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Cameleon Oiler - pretty clean installation! Today I fitted a Cameleon chain oiler to my 2002 6th-gen. This oiler is an electronically controlled programmable oiler which uses gravity feed and an electrically operated solenoid which controls when oil is delivered. It works very well and uses a thick (190 SAE) polyolefin oil which resists fling and yet is slick enough to not attract grit. The process is quite simple and the design of both the VFR and the Cameleon oiler work well together, resulting in a nice clean installation. The main components of the job are: Find a location for the oiler Find a place to route the oil reservoir tube Determine where to mount the semi-rigid delivery tube Route the flexible hose from the oiling unit to the semi-rigid hose in a way which will not be affected by suspension travel. The solution to each of the above is very simple for the 6th-gen VFR, and would be similar for a 5th-generation bike as well. Mounting the unit itself really presents an obvious locaton of the subframe rail, followed by routing the reservoir tube behind the passenger footpeg bracket and then up inside the ducktail. A good benefit of this routing is that there is a little (but not too much!) warmth from the exhaust and it helps the oil to deliver well even in colder conditions. Mounting of the semi-rigid tube was probably the part that took the most time. As this tube is provided with some mounting clips you can use the existing chain guard and chain guide bolts to hold secure the hose to the swingarm. It looks neat and hardly stands out at all. The end of the rigid hose where it delivers oil should not be cut until you have all your routing sorted out, otherwise you may cut it too short. I used another of the supplied clips and used the chain guard bolt just near the rear sprocket to secure the semi-rigid tube in place here, and then bent the tube to the point where it touched the chain and then cut off the excess. A dremel with a cut off wheel would be best, or a pair of bolt cutters will also do. Once cut to length, I directed the end of the semi-rigid tube so that it was one inch above the chain and angled to deliver oil right to the middle of the chain rollers. Finally, I routed the flexible hose from the cameleon oiler unit behind the chain guard, and then over and across the guard (under the brake hoses) to reach te semi-rigid tube. Cameleon Oiler Flexible hose routing #1 Cameleon Oiler Flexible hose routing #2 Cameleon Oiler rigid hose dripper installation

Well this is interesting. I fitted my Autotune back to the bike and turned it on, left it on, and rode to work. Only a few cells were modified, and even then only a few points up or down. This is actually what I was hoping for some time ago but didn't seem to get. It's been so long since I disconnected the Autotune (July 2010) that I can't rememebr if I even bothered testing it after I had my custom tune done on the dyno.

I think it's worth posting that I've reinstalled my Autotune - absolutely nobody wanted to buy it! But more importantly, has anyone noticed all the updates to the PCV software lately? Two firmware updates this year and also two application updates. Some of the new stuff looks to be Autotune tables based on air pressure readings, rather than throttle position. There are also fuel trim tables based on fuel pressure rather than throttle position as well. I wonder if there's any applicability there for us VFR owners?

I dunno what you blokes are all on about. It can get mighty hot here in Australia, and the most I've ever seen on my temp gauge was 112 degrees sitting in traffic. When that stock fan comes on, it works - the temperature drops. Also, the engine does not pink when under load even in these hot temperatures. Ergo, why bother changing? You should see the fan on a CBR1000RR - it's about 1/10th the size of the radiator, sitting in the top right corner. Guess what - it works too!

Why don't you just use a tach face from a 2006 model onwards. I mean, they're white around the edges!

The designer - P.D. Fruth - is a legend. He's the guy who designed the exhaust servo eliminator circuit for the CBR1000RR that I purchased from him earlier this year. His work is sublime!

Once again, HobbyKing is your friend. Check out these bad boys! Gold plated 150amp connectors, $10 for three sets of five pairs. Oh yeah! Or if they're too big you can go smaller. These things are great because their actual purpose is for connecting to three-phase AC brushless motors - which are basically exactly what our stators are (in reverse).

I should at least say they are definitely Denso injectors, and the example you showed me looks exactly like the injectors off my bike. The only difference is the other numbers printed on the body.

Mate I have no idea. Nobody recognised or could even look up the part for me here in Australia. They had zero clue - at one point all I wanted was to buy some of these from an injector supplier to avoid the ridiculous prices Honda want to charge ($260 per injector) but had no luck. The flow rate testing - as I understand it on an ASNU machine - is the number of millilitres of injector test fluid distributed in 30 seconds at 50psi and a specific duty cycle. What that duty cycle is I do not know, but could probably be gained by investigating the ASNU website. I think in reality they use these readings mainly to confirm if the injectors are flow matched rather than compare them to a manufacturer's claim. They do pre-clean flow tests, clean them and then run a post-clean flow test for comparison.

They were cleaned on an ASNU ultrasonic injector cleaner by a mobile guy in a van. Nice fellow, but all the cleaning did was clear out the goop from the rust pits in the injector bore and cause the injector to leak!

I don't buy this at all - we're on the process of moving away from oil dependency at this very moment. You need to step forward hundreds of years mate, and look at it from the perspective of the people in the future. You know what they'll say? They'll say this: "Hey remember how the world used to power everything off oil?" "Yeah, but only for about a hundred years. That's nothing!" I'm sure you feel like you're contributing to the process, but unless you have some serious knowledge of chemistry and physics you're pissing against the wall mate.

Mate this is nothing - you should have seen all the debates about whether the new VFR1200 was a piece of crap or not back in October '09. One guy even called another guy a c**t! Regarding the craigslist comparisons, you gotta see it on the percentages. Considering the sheer number of topics on VFRD, in the eight years I've been here I can count the number of threads which get heated on one hand. EIGHT YEARS! Considering it is impossible to make everyone happy all of the time, those statistics are probably better than anywhere else on the Internet.

OKAY!!! Last May this post came out about hydroxy or HHO or whatever. Much interest was generated, the tree huggers and Big Oil Conspiracy Theorists proclaimed JES_VFR a saint and visionary. Most other members adopted a wait-and-see attitude hoping for the best, and several others (including Mad Scientist and myself) immediately waved the BULLSHIT flag. My position was that you can't get something for nothing, no matter how many black helicopters with Exxon emblems you think might be following you; or no matter how many pseudo-science bullshit websites you subscribe to. The assorted wackos out there might not like pure science, but just because your politics make you think that there is a conspiracy doesn't necessarily mean there is one. [And I don't exactly mean your politics, JES, I'm using the general "you" and "your", here]. You (actually it was mostly your followers) resorted to name-calling when the logical and scientifically-educated members questioned your HHO investigations. I KNOW that you're a good guy, a good member here and that you mean well, but I can't let pseudo-science and left-wing theory run amok without a challenge. What say you now? How about that 80 MPG that you referred to? Frankly, I'd love for you to tell us it's working and making lots of power and giving big mileage improvements, so I can eat a bunch of humble pie. I agree with you completely mate, and so does dave from DavidsFarm. http://www.youtube.com/user/Davidsfarm#p/u/6/QBKqIjNnabM

Another reason to love VFRD. A two-year-old thread ignites another man's passion and we're off again! Good stuff.

Here is my simple seal driver! I think it's just a piece of 2"(OD) exhaust pipe, it works like a charm as I've used it for years w/o issue! :biggrin: Thanks! I'll have to get something like that for future work. Like a true moron, I hammered the bushings, washer, and seal in simultaneously. It's what the manual said to do. That's probably why it didn't work so well. PVC plumbing pipe also works well, and is soft so it doesn't damage the seals!

I was just gonna say that I doubt this would work on a DCT model, and you've already gone and said it. I imagine it would play all sorts of havoc with a DCT....

So as an interesting update to the Autotune discussions, I have just listed mine for sale on eBay. Basically, after having a custom tune done, the benefits offered by the Autotune just didn't materialise. The only place I really cared about tuning were the throttle positions and rpms where the Autotune was unable to really make a difference. The main problem was needing to find the right AFR value - which is unique per bike for the best experience - and the need to use a vacuum-controlled switch to remove the problems caused by decelerating on an open throttle. In essence, my tuning shop had to put values in my PCV map you wouldn't normally expect to put in, so that I have smooth throttle response. So rather than a computer working it out, my tuning guy sat there and thought "outside the box" to get me a good working map. And being a computer, the Autotune can't do creative thinking on the fly. So, given the cost of the Autotune ($375) versus the cost of a custom tune ($350), it was not able to make a level of difference that matched its price. I suppose I migh get flamed by Coderighter and GPM for saying all this. Sorry folks!