vfrcapn

Hope we all get some more seat time this year. My Multi has only seen 6K over the last 3 years.

Looks like a good start.

BTW, if you want to leave the yellow peril behind in California and not mess with importing it, I’d be happy to take it off your hands. 

If someone wants a clean tank they'll probably pay $300-$400 for it, since they're unobtainable anymore. The problem is finding that person, or waiting for them to find you. So if you want it gone quick(er), $150 - $200.

I have a tank and fairing set in the classified for $700, not a single inquiry after a month.

Just checked and besides looking the same, the stampings are identical to my SP2 wheel.

It sure looks a lot like a RC51 SP2 wheel that's been powder coated or painted.

There will be a small, notched ring on the front wheel with a sensor.

I have a new 8th gen set for sale in the classifieds. 10% goes back to VFRD.

edit: no longer available as of March '24.

Unbelievable heart breaking. Thoughts and prayers to his family and friends and you Duc.

I had the pleasure to meet him once, I bought his beautifully refurbished Wolf exhaust and unloaded some old plastics he wanted for track days. He was kind, low key and seemed a very genuine person. He will be missed.

Thurn has the sidestand replicas available, 45 Euro unpainted.

Tbros and Erion made headers but they don't look like the TBros set I had. Looks like a nice set though, great price.

This help?

1.0.1.man-plx209.pdf

Think you're looking for the PLX209, don't appear to be available anymore. SWMotech had also made some Givi side racks for the 1200. Probably need to hit eBay or get creative to adapt some from another bike, I fitted the 6gen V35 racks to my '99 with a little work.

https://www.amazon.com.au/PLX209-74364-Tubular-Pannier-Holder/dp/B004WJ6HIY

On 7/27/2023 at 2:28 AM, Mohawk said:

I used the shock length adjuster on my Nitron Race unit & had the same issue. I removed the centre stand & fitted a CBR1000 alloy side stand with my own adapter to compensate for the excess lean on side stand & its lighter to boot 😁 I still use the centre stand when removing the rear wheel by slipping it on temporarily then using a piece of wood under it so the rear wheel is off the ground so I can remove it, obviously this only works at home. 

Same problem, and I was using a  apiece of wood under the c-stand. I did recently ditch the cstand all together but could also use a slightly longer side-stand.

On 6/18/2023 at 3:05 PM, ShipFixer said:

If it comes to it - 6th gen stator and 6th gen flywheel, from a 2003+ bike will work on your 5th gen.  Get the flywheel on eBay for $50, it's not like they age out :lol:

 

Don't get a 2002 flywheel and you're fine.

This here. I put a new Honda '03+ stator and used eBay flywheel in my '99 a few months ago. Works great, flywheels are $30-$50.

I put a Marchesini 1098S rear on a little while ago and it makes the bike feel 50 lbs lighter. I think you'll be amazed how it improves handling.

I just picked up a set of slightly bent Oz wheels, having a wheel guy straighten them out, hopefully they make it on the VFR. 

18 hours ago, Duc2V4 said:

I believe that we are 4 orders short of the minimum.

Are we 4 orders short or just waiting on 4 deposits?

45 minutes ago, thtanner said:

Nothing has changed as of yet; the certificate is still expired. Some browsers will ignore it after a certain period of time (still will show Not Secure in the address bar) and load the site without prompting. 

I'm currently in a holding pattern waiting for contact back. 

Happy to lend a hand if needed. Currently IT management, meaning a long time since hands on servers/db, but willing to make calls, review contracts, fundraise or whatever you need.

Any idea how close? Coming up on 5 months since deposit was sent....  

11 minutes ago, Sweeper said:

A redirect would point to any site it could be moved to. I was only thinking of Miguel and his sense of ownership. The information could be moved. It’s better than letting it die. Thank you by the way for stepping up. I hope it works out.


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Yes, this, easy enough to set up DNS and redirect to a new domain.

The vfrd domain is registered through August 17th. So we'll just get a cert error after it expires??

It should stay in California, too much $ to ship over.
 

Happy to help, can drive down and pick up, got cash. 
 

Thank you Miguel, and all the mods, for all the work the last 17 years I've been hanging out here. I've met a few of you over the years and hopefully we'll meet again. Safe journeys everyone.

'09 Dillon Summit

10 hours ago, Mohawk said:

Its one of the regrets of my life, not buying the Toro Charger ☹️🤷‍♀️

Ditto

On 4/25/2023 at 10:10 AM, toreckman said:

 

The kit comes with fused direct wiring on the battery side.

@vfrcapn: how many miles were on your bike when your original stator plug got that fried?

 

After 30k miles, mine had no damage, except a tiny bit of yellowing on 1 of the pins:

 

I was somewhere around 70K miles when that original plug burnt out, second r/r however, original r/r replaced as preventative measure iirc.

I just upgraded to the sh847 and a new 6G stator for my '99, and a lithium battery.

Stator few months ago:

Stator connector in '09.

Did the crimp connectors and simply twisted/shrink wrapped the other end, eliminating the Honda connector.

18 months later:

Respliced and soldered those burnt connections, the spade connectors at the r/r were toasty as shown above so I tried once more with new crimp connectors. About 15 months later:

Finally took those out and soldered everything, no connectors. Ran fine for the last 10-11 years like that until the stator started going.

Lesson learned on those cheap connectors for higher amp circuits.

On 2/22/2023 at 11:45 AM, SEBSPEED said:

Here's one a lot of you will appreciate. 

 

I had in the back of my mind a mod I had seen on a Euro or Spanish VFR forum. It was linked here years ago. Someone was taking 6g stator covers and modifying them to add an oil passage. I was trying to locate the info, and Miguel turned me on to looking at the 8g stator cover as Honda had apparently taken some measures to feed more oil to the stator on that model. 

 

Turns out he was right, and I ran with it. My brand new stator now has a fresh oil feed directly from the oil gallery!

 

My 47,xxxmi stator was still working, but probably close to not, judging by the toasty condition

 

 

 

This is the interior view of the 8g cover

 

 

The red arrow indicates a port for a sensor that is unique to the 8g. It's not used on a 6g, so I turned up a plug and welded it in before I coated the cover. 

 

This is the location on the 6g block that needs to be drilled. 

 

 

 

 

 

You also have to drill a counterbore for the the orifice o-ring which will be installed

 

Job done:

 

 

Any thought that this could be done for the 5G, adapting the 8G cover? It looks like the 6/8G cover may have an extra dowl?