thereisnospoon

I have a stebel nautilus compact tucked in my front fairing ... spilled coffee, dropped cell phones. it's a great addition and helps those driving cars to suddenly become aware of their surroundings. @Samuelx, you're running this off of a relay, right? don't know about the 8th, but 5th runs the horn and brake/turn/running lights off a 10amp fuse which I (and others who have installed it) don't think is enough for the draw of the horn.

It's like times new roman vs arial. not much, but for me tough to look at. 1998/9: http://www.ebay.com/itm/TACHOMETER-TACH-honda-VFR-800-VFR800-INTERCEPTOR-intercepter1998-1999-/222361895560?hash=item33c5cd4288:g:3cEAAOSwnHZYZnnn&vxp=mtr 2000/01 http://www.ebay.com/itm/98-99-00-01-HONDA-VFR800-VFR-800-Cluster-Speedometer-Tach-Gauges-67K-/142267387533?fits=Year%3A2000|Make%3AHonda&hash=item211fcc0e8d:g:2MMAAOSwUKxYlR8k&vxp=mtr&autorefresh=true

got the helmet, rode in to work today with it. it's amazing. i had no idea how soft an interior should be! the cheek pads aren't specifically cut for speakers - but it's pretty clear that for those with the cut outs, what they did was trace an outline in the outer layer of foam (towards the ear) and not glue it down. It's a little noisier than I expected. The longer I left it on at home the more I realized i'm not as "long oval", but the interior is so customizable, it was just a matter of peeling out a couple layers of the foam on the sides of the upper insert, not it fits like it grew to my head. i can wear my sunglasses without smashing my temples. the new (to me..) shield style is great. it's very stiff by comparison, both in it self and how it pivots with the helmet in the hinges, and has the recess for the pinlock insert - there are no questions about where it goes. and the optics are cleaner, there's less distortion. I like that the visor doesn't really open that far, just enough to get it out of the way. I always had to set my x-11 visor in the middle of the range so that it was out of the way but also didn't catch the wind. weeeeeeeeeee!

I have Angel GTs on now, going to try the T30s next. The rear is ok, but the front feel is terrible with about 30% left, but i've possibly been hard on it recently. my suspension is stock, fresh forks (seals, bushings, oil) except with a 929 shock. always stock pressures.

what carburetor do you have on it? I put mine back to stock to sell and gained back all the low end torque. If you ever see a purple '96 1200c with dual front disks, it was probably mine :p I do miss the belt drive..

for reference, here's what the end should look like. nice choice of levers ;) WELCOME, by the way!

yes, also the paint code sticker on the tray under the seat - yellow is Y124 something. regardless, super clean bike!!

BusyLittleShop can handle this - he has peg lowering blocks for sale that fit a few generations. I've had them for about 20 thousand miles and they're great. Curious, was your bike repainted red?

looks like there are paint runs in the tail, noticeable just below the cowl. I'd say it's "one-off". I think the tank and seat cowl may be original paint, but the rest of the tupperware appears to be a different shade, lighter/redder.

well, they're still getting investment money.... https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/fusar-technologies-inc#/entity

for those of you who have de-linked the brakes, regardless of "feel", what are your stopping distances before and after?

this was such a nice thread to read! from starting out potentially selling your bike to a complete fix...with help from the community :) i went right down to the parking garage to check my nut, and it hasn't moved.

Thanks for all the replies! Yes, i'll need to take it apart. the new signet x and the signet q pro tour have speaker pockets, but from what i read, the regular "signet q" either doesn't or it isn't advertised. interested to see how it goes with this one. i'm way too excited my x-11 was used when i bought it in about 2003.

this is great info, thanks! all the sudden my bike started blowing this fuse some time back, very intermittently. It all went away after I redid the forks, which naturally mean taking the front of the bike apart and moving everything a little. I did notice where the two wires come out of the front brake switch, one was bent pretty far so I straightened it. I'll check through it again.

I have some etymotics that used occasionally before i had a BT setup, I may switch back since sena has an adapter for ear buds and i wear ear plugs all the time anyway. I like the westone design because the wire goes back over the ear, so it looks like pulling on the helmet won't try to take the earbuds with it.

Hi All! I scored an arai signet q on ebay new for pretty cheap - it should be here in a week! I need some thoughts on mounting speakers in it. I have a sena 10c in my current shoei x-11. to mount the speakers, i ended up recessing them in the into the "hard" foam to get them far enough away from my ears (maybe i have big ears..). I didn't mind cutting the interior because it's an ancient helmet. The signet q that i've tried on to test seems to have similar interior ear-to-shell spacing to the x-11 - i have a feeling I'm going to need to recess them similarly again, cutting the cloth and liner foam out of the way. anyway.. other than following the mounting instructions where you basically velcro in the speakers, has anyone else had to do anything "drastic" to make them fit, and if so, what was it?

Yes.

OP -- great bike!! omg...that font is terrible...

Are you holding the clutch for the duration of a stop light, for instance? I'd drive myself nuts doing that, i just jab it in gear and go unless there's some weird situation where i feel like it's safer to sit on the clutch. I take it you can't lane split? If you could move the master cylinder further in the handlebar, you'd have some extra leverage using the end of the clutch lever. I have cheap chinese levers with the end of the clutch lever cut off, so I just use index and middle fingers. It's just been my practice with clutches.. use the throw-out bearing as little as possible.

I replaced the head bearings some time back with roller bearings, and they're smooth. I'll do that with the tires, just need to pick what to get next!

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My Y2k is pulling to the right, some, even on what I think are completely flat roads. They're Pirelli Angel GTs and are probably 50%. I just haven't experienced this with previous sets of tires (BTs, Michelins, etc.). I've been practicing stops (fairly reliable stoppies) so it's been really hard on the front, but I still just expected uniform wear. Anyway, can (front?) tire wear cause a pull? just curious if others have noticed something like this. I know the best answer is to replace the tires but like i said, this is new for me, and i'm low on money right now. I've had the fork apart a few times for oil and recently for seals and bushings, and checked the tubes for runout and there is zero. Thanks for any input :) ps.. i couldn't "find" anything specific to this, so if there's a thread, please point me.