Fritzer

It is great to see people stepping up and refilling the operational coffers of VFRD. I guess everyone just needs to be reminded every once in a while.

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I just received my ST2 brake module that I will install in the next week or so. I saw this product mentioned in the forum a couple weeks ago and it looks a great idea. I got to thinking that a headlight modulator would be good but would like to have it as a push button to activate with a time out +-5 second. Possibly a regular modulator that could be turned on and off at the handlebars switch. Is there any modulators out there like that?

Really sorry to hear about your loss. It would really cause me grief if it happened to me. Are you going to search for a replacement?

Very sad to see this fantastic forum come to an end. Thanks for all your great efforts to bring VFR owners together.

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Thanks for all the input. When I purchased my machine in 2015, the seller gave me all the service records he had. They showed that he had the clutch replaced at 34K miles just before putting it up for sale, hence my concerns for long trip. I do not excessively use my clutch so with all your feedback I feel good not worrying about it. Thanks again.

Wow!! 55,000 miles has to be a worldwide vfr clutch record. There has to be a technique for that.

Just curious what kind of clutch friction plate life people are getting on their 5th gen VFRs. Clutch on my machine was replaced 30,000 ago. I am getting ready for a 3,500 mile trip this summer from Oregon thru N Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Washington. Should I replace my clutch before I leave?

28 splines equals 13 degrees by 92mm throw is 22mm. I was a little long on the quote. I am surprised how much better my shifts are now for such a small change the hose made.

Picked up a piece of 3/4" radiator hose at the local auto parts store. It fits nicely over the lever without cutting it lengthwise. Put a zip on it to stop from sliding off.

The shifting lever on my machine is in a position that requires my foot to be raised higher than is normal for me to shift into a higher gear. Once in a while I don’t lift the lever up enough and the gear engagement cogs don’t get fully meshed. When that happens, it pops out of gear while under load. Very bad. So far no serious damage has happened (I think/hope). The most likely solution is to move the lever one notch down on the shaft splines, but the result is a 25mm drop in the lever. I tried that quite some time back but it caused too much toe contact with the lever. Never gave the issue much more serious thought until today while doing some cleaning. It came to me that if I could not lower the shift arm at the splines to the correct height, I could increase the diameter of the shift arm pedal rubber to effectively lower the contact point to my foot. Happened to have some ¾”ID clear tubing handy so I cut off 30mm length, slit it lengthwise, wrapped it around the shift arm pad then zip tied it on. This dropped the contact point about 4mm. I took her out for a spin and what a difference that made! Now when I go for a upshift, it solidly goes into a full engagement without having to make extra toe lift effort. Now that I know this setup works, I’m going to move the zip tie ratchets forward to eliminate contact with my shoe. If a person needed more drop of the lever arm, some thicker walled radiator type hose would probably work. I am sure that some others may have the same issue. Hope this helps.

Did the same to my chain a week ago. It has 28,500 miles on it now and not making any noise yet. I could only get 20K mile on my old 84 FJ1100 with the more power and weight shortening its life. I looked back on my service logs and I remove, clean, oil and replace about every 1,000 mile with drops of motor oil at the rollers every 300 miles or so.

This place could be Aberdeen in Washington State, It is right on the pacific coastline (salty) and the place I think Kurt Cobain grew up in.

I like the drain in floor. Easy cleanup.