SlimWhitey

Will be doing this at my next chain change. Thanks Canuck!

So today, I scored this. https://imgur.com/a/sznwapz A complete 929 suspension and brakes. Not pictured is the cbr600 wheel (no idea if it's even relevant), clutch side rearset, 929 fuel tank, and the clipons. So yeah, guess I'm doing a 929 front end and shock and brake de-link. 😂 For the low-low price of 150 bucks CAD. I couldn't pass that up. I need some hardware, and I'll have to do the requisite checking into bearing sizes and whether I can keep the VFR axle. Hoping it's a relatively smooth swap.

My givi rack broke on me with an empty case down a gravel road. No warranty. What a joke. Reinforced it and welded it up. Its cheap shit alloy.

You're bike sounds much more well cared for than mine. The last few years have been very lean and I've had to neglect her so.

TPS was certainly the issue, as I bought bare throttle bodies. I tested the TPS I had according to the factory service manual, and the voltage was low. I also made sure to purchase one from a 98, in order to ditch the wax unit. Took the choke cable and lever from a CBR F4, works like a treat. Gotta set the 98 Starter valves for my bike, and then mark where the choke actually starts doing any good. If its going to be a pain in the ass I'll order a factory cable and lever.

Got a set of used TB's, slammed em on, she's perfect. Airbox and pair mods worked well.

I had a discussion with Jamie about my forks. He asked what my plans were, what options I had. I said I would either be doing his full meal deal upgrades, or, I'd be sourcing an RC51/929/954 front end. He said that that was indeed a common swap, and relatively easily doable. He went on to say something to the effect of "but then you're going to have to pay to get THOSE forks set up for you too!" And I sat back and realized.... Dude was right. The VFR has different weight balance, overall weight, gvw, power pulses, and geometry to an extent, than an RC51/929/954. they're vastly different bikes. So I am in agreement with Jamie. Get it set up for you. For your weight, your riding, your bike.

Hm, I want those side panniers.

Updates? Very curious.

I'll be testing this theory soon enough. I have to redo the tank of my 00 VFR, and I'll be heading into Walkers for G-161P, Pearl Conifer Green. We'll see how it goes.

Page 198 I believe has the formula for signal voltages and values for input voltages. With the formula for signal voltages and the value for input amperage (which I could measure), a guy could derive the desired resistance with the throttle closed. No matter however. I used a pin to tie into the connector for the TPS while it was hooked up, and ran my tests on output voltages. They're way low. Remembering my old dodge TPS, I marked clearly the factory location and attempted to adjust the positioning of the TPS to see if it could be 'advanced', so to speak, but to no avail. She's hooped. Odd that it calved out during my work, but not unheard of I suppose. I'm going to buy a used one and set it in the factory position, see how it goes. Honda dies not sell the TPS, and those bastards want 2500 CAD for the complete throttle body setup. Like hell. I could buy another VFR for that.

I've got the factory manual section and figured things out a bit better, going to test tonight. What the manual does not note is proper resistance at idle, but with some math I can figure it out from the factory values of voltage and amperage. Then if I need to reset the TPS I can.

Tested the harness and TPS. Got 330ohm resistance on the TPS when closed, when the throttle is opened it climbs steadily to 1350ohm. Got 5v power at the power wire, have no resistance at the ground wire, have 160Kohm at the signal wire. To me, resistance climbing as the throttle opens in the TPS is a bit odd, but its steady and not random. Honda spins engines backwards, if they wanna run a TPS backwards so be it. The factory manual is useless as it wants me to use a Honda test harness that I obviously don't have. It lists output voltages from the TPS, but not resistance, which is kinda off to me since testing a potentiometer like a TPS is as simple as testing resistance...

My synch tool has the adapters, my single gauge pod does not. Good point. I'll clear the codes and start over. Thank you! Dammit if I can rebuild an nv4500 and decide to swap the entire front end in my truck on a whim I can get a motorcycle to run.

How do I clear the faults? Tried the age old 'disconnect the battery and tough the cables together to drain the system power", but it didn't work.