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Just to follow up. I have bled all brakes as per manual. There is something seriously wrong with one part of the system. On one bleeder connected from middle rear piston to rear brake there is no pressure going from lever to brake piston. I will dig into it and share the results.

That is definitely going to happen, VFRness is in, meter is next. FYI: Tourmax are Japanese made spares. I have used their steering head bearings and fork seal kits and I like them. Hopefully the quality of Rec/Reg will match. Thanks for help.

Here are the promised numbers Battery :12,91V (new) Idle: 14.36V Slow idle with lights: 13.2-13.3V (12.8V at 80° engine temp... All other readings same at 80°C engine temp) 3.5k revs without lights: 14,43V 3k revs with lights :14.38V battery after test: 12.99V reg unit is Tourmax

Hi VFRD, I have a question regarding the linked brakes (no, I will not de-link). I have ridden the VFR after winter pause and I noticed something. If I apply the front brake first, than the rear brake and let go of the front... The rear brake lever falls down by a few centimeters as if there was not enough brake fluid. Normally I would not ask but I don't remember this happening before winter and the bike just had a fluid change. It is either a bad fluid change or my bad memory. The latter being slightly more possible. So can you please go out and try this on your 5th gen? PS: My thoughts are that this should happen because of how the secondary brake cylinder works but I need it confirmed.... You know... I sort of don't want to crash...

Thank you, I completely forgot about "the Drill" article. Did the drill, it pointed towards Rec/Reg. I have consulted this with my mechanic who seconded the thought. I have just installed the new one and will measure the current after the VFR cools down again. However I think the problem is solved.

Hi guys, My VFR has been perfect so far but today it left me stranded for the first time. Situation: I have the VFRness installed. 13.4V at idle is my charging current. I have done about 150kms after winter break. (trouble free). Today I washed the VFR and some symptoms appeared. 1) When I turned the blinker on speedo and tach died for a second (dead while the bulb of blinker was on for the first time) 2) Speedo and tach dead when I turned the blinker on every time the bulb turned on. 3) Speedo and tach dead every time I pressed brakes. - I stopped at the side of the road. VFR refused to start again. Pump primed but starter didn't move after the button press. After I pressed the starter button pump primed again as if I turned the ignition on and off. 4) My friend came to rescue me with a new battery. (12V-12Ah insted of 12V-10ah) bike started right away and finished the 12 km journey home without issues (lights were off). When I came home I tried blinkers again, no issues. New battery had 12,4 V (engine off), 13,1V at 1500 rpm The old battery had 11.6V and is now charging. My questions are: Why? What happened? Is there an issue with Reg/Rec? (it is charging now so how can that be?) Could it be water from the washing? Thanks!

Hi, I found this in a thread somewhere on VFRdiscussion. I cannot however confirm this as a fact as my car had died on me and the conversion money went somewhere else. Give me a week or two to earn some money for the mechanic and I 'll post photos of finished product (and tell you if the cables are long enough)

Hi, I don't know about the mechanical side of things but do you have your kill switch in correct position? ☺️ *EDIT* Ok, this is NOT an option if the fuel pump primes, sorry, missed that.

Great story and great bike. I am really looking forward to more posts/ pictures from you. Wish you good luck and a big discount on variety of cleaning products in your area 😀

This hurts. Sorry you just can't put car oil in your motorcycle. If it was Ducati with dry clutch? No problem at all. But this is a wet clutch system which uses the same oil for engine and the clutch. The car oil has special additives which should make it as slippery as possible to reduce wear etc. etc. but this is the last thing you want in your clutch assembly which has to grip as hard as possible. Motorcycle oils are expensive for a reason. They have to make the pistons “slide well” and not let the clutch slip. They are VERY specialised so you just have to use proper motorcycle oil if you want happy bike :) . One example...The car only stresses the oil in one environment which is under the pistons. In your motorcycle is is under the pisons (under higher stress and temperature because of the higher revs) in has to be in the near the clutch and not ruin its efficiency AND it has to go through the transmisson which is by far the worst thing. The viscosity modifing molecules have really long strands and they get physically crushed in the tranny, therefore oil breaks down faster and does't do its job. The only reason why you would not use purpouse created fully synthetic oil is price, otherwise the are no drawbacks for this type of oil and I really mean none. - You should at least read the user manual. It will give you a general idea and usually direct you to the qualified mechanics for maintenance. When you get bored of reading "You should give this job to qualified Honda technician." Read the shop manual as it has almost all info about your motorcycle. (It was boring for me sometimes as I am not mechanically inclined. I just love the science behind it. However I've read the full shop manual. I am not saying you have to do that the same way as me BUT when you want to take a peek at something on you bike, just take the shop manual with you and read the part concerning the thing you want to take a look at. It will save you time and in some cases a lot of money.)

That's why I asked about the 1st gear clunk :) . Just ride and you will get the feel for the clutch and proper shifting. btw: If you want to practice a bit, find a parking lot and practice slow speed maneuvers. (I did this to prevent embarassing traffic light stalling etc. 😀😀 ) 1) Just stop and than try to get the bike moving without using the throttle (to get the bike moving by just using the clutch). 2) When you can do it, start like this, get the bike going (still no throttle) and try to feather the clutch. The clutch will slip a bit and you will hear the revs rise and the speed will drop. 3) Mix in brakes and throttle. 4) try the slow speed part of the excercises which are required to ride bike of this size in Europe (you can easily find some videos on YT with these tests recorded. Also the ones I wrote down are about half of what you have to do to get license here) a) slow driving (you ride slowly at a walking pace...In the exam the examiner would walk next to you and you just couldn't pass him or you would fail the test) b) figure of eight exercise (just do the figure of eight, it is basically the same as the U-turn excercise) c) slow speed slalom d) Stop and go riding. In this one you set of (both feet at pegs) and than stop (one leg on the ground), you set of again (again both feet at pegs) and stop again (the other foot on the ground) It may sound boring but it is worth it. Also it can be a challenge on big motorcycle which is still kinda foreign to you. I did these things to familiarise with my VFR right after I got my license and it made me way more comfortable with it in traffic and parking lot maneouvres. The rest requres time 😀 *EDIT* HiFlo is a great brand. I am not a long time user YET but other riders near me use their products for a long time insted of OEM and K&N ( both oil and air filters).

Hi, congratulations on your VFR. I am a bit late to the party but still I've got one question for you Joel (might be stupid, but I want to rule something out ) Do you hear the same “clunk” noise when you shift from neutral to 1st gear at idle? BTW: Take the bike to a Honda dealer/garage with good reputaion just to have a look at it. It will not cost you anything (or just a few dollars) and you’ll know for sure that trained technician marked the bike as healthy.

Few days ago I found out that VFR 800 5th gen pads should be sintered from factory... Soooo I am not going to argue with mr. Honda and his engineers. (*Edit: And with you guys, of course! ) As for the EBC. They are on the "to do" list and I'll get them when the time comes. It may have just been me. I've been riding a lot and have gotten used to the brakes. Even the slow-speed maneouvres have improved in a huge way. Maybe just the jump from "old" to "new" motorcycle (2001 is new for me if you wanted to know ☺️ )... It seems I have been using too much power with my leg, now I just lightly touch the lever and everything is all right. The VFR is just lovely!