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I feel you Martina. I too have went through this same thought process after my third crash this year. But thanks to help from BR, I kept working on the issues and finally got it all out of my head and am back better than ever. I think that is the big point of motorcycle riding and especially VFRD; while you are riding on the bike alone for the most part, you are part of a larger group of people who love the sport you love and more importantly, care about you. Glad your path has found its way back.

you know i thought this was just a joke, but after seeing how you fiberglass, i am not so sure this wasn't a serious effort.... :blink:

from my experience, the minidv is the most dependable. the SS cameras tend to shut off, give jumpy video, etc, while the miniDV is solid and hi res. i have wrecked 3 times now with my miniDV and it is still tickin! the issue i have with miniDV is it is time consuming to get in digital format for posting.

excellent! i really would like this view on my track bike to see, as you said, my body position. but i am leary of putting something like this on a bike that has a good chance of crashing.... :o cant wait to see video in the spring!

http://www.vfrdiscussion.com/forum/index.p...mp;hl=929+shock do a search on '929 shock' for other posts. you will have to shim...too much for just a simple stack of washers though.

see recall post: http://www.vfrdiscussion.com/forum/index.p...c=35937&hl=

cccoooollll factor B)

congrats! i was watching it, but assumed one of you was bidding and didnt want to jack the price.

what BR said.... i am 250lb so i knew i had to respring and revalve anyways and on a 6th gen, it is almost a 'drop in' (just add the 1/4"-1/2" stack of washers and mount the remote reservoir)

tinyminds, did you ever get your bike on the dyno and post the results? i didn't see them anywhere on this post..

sounds like you are confusing 2 different fixes. this is the 30 amp fix post: http://www.vfrdiscussion.com/forum/index.p...7&hl=30+amp and this is the r/r sensor fix: http://www.vfrdiscussion.com/forum/index.p...c=34762&hl= the first one fixes a wire going to the starter that is carrying too much current for its size the second one insures your r/r is getting an accurate read on the voltage hitting your system so it doesn't overcharge and blow electronics. hope that helped.

Hey Will, not for nothing, but I could keep you busy for a least a month... ever been to NY?? :goofy: Bike looks good, but you should go full Monty and do the frame, it sticks out like a sore thumb. FIRST THING I THOUGHT TOO...

Never had any. I've got a simplified '99 with a good old fashioned fast idle lever and no O2's or cat. :thumbsup: ah, i need to start reading what bikes people have....it would help cut down on my stupid questions!!

had you already removed the 02 sensors?

EEEEKKKKK!!!! GET YOUR HANDS OFF THE KEYBOARD, AND SLLOOOWWWLLYYY BACK AWAY!! :pissed: mine is 3.1.8 and it works fine. sounds like coyze's is a newer version and therefore, it doesn't recognize the format. you will probably have to update to newer version.

It won't harm your bike, but I feel that Cozye's map doesn't match my Europe spec VTEC. Throttle response becomes less crisp and it pops more on deceleration. VTEC transition is OK though. The PC maps available for Europe VTEC in PC website work better on my bike. Comparing the PC map for stock exhaust between US and Europe VTEC, it looks that the US map increase the fuel more than EUrope map. I think Europe VTEC comes richer from factory than US VTEC. It could explain why Cozye's map doesn't perform well on my bike. It makes it too rich. Grant, let us know how your bike respond. That was one of the concerns I had... Cozye's map being designed for a USA bike and mine being a European bike. But if it pops on deceleration... :thumbsup: coyze developed his map by trial and error. perrhaps taking his and then tweaking will give you what you want.

i just put an f4i shock on mine. .5" shorter, so you simply add washers or spacer, but standard mount worked great. upgraded my spring and had it revalved. shock was ~$20-30 OFF ebay and the spring was $100 and the revalve was $150...so $300 and i practically have a new show w/ reservoir and compression adj. here is link: http://www.vfrdiscussion.com/forum/index.p...mp;#entry395670

no. uploading any of the maps cannot really 'hurt' the bike. it CAN make it run bad, depending on mods. however, based on your stock w/ 02, it will run just fine. the first time i ran coyze's map was basically the exact same (minus PAIR valve too) and it runs great so you should see similar results.

thanks to all the input. u have to love this place as people actually read what you post, and think about issues you might have missed and try to help out! here are the sag numbers I put in a spread sheet 'now' was prior to mod, 'future' is after mod: what '-5' doesn't really mean anything. it is just a base line number in 'mm' that i was using to see where i was heading I am actually 8mm biased to the rear from what i 'think' is the factory 'ideal'. not great, i know, but the springs have improved the ride so much i dont care! as you will see, the 'original' condition of the bike with me on it was actually 'close' to what a normal rider sees from the factory regarding front to rear bias. but with me on it (now) it was basically doing a 18mm wheelie!! with the .95s on front and 950 on rear, things are still a little rearward balanced, but it is much more improved over my (now) ride.... front sag fork height rear sag rear height front to back difference factory setup 35 43 30 0 -5 original (w/ me) 55 44 50 0 -6 now (pre mod) 15 50 50 15 13 future (post mod) 15 50 25 0 3 (oops, spacing isn't working on the post like it is in the edit section....so i just attached tiny xls file.) regarding reservoir, i am glad to hear that yours is forward jeremy and yet still no issue. i was definitely concerned about this, but could not figure out where else to put it as the hydraulic line is only so long..... i know someone might mention that 7mm down on front is issue, but unfortunately, i am not sure what to do about it at this time. i may try cutting my spacers in my forks some to see if i can 'unload' the spring some as my adjustment screw is out about 15mm and i still have minimal sag in front. i don't exactly understand this with my weight, but it is what it is. my_sag_settings.xls

What a great day Saturday was! I found time to get two major mods completed and both seem to really help. 1st, I was able to install an F4 shock in place of the VFR's original. This is EXTEMELY EASY as the shocks are only 1/2" different in total length. I did not have to fabricate any brackets. I did have to drill some holes in the battery box to tie rap the reservoir to, add 1/2" of shim/washers to the top tie to get the height correct, but that was all. The exchange took 20 minutes MAX. One other note is that I did revalve and add a 950 spring to it through aftershock as the original spring was old. total cost was $40 on ebay for the shock plus $300 to aftershock, or $340 total for a 'internals are new' shock with rebound and compression adjustment. Being that I am 250lbs necked, I really needed a stronger spring and this has fit the bill!! My SAG was 50mm and is now 25mm with more preload left! The bike definitely handles much nicer now and holds the lines in the curve much easier. I was having issues everything feeling loose in turns and I believe it was simply the rear end swaying on the weak (for my wt) spring. All that is gone now. overall length difference of .5" where I mounted my reservoir While I was under there, I threw on a catless header too. I don't notice a lot of volume difference, but I believe I am feeling the front end lift much easier now. I don't have a dyno, so that is my only test at this point. I am still using coyze's map and it seems to be running just fine too. Apparantly, he has developed the super map! I still plan on gutting my exhaust sometime in the near future and once this is complete, I will try Tinymind's map and see if it runs better/worse on my setup. I also weighed all the parts I have removed and swapped and I am down 20lbs so far on my bike. Not bad! deadweight new and improved! now she can breath!

all this is on the left side.