V4 Rosso

When I had the chain on it for 20k kms Keny thought it was a bit to tight and we added some more slack to it. Now the chain is at 55k kms (34K mls) and it never needed adjustment or cleaning, stretch is less than 0.5%. I did replace the front sprocket 7K kms ago.

I've been following this thread, and I dont know if anyone is gaining chain life , But I definitely see alot of time , frustration and money

That maybe true for the first few weeks finding the right setup. After a year or two it has paid for itself, saved you a lot of time not having to do chain maniteance and no more worrying if your chain will last till the end of your journey.

It is supposed to fling a little bit - that's the whole point,

I know and I notice some fling off getting on the sidewall of the tire too, but never on the tire profile.

Maybe something like this will solve that.

Has anyone else found oil flinging onto their tire, and solved this problem? If so, how?

Yes, on a friends VTEC, but that was because the oil feed line had seperated from the nozzle. After that was fixed and the PO set to run a little leaner there was no fling off getting on the tire profile. There is some on the sidewall, on mine too.

Table 21 is very lean, are you sure you have no EMI? I think there is pulse count mode so you can compare the number of pulses against distance travelled. If your setup still suffers from EMI maybe you could replace the pick-up with some caoxial cable.

Surely one of the best streetfightered VFRs I've seen, well done :fing02:

Yes, why are you going to take it apart?

Details coming...

Oh how I hate cliffhangers :angry:

:laugh:

Looking good Seb. Progress may be not as quick as you'd like but it will be a real head turner when finished. :offtopic:

Nice job, looks great :fing02:

I really like the AP calipper ! (what is the weight of the item ?)

Haha, I was expecting you to be all over this one :laugh:

I think they need to do a marketing study of American price points and such. They just dont have that strong of a reputation in America to command their pricing. Once their products have earned the great reputation that I am sure they have, then they can get pricey.

Hyperpro has about the same pricelevel as WP and from what I read here, are better known and sell better. Still WP has produced a lot more World Champions than Hyperpro, in fact I can't name a single rider that won a WCship on Hyperpros. I think it has more to do with image (e.g. through advertising) than reputation.

If reputation by winning championships really plays that big a role than not only WP but also Showa should be right up there with Öhlins.

@ Rock dude: This is what I got when I opened the file:

No excel file but it was a bit of a "shock" :huh:

j/k

Yes, no problem downloading the file you posted.

Yep good idea. we could add the mounting type,res location, standard spring N/mm, shim stacks etc.

Any ideas on how to set this up on VFRD forums? :mellow:

Slammer allready has this covered => Wiki

Maybe this can be made into a VFRD wikipage so anyone can add measurements of other shocks to the list.

:goofy: Maybe the submission first has to be approved by Slammer before anyone else besides mods and uploader can view the file.

Well done :fing02: I like the editing: good camera viewpoints, nice transitions and a great sound track, that makes a good video. :laugh:

Just beautiful :beer: well done Larry :wheel:

Did you weigh all parts involved, both the before and after parts?

If the PO goes into emergency mode is doesn't get a (correct) speed signal and a pump stroke will occur every 90 seconds (E7). Have you checked EMI?

In the download section on the PO website you can download the French manuals, that might help to better understand how you can troubleshoot your installation.

Now everytime i power on i get an CF ERR message on the display

That indicates the PO doesn't have a setting for the correction fator. If you haven't programmed the value into the system than start there.

Wouldn't getting the axis of the upper pivot point closer to parallel with the green axis reduce binding of the scissor joint enough to become hardly noticable? Using a ball joint might result in a bit less direct feel in the handlebars.

Turned out very well Doug :fing02:

Instead of a cover panel, maybe fabricate a mesh cover like the VF1000R has behind the tank.

And what about ditching the license plate light with a smaller one that fits almost flush with the tail lights so you can also remove the bracket it is currently mounted on? Or use the tailight itself to illuminate the license plate by cutting out a small section of the bottom of the taillight and replacing it with a piece of clear plastic. Just like the Euro VFR license plate lights.

Simply amazing. :dry:

You're not going to tell us that the bike is finally finished are you? :laugh:

but after searching I didn't turn up a solution that used the RAM 9mm mount with a 45degree offset.

I used to have the angled mount on the left clipon (pics here and somewhere in the Tales of Zumo thread) but switched to a stem mount as I wanted the (heavy) streetpilot centered and the extension arm could not support the SPIII when it was positioned at near 45deg angle. Also as the 3rd and 4th gen clipons do not have the flat surface where the bolt protrudes through the clipon like the later models VFR, so you need to clamp the mount using a pair of nuts and washers. Not the most estethic solution.

:biggrin: Looks good. I am looking forward to hearing your verdict when they're installed.

That is a great looking 3rd gen, well done :cool:

I am not too sure about the position of the oil cooler as it might get hit by a rock or something. Did you have to relocate the cooler, and why use one double the size of the orginal?

That last pic is both funny and beautiful. It would make for a nice wallpaper if it didn't have the date printed on top.

V4Rosso ....who makes your Topo mapset and how much area does it cover?

The topo maps I have are a Garmin product but I do not know where Garmin gets their data from. Topo maps are available per country and some are quite expensive, e.g. the Swiss maps are like €340 :happy:

There are third party maps available for Garmin GPS systems as there is Onroute for cyclists that contains most of the fine maze of bicycle roads we have here, so you can plan a bicycle trip using mapsource just like you do with the city navigator maps. In a few month a similar product will also be available for hikers, so that means routable topo maps (1:25.000).

Onroute's first product was a trip planner aimed exclusively at motorcyclists. It contains routable maps for all of Europe with more differentation between various types of roads. It also has a very extensive POI database with e.g. motorcycle friendly hotels, camp sites, motorcycle dealers and tracks. It also differs in trip planing from Mapsource in that it not only can calculate the shortes or fastest route, but more scenic routes that have roads leading alongside rivers, through forrests, over mountain passes and have the most curves per mile. It also can plan loops. You just have to point it a certain address and tell it how long a loop you want and it will calculate a nice trip to upload to your GPS.

Another nice feature that this software has and I would like to see in mapsource is that it can show a selection of POIs (e.g. restaurants, gas stations) that are on or very close to the planned route.

The next version will have maps that can be uploaded to Garmin GPS units. The current version can export a route to a Garmin, TomTom or NaviGon GPS. You can also export route descriptions and maps (as images) to handheld PCs. It is so extensive it comes on a dual layer DVD and takes up nearly 8GB of HD space. the pic below is a screenshot of the interface:

On the left the route description and a graph showing the elevation changes, in the middle the map with the plotted trip and POIs that are selected using the quick select buttons shown in the bar on the right of the screen.

I was screwed other times as there was no road on my GPS maps to where I wanted to go. Even though there were real roads. I hear even the Topo GPS maps are not much better with off the beaten track roads ....but at least you have an idea of the terrrain. Topo later too!

Depends on where you live as the Topo maps I have are very detailed. It shows every track but the singletracks made by wildlife. It is about as detailed as military maps. Currently the Topo maps are not routeable but that will change within as within a few months, maps specifically targeted at hikers will be made avialable.

Last weekend I was my brother's navigator in a nightly classic car rally. You navigate using the notes that are handed out just prior to the start. Using maps or a GPS is useless. Still I had brought my streetpilot with me to record the track for later review because I am just curious to know where we had been. Also there were some great twisty bits that seemed liked fun to ride on a motorcycle and all I had to do was to make a note of the time and use the tracklog to see what road it is :idea3: