WDIV

Not to be discouraging at all but I'm glad I'm not the only one who bought a VFR and is dealing with some wackadoo problems lol

I just bought chinese replica fairings on ebay. Definitely just ABS plastic and definitely get the job done.

Any other symptoms? Mileage? Maintenance done?

I'm not a big wine person but I'd do this in a second for whiskies 😁

Pics of the wine in bubble wrap in the PVC? (or all loaded up in the panniers?)

I'll have to look. I looked for the Fuel Cut relay where the picture showed it and couldnt' find it. I'm not sure if it's buried somewhere or what. I'll try looking at the bank angle sensor.

I appreciate it more than you know. 🙂 I replaced the engine stop relay as it's the only one I see in the diagram that seems capable of bypassing the battery. The pic that helped me find it here. I just used the wiring diagram to find how anything could be connected without the battery. I went out to the bike last night to see if I heard the same. That's my bad. The PO installed LED lights that have fans on the back of them. Heck of an observation by you!

The yellow wire is my 12ga extension cable on the floor far behind my bike lol. At the end of the video I hear the fuel relay go but no "fan". I'll grab one now. Thanks! Had no idea these terminal cleaners existed!

The relay was ticking like mad and I'm sad it took me this long to get around to sorting it. This... doesn't look great. 🙂 New relay looks a little better sealed. Cleaned up the original harness as thoroughly as I could with a brush. Definitely thought about de-pinning it be a bit more thorough but it looked good enough. Hopefully this sorts the weirdness out but we'll see over time. It's raining today and tomorrow so monday, we test ride. 🙂

Who doesn't like pie cuts on an exhaust? It looks good so far and I'm betting you know the wheel has that dent in it. I can't wait to see more tail pics.

Already got the PC6 installed and going 🙂 Hmmmmm. You could always move turn signals to the mirrors, bar ends, or even just place some LED strips on each side.

The ticking is a relay on the fritz, I'm sure. Whether it's caused by an 28 year old relay going bad or a bad grounds, I have yet to figure out. @Grum has been incredibly helpful. I took all the body work off but haven't been able to get the relay to act up again. Oh intermittent issues, how I hate you lol. For the surging, the PC6/O2 delete seemed to help a ton. Everything smoothed out, especially in the low end which was surprising. I bought a set of used injectors off of ebay specifically to send out for cleaning so I could replace them. It's on my list lol. The fan turned out to be a bad motor which was very exciting as I was getting frustrated trying everything everyone had recommended. No one wants to assume it's the $300 motor that's gone bad after 18 years but here's to it lasting another 18 years. I noticed mine consistently kicks on a 190* so I think the thermo sensor that I have isn't stock. PO wasn't helpful at all. I do wonder about air flow beneath the bike though and have thought about putting a naca duct somewhere and running a bit of ducting to help move cooler air into the under tank area... I wanted a VFR for a long time and I'm getting what I deserve lol. On the plus side, it's already been a ton of fun and I'm stoked to get her to 100%. The CCTs are inevitable and I'm hoping I'm on teh right side of mileage (22k) to avoide them for a little while lol.

I'll try that after work. I just need to get it to start doing it again.

I thought the ticking while the key and kill siwtch were off would be impossible too. But here we are lol. The only after market things related to any wiring are the relay/wiring for the volt meter and the SH847 RR from roadster. The cooling fan was that whole ordeal that's already been sorted. If the fan was on, you'd know it. Now I wonder what you're hearing. Bike was cold at time of recording. About the kill switch, I've only seen VFR people here and in teh FB groups say this about the kill switch. With it being engrained in my process after 70k miles of riding, I'm not sure I'd be able to switch that up at this point lol. Are suzuki switches just made better? My naked SV wen through all kinds of weather and I smashed that switch on and off for as long as I had that bike without issue. :)

So yesterday my brother came over so we could work on his car and after opening to garage to grab tools, he asked me "can you hear that". Sure enough, with the key in the off position and the kill switch set to off (i learned that was the way to turn the bike off a million years ago, so I always use the kill switch), the bike was making this noise. Yesterday, I turned the key to on, turn the kill switch to on, the pump primed, and the sound went away. Fast forward to today, I decide to take a look. Turn the bike on as per the ushe, turn it off and boom, it starts making the noise again. So while the key was on but the kill switch was off, it was ticking. Turned the key off and it STAYS ticking. Turn the key to on, flip the the kill switch to on, pump primes, ticking stops. I don't understand how anything is getting power in the off position.