Alaskan

Anyone know what a used Ohlins is worth?

Welcome to the Single Nut Club (and I do not mean Lance Armstrong)!

Can't wait to see the pics of your wheelset and the mounted rear brake. Very nice work!

Nice work. I bought my single-nut conversion/wheel. You made yours. Kudos to you, my friend!

Have a really great ride, guys! I'm jealous!

Wow. You guys sure are organized.

The road to Seneca is fantastic, either way. Enjoy!

Hi, all. This is your ride and I should keep my mouth shut. But I can't. Hood River is a lovely town, but lodging is kinda expensive. I always stay at the Rodeway Inn across the river in Stevenson. And there is a great brewpub a couple blocks away. walkingmanbrewing.com

You guys have planned a great ride. I am jealous.

The stretch from John Day to Seneca is really great, but the deer were holding a convention in the later afternoon! As a matter of fact, there were deer everywhere in this area in the late afternoon. Quitting early makes sense to me.

How good does the oil filter need to be if I want to remove the air filter because I want more horsepower and noisy air intake while I am running canola oil?

Great roads! Wish I could join you.

Dooley Mtn - twisty stuff.

Good luck! The 6th Gen shock is crap, so any improvement is going to make a difference.

Duc, loving my new 748. What a scalpel!

I purchased my Power Commander from my dynotuner. It cost a bit more than I would have paid on the Internet, but it's a great shop and it treats me right.

I have seen the weight of the center stand mentioned in several threads and I figured this thread would be a good place to post the weight of the stand including all installation hardware:

5 +/- 0.5 lbs

In terms of gasoline that is ~ 0.8 gallons of gas on an equivalent weight basis.

Or 3 cheeseburgers settled around my gut.

I don't think anyone will accuse the VFR of having a lot of low end torque.

Understatement of The Century!

ohlarikid, why don't you test ride another member's VFR? Then you will see whether this is an issue with your VFR or whether it is typical of the model.

Good luck and report back.

I noticed the same thing when I first got my 6th Gen. IMO, this isn't so much engine braking per se as it is the lousy stock fueling at small throttle openings. It was either "on the gas" or it was "off the gas" - annoying as hell. It felt like I was chopping the throttle all the time. A more careful right wrist is one solution, but this problem disappeared after I installed a PCIII and paid for a dynotune.

Great idea. Hmmm . . more bling?

How about a dry clutch . . . ?

I paid a suspension outfit to set me up from the get-go. AND I got a better-than-internet deal on my Ohlins to boot! Same with the dynotuner I hired to work on the PCIII mapping.

Sometimes it pays to pay the specialist at the outset.

Glad it worked out eventually.

I use the NAPA Gold filter and lick the oil off the headers. Well, not the last part . . .

Storm, the overall design, build, and remote preload aduster and dampening controls on an Ohlins make all the difference. Other aftermarket options like Penske are good too.

It's always possible to save money with a cheapo compromise, but a fully adjustable top-quality suspension is one of the most important features of a motorcycle. I completely disagree in the strongest terms with Mr. Daugherty's subjective opinion that a top-quality suspension reveals its benefits only at the track.

But K-Mart is popular for a reason, and it isn't because K-Mart equals top quality . . .

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This thread has convinced me that I was very smart to buy an Ohlins specifically designed for my motorcycle.

THX, Spud.

Anyone adapt Dzus fasterners to his VFR? (Apologies to the OP'er for a bit of a threadjack)

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Does anyone have a quickie-alternative to those crappy black push-pins that attach the lowers? I HATE those things!

Zip Ties

Rollin

Great tip! Thanks.

Does anyone have a quickie-alternative to those crappy black push-pins that attach the lowers? I HATE those things!