rgrattan

I'm (only) almost eight years late to this discussion, but in one of the discussions somewhere up on this forum I saw somebody say there's no high end aftermarket calipers designed purposefully for the 8th Gen Honda. That certainly seems to be true, but it looks like if you wanted to (and had the money), you could install a set of something like the Brembo GP4 monblocs ...you might just need to get different brembo spacers and/or bolt lengths. Other aftermarket brands I might consider would be Hel or ISR. I mention the Brembos as their spec appears to coincide. That is, my 8th gen appears to run 310mm rotors and the Tokicos are 108mm radial (distance between bolts). I'm a brake snob and have fitted a full brembo replacement on my 2023 Yamaha MT-09 SP (hated the Advics brakes) and the difference is night and day. So in theory it can be done, but as many have said the Tokicos (unless damaged in some way) seem pretty good. As others have stated, the cheaper albeit still pricey pathway would be to upgrade the lines to braided (I installed Galfers), add better pads (I installed EBC) and then the RCS19 master cylinder upgrade (I have not done this ...but might someday) That said, I too would love to hear from somebody who performed a fuller upgrade including the calipers.

Thank you all for all the input here. Especial thanks to Flya750. In the end, I took the bike to a better mechanic than I - to get the rear braided line installed. It was expensive. I live in San Francisco so I knew I'd get hit. It was worth it though. Brakes do feel better. As to why I did it..several reasons - but a few in particular: I've wanted a VFR since I was a very young dude and I'm now in my 50's and could afford one Rubber lines piss me off on an otherwise quality build I defeated Cancer, so the VFR was a gift to myself as were the braided lines. I'm a brake snob. But mainly I did it as a self-reward. It's not every day nor very many people I know of/have heard of that get through what I got through without pharma and/or major surgery. Love of motorcycles, my lady, my life, my family, taking control of my own health, researching the heck out of metabolism, qigong, chi nei tsang. This is what got me through the big C ...and some really uplifting encounters in meditation. Thanks again to all - keep it positive and support one another, ...we dunno what's around the corner but it can sometimes hit v.hard.

Hi, I responded to a similar chain of posts on vfrworld https://vfrworld.com/threads/booster-plug.52800/#post-644333 "...in case it helps anyone, here goes; I can't speak to how effective they are on a VFR but I have owned two other bikes and fitted a Booster plug to both. One was a 2003 Triumph Sprint ST 955i and the other, a 2012 BMW R1200R Classic. The plug made a difference at low revs around town. Smoothed things out a bit and prevented cutouts on the Triumph and to some extent on the BMW. The latter runs v lean so stalls still occasionally happen. Still have that bike. Yes, they are over-priced for what you get but they are not snake oil and do make a difference. You can read more about what they are actually doing here: https://www.boosterplug.com/shop/cms-how-it-works-full-version.html Were there noticeable gains in speed/acceleration?...not really, but the fuel to air ratio seems to have been helped as the pull on both bikes was smoother and just seemed to have been assisted by the plug. There were no negative ramifications to speak of. Did the plugs change the bike dramatically, No. A PC 5 or Rapid Bike will likely set you back a LOT more and given what the VFR engine is capable of and the bikes overall power to weight ratio,...the booster plug might be a better investment. I have no experience with either of these two technologies so maybe they are great. Can't say - defer to those who can and have never brought any of these bikes to a track and I believe both the PC and RB tech is s'posed to shine there more than around town. I'm in no way affiliated with the manufacturer of the booster plug, just trying to set the record straight as somebody who has experience using one on two bikes. May even try one out on my 8th gen. VFR, but as somebody already remarked (here or in a sibling post), Honda build such a stonking good engine...I don't have much of a need on the 2015 VFR, because it has so far never cut out and just Hondas-along. It is a heavy bike so I'd be surprised if anything made a huge difference to that bikes overall performance low down or higher up the rev range."

I bought a full set of stainless steel braided brake and clutch lines (Galfer). I decided to start the replacement on the rear, but I'm stumped. The lines came with no instructions so I eventually found some online which aren't particularly useful and definitely not specific to the 8th gen. This is an issue because the rear brake line appears to be broken out into three component lines and two of them affix to the bike somewhere inside and under the aluminum frame on the right hand side. So to my question; how on God's green earth does one gain access to this area.? What's the approach, the trick? Do I remove the tank. Doesn't seem to be a solution - still big pieces of aluminum in the way. Do I remove the underside black plastic that shelters the underside of the saddle form the elements? Completely stymied. Any pointers appreciated otherwise I will have to admit defeat and bring it into a bike shop to have the work done (I like to do my own work so this is a big deal for me).