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Surprised to hear you say that. Access to the Adjustment Plate bolts is extremely good, even if they were excessively tight there shouldn't be any issue at all, easy to add an extension to the 6mm Allen key if needed.

You bet, it won't be in the hi position, and where the seat meets the tank you will be seeing the clear plastic protection strip on the tank.

Hi Bluehawk. Good news you have your 8gen. My bike has the seat in the LOW position so the collars are removed, so if your seat is currently in the HI position they would be installed. Here's a picture of what they look like. Enjoy your bike.

Looking really nice Kbear. Excellent.

Congratulations Bluehawk. Make sure you get these items. - Pillion grab handles and blanking plates. - Rear cowl. - Rear seat. - Seat height adjusting collars, if the seat is currently in the lowest position. - 2 keys. - Owners manual. - Check the tool kit, chain adjuster and handle. Hope you enjoy your new ride, love my 8gen. Cheers.

Hi mate. Yeah, have to admit it smells finger lickin good! Give your bike a wash down, dry it, then apply the stuff, your bike will love it. You can leave your "Mother's Brazillian" alone! Cheers

Thanks for the heads up on Plexus, a buddy with a 5th gen has always raved about Plexus. I've never used it but after your experience with it I might track some down. Imagine it would be excellent for helmet visors. A cheaper version I do use is VuPlex Plastic Cleaner and Anti-Static Polish, excellent on visors etc. WARNING - Do not use any form of automotive spray on tire shine on Motorcycle Tires! A friend of mine did this to his Yamaha R6, he slid off at the first roundabout he went through! I have on the rare occasion used a rag with Kerosene on the sidewalls and then a dry rag to wipe it dry.

Prachtig Dutchy. Very special bike your SP2. Must be a joy to ride. Sadly in many aspects Honda's "Power of Dreams" has become more of a disappointing nightmare than a dream! Apart from one or two, Honda currently has the worst bike selection I've ever seen IMHO!

Well I could certainly understand that with only 14 to 15vac on the input, the R/R might struggle to regulate the output with load to 14.5vdc. Guess its all about the R/Rs minimum input operating voltage threshold. The other thing that could easily be checked, and its a long shot, but your main Red dc output wire fuse or c/b. You don't want to have any strange voltage drop across this device as the R/R needs to be monitoring your battery voltage under varying loads to regulate properly. So with the bike running and switching your fan on to load things up, Do You See Exactly the Same Voltage on each terminal of your Fuse or C/B? If not then you have a voltage drop situation, not good! Like the idea of having Roadstercycle functionally test your R/R. If the test is good then there must be a stator issue you'd think!

Hi Cogs. Further to my PM. Have you tried back probing the 3 phase into the R/R while connected. If you are seeing 20vac measuring with the plug removed at idle, it my well be less when plugged in. Nice install you've done. Would certainly try heatsink compound in between the R/R and mounting plate. There could well be a chance the SH847 is faulty particularly if you can determine good AC input while connected to the R/R. It's own thermal protection could also be comming into play, rightly or wrongly. Trust you also have the genuine Shindengen version. Don't have any experience with the SH847, but there appears to be very few complaints from those who have used the genuine item. The 847 should be the Rolls Royce of R/R's shame for some reason your not getting that performance.

Your rear main bearing is more protected than the fronts. If it spins nicely and by grabbing the wheel and checking for any axial play, if thats ok then don't worry.

Good point here. Keep high pressure water washers well away from bearing areas. They will definitely prematurely destroy bearings.

Thats strange. Had a 1980 Mazda 6 did 320,000k, ED Falcon another 300,000k a BA Falcon 265,000k. My partners current 2013 Mazda 3 123,000k. Four VFR's, my previous 6gen sold with 94,000ks. All of the above never needed wheel bearings! However my partners 2001 Mitsubishi Lancer did chew out a front left bearing but can't remember the mileage. Are you only referring to the front wheel bearings? And how many k's have you done? Pop the bike on the centre stand and have someone push on the rear to raise the front, give the wheel a spin, it should be smooth and free spinning, you may need to remove the calipers to check this.

Hi Philois. How ya going up there in the warm north? Haha good observation Philois and no a Repsol one won't be following. It might be over 15years ago I acquired a set of Honda decals and stumbled across them not long ago, forgetting I had them. Thought I'd give the HRC a go seeing there was two of them, put them down low to be a little discrete! They can easily come off if I get sick of them. Cheers.

Yes Sir. No issues at all. Have you had bearing problems?

After a two week Covid-19 lockdown due again to Quarantine incompetence, and now with only a 25km distance from home tavel allowance.🤬 Did a basic service 84,000kms. Oil and filter, airfilter, fuelled her up and added a small bottle of injector cleaner, then went for a short run up the highway, and some back roads. Put an instant smile on my face. Love this baby and she continues to purr like a kitten. Cheers.

Hi VFR78 and tomb393. This issue came up some time ago. On behalf of another member I made some enquiries with Honda Australia MPE, regards the rubber steps. They came back stating they now have them as a stock item and here they are. 08L02-MGE-D01 Rubber Step Right. 08L03-MGE-D01 Rubber Step Left. VFR78, hopefully contact your local dealership they may still be able to order them for you. Good Luck. Cheers.

Nice job Philois1984. Yes, very important with the 8gen to pull on the breather hose to take up the slack while you're lowering the tank back down.

Hey boOZZIE. Just curious, what is the benefit of all short velocity stacks, considering the different induction air pulses with the V4 firing crank angles of 180, 270, 180, and 90. Honda went to a bit of trouble in matching/tuning the velocity stack lengths with the above crank angles.