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  1. If you're flogging the snot out of it, expect everything to be heat soaked. Fan may run for a bit longer. Try letting it warm up to fan switch temp, or some normal riding first and do a fan cycle test. Will give you a good baseline before you go all Isle of Man.
  2. I haven't owned a 1200, but from what I know of that bike it makes 170hp. High HP bikes will generate a ton of heat, that's why Ducatis have somewhat of a reputation for air frying family jewels. Are the fans cycling off? I would expect in 50 degree weather a fan should run for a bit then satisfy the temp switch and shut off.
  3. FYI, the physical copy of the service manual I have says DO NOT mess with the lock nut. MOTWYW
  4. Grum is correct on that the secondary MC on the left caliper requires a rotational force to activate it's piston circuit on the rear. You could try and force this. With the bike on the center stand, use a soft jaw bar clamp behind the secondary MC and front of fork tube to compress the MC plunger a bit. See if that starts locking up the rear wheel.
  5. Ricks's has stator cover gaskets. They're $13. I'm running one on my '98 with a Rick's stator. https://ricksmotorsportelectrics.com/Honda-Stator-Cover-Gasket-25_109
  6. You folks in Europe enjoy, like the NT1100 this probably won't come stateside. 🙃
  7. Am I having a stroke, or was that painted KTM orange? 🤨
  8. Any of you remember playing Telephone (Chinese Whispers) in grade school? Maybe that's what's going on here. Original owner may have simply visited the TT years ago, that turned into it came from the TT, awarded to the winner.. and here we are.
  9. In my time with a 2000, I didn't have any issues with the wax unit. It's also worth mentioning that all 6th and 8th gens have a wax unit too. It's a different part than the 2000/2001, but they still have them.
  10. The hose with the sharp bend (thermostat pod) is no longer available from Honda and the pair is usually not included in the silicone kits available from 3rd parties. AS3 has repro'd them in silicone, and they are available separately. https://www.ebay.com/itm/145298195420 Another reference drawing is the "water pump" parts fiche available to view on any site. Hose with sharp bend molded goes to small nipple on thermostat pod. Other hose goes to a coolant elbow that is bolted to the left side of the engine near the V.
  11. I'm counting on the rain this week washing away the massive amounts of salt and brine that were put down. Only reason I've been taking the car these past few days
  12. I'm not trying to rain on VFR80025th's parade, but since we're talking printing off VFR history stuff this seemed a good place. I'm not sure how many visit the other site, but a while ago I posted a vectorized version of the 5th gen engine cutaway illustration from the Honda service manual. Vector files are great because they can be scaled to any size without loss in quality, something normal raster images can't do. I later followed this by colorizing the cam gear train. The attached .zip files will be the vector file and high resolution images for the cam gear train so don't bother with the low quality images inserted into this post. vfr - black - red.zip vfr - white -red.zip VectorFR.zip
  13. FYI, the bottom disc with the bypass holes is held in place with just a side-mount external retaining ring. If the new T-stat you're getting is assembled the same, I don't see why you couldn't just swap the disc over from the outgoing OEM t-stat. Should only take a minute and you wouldn't have to drill anything. That wouldn't do anything for top plate fitment, but it would be one less thing you have to modify. An important measurement I didn't give prior is from bottom of top flange to bottom of bypass disc. That appears to be 37mm
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