Dutchy

Well, the voltmeter

kept on fogging up, so I caved in and got a new VDO one...

A VDO one, just like the clock..

dry white powder????

" Ia willa finda di olio leakah!!!!"

Cheers The Dutchy for offering light at the end of the tunnel

With the bike under "overgangsregeling oldtimers" I won't be riding her until March anyway.

Weekend forecast for rains and more rains so the "pull the exhaust and give the engine a good clean/inspection" will have to wait.

The glistering wetness all over is condensation inside the garden shed, only redslut is parked in a heated garage....

If there is a break in the weather AND my work schedule, I will take puma out, remove the mufflers, front headers and collector box to give her a good clean underneath and hopefully trace "the source".

There was but still is a lot of grime underneath.

Having put a new rear shock in a sourced RT front fork emulators and springs, I'm not ready yet to consider letting her go.... In the few months I had her, put ~ 4,500km's on her, I like her a lot...

Not sure yet, the underside is/was very dirty with old grime so I need to get my sherlock cap on.

Other -family- stuff to take care of 1st...

The shed is a plain single stone one and with temperatures >freezing anything metal wet with condensation.

It could be fuel as the actual petcock was dirty/wet, as was the area below.

Shoved a bunch of white paper towel under the petcock and will check tomorrow.

Fark......

After having her warm up, put puma back in the shed, but..

Underside of collectorbox:

WTF?

Cheers Rush!

I stil need to figure out to affix the wires to the rear of the case and then down towards the tail section.

I won't be taking the case of each time I stop so am thinking of a semi-permanent method.

Givi sell -for their own line of cases- a LED system that contains a flug one fits to the bottom of the case and the base plate so it "clicks" into place.

The decals for both my girls came in today :-)

July 1986 the year my VF500F was built also the month/year I started with a certain company I am with still today (after 2 mergers and a split...).

Undecided on which color scheme would look best I simply made "3 generations"....

The nothing else matters will look good under the sidepanel VFR logo (methink) with the sane insanity apt for the VF...

We will getting freezing temps soon.

Plenty time to tinker...

Like adding leds to the above topcase (under the new reds) and hook them to the brakelight switch..

well, redslut will get a new (hand)bag, so she will be happy.....................

Picked up a 45 litre 6th gen top box + rack for her....

I will craft the base plate assembly to the GIVI carrier and flog the 6th gen hardware.

and she will get some decals as well. Tart the tart up a bit.....

With puma in her road tax wintersleep, all I could do was put the battery in, and let her run and heat up. Fired up on 1st touch!

Sticking her ass out.... What a hussy!!! :-)

Things to do in spring before riding season start again for her:

• DLRL's
• some extra decals
• Modify front end with RT emulator+springs
• Larger aux fuse box
• 12V outlet
• new front tire

Ok so what is a semi-wet sprung weight then?

Happens

While shopping for RT stuff for my VF500F2 I already pointed out that the weights used in their calculator are wrong or funky at least.

I spoke with one of their tech guys, asking what "semi-wet" was supposed to mean for their weight for the was way off.

RT say semi-wet is 180.5kilo

But the DRY weight is 185-189kg depending on year, kerb (so with ALL liquids) 202-206kg..

What does the recall say? You being in the US I reckon there must be a statement on that for liability reasons.

If Honda says Donot Ride then ask for a loan bike...

Mine failed over 2 years ago and cost me $2000 in repair cost, I wish the recall came out earlier.

Well now H have agreed there's a problem I'b asking for some compensation

and a consultancy fee because you were effectively employed by HONDA to be a

I spent half my fortune on drink, fast bikes and fast women...

The other half I wasted........

Cheers for reconfirming it is not a phantom!

It must be a "the phantom" engine.... :-)

Looking forward to a beautiful conversion

Will they send you one or must I get my German brother in law to pick on up when it comes out?

As for Meguiars, the Dutch importer is having a laugh (at our expense.....)

Quik Detailer 473ml
2 x 80 gram Claybar
Supreme Shine Microfiberdoek

Euro 40 ex shipping make that $45

The same in the US? $18......

Bike?

What bike??

Nice.

Yeah 48k in her now.

So how are the BT45´s lasting by the way?

The rear is still looking very good indeed, with measure thread depth next.

Front is a different matter, it wears much quicker,

Apart from the wear in the centre, stroking it counter roatation-wise I feel the edges in the pattern "stick up".

She rides ok (was out yesterday for a couple of hours of twisty dikes) but I reckon the 30yr old suspension has something to do with the edges wearing in that manner.