KevCarver

Is this a "Leave the mesh at home and pack the heated liners" time of year? Help a brotha out, and remember I'm a native Floridiot!

Hey Rob, the bent steering stop saves further damage to the frame neck!

I went with the Viffer800Canuck method of drilling and tapping holes then using bolts with nuts to lock them against the triple. Drilled perpendicular to the surface to allow the lock nuts to sit flush for more contact.

Could be my DIY hacker mentality, but the stops don't need to be precision milled, exactly vertical, 100% perfect drilled examples of mechanical perfection. I mean that's awesome if you can do it, but all you need is a point of contact that keeps the bars off the tank. And you won't see it unless you look for it. Just my thought...

In response to the numerous PM's I've received... I have to ask. Is this a joke? Get an answer?

Yep, stock steering stops get carved off and smoothed over. I went with Canuck's drill and tap approach and made new ones with bolts and a lock nut. They don't even need to be vertical. I actually made them perpendicular to the sloped portion. All that matters is where the contact the frame. Measure multiple times before drilling! I made a cardboard template on the OE stem of where the stops were. Don't know about the Aussie bikes, or what year is yours, but my '99 has no plastic "collar" around the ignition. it was introduced in the States in '00 on the VFR. The 954 upper triple was designed to have one, but it doesn't quite line up with my ignition. So I left it off, and consequently there's a larger gap around the ignition and two open screw holes. My SP1 upper does not have the collar, but I don't like flat shape or the off center Honda Wing badge. Compromise either way, but I prefer the CBR top bridge overall. Perhaps the 929 gull wing top bridge doesn't have this plastic collar? (I have no idea)

On 5th Gen you can retain the ignition lock by shimming the ignition with a couple washers. You'll probably want to make some steering stops so you don't use the painted gas tank and handlebars as your stops.

List of attendees so far: (blue is with reservation) 1. Sebspeed 2. Mrs. Sebspeed 3. MidlifeVFR 4.CornerCarver 5.MiniCarver 5.5. I believe I'm in the 'Carver party. An honorary 'Carver for this event. "KevCarver"? 6.y2kvfr + 2 (Beck and Mr R1) 7.timmythecop 8. 5thGenJim 9. 46Alpha 10

929 and 954 are the flat ones. Seems to me I've read that those are less easy to swap than the gullwing SP1. And of course the SP2 use a larger diameter stem. Not finding anything right away on why the flat lower is less desirable... I think it's the 6th gen that has oil cooler mount clearance issues.

I doubt that strength of the part would be an issue. I just went with what seemed to be the consensus easies to swap. The "gullwing" design sounded like the best one, and the steering stops are easily removed and new ones installed. Check out Veefer800Canuck's thread for that. Talking about SP1, of course. Stem length and diameter are compatible, as well. Just needed a shim on the lower bearings to match the height of the VFR bearing stack. No problem with the oil cooler. Are the others flat or gull'ed? Stem diameter is likely identical, as I decided to use the 954 upper with the SP1 lower. I've been told the upper is the same on the 929. I think the gullwing upper looks sexier than the flat one, and it affords more room on top for over-the-clamp clipon's.

Stockers, from '99, still going great! :)

Totally agreed! Two Honda FI bikes and two manual fast idles. No problems, and no coolant in my throttle body. I also don't buy the rest of the FI "improvements" over the years since the 98-99 VFR. Haven't seen any real world improvements in economy or rideability from '00 onwards. Ok, sorry! Rant off... ;)

I'm at the point where unless you ask me to split the crankcases, I kinda shrug my shoulders and get into it. Even that's not so bad once you get into it. Heck, that hard bit is getting the engine out and you're well proficient at that!

Basic maintenance? Plugs, air filter, oil and filter, coolant flush, brake/clutch fluid flush, brake pads, head bearings (Don't know your mileage, just throwing them all out there...) Heated Grips

Damn man, 5th gen you can leave it on...

I am the king of percussive maintenance! "Percussive Maintenance" I love it! Lol

Dangit, I looked up my old post and it seems it has disappeared. Likely due to the recent "troubles?" Anyway, I'm pretty sure the lcd is 2 bulbs. I only used blue for that one, and (I think) clear/white for the others. I don't think it was one or two per dial. More like three across both? Best bet is to take off the cowl and take a look! Needs to come off anyway. The dials are nice and bright, and the blue from the lcd is a nice contrast. Go ahead and get same color replacements for the brights/neutral/oil lights. If you use led for the FI, it stays on at half brightness. Same problem with the turn signal indicators. Actually I forget if the turns did that... I know for a fact they did on my PC800. Perhaps on the VFR, too... Edit: I just read a few posts back. If indeed there are 5 total, then it is 3 for the dials and 2 for the lcd. IIRC

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Do you know what the most effective contraceptive for an engineer is? -his personality Haha. It took him a bout a week or so to realize it was me in the vids. One guy posted pretty much the same thing you did. For someone to be an engineer this guy sure is anti-touch this or that. That's because someone engineered it perfectly, and you're just mucking it up! Check out the CBR stuff. Like I mentioned earlier, I know that some RC51 guys have done this with the CBR stick coils, and the RC51 and Fifth Gens share a lot of things.