vfrjim2002

This? That's a chop I did way back there. I don't think I'll ever get to paint the frame either. Once you paint the frame then you'll have to paint the valve covers and head that shows too. All you need to do then is paint those two pie plates hanging off the front wheel and the single on the back and you'll be invisible.

Sounds like a deal Jason. Did he give you a graph of the results. I'm really curious to see what the two curves look like. EDIT: Read the whole thread. :music:

I was about 20 and my HS/college girlfriend and I had gone riding with some friends. We stopped for a soda and she got on the bike while I scooted up behind her (just for fun, you know). I had finished my drink and was still thirsty so I asked her if I might take a swig of her's. Without looking she reached over her shoulder and pushed the drink in my direction shoving the straw six inches up my nose. We thought it never would stop bleeding. Of course, there was no end to the laughter, both from our companions and from a whole lot of bystanders.

Damn. I am terribly sorry to hear this. You've been a great asset to this community and you and the bike deserved much better. My best wishes in whatever path you take from here on. As to your next choice of ride - don't discount the KLR because of its lack of ABS. I've ridden one for years and the front brake is so weak it's almost like ABS. Good luck and don't be a stranger. jim

HS, This would seem to suggest that if you remove all the close wound (low rate) coils, you wind up with exactly what RaceTech should have sold you, a .95kg/mm straight rate spring. If you do that and add the length of the low rate section to your current preload spacer, wouldn't that put you pretty close to spring nirvana? Perhaps not, it seems too simple.

I have a set of LP pegs on order. The good news is the pegs for a XX are "thought" to fit the viffers. I'll know more in a few days. The not so good news is LP has discontinued all but one or two peg product lines. The choices are slim indeed.

HS, Do you by any chance recall the specific part # of the pegs you used. On my last visit to their site, LP did not list the viffer (just about everything else). What bike cross references with the VFR? tia, jim

I'd run a single line directly from the stock rear M/C to the rear caliper and probably bridge the inlets. My bike has very Ducati-esque rear brakes and could use a little more authority on demand. If you prefer less power at the rear, just plug the inlet for the single (center) piston.

Thanks Randal. BTW, how do you bleed the "supply" line to the secondary M/C? jim

Randal, Is my impression that your setup omits the rear M/C activation of the front caliper? I don't see that hose. I'd love to do a variation on this to my '02, keeping the (front) secondary activation of the rear, but completely eliminating the rear application of the front. The problem is the line from the PCV to the front makes a stop at the seconday MC and (apparently) serves as its fluid reservoir. This line has a double inlet banjo and, I presume will need to be replaced. Does your generation of LBS have this line and, if so what did you do with it? I think I see another braided line in the background of your left side images, but can't tell what it does. thanks,