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You don't like the colour red much do ya??? :beer: Hey good to see you back with a VFR after the wreck... -
Gorgeous Autumn colours eh? Don't get too much of that back in Oz, where deciduous trees are not the norm... -
Sweet and professional stuff!! Location location location!
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I'd love for my '03 to have one like my '98 does, very similar to what you've come up with here. Of course, I take the lazy-buggar's approach and use a marine grade padlock (even has a little drain hole off to one side from the key entry), which "will not rust under any circumstances"!! Two weeks in the Pyrenees and the rainy autumn weather here have come and gone and it is none the worse for wear!! I just run it thru the hole provided for the luggage racks, where, before I realized those holes were for said purpose, thought perhaps Honda had been going to incorporate such a device but hadn't got a round tuit. Yeah, the aesthetically concerned will be right in thinking that it is slowly wearing away that nice anodized finish, but... WHO CARES?? (It's just a little spot). Like HS says, (and it's no HS), I'm too busy getting the most outta her to worry about appearances overmuch.
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Producing A Fix For The Regulator/rectifier Wiring Issue
Auspanglish replied to Tightwad's topic in Modifications
Hola Tightwad: I know you said it was a moot point, but in the name of thoroughness and curiosity, I went ahead and tested the R/R's feedback lead on my 2003 European Non-ABS VFR. If I've done it correctly then it's definitely hot. Funnily, I noticed that the said B/W wire is really W/B (more white than black hehehe). Also strangely enough, this wire is not W/B over it's entire trajectory. The wire leaving the R/R up to the connector is solid black. Only once it leaves the connector and heads off to wherever it goes, is it actually white and black. This helped me decide which one to expect a live reading from, as the black one gave no reading. The W/B one did give a reading as you can see in the photos. Again, if I'm doing it right, it's definitely live. The photos show the red "probe" from my multimeter, sticking onto the female slot of the connector correspondng to the W/B wire. What they don't show is me grounding the negative probe to various parts of the frame (just to be sure). Let me know if I'm doing something wrong, or if it's the wire between R/R and male half of the connector that should give a reading (doubt that for some reason). I set the multimeter to Voltage D/C. As apparently that's one of the R/R's jobs, converting the A/C from the stator, to D/C which is valid for the battery. This is the connector here. There are three plastic hoodies with connectors inside. Under the plastic hoody for the R/R connector there was another connector. Just so you can see the wire is black from R/R to male connector Stubborn f&%$er to separate So good to hear you got to do the install and final design for the 98-99 model. How did the test run home for the generous owner go? Any feedback from him/her? Should I wait for Lobster's run-down before I order the whole kit and kaboodle (1 x VFRness + Fuse box and 1 x Blue-connector fix for my 03 and 1 x VFRness and 1 x Fuse box for my 98er). Anything else I might need? I figure if you distrust crimping a wire to another, you could always buttonhole and solder, right? Might give more reliable results with the vibrations the V4 produces, not to mention potholes etc. -
I don't have a garage, let alone a garage door, let even more alone an automated one!! :S:S:S
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Following you loud and clear. I am very interested in doing the mods, the materials are cheap, and if you do it yourself the manhours are too!! I've been reading up on the thread 747Fixer wrote up (based on an older thread) for the same mod to the 6th gens. I can follow most of what he describes although you've answered my main doubt on his way of describing the 2 point socket which fits to the three-connector-stemed bulb issue. I couldn't tell whether he was saying the bulb had three and the socket two, or the bulb two and the socket three but now I have it down thanks to you!! You must have read my mind as I didn't mention that!!! :thumbsup: I'm also glad you've confirmed most of my postulated basic understandings of diodes and such (although in more precise detail). Good to know I CAN get a grasp of it all if I set my mind to it. I also imagine you're right and the fact our Euromodels only have one side lit up is not via use of a diode on our Euromodels but is simply not connected by using a two connection socket. Cool!! I'm keen to give it a go, I guess I'll need an ampmeter or such as well. Great explanation of the fuse box set up as well, running it off a permanent (when bike is running) secondary power source. Slick!! I reckon I can follow HS's map for the lights, it's the nitty gritty details of how and what to avoid "hands on" that would come in handy. The required tools etc. as well. I would need a rundown and perhaps a diagram for the fuse box and powerplug set up though. Sounds like a lot of work on your behalf, feel a little squeemish accepting your offer. Would be much obliged. Is this info alread somewhere on VFRD to save you precious time? It goes without saying that there is no ruch, I respect the effort involved from you, please don't let it retract from other more important stuff you might have on your plate!! I imagine it could all be done in a one-day session if I get all that can be prepared set up before actually placing it all on the bike. Eternally indebted to you!!
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Thanks Chris, you've cleared up splicing for me. I was thinking the only way you can influence the direction of flow would be with a diode but didn't want to make any assumptions. What exactly do relays do and how? Also, if I understand rightly, the higher the number (gauge) the less current (or is it voltage) it will tolerate, right? That is, it will burn out easier? I know voltage and current are different things, I know that it's not the voltage (precisely) that kills you if eletrocuted, but the current, the rate of flow right? (So long as there's a certain amount of voltage I suppose.) So I imagine it's current that will burn out a wire. As far as the wiring on my bike, a '98 VFR from the UK, I imagine the only difference is they've omitted the supply for low beam to one of the bulbs, (the left one in my case). That is, they haven't run the wire (Blue/Black) you can see in the middle of the three which reach the top of the two bulbs in HS' diagram down to the lower bulb. Right? Or maybe they dioded it!!! I also imagine and hope and pray that the wiring's colour scheme is the same!!! The manual I have I downloaded off this site which is the Honda Service Manual, maybe the Hayne's would shed some light on the UK issue. Anyway, I would really like to get my mitts into some mods on this bike. Would like to have a powerplug for charging stuff up, like GPS and such, don't need grip warmers here, and the fuse box under the seat sounds good. If only I had step by step, illustrated instructions for doing them all at the same time in order to make the most of having the tank up and the necessary bits and pieces off the bike, thus saving time etc. Staying on the lower voltage side of the relay means??? Let me make a stab at it, this would be close to the handlebar switch, as I recall reading that it's lower there for stretching out the longevity of the switch, right? On the wire leading to the switch from the relay? Hmmmm, I dig the third relay HS installed, if that makes the system more fail-safe. I'll see what I can find out about differences in UK wiring and get back to you, thanks a million!!! :thumbsup:
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Great stuff!! As you probably all know, my silver rocket is from the UK and has a one-sided low beam which doesn't light much up, although the height at which the headlights sit has them shining right in the rear window of most cars so I'm sure they're well aware of my presence. Maybe it's due to my biking history but I find it difficult to mistake twin headlights on a bike with a car far off in the distance!!! :blink: Anyway, (my) visibility on dark roads would obviously be an improvement if I could A) have both sides running on low beam and B) B ) optional switch up to High and Low beams when running High beam. So, I've been staring at your diagram Hispanic, and I've finally got my head around which way things flow and such (electrics has been a phobia of mine). What I would love is some MORE inspirational and instructional photos (with arrows pointing to bits etc.), as well as some MORE descriptions of the process. ¡¡¡Por favorcito!!! For example, when you say "splice" is this just twisting the wires together or is there a special connector available? Does the current flow where it has to flow, or is there a particular method to this join to make that happen. (I'm green I know it). Does the relay need a special housing? If so, does it come with that? I'm really keen to do A and B. Perhaps I could even have one-sided and two-sided lo-beam circuitry as well!! Any other tips to keep in mind if I'm going to do this?? Type of wire, specifiactions for the bits and pieces!! Judging by your nick, you would speak Spanish, the Spanish terms would come in handy as I live in Spain!! Am I asking too much?? :unsure: I think I am!! I need an idiot's guide to this mod as when it comes to electronics, my battery's flat!!
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I don't believe I was ever pulled over by the cops in Oz (10 years of riding bikes legally on the roads and several years before that in the middle of the outback where you should have a licence but there just aren't any cops). In the cage, umpteenth dozen times, although fined, losing points or being given tickets, I think that only happened once or twice, (there's one anecdote that is a real fire-side story that I'll let y'all in on if you're ever over in Spain hahahaha). Plenty of "routine" checks, as I had a weakness for old cars. Over the last 7 years I have been residing in Spain. Cops?? What cops? I've discovered recently that I've been driving (cars, due to spinal problems) without a recognized licence and have hardly even seen the fuzz, let alone be pulled over. I've travelled the length and breadth of Spain. My half orange (Spanish for better half) was pulled over once, I had wanted to drive but she insisted, luckily. A routine check!! Since I've had the viffer, I've once again been riding, as I said unbeknownst to me, unlicenced (I talk about this in another post somewhere). I've had cops laugh at me, over a beer, when I mentioned I had cut down an L learner's sign to the minimum size to put it on the viffer now that I have a Spanish licence (two year's of restrictions :S). They told me that I shouldn't bother, as long as I've got some sort of insurance for third parties. I'm supposed to limit the bike to 24 kw or 250 cc during the first two years of my Spanish licence. These cops also said I shouldn't bother, or at least just have the power reduction down on the legal documents you're required to carry here, even if the reduction kit isn't connected. This is not entirely legal but 95% common practice. You can have half the blood-alcohol content but can't go over 80 km!!!! I'm breakin' out of my skin with it. I guess it could go either way. At 35 and not a high-speed thrill chaser (well, the odd burst hehehe), and on seeing I've had an Australian licence for 17 years (even if not recognized officially, they like Aussies over here, we're a bit of a curiosity), and have a Spanish one (even though it's the two-year provisional one) and disregarding wild cards and young ambitious types, I'll probably get off with a warning if I claim I'm a "guiri" (gringo) and didn't know any better. Depends on the infraction. -
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Hannibal set off from here
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From the album: Cartagena Trip
The facade of this abandoned building had a somewhat art-nouveau look about it. Pity it's crumbling away like so many other Spanish architectural delights. Old-world charm on the verge of collapse. Hey, I recognize that bike!!© ©vfdiscussion.com
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From the album: Cartagena Trip
Typical Spanish tylework and fountain. This is somewhere along the Naval Base' wall.© ©vfdiscussion.com
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From the album: Cartagena Trip
They've done this up recently, a few years ago this port was a delapidated eyesore. Due to growing interest from foereigners in local real-estate they've "pulled their socks up" and revamped it.© ©vfdiscussion.com
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From the album: Cartagena Trip
There's some great SCUBA diving to be done from this port. Probably one of the last remnants of (northern) Mediterranean coastline where you can still get a beach to yourself.© ©vfdiscussion.com
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From the album: Cartagena Trip
Imagine more than 2000 years ago, Hannibal unloaded 80 of the latest (at the time) all-terrain vehicals here at this port, namely Elephants, which along with a number of mounted troops John Wayne would be jealous of, would take him all the way across the Pyrenees and the French Alps to flip the bird at Rome!!© ©vfdiscussion.com