Auspanglish

Sorry, I can't find a coloured or otherwise improved version for that model.

Likewise. Always slightly bettering the manual, for example shorter intervals either in time or space. 6-10,000 Km oil changes instead of 12,000. Filter cleaned every time instead of every second oil change (used a washable reusable filter with magnetic trap, and also magnetic sump plug). Washable K&N air filter so easily revamped ahead of standard intervals. Coolant, brake and fork fluids every year usually. CBS got bothersome so I did have that done a few times. I never did have the valves checked though. Naughty me. Neither on the 5th nor the 6th gen.

Have you tried downloading the service manual from the download section? There are wiring diagrams in there. There are also some decent coloured and simplified homebrewed schematics in said download section as well depending on your year-model, which I can't see in your profile as I'm accessing the forum via the tapatalk app.

I just spit on it and grind away... Usually makes for a good half an hour's HARD riding... Oh, wrong forum?

Run a few fan cycles, standing well away from the bike, with the bike parked far from anything or anyone you value and a fire extinguisher at hand... and a5 least some sunglasses on

I've got a Tomtom and the connector looks quite unique, possibly brand specific. Looks different to yours even. It is an older model.

That's what I meant. On the 8th gen it doesn't seem worth it. Previous gens maybe.

The front end on the 8th gen is vastly improved over the 6th gen which was quite lacking. No need for USD on 8th gen. No need really for USD on 6th gen if you swap out internals with F4i ones thus gaining rebound damping. Them springs to your weight and riding style. Most people can't dial in more complex adjustment options than that and USD will be harsh for variable touring road conditions. Great for track but if you spend that much time at the track, get a dedicated track bike. Few people get the max out of a VFR at the track. USD is overkill. OK, if you've got the skills, go for it but if you don't have a clue, you might just kill yourself bottoming out or blocking up the front end and catapulting yourself into oncoming traffic in your early learning stages.

Spain has awesome seemingly endless motorcycle riding options

Thanks guys Cast was removed last Tuesday. Public hospital system in its infinite and universal access has provided me with zero rehab. So I'm rubbing my own creams in and basically just gradually incrementing use and elevating the foot and massaging and stretching myself. I have been "walking" on the cast since I saw a check-up X-ray 3 weeks ago that showed the bone virtually knitted, in order for the "activity" to stimulate osteo- and miogenesis and to try and get some homework done ahead of time in terms of weight bearing and muscle mass and strength and such while I still had the support of an immobilizing cast. The break is/was in a place which is not critical to weight bearing or anything as such and with the cast on it wasn't breaking again. Now my ankle is dealing with all the soft tissue damage (sprain)... whose healing process has basically been put on hold due to the immobilization. It's amazing how much flexibility, strength, neurological control you lose if you don't use it... hehehe. Yet I'm getting up and getting it up... I still need a month or so to get back to full flex and strength. Cabin fever was setting in big time and the sun is shining and weather is sweet here on The Med... so frustrating. I was hoping to go pick up the bike the weekend of the 22nd - 24th of this month as the guy whose garage it's in is holding his annual national VFR (and sundry) MC club meet, but it's just that smidgin too soon to be handling 215kg of motorcycle. 7 weeks starved of light and kept macerating in one's own sweat in a closed cast does wonders for one's skin!! Now if I had access to Dr Costa and the Clínica Mobile...

There are up to 24 on the 5th gen but there is no code 23... it skips that number for some unGodly reason To add insult to injury there're up to 33 on the 6th gen but numbers 10, 20, and 28-32 don't exist either.

Beastie

Will pass the wishes on Duc2V4!!

Thanks a million for paying it forward Leon!!

Hahaha Sebastian ... Now I don't want to be misconstrued... Dani was like a pack mule, hard working, just chipping away, not a show horse, smooth but just not a hero. Swiss watch, he even had his fiscal address in Switzerland. Lacking in that extra drive but technically well above a lot of others but yeah, he was just good enough for (Repsol) Honda not to swap him out. I'm sure they got a lot of data out of him and many a podium. Every year I can imagine the head honchos "on paper this could be his year"... "better the devil you know", and then you've got so much money and years invested. This year there's a noticeable difference as the new ranks, blood and talent start to shine through, that's what surprises me about opting for JL... THERE'S SO MUCH CHOICE NOW! Dani's a lovely guy, not a mean bone, he's had his fair share of mistakes but he's not a track bully like Rossi or Marquez. Lorenzo had/has talent. He just has foot in mouth disease and this makes him a social donkey. Maybe he can be competitive again but he's too inconsistent and emotionally sensitive to all the fame and well... Also super smooth and precise but too OCD, feathers get ruffled, lacks the cold blood, like Biaggi. Gets his knickers in a twist in a dogfight and drops off the pace. Anyway... If he was more of a fighter but after taking a few crowns and having broken your ankles so many times to get them I think he's just not willing to risk injury that much, just like Pedrosa. Not that I think it should be a prerequisite to take insane risks like Simoncelli

Hate, hate, hate!!

Like most of us said: why would you buy this bike in this condition. It's too recent a release for there to be a generous second hand market or even aftermarket suppliers. You could search on this forum for a Chinese fairing supplier a lot of members were happy with and send them an email asking when/if they will have a full set for the RC79. Then google, eBay, the internet, etc. You would have to watch eBay like a hawk and try different key words in your searches. Your young, that should be an advantage for using the WWW. I was doing 14-15 hour days until recently and I'm 46... So shut your whingin'

Oh this is rich... It's not a question of faith. It's getting off your ass... We have given you the benefit of the doubt and gone so far as to provide you with working knowledge and several easy options and this response gets my back up again...

Well, Jorge Lorenzo is Spanish as well. If you ask me I thought they would go for some (other Spanish) young blood like Jorge Martin from Moto3 who is currently on fire... it's not unheard of to detour a promising rider around the quagmire of moto2. Miller managed that... not that I personally believe pottymouth will ever come to anything beyond the odd podium. What about nabbing some ankle-biting, bit-chomping, fairing-rubbing talent from the fiercely competitive moto2 mob? I think they've swapped a mule for a donkey. Pedrosa was surely more consistent although his pointy end this year was patently tapering off towards flacidity. Lorenzo's glory-hole days may well have spawned and dwindled into erectile disfunction as well. Honda might have made a game-losing decision based on a headrush from a once-off blue-pill win on a bike/brand Dovizioso, Stoner, Petrucci and others are/were light years more consistent and even successfully and regularly podiumming on. Yes, I made that word up. At least he did what Rossi didn't with a Ducati. The polemic has been served. Eat your hearts out. Disclaimer: this was written in a light-hearted, humoristic, non-serious light and means no offense. Although there is some method to the madness.

On May 2, 2018, my wife's sibling's partner Alex Trunzo was on his way to a night class on his BMW motorcycle and was involved in a catastrophic motorcycle accident at the intersection of California St. & Webster St. in San Francisco. Due to the negligence of another motorist, Alex was run over by a semi-trailer and critically injured. Legal proceedings are still in process so I can't expound on the offending party's name or other circumstances beyond the truck driver being considered at fault (through CCTV footage) and that it happened so suddenly Alex never stood a chance of evading the accident. Insult to injury, someone stole his mobile phone while he lay unconscious on the ground, before a decent passerby called an ambulance. The offending driver did not stop and assist. He has required three major 5-8 hour-long surgeries to make him whole again. It was unsure whether he would make it through the first night, but he’s a fighter, and managed to pull through. He lost about 40% of his liver, had a punctured lung, bleeding on the brain, bruising of several other internal organs, & fluid in his lungs. He also suffered a compound fracture in his left arm, fractures in his left hand, a broken right clavicle and shoulderblade, a fractured C7 vertebrae in his neck, and most of his ribs were broken. There is some nerve damage in one arm and doctors are unsure if a fully functional recovery will be achieved. While recovering from his major injuries, Alex is also faced with not being able to use both his arms, due to his broken bones. Despite the unimaginable pain and suffering he has endured, Alex is on the road to recovery. This is all thanks to the stellar care and service he received from the doctors, surgeons, nurses & staff at the Zuckerberg Trauma Center at San Francicso General Hospital, as well as the support, prayers and well wishes of all his friends, family, and especially his partner, my brother-in-law, Alejandro, who has hardly left his side. Alex still has a long way to go before he will be fully recovered. He is still suffering from some amnesia which is clearing daily. He is going to need physical therapy after leaving the hospital, which is to take place imminently. Although Alex has good medical coverage, his hospital bills are over one million dollars, and we are not sure if the insurance company will cover everything at 100%. He is currently on long-term disability, which only pays 60% of his normal salary. Also, since his motorcycle was totaled in the accident, he will need a new mode of transportation when he is able to return to work. I would like to try and assist Alex with these additional expenses by asking for support, beyond that of his family and friends, and extend the plea to anyone from the motorcycling community willing to help raise some additional funds to ease his financial burden when he returns home. I hope you will join me, and thank you for any assistance you can offer. A little spare change could make a big change for Alex. Sincere regards, Brad Muir (Auspanyol/Auspanglish) On behalf of Alex's Mom - Linda Viscuso Go Fund Me Link: https://www.gofundme.com/ytsq4-alex039s-recovery#

8th gen. Forget about it. None of what I have said can be supposed to be applicable to the 8th gen. Except the concept.

If you study the wiring diagrams If you compare the European wiring diagram (warning: there are two year-model specific ECUs and wiring looms for the 6th gen: 2002-2005 @ 2006-2010) with the US one you can determine which connector pins will be surplus to requirements as HISS will become redundant, and you can use one of the pins previously dedicated to the HISS system, splice into the 12V wire and run a second 12V wire using the spare HISS pin to the required slot as follows: Both Pin #14 (pink) and Pin #23 (orange/blue) from the grey connector are HISS specific; either can be removed with a good 5-10 cm of wire to use to create a nice solder to the additional extension spliced into the (black/white) 12V supply wire from the black connector (if there is more than one b/w wire there, you can find out which one this is either using a voltmeter or studying the wiring diagram, as I can't find this info in my notes). This second 12V supply wire with its donated pin from the HISS system has to go into the grey connector, precisely slot #16. Summary: European/Australian 6th gens came with only one 12V supply wire (B/W) on the black connector side of the ECU. US ones have two 12V supply wires, the latter and also one in slot #16 on the grey connector side of the ECU.

Alright, assuming it's not stolen... A US ECU can be used, but the pins are not exactly the same. I have done it. I would have to look up my notes as there is one extra 12V supply wire on the US models. Euro models only have one 12V supply wire going to one of the ECU connectors. There are two ECU connectors: a black one and a grey one. I can't recall which one has the 12V wire on the European model and which one doesn't and furthermore, which pin on the one that doesn't needs it. Once you know, it's quite simple. You will need this info and also the US ECU, you will also need a set with marching keys, the locks for the ignition, the fuel tank and the seat release. They are often sold on eBay as a set. How's that for applying the benefit of the doubt / innocent until proven guilty maxim? A posteriori of posting the documentation and trusted Aussie forum members running the checks of course. Good luck. I meant no offense. Appearances can be deceiving. You either have a lot to learn or I'm getting soft.

No, he may very well not be, or may be rather clueless if he is... probably just another innocent victim... but the bike is possibly or even probably stolen and someone is suffering its loss.

Should have Scotland Yard track the IP...