. Early 5th gens aren't as gas mileage friendly as newer generations. You describe pretty normal mileage for a 98-99. Sync those throttle bodies (mainly just good maintenance item to do for smoother riding), can take the injectors out and have them cleaned and flow tested, and check the FPR just in case. The 6th gen got better gas mileage, and the 8th gen gets even better.

Just send your seat in, they will redo it for you. Discounts also apply to custom services!