SEBSPEED

I have been banning them left and right for weeks

Yes. My wheelbase must be a bit shorter than Mike's due to chain and sprocket differences. It was an unfortunate oversight. The shop owner has told me to bring the bike back to run again another day. I'm going to hunt down some good fuel or maybe even proper racing fuel and have another go in the coming weeks.

Quitter. 😜🤣

Ahem... lol

***Dyno numbers are in*** Michael Dixon me this morning to run both of our bikes back to back. He has a slip on, but otherwise stock. He went first and his 07 Anniversary pulled 96.06hp. Mine went up next and pulled 152.86hp! Unfortunately, this was with the tire rubbing on the table(see video), but that just means there's still meat on the bone. I guess I'll have to find some race fuel and go back for another run! Roughly 60% or almost 60hp gain is not bad for a little old VFR800 🙂 We did very basic runs, hp only, we didn't connect to the ignition to pick up torque and rpm numbers. I had 91 ethanol-free with a splash of octane booster in the tank. Not sure what fuel Mike had. This all goes to show just how important doing a baseline run is. This same exact unit pulled 202hp on another dyno on the previous owner's bike, but no baseline had been done. I am using the dyno map from that run in my bike. This is 3 of my pulls on top of one of Mike's: Mike's best vs my best: My best (Map 1) vs my other best (Map 2)

Some eye candy encouragement for potential buyers... 8th gen set on my supercharged 6th gen...

Warm it up to full temp and it will clear up. If you want to see this phenomenon "on a big screen", let me make you a windowed clutch cover. Lol

The thought crossed my mind. A new 5th gen kit would have the same issues I worked through on mine re: oil reservoir location and re-plumbing the Rotrex oil supply with an oil cooler.

I also found a lead on a dyno shop. If all goes well, I'll have numbers next week!

So, I finally got my bike weighed tonight - only took me a year... the scale is calibrated and accurate to +/- 1lb Stock curb weight was 538lb Now 524lb with lots of extra parts and power 😎😎

If you were presented with the same opportunity again, would you continue to carry that regret?

Thank you! I've been enjoying putting a few miles on it, now that the weather is nice again.

You were very helpful along the way - the dyno maps were a godsend, thank you

And now in mine... Zombie thread needed the dust blown off - still an enjoyable read so many years later!

@WackenSS do you have any updates to share on your bike?

I took advantage of some sunshine the other day to do some pre-season checks. I addressed a fuel stumbling/ground issue and looked everything over since I had literally this entire bike apart last year. I added a heavier ground cable back to the frame from the front subharness, updated the Rapid Bike tuner firmware, reset the fuel and ignition maps 1 & 2 and turned off the autotune. Tightened up 4 of the 8 header studs. Tightened and added loctite to the horn mount. Cleaned and adjusted the chain. Checked fluid levels. Wiped down the forks. Going to save a bath for nicer weather. Put about 30 miles on and temps hovered around 170°f on this 41° day. Pretty fricken stoked at how this bike turned out after the massive work I put into it.

I want to say yes, but I'm not sure about details of fitting. I have a 99 and another 2014 cover here, but the bike isn't in a good position for me to pull the cover and check.

We had a bluebird 50f day here today, would have been rude not to wheel the bikes out and knock some dust off. First fire & neighborhood noise making of 2023... 😎