Auspanglish

What size drill bit do you use to be able to make use of the (much sturdier and easier to use) plastic clips like the ones on the battery side??? I´ve been using that spot to store a complete set of spare bulbs in a flip-top plastic tub (the one´s you can get XL packs of chewing gum in) for years now. I have a fuse box aft of the brake fluid reservoir thanks to Wiremybike.com.

The bike is sweet as... there are no words for your attention to detail... dedication is an understatement... I am in awe of your skill and knowledge and ability to take on new territory... keep it up dude, you're an inspiration... this bike will be even better than a new one back in the day... Honda should hire you!!

Wow... just dusting off the cobwebs on this one... Nice thread!!

Does one really need an electronic tach...?? You can't just use the one on the console?? I'm hoping to do this maintenance soon.. together with new thermostat, new stator (2nd one fried) and new chain and sprocket kit...

Kal... am I wrong in assuming you've removed the reed valves and such??

I've been led to believe that the air chamber has everything to do with that final compression phase of the fork... but I'm just repeating what I've gleaned from fairly trustworthy sources... I actually had the oil level in my VTEC forks filled to 95 mm from the tube tops instead of the 100mm OEM spec... apparently this gives the forks a little stiffer action in that last part of their compression under heavy braking etc...

BR and VFRD folk... I just went back to 10W fork oil after trying 15W (a friend supposedly in the know recommended this but it is much worse, too harsh, confirming your spring vs valving comment)... I knwo the OEM front and rear srpings ar too soft for me... 90 kg naked, always carry heavy tankbag and just bought OEM sidebags... I don't have the time to do the revalving up front with those gold valves... having to drill and such... So I'm wondering if I could opt for a compromise... if revalving is essential when incrementing front spring tension... Maybe I could work within the OEM valves' functional range and up the spring tension half way... OEMs are what? 0.75 kg?? So instead of going up to 0.95 maybe 0.85 would work??? I was considering sending the OEM shock off for respringin and revalving... it's fairly economical at 250€... unless I can find a decent 929 shock and have that resprung and revalved... that would be a gain in adjustability right? I believe it has compression adjustment, which the VFR shock doesn't have??? I ended up being obliged to change the fork seals after running up onto the piano at a track-day and they have these massive shudder-bumps to stop the trucks and cars that race at the track from cutting corners... (very dangerous for motorbikes. insert mad-devil icon) so I took advantage of the fact and went back to OEM spec fork oil. So when are you thinking of getting back on the bike?? you surely have time to fine tune your babies to the nth degree.

Any chance of 3rd and 4th gen tables?? BTW, t'would also be cool to know how many links the stock chains are for each model... :fing02:

Nice write up Pete... thanks... Not so sure a 17 toother'll fit in there... Bueller??