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Its funny you mention that because I'm considering selling the bike at this time, and wanted to strip it of all the aftermarket parts that are on it and sell them separately.

3 hours ago, RossR said:

 

Do you know whether the brake lines were changed for longer ones. Without changing lines and cables appropriately for the rise that you want, I don't think that you can get the full benefit of the Convertibars. The 'choke' cable might also have to be changed if you want them high.

 

If you don't like them and decide to sell them, please let me know.

My bike has aftermarket clutch and brake lines which are noticeably longer than stock.  They're actually a little too long, but its not a big deal.  The fast idle cable is stock since it had obviously never been removed from the throttle body when I pulled the bike apart.

The problem isn't the lines, its the handlebars, levers, or master cylinders hitting the fairing (or tank).  I'm going through this right now with my project bike that has cbr600f4i forks and bars on it.  They aren't angled correctly and don't have the same rise, so they either hit the tank or levers start hitting the fairing.

My bike came with Convertibars.  Not really sure I like them, but they do get you more upright.  There's just barely any room between the tank and nose fairing for you to change the handlebar position, so the convertibars have to be angled awkwardly for my hands.  Also, I can't have the clutch lever angled far enough down, so my wrist is in extension when operating the clutch which fatigues my wrist quickly.  It seems like every aftermarket handlebar I've looked at would interfere with the fairing and/or tank, or would need extended throttle cables.

Ziffer, I see you are in Northern Washington.  I'm in Portland and go to Seattle semi-regularly to visit family and just removed the headers off a 1998.  Just another option if you want to go forward with finding 98-99 headers.

Yeah, his site has lots of good information on the carb'ed VFRs.  I read his shop blog every time he posts and there are some good general maintenance tips that apply to all bikes, not just the older ones.

Alright guys, I've been on the fence about this for 6+ months now, but I'm just going to do it.  In February I bought a crashed 5th Gen from a salvage auction to rebuild and make as "sporty" as is reasonable for a VFR.  If the performance gains are as noticeable as others have said, then I think this will up the "sport" factor quite a bit.