CoyoteChris

For $77 for the paint, it is expensive but I feel the match would be perfect. It is an option for sure.

Wow! Thanks! you were a big help. R334. I am just an old man who has been riding since '64 but I love this bike. My FJR has put on too much weight over the years and more likely my old body is weak and this wonderful bike and my 2017 Vstrom get me through the touring season. There are a couple of very small marks but on the pannier there is a patch 1.5 inches wide by 5 inches long. I could put a reflector over it but I thought I would try this first. Thanks for helping me.

My 2015 VFR took a nap in a parking lot and has some minor dings and scratches. Thankfully, it has sliders. I am wondering the best way to obtain some red touch up paint for the plastic. Is there a code number I can find at an auto parts store? On line? Thanks in advance.

Wow...I had been under way too much stress at my age....I had forgotten all about that.....old age isnt for sissies. The fluid wasnt dark...I was looking at it wrong....but its gonna get changed. I cant believe how much fun this bike is to tour/camp on. I road 534 miles one day and felt fine. Havent done that in decades.

OK, yes, I see how it would work now......its actually pretty slick.

I will check it out. I assume it is a pump? Nothing wrong with that as long as you keep an eye on the resevoir. https://www.harborfreight.com/brake-fluid-bleeder-92924.html?cid=paid_google|||92924&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=&utm_content=&gclid=CjwKCAiAjp6BBhAIEiwAkO9WujE2-WmztKQWjkpIIHpmwAbgj_doCs1QMdA_aaI32hjeCrp7VRADDxoCQkcQAvD_BwE

Thanks. Yes, that is the problem. That is exactly what I have in my VFR box but I cant remember where I got the info from! I will check out my old post.

Greetings. I was lucky enough to find a new 2015 Gen 8 about 16 months ago. Love it. I tour with it along with my FJR and V-Strom. Every bike I have had since 2012 I have put Speed Bleeders on . Makes changing the brake/clutch fluid a snap. Well, I went to their fitment chart and they only go up to the 2009. I emailed the company to see if they had any more info but I thought I would ask here. The 2009 uses the M8 sized bleeder for brakes and clutch. Wonder if the Gen 8 does also? I will try the on line parts schematics too. TIA Ye olde Coyote

I ordered a cheepo to try...if you ever see this puppy, let me know.....

Thanks to you and Dutchy! I will check that out....I have talked to a few people with other bikes and they really like them...they got cheap ones, also.....I also have a Givi windscreen to try. Wish the screen wasnt so hard to replace.... I am perfectly happey with the VFR the way it is and with a few more farkles I will take it for some fun touring to the Cascades and Rockies where there arent many straight roads. My FJR's electric windscreen is addictive but as I grow older, the bike grows heavier for some reason. Very nice to take from Spokane to Reno and back for the air races every year, of course...but I think I will really enjoy the VFR on those windy Idaho roads. Last year I took my Vstrom to central Idaho and had a blast.

Greetings all. A long and emotionally difficult winter full of death is about over and its time to go back and pay attention to my almost new 2015 VFR. I am wondering if anyone has purchased a windscreen lip deflector they are very happy with? I am six ft 2 inches and the stock one is fine in that there is no buffeting to speak of, but I thought I would try a deflector just to say I did.

I have returned from many travels and decided to go one lap around Lake Coure d'Alene Idaho. 188 miles, With my friend Frosty. Riding season may come to an end very shortly. This was my longest ride yet on this bike and I love it. Cant wait to head to Montana from Spokane next year and ride the Beartooth highway after the Honda Sport Touring Rally in Spearfish , SD. Lots of farkles to put on still but my 15 acres requires attention....

Just as too tight valve actuators and too loose valve actuators produce different sets of problems, I feel too tight chains and too loose chains produce their own sets of problems. Me? I like to stay a bit looser than the tight limit. This bike has a very smooth drive line that way and if I wear out the chain a bit early, so be it....right now...winter is coming....got in one last ride 390 mile (with the FJR) with snow on the mountains two days ago....last night, it snowed at my house....yuck phooy! 😣

Thats what I did in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. Now, My Suzuki manual says DONT USE KEROSENE TO CLEAN THE CHAIN. I can see where putting kero on a rag wont hurt anything, but some riders claim lots of kero applied with a spray bottle and brush will get the kero past the O rings and disolve out out the inner lubricant. But there are lots of people saying on the web they use kero and spray it on thick and brush the chain to take off all the dirt.... Hence, I see there are chain cleaners on the market like the one I put a pic of. I demand an SAE paper be published on the matter!!!!!🤣

Not worth the money for the cleaner and penetrator?