vanion2

Ugh...I need to get you an updated shot of my bike. The one you have still shows the original corner panel before it was painted and doesn't have the vinyl striping that was added a week later. Love the whole setup though. That was a great idea and very organized.

That's what I did. Not too difficult really, and the compressor is more protected Same here. Mounted the compressor on the left side vertically so it is covered by the side fairing and mounted the trumpets under the front cowling pointed down for drainage. Just ran an air line from the compressor to the trumpets and nothing but sweet, heart wrenching, music ever time some cager tries something stupid. I keep forgetting how loud it is until I have to use it again.

Thank you indeed! Every time we get a computer challenged VFR member quoting a ride report I cringe. Score one for the HS maestro!

I buy off eBay all the time. Haven't been burned yet but then I also read the feedback ratings, stick to certified sellers when possible, know what I want before I shop (IE a name brand), and live by the rule "If it seems to good a deal it probably is." I will pay a little extra gladly from a better rated seller any day and always use a credit card even when using PayPal. I do agree that the BS eBay and Paypal make you go through to get a refund are stupid retarded but the one time I had to go through it I got my money back and they shut down the account of the offender. Always good to know about a particular seller though so thanks for that. You probably should have insisted on the refund first before changing your feedback but hind sight being what it is...

I have to hand my badge to the gate guard every time I enter so what I simply do is tuck it in the front right corner inside my tank bag. I have a clear visor in there for "just in case" so it holds the badge up against the side wall quite nicely. On approach to the gate I simply unzip that side of the tank bag. I pull up to a stop next to the guard, reach in and hand the guard the badge. When done I slide it back in and ride off. I zip up the bag once clear of the gate while driving down the road. Total time is about 10 seconds. No modifications required. Badge is always safe and out of sight. As opposed to the cruiser riders who pull up and spend near a minute fishing it out of their shirt pocket pissing everyone off stuck behind them.

I suck at waiting and to see this finished in a couple of months....ugh. Totally worth the wait though. Great job thus far. Looking forward to the finished project and break in ride report.

For you ABS riders out there the Fuzeblock fits quite nicely behind the front right turn signal under the fairings there. @Chuck2: The brake light has 3 wires. One negative (used for both filaments in the bulb) and one postive for the running light portion (which turns on when you turn the bike on) and the 2nd positive is to activate the 2nd filament in the bulb for the brake lights. Tapping into the running light portion means his relay turns on only when the bike is on. You don't want to tap into the "brake" light wire or you relay will only turn on when you hit the brakes. And I simply ran my negative wire to chassis for the ground. You don't have to wire the Fuzeblock negative to the battery negative in order for it to work.

/fail - move along...nothing interesting to see here.

You would probably see a curve that almost matches the 2nd run after the modifications. I see the peak hp on the 2nd run about 107 hp which is typical with a tuned VTEC VFR without the VTEC modification you were asking about. The first run looks like a stock VFR base line curve. Even the torque curve looks normal with typical gains with a properly mapped PCIII/V or similar product. So in a nut shell running all 4 valves all the time doesn't look to gain you anything more than what you would get from the usual performance mods and tuning based on what I see in the graphs. Of course you can do the mods and have it tuned and then do the VTEC mod yourself and compare them.

Looking good so far! Keep rolling out the updates.

Crash bars are much more effective than frame sliders. You just don't see them used often because they are typically focused on the stunt bike market.

I like the idea of crash bars for the VFR. Even replaces the passenger pegs. But looks like it would mess up anyone using hard cases.

Let's see some bigger pics of the wheel on the bike! Not the way I would go but that doesn't mean I hadn't considered it. So what width wheel would keep the stock dimensions I wonder?