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I'm selling my beloved '06 VFR800 ABS, but so far no one has even sent an inquiry! I'm wondering what a fair selling price is for my bike? I'm in Toronto, Canada, the bike has never been dropped, has a power commander and leo & vince exhaust with 28,000km (17,500m). I have ALL oem parts still and Honda hard luggage. I put it up for $7000 CAD, but no bites, so I lowered it to $6500 and still nothing. Similar bikes that are for sale are priced in and around that range but not sure if it's emotional price or a fair selling price. I want the bike to sell fast as it's just sitting in the garage, so maybe I need to lower it.. I did purchase it for $8000 in 2012.

hey Knight, you are right, after reading my post it does sound like the bike has never had any maintenance! That's not true at all though, I bought the bike in 2012 with 5,500km and have done regular maintenance, even posted a brake fluid replacement DIY. What I meant to say was the last maintenance I did was the coolant flush, and wondering if the bike requires a tune up soon. I did remove the tank and all that good stuff to tighten up the coolant hoses last summer, and the throttle was within spec. Once the weather gets warm, I will check those items, I just wasn't sure where to start to be honest.

So, before I put my bike away last Fall, I noticed something really weird. The bike was warmed up, I got up to speed, decelerated the throttle but my RPMS went up, like a surge. I immediately pulled the clutch in and the rpms shot up to like 4,000 and then went back down to idle. It didn't happen again, but curious as to what would cause this surge? There's about 25,000km on the bike, it's a 2006, never had a tune up. The only maintenance I did was coolant flush. I'm selling the bike .. but will buy a 8th generation in the near future! Want to make sure it's in good working condition before I sell it.

Ah! I get it now.. hah! Thanks for the write up Mohawk, however being in Canada, parts are such a bitch to find. My hoses aren't dried or rotted in anyway, they're super soft, there's no corrosion on any joints so I'm thinking they just needed to be tightened up and I have a feeling it might be the thermostat gasket as there's a little dirt everywhere except this one part where it's super shiny. I can get the thermostat gasket so I'm going to go ahead and do that and if it fixes it, great, if not, I don't mind ripping it all apart again as it was pretty straight forward for me.

What do you mean by this? I didn't see any o-rings.. ??

Wtf Canada! All hoses are back ordered until end of July! Such bullshit! Does anyone know a place online I can purchase said parts? I can't wait until the end of July :(

Haha.. it's really not! There's just a lot of stuff to disconnect, and the only speciality tool you need is a super long #2 philips screw driver. The smallest you can use is 8" which is what I had on hand, but 10" would be ideal.

RedRicer, I will be creating a tutorial with pictures once I get all my new parts on how to take the throttle bodies off, change coolant, as well as thermostat.

Methinks you may have spoken too soon. Haha.. not at all. Took off the tank and throttle body in about 45 min, not difficult at all.. just a lot of shit to disconnect. Now, there's so many hoses in there, finding the leaky one is going to be the challenge!

No. This is incorrect, the SMC does not have a reservoir, so therefore it cannot push new fluid through. It also does not operate from the force of the rear brake pedal, it works with the movement of the front tire and friction of the brakes which causes the SMC to operate. You must do it the way I've listed to bleed it correctly. I've stated this on the front page. The caliper does not have to be high up, the bleed screw has to be facing up. That's all that's required, just like in the main tutorial picture.

Ah.. ok awesome, seems like a simple fix then, thank you!

I've had this bike for 3 years, and got it with 5,500km on it. It's now got 25,000km and when I went to get it Spring ready, I noticed a really small puddle of coolant underneath after I did my oil change and started it. Removed the right fairing (brake side) and I notice it coming out, very very little.. like a few drops, out of this hole that's in the engine block (exact centre of image.) Can someone explain to me what's going on?

I haven't been here for a while, but I'm glad everyone is making good use of this guide! For those that are not pumping the SMC manually, that's completely ok, but just remember that the fluid between the SMC and the rear proportional control valve still has old fluid in it! If you're ok with that, then by all means skip that step :D

Hey guys, I just want to chime in here and say that the part numbers for the speed bleeders were ordered from Wire My Bike. I did indeed replace all the speed bleeders with the part numbers listed with no issues!

I'm excited to see what aftermarket options there are for the exhaust!