Wald

A silly question.  Do they sell Bel Ray oil in Canada?

It is like having a brand new bike!

Same problem here, need to refresh to get the site to work.

1 hour ago, Dutchy said:

NOS stock Italian made pipes, languished on a shop's shelf in Finland, now in the Netherlands.

With thanks to @keny

This is probably as close to "unobtanium" as it gets!

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24 minutes ago, bmart said:

Definitely low. I don't like the high mounts on the VFR. 

Please post a picture when set and done.

6 hours ago, bmart said:

Aside from the 748 models, I think that all of mine have been low/standard mount, even the track bikes. Pulling the trigger on a can for the yellow bike tomorrow. 

High or low mount?

5 hours ago, bmart said:

Aside from the 748 models, I think that all of mine have been low/standard mount, even the track bikes. Pulling the trigger on a can for the yellow bike tomorrow. 

High or low mount?

21 hours ago, bmart said:

You appear to like high rise mufflers! Looks like a nice day there. 

The fact, they both have high rise mufflers is purely incidental but you may be right,  now since I think about it. When I bought the vfr, I wanted to put the oem pipe on (was included in the sale) but the owner told me the bike was jetted for the V&H pipe, so I did not change it. Well, it looks kind of better with it and sounds good, not too loud but not as good as a staintune. Well, if I could get my hands on a high rise staintune, that would be like Christmas!

As for the  599 hornet, I just like the looks of the bike, the mufflers is kind of bulky (they call it scud rocket launcher in Europe)  but it is quiet and I can fly under the radar most of the time.

10 hours ago, Dutchy said:

 

Since you asked, I took both for a spin. LIFE IS GOOD!

3 hours ago, Dutchy said:

Our WFH policy dictates that one should take a 30 minute break after a couple of hours looking at a PC monitor.

 

 

Who am I to disregards that?

 

Good point, I am going to take mine now!

I guess, my opinion will not qualify since I am running not very popular Shinko 011 verge on my '97.

These tires stick pretty well, not  sensitive to tar snakes (which we have a lot here in central CT)

I usually get 4K miles out of my tires, but I do not tour, just sport on back roads. Had Conti Sport Attack on the front for 3 weeks but took it off due to steering wobble (2" shake at 45 mph with hands off)

I would be inclined to try the Shinko stealth 003 but would like to know a reference point on how long these will last. Not that I care about how many miles I can get out of them, I just do not feel like taking the wheels off every 1000 miles to get them replaced.  

On 10/1/2021 at 3:36 PM, MaxSwell said:

That is a very useful bit of information which should reduce the chance of it happening.

 

Did you meet any nice people providing help?

Yes, a couple stopped and offered help. Since I was only 2 miles away from home and they were towing a boat, I did not want to put the through the procedure of getting a canister and fuel while hauling a boat. I called a friend who happened to be almost driving by my house (lucky me)! He grabbed the canister with my lawn mower gas from the shed and I was up and running 15 minutes later.

Since I had full leathers on. walking home to get fuel was not a great alternative.

Thanks for asking MaxSwell.

PS: The last time I ran out of fuel before this, was 25 years ago (prior to cell phones) in the middle of nowhere, but this a whole another story involving a helpful farmer.

Ran out of gas and found out that I can get 218 miles on one full tank and that the tank has a capacity of 5.565 gallon (pretty accurate to the manual). The reserve lamp never came on! Now, I know!

Washed my 750 and took it for an evening ride just to load it up with bugs again.

Love to listen to the engine whine but with ear plugs sounds a little muted. Will need to look for the perfect plugs.

My 97 vfr (4th gen.) Could use new rotors. I found 6th gen. Complete front wheel but the rotors a spaced wider apart (135mm vs. 140mm)

Is there a way to make it work without doing a major adaptation project?

The wheel hub width seems to be the same, so the rotors are not swappable.  Any recommendations? Thanks in advance! 

Well, after I washed and waxed my Interceptor last Saturday, I treated myself to a one hour spin at lunch. 50 miles on back roads (awesome!)

Trying to bring the tires to the end of their lifecycle. 

This is one "cool" machine. I love the ignition key (my uncles used to have old Jawa's with this type of key in the headlight)

As for pegs, yes, you a right, in order to keep the grab rail, I will have to do the same thing. I will have to get a used pair on ebay and modify it. Also, my muffler is mounted to the peg on the right site (I will need to talk to my welder to perhaps find a different solution. Now, it becomes a project!

...and you need a Grolsch with it!

Thanks Dutchy. Who cares if period correct, it is a awesome bike!

I kind of like to looks of the VFR without the passenger pegs, I think I will remove mine.

Hey Dutchy,

The VFR look sharp. What does the BOS exhaust sound like? I have a V&H high mounted one but based on the sound of my friends Ducati 750SS with a BOS system, the BOS should sound better than the V&H. BTW, mine is high mount with passenger foot pegs on (came this way to me)

PS: I hope the Gilera is red!

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