HispanicSlammer

I had over 80k on the Veefalo.

I traded the 1200 VFR a year or so ago for a KTM GT. Similar idea, but different take.  The KTM has roughly the same HP, but 100lbs lighter, much more torque.  I always loved the engine on the VFR it was a monster, I could pass a slow mover on a 2 lane road without even having to downshift, and be around them in mere seconds.  The KTM is even more torque and it wizzes by rather quickly too.  

I was a bit tired of the VFR because I had this constant elbow pain, something about the ergos put a strain on my elbow, and my knees would be wrecked after a half a day of spirited riding.  The KTM has a much more upright riding postion, which in itself has a whole different set of trade offs.  Taller seat height, which I remedied with a set of lowering springs, stiffer and it dropped the KTM 20mm.  Wow what a difference that made.

I really like all the doo dads too, semi active suspension.  I would describe the suspension settings as Comfort - wallow, Street - not quite, Sport - Bumpy as F**K.  The new springs really improved that too, its dialed in now.  I had an Ohlins shock on the 1200 that I kept for 12 years and had rebuilt 3 times, and Andretti front cassettes and springs, it was about as good as it gets, but I never could get the front end just right, but it worked ok fully adjustable one fork was rebound the other was compression - and old racer solution from way back in the day.  I sold it because I just cant do that bent over knee wrenching riding style anymore.

So far I am happy with the KTM, I put 80,000 miles on the Veefalo, so far I havent even scratched the surface on the KTM. 6k maybe now?

I am getting ready to put on new sprockets and chain, new tires, oil and filter, and then a valve adjustment. Some weird KTM required cleaning, a strange oil port you have to clean to get smooth shifts, its got a little removable oil jet you have to clean every few thousand miles. 

Here is a you tube vid of me an 3 guys in tow doing one of my favorite local rides to Bishops Castle in southern Colorado, make sure to crank up the quality..Youtube always puts it in the lowest setting???

5 hours ago, vfrcapn said:

Thanks, and the email notifications are working!!

 

Yeah I fixed that too

I think I got it fixed, lots of hoop jumping and I might have to taxes taken out now..but I think it is working now.  Freaking crazy set of hoops I had to figure out. 

I had 88k on mine at time of sale, I took that thing all over the USA, and Canada. 

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There is a downloads section for these types of files, you can add in a description and upload it to the downloads section

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I wiped them out, looking at 2 point authorization for logging in. 

I just bought a 7th gen lol

Well thanks everyone who kicked in these last two days I was able to renew the software license that expired and thus upgrade to the latest security update. 

Thanks

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I spoke with BaileyRock, he sounds like he is interested in doing this with me.  I will be there!  Its been too long! I might drag my local riding buddy along too.  I would be nice to see the old gang back together for another great weekend of riding Appalachia. 

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In any case i have not been able to get the server mail function to work, I am at my wits end. I am sure its probably some syntax thing in the configuration but it just wont sent out mail for notifications, and I have not been getting notified when bad things happen here.  Working on it. 

On 7/4/2021 at 5:52 PM, Grum said:

Yep me to......just deleted it. Didn't think of using the report function.

I deleted him too and banned

I deleted him hes banned, sneaking doing it as pm's to avoid getting noticed by me. 

OOHHHH not if its on I-40!  Blah, but south or north perhaps, there are good roads, scenic or otherwise both sides of the interstate.

It's got a few issues, blown fork seal cheap to replace, the oil change was a motha, 3 drain points and separate oil tank. 10 w 50 required by ktm. Dry sump like a dirtbike. Nothing g serious.  Who would have thought its easier to do an oil change on the 1200 veefalo. 

Then I rode it, the vee twin has a thunder coming out of those Akropovic twin exhaust. Gobs of torque, it's not the I dont need to downshift torque of the veefalo but a 450lb bike compared to 650lbs it so much more nimble. 

I was riding up a hillside road in town that's a 15% grade for almost half a mile. Tons of cars choked up the 4 lane road. I saw a little bit of daylight and boom I was gone. It was so much fun walking away up that hill from the throng of cars. 

 I have gotten lazy with downshifts riding the 1200f, the ktm you need to downshift on slow speed cornering. Just a different kind of bike, it's really made me a feel a renewed sense of ridership. I still love the veefalo, I'm never going let her go. 

I rode a 1280 KTM in Austin a few years back at the demo ride KTM tent. I really loved the awesome motor and supple suspension. It was way way way out of my price range. So I forgot all about it.

Reverse course a couple of weeks ago I was bored at work on my break, scrolling thru cycle trader on my phone, just a bunch of boring metric cruisers and squid owned bikes. I decided to look at my local dealership online inventory. Oh snap they had a 990 Super Duke with 10k miles on it, and 5300 dollars. Just so happens I had the cash, fast forward. Turns out a squid owned it previously. Removed the mirrors, sprocket cover, hugger. Dropped it. But in decent shape. Price was right, made the dealer fix some stuff. But now I got 3 bikes in my tiny garage. 

I had to change name servers on my domains, so vfrdiscussion.com seems to be working, but vfrd.com has not populated yet.  The security certificate is still good, but I might need to renew that too, we will see.  Hopefully it will last the full year I renewed the certificate for.

I ended my contract on the old server and now I have moved vfrd to a new faster server.  I am finding bugs as I go, if you find any report them here please.

14 hours ago, Cogswell said:

 

Miguel,

 

For having it that long you've definitely recouped your money.    Do find much magnetic debris when you clean it?  The capacity to catch that seems like a real plus. 

Yes a small bit of powder I have to wipe off the magnet, scott is rated at 35 microns absolute, honda oem is 20 microns 70% so its a bit of a wash. I however have done 20 or 30 changes on the same filter, its been cleaned in kerosene and dish soap, back flowed hot water its much better oil flow then a paper filter, rated to 600f degrees, no paper filter is rated for that since it is glued in while the scott is welded. 

I bought a scott  stainless steel mesh filter for my 98 vfr 18 years ago and still used it for my 2010 vfr1200.  It is good for 35 microns, I have had to replace the gasket only twice. and it has a magnetic prefilter. I think I paid 80$ for it and its still in great shape. The outter part has some road gunk on it and some marks from a wrench its not as pretty as it once was but still an awesome filter. Its a bit messy cleaning it during oil changes but so? 

https://www.scottsonline.com/Product_Purchase2.php?Bike_ID=5513&BI_ID=144104