Oh, I almost forgot!
In case anyone needs those two two replacement signal bulb sockets, their part number is 33303-SAA-003.
It should be easy to find, since the same bulb socket is used on a number of Honda motorcycles and even cars. I got mine from the local Honda car dealer.
(I avoid the Honda motorcycle dealership in my town as much as possible...)
rhoderage, thanks!
I'm actually facing the exact same problem right now and your post literally came to the rescue!
It's always nice when people share their knowledge and experience.
I 'm wondering the same thing. I 'm happy with the stock gearing, but I plan to change to 16/44 at some point in the future. I don't want to see my bike's MPG drop in the straights and I only want it to accelerate with slightly less effort and to be a bit easier to ride in the city. As it is right now, I can tell that my VFR doesn't like too low speed.
I've also heard that MPG might even improve with 16/44, probably because stock gearing is somewhat tall and the engine doesn't have to work so hard to accelerate the bike.