Rollos

Look for a pair of discount side cases to be popping up soon in classifieds

My insurer, allstate, did not give me the option. They said no way, they don't deal with salvage titles.

I spoke too soon. Insurance totalled my bike. I just got the notification. Now i need to turn over the keys this weekend. Dm me if you want some gen8 side cases. Need to figure out how to pull the lock cylinders because my keys are going with the bike

Anyone successfully removed the cylinders? I have a set i need to sell and want to pull the cylinders so they can be rekeyed.

I wish i had something to chain it down to. Where I am in Brooklyn it's street only parking and you never get the same spot twice. Hopefully a sturdy disc lock and an alarm system keeps it where i put it.

Nope, bastards are still out there. I was thinking the same thing with the kill switch. Apparantly scorpio alarm makes one that ties into their system that costs just $20 and is triggered remotely. I'm hoping that the damage os minimal but won't know until i have eyes on it.

Good news. I'll be back after all. Cops found my bike in the bronx. Going to pick it up monday. Looks like some kids hot wired it and broke the gas tank lock so they could joy ride for a month. Cops said it still looks good. Just got an alarm to make it less likely to happen again.

Well it was fun while it lasted. My beautiful 2014 vfr800 deluxe disappeared from outside my place in brooklyn late thursday. Goodbye all you wonderful people.

Just got her back today. Looks like everything has been sorted by the new fan (and whatever else Honda did that they haven't told me). Fan comes on and cools her down nicely and is now running with the engine off like it's supposed to (keyed off, then back on, kill switch in run position). It's 95°f here today and the highest she ran was 220°.

Talked to Honda today. They said they checked the relay and it's not showing any issues. Hopefully they're honest and the problem is entirely contained in the fan motor. Just bizarre that I've had two fail in a year of ownership.

Thanks Grum! I'll make sure that's taken into consideration

Just got word from the Honda that it's the fan. Although it's running it's not moving enough air. They've ordered a new fan motor. This is the second time the fan motor has been replaced. Last year I had it replaced because it seized. I'm not a big fan of coincidence so if anyone has any ideas regarding why I'm running through fans faster than tires I'm all ears

Just checked oil in the sight glass and I'm seeing very little in there. Could it have burned off due to overheating or is this sign of much bigger issues? Trouble is I'm not sure if the bike was low on oil before it started overheating or if this is a newer development. I'm topping it off as soon as I'm back tonight. I was just about to give it an oil change before the whole overheating thing. Never had to add oil between changes before

I've been the only owner and never smelt or seen any evidence of a coolant leak. Wouldn't a hole in my radiator spill a ton of coolant?

I might have an intermittent short in the fan relay wiring but I haven't had a chance to check yet. That's the only explanation I can think of. The bike definitely feels like it's overheating regardless of what the temp sensor and instrument panel are telling me. I believe it when it's reading 250° because I'm roasting sitting on it. My butt temp sensor is in full agreement there.. I've pulled over a few times in the past two weeks when the instrument panel read +235 and threw it in neutral. Every time I've done that the fan was spinning but the temp kept climbing on the instrument panel. I end up hitting the kill switch around 245 and waiting for 15 minutes...