vanion2

Very nice! +1 on the pilot's view of the cutoff.

Yep. Softening the glue that binds the shield to the housing.

Such awesome scenery and no lack of adventures on you trip. It's killing me as I haven't gotten to do any real riding all last season. Thanks for sharing.

As far as I know there are no internal ballasts unless it is some high end cage and the projectors would be even bigger to accomodate them. Not something you would want for the VFR. You probably could have freed up some space by removing the lower reflector. Something you may want to consider as you don't want the projector touching the lens. Vibrations will cause scuffing of the projector and create hot spots in you beam pattern. That and the heat of the projector could potentially melt the lens over time also causing beam pattern distortions. I know this means baking it again but you probably want to do this anyway because it will be easier to adjust the projectors with the lens off anway to make sure you have a nice horizontal spread when you test everything on the VFR. Still, this is looking very nice and I give you massive kudos for doing HID the right way. Here's a how-to for HID projector a guy did on another bike: http://www.theretrofitsource.com/pdf/trs_tech/Sportbike_Stage_III_Retrofit_Kit.pdf

Putting HID bulbs in your stock housing is bad for oncoming traffic and illegal. Don't be part of that crowd. If you want to do it right look here: http://www.theretrof...e.com/index.php Retro fit is the only way to go. Also cheap ballasts = crappy flickering and lower bulb output and life. Each bulb should have its own ballast. That's how they are designed. Stay away from eBay for your components because you get what you pay for. I replaced my cheap Xentec ballasts with the Morimoto ballasts at the site above and the difference was huge using the same bulbs. The cost was significantly more but the quality was worth it to me. I don't want to keep swapping ballasts or bulbs every couple of years. Everytime I see someone running cheesy HID bulbs in their stock housings I just turn on my MR2 lights and when the projectors drown out their crappy spread it makes me grin.

No need to replace the rear pads if they have plenty left. I never have had my front and rear pads need changing out at the same time yet.

Nice to show off your work covered in bug guts. At least we know they will hold up to impacts.

I'm pretty sure he's all out but if I recall he may be willing to share his CAD design should someone want to have new one's machined.

Pics or it didn't happen!

I put wider rims on all my vehicles...except for the bikes. I love railing in the twisties too much to take away from that. That said I see no problem with people making the bike more suited to their riding styles. Keep thinking out side the box and take plenty of pics along the way.

Looks good so far.

Honda is like any other major automotive producer. They will always do what's in their best interest first. That usually means what's in your's as they want to sell you their product but if they can get away with something they will. And sales reps (of any retail product) are a total waste of time. Half the time they are ignorant of what they are selling and the other half they will tell you only what you need to hear to get a sale. So in the future don't waste your time and energy with them. Simply start a petition and forward it to customer service when you feel you have enough signatures. Keep in mind though that even if you do get a response it won't happen quickly as it has to happen in a way that protects Honda first and you've all ready bought the bike so they won't feel the need to rush. Good luck!

Ouch! lol. Damn nice XX though. You got that looking shaweet!