chris2992

I got the ones that are $1.59 with 4 led's. I have no problem with seeing mine, it is kinda purpleish in color, but can see it fine.

Looks familiar. border='0' alt='user posted image' /> S2400228.JPG

The rack is a Chris2992 Special. I made it out of flat and angle aluminum bent to shape. It bolts to the underside of the inner fender, which I had to reinforce to the subframe. It works great, but I am currently making another version out of tubular steel to sort of copy the 5 star rack so that I can have a system for just saddle bags and one for saddle bags and top case. Link to 5 star rack. The luggage is all nelson rigg, and I love it, works great and build quality is second to none IMHO.

Where can you find info on the Yoyo-dyne products.

Thank you, Bailey. Had never read that before, but great stuff. Thanks.

I took the class too, and agree fully. Hope I can get her convinced to do it.

I wish, I tried to get my lady to ride my Yamaha Seca II before I sold it and she wouldn't. Now she won't get close to the VFR. The sad thing is that she can ride a scooter very well, and a bike is so much easier to ride with the proper training. I am going to sign us up for the MSF class together, that training should be good for a passenger too, + how much fun will the beginner class be second time through and 25k miles later. :pissed:

P.S. I had posted this before, but it got pruned, so here it is again.

Well after getting the VFR my lady wanted a backrest so she felt more comfortable. However I just couldn't justify $250 on the corbin piece. So I decided to make my own. Started off with some 5/8" square bar, and some 3/16" flat plate steel. I then cut the design into the steel for the backrest and cut about a 12" length of the square stock. Then I put the square stock into the corbin seat slot and had my lady sit on the bike so that I could see what angle to bend the square stock at. Turned out to be about 10 degrees for her, but see what your passenger wants. 0 degrees is almost straight up FWIW. I then put the flat plate in a roller and rolled a bit of a curve into the flat plate, then welded together. Her brother-in-law owns a hot rod upholstery shop, so he ordered the CF look vinyl to match the seat and covered it for me. Due to the awkward shape of the backrest, he had a bit of a pooch where he finished the bottom of the cover, but for free I wasn't expecting much. Once I got it back, I put it in the corbin slot and punched a marker spot in the square stock where I drilled and tapped for a 1/4-20 bolt to secure it in place. I use a thumb screw, lock washer and a fender washer to spread the load and not crack the seat pan and be able to take off with out tools. This setup has worked great for us and hopefully it can save you a bit of $$ too. S2400002.JPG DSC00100.JPG She loves the new set up and says that it makes her feel much more at ease while on the bike. I sat on the passenger area and put all of my weight on the back rest and I couldn't budge it, sturdy as a rock. Fabrication wise it took about 2 hrs to make, so with minimal time and skill you too can have a cheep backrest.

I'd like to get my hands on a copy of the issue, is there any place to get it state side?

Off topic - Boy you brought this one from the deep dark corner of the almost purged threads. Good read though, hadn't see it myself. On topic - I'd paint the entire panel rather than trying to cover a portion of a panel. trying to blend the paint when it matches perfectly is difficult, much less when they don't match. When you paint a whole fairing, if it doesn't match the other panel, there is a crack there that helps hide the color mismatch.

Just haven't had time to get around to it.

Well I finally got my bike back for keeps now and have logged about 200 miles on the new setup. Much better. I have some tweaks that need to be made around 4-6k at WOT, seems to bog down then right at 6k it just snaps back up. Just crusing around is much nicer too, throttle control is much easier and the power band is wider and smoother. The intake sounds just mean, almost too loud, but I have been riding with no earplugs to listen to it. Exhaust note has changed some too, guessing due to pair valve removal. Engine braking is smoother too. I am very happy now and if I can tweak the map a bit it will be perfect. Now where did I put that dyno.

What map are you using?

It was a very quick seat of pants dyno, I'd say it still will need some work. Give me a few weeks to put some miles on it, and I'll post my tweaks.

Well got my bike back together this weekend, and after all the 50 and 60 deg days we have had, sunday was like 30 and rainy. So atleast I got a quick ride in on saturday afternoon. Initial seat of pants is good. Alot more low end power, didn't get to get into the upper revs, but pulling from stop lights and accelerating arround cages is much quicker and smoother. 4k to 6k was the biggest difference. I don't know which mod to place the glory on because I did many, but I would do all of them again. 1 Airbox 2 Custom K&N 3 Pair Valve Removal 4 Valve sync 5 Power Commander II (using map 101-008 : Staintune and K&N filter) I have not yet come up with a spacer to "jack" the front of the tank up, but that is on my list of things to do. I'll keep yall posted.

Thought I might like the look of the screen being silver, but think I will just repaint after the epoxy cures. As if it really matters what it looks like seens how you can't see it. Just so that it is functional.

Here is the final product, I painted it with black krylon fusion paint to make it all black and added aluminum screen to the front to keep leaves, bugs and other large things out. border='0' alt='user posted image' /> S2400087.JPG

I should have "read the rules" prior to piping that ring out. :lol: