Ughandi

fun to hear the comparison. changing cans really makes a difference! Be sure to re-tune after you settle on one!

You gotta turn yours on a lathe. Shaved nearly 2lbs off my 5th gen fly. Quicker revving for sure. Engine response on rev-matching has not felt more instinctual.

Can't argue with those results!

The spare parts bin hungers for a sacrifice...

Ergonomics is an odd science... no hate if it works! I'm slowly learning that clocking the levers down is a huge ergo win. My clipons are going on soon, and I'm very excited for the extra adjustability on my bike

New(ish) cable and throttle tube arrived! Since I busted my foot at a mini moto race day yesterday, I'll have plenty of time in the garage to get these clip-ons installed! (Don't mind me hijacking my own thread... But I need this off my chest) Turns out you get what you pay for. My 5 year old $250 AS SMX-V2's did not protect my foot from a *vertical* crush on a high-side. I'll be wearing my spicy and pricey SIDI Rex's from now on. Even just squeezing them in the garage, there's a massive difference in stiffness exactly where I'm hurt. It may have saved my foot.... Heading to the doc in the box for X-rays soon. (Update: X-Rays came back clean! 😄 Still going to rock the fancier boots from now on. Now that I'm riding hard and crashing often, I need something that protects me better in the way I crash)

No planned ones this time... just the joyous surprise of a snapped throttle cable :'D 10-4

In preparation for my spiffy Woodcraft clip-on risers, I decided to take apart my throttle and see if my new Vista Cruise works well... ooh ahh... cant wait.... Well... despite my belief that my VFR has the snappiest throttle in the garage... this is what I found: 😧 CODE RED. NOT BUENO. I guess that's what 62k hard miles will do to a throttle... Thank goodness for the used market though. Copped a used set (only 13k on the donor bike) for $25 from Sun Coast Cycle Parts, as opposed to shelling for new-new stuff. I am also replacing the throttle tube... because... I mean look at it: Could I jam the new cable in there? Sure... but I ordered a new nylon tube from Motion Pro that should suit me fine, and I have a spare set of grips on the shelf collecting dust bunnies... All this because I just wanted to play with the Viffer in the garage today 😭

Victory! The frankenstein GIVI rack + SHAD medium universal plate in fact works!! I honestly don't hate the look of the racks... Which is good, because they are here to stay 😆 The bolt holes do NOT line up, but I made it work ;D

+1 on this. Pneumatically locked PCV's is how my old BMW blew a VC gasket.

Well done!

Well I'll start! >:b What matters is that kinematic viscosity, not the "weight" in the label.

Just ordered my own set of Givi's top-case racks! (Only $115 nowadays. Wow, reading this thread ... it sure was pricey in years' past, especially considering inflation!) I'm going to be sacrilegious and try to mount the SHAD universal top plate to it so I can have parody across my VFR & Transalp on bags 😬 Will report back if it fits!

The web store where I had bought mine no longer exists... 😕 However I did find the brand... TourMax. https://www.tourmax.jp/ They work great a year since installation. Some links I found. Trust these stores at your own discretion. Best of luck finding a whole set that is OEM: https://www.cmsnl.com/products/insulator-throt-b_16211mbg000/ https://www.oro2u.com/flange-intake-16211-mbg-000-carburetor-rubber-vfr800fi-pk4-k-l-11-4633-honda-road https://dynamiccycleparts.com/product/kl-carb-boots-1998-2001-honda-vfr800-interceptor/ https://cheapthrillsmoto.com/products/k-l-carburetor-boots-11-4633?_pos=1&_sid=50e5317d6&_ss=r

I went through a heck of a time (about a year of hunting for these), and I DID find a new set. Let me dig up where I sourced them... standby PN# 16211-MBG-000

Woah there, fellas... we dont have to go down that road...

Ah yes... with the power of purchasing a second one...!

I use motul 300v in mine (Full synth). For temp regulation, (especially considering that you live in the sandbox) is sourcing an RC51 oil cooler & retrofitting that. Should help extend your change intervals at worst, and at best may help meaningfully regulate your temps. My anecdote after the install is that the bike does indeed run hotter when she's idling at a stoplight... I even managed to overheat her and boil off some coolant once.... Do this mod only if she's a Sunday slayer, not a daily driver. You must make sure that she's kept moving, else temps rise *fast*. If I were more skilled in 3D modeling, I would like some ducting made for the radiators on the interior of the fairing (exterior of the radiator). I am nigh-certain the reason why my temps climb are because that hot air stalls and gets trapped under the plastics. ... Now if you are willing to try something a little more head-scratchy for the shifting... Take your bike outside, remove the clutch, reassemble & seal everything, then pour in Liqui-moly's Ceratek or MOS2. Then let her run for 90-120 minutes, occasionally holding revs to give it time to bake-in. Drain the oil & swap the filter after that, put the clutch back in, fill her up with your favorite dino-juice and experience moderately smoother shifting and a more happy-to-rev motor. Bonus Points: the bike's internal friction should have decreased as well, decreasing the heat generated by all those spinning parts.

I have this curse as well... It's a formidable condition to suffer from.

Supersprox? They are good, but I dont think they make one for the VFR because of our unique sprocket carrier

Concur. I got my set used off a 6th gen. Works just fine on my 5th!

Copy that! This may be kick I need to stop procrastinating & pull images off my old phone. Anecdotally, after the swap, the first start took an absurdly long time. Somewhere on the order of 3-5 minutes of total starter duty cycle over the course of an hour. I guess the electrical pixies were having a hard time finding a path home from coils to the plug's ground. Runs like a champ since. She kicks on the first turn of the crank. Never had a bike start so ready to go.

Perhaps I should finally make that post ... I did mine last year. I think I can dig up the photos from my old water damaged phone. (... On that front, I'm actually quite behind on posts I should be making & updating... ) It takes some knowledge of cutting & soldering, keeping track of which cylinders trace to which wires, and using plenty of honda-branded electrical tape 😉 Going by my eBay purchase history, I used CBR 1000 coils on a chopped up 06-07 CBR 1000 sub-harness.

I love the "dont believe they exist" argument lol. I'm not sold on it because I have yet to buy one 😬 My understanding is that they are used to band-aid death wobbles/tank slappers. Even on my adv that death wobbles at 80mph, It usually indicates low front tire pressure to me, so I know when it's low... Cant put a price on peace of mind, I understand... it's just not an item on my long list of calculated riding risks that I concern myself with. My cbr came with one from the factory. I'd wager honda put one there as dynamics are a complicated thing, and the geometry of the bike (primarily the rake) demanded it. (2 degrees steeper on the CBR than the 5th gen VFR)

What a find!! If only i knew about these before I bought my transalp... oh well What was the dinero damage?