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Well I’ve got the part so I just changed the FPR anyway, the one on there looked as dirty as everything else so it’s been on a while. I’ve started it up and it’s running again. No problem starting it. Idle seems a little lower than it was. It’s revs fine when you tweak the throttle, I haven’t had time to take it for a ride yet. Still smells like it’s running a little rich but I may just be being paranoid. Will report back once Ive ridden it. Thanks again for help cheers

Hi. Only just getting back to this as life has been busy. They weren’t expensive so I order a FPR from Honda. I’ve pulled the airbox and have taken the vacuum hose off under the fpr. Bone dry and no fuel, does still smell a bit though. It has been sitting now for nearly a month so don’t know if it would have dried up. also when pulling apart I have this vacuum line in the pic that appears. Any ideas? Is it worth changing the FPR anyway? many thanks in advance

Awesome thanks for that, much appreciated. I will have a look at that tomorrow.

Hi all I’m after bit of advice please on where to start. I recently brought my VFR, high mileage (163500kms). When I got it I serviced it, new air & oil filter plus oil and new spark plugs. Idle was low so I adjusted that up, aside from running a little lumpy under 3k revs it has been running well until today. On the way home from work today I accelerated away from a set of lights pretty quick, tacho hit about 8k and the bike just lost power, didn’t stall but lost even with the throttle nearly fully open. I nursed it home but was really lumpy, erractic but low idle etc. once home it sat and idled but didn’t stall. Ive let the bike sit for 3ish hours and now it struggles to start, if it does it won’t idle, stinks of fuel and is popping and misfiring if I try to hold an idle on the throttle. I haven’t pulled it apart yet, I’m handy so happy to get my hands dirty, I’m just not sure on the best place to start. Fuel in it is fresh so not stale fuel. Any help greatly appreciated.

Awesome thanks for the reply.

Thanks both. It really is a lovely bike. Interesting @Duc2V4 about the engine swap. How much of a job is it? I have to admit that I loved the sound of the gear driven cams on my RC36 so if ever a terminal problem engine appeared I would be intrigued to go down that route. I’m an eternal fiddler when it comes to motorbikes cheers

Hi all i am the new to me owner of a 2003 6th gen VFR800. I’ve previously owned an RC36 but now living in NZ I thought I would add the VFR to my collection to use as a commuter and sometime tourer. I brought it as a bit of a neglected machine, hadn’t been cleaned or properly looked after in years. Anyhow, 4 days of mechanical bits like CCTs, full servicing, bit of wiring and a damn good clean and polish she is on the road and riding lovely. A couple of little niggles that seem normal for this gen VFR for me to work through but what an awesome machine. It’s up there with mileage being at 163000 kms but seems sweet as a nut. Pic attached, all original panels with a few battle scars and micron end cans. Great to be in the forum and I’m sure I will be asking a few questions. cheers

Thanks all. Yep I’m definitely a DIY type. I brought this bike recently as a cheap bike that has just been used as a commuter but not really looked after. Hadn’t been cleaned for months and although a lot of servicing early on not much recently. I had to do CCTs, full service and plugs and a damn good clean and polish and it’s come up great.

Hi there New to the forum here, I will post up a pic of my VFR800 when I can get a pic tomorrow. Anyhow, I brought a high mileage 2003 VFR, it has 163000ks on it. Mechanically seems very sound, I’ve done the CCTs, oil and filter change plus a few other little bits such as brakes and fork oil etc, and a really good clean so it now seems good. Cosmetically a bit tatty but I’m now working on that now all is mechanically working. My question is that the oil level window is not see through so I can’t see the oil level. I changed the oil including a filter change. At this stage I have put 3 litres of oil in. A couple of questions please: - How much oil should it take? I will need to just fill for now as I need to use it - I will want to clean the oil window, what is the best way to do this? many thanks in advance Mark