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My GF's 2000 VFR with a Superhawk front end has a high speed (above 60 mph) brake shudder. Below 50 or 55, I can't really feel it though. About a year ago I rode it and felt it, so I pulled everything apart, made sure the front end was tight and torqued it all to spec using the Honda steps. She said it was better (I didn't ride it again though) and never said another word. Well, I rode it a couple of weeks ago, and it felt worse now than it was a year ago. Apparently it has been there a while but she never said anything. Maybe it just slowly got worse with time. I bought a dial indicator and set off to measure the rotors. Found one about .010" and the other about .004" runout. I used a cresent wrench to bend them a little back to straight. Seems both are back to about .002"-.003" but I still get a shudder. Spec is .012", so I should be well within that limit. Since the bike has the Superhawk front end on it, I also played around with the calipers a little. They weren't exactly centered on the rotors, so I bought a few washers and tried different ones to get them more centered on the rotors. They seem to be pretty center now, but it didn't change anything. What am I missing here? Do I need to pull the rotors off and clean the surfaces using something like this? http://www.amazon.com/Flex-Hone-Flywheel-Surface-Silicon-Carbide/dp/B00063VDR0/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=1D22E2FJV7TF4&coliid=I2PEVBKHTUQYBY Maybe pull the pads off at the same time and sand them down? Anything else to check or do?

OK, we have swapped a set of Super Hawk forks onto MiniC's VFR. We had to becasue of another mod that he is doing has forced us to remove the PCV plumbing for the linked brakes. SO no linked brakes, upgrade the front calipers to RC51 SP2 and matching master. Problem number one, does nayone know of a fender that is close to VTR1000 Super Hawk bolt style while being the wider physical dimensions needed for the VFR fork spacing? He hated the blocky VFR fender anyway so we are not popping for some fabricated fender brackets to bolt the ugle 5th gen fender onto the new forks. FZR? Old School CBR? any ideas? Anyone with a few older std fork bikes to take some pics? TIA. the carvers

I searched, but either I am looking in the wrong spot or can't figure out the right words to use in the search engine. My GF bought a yellow 2000 VFR with Superhawk forks already installed. The current front fender is a 2000 VFR fender, but it has a couple of issues in the paint department. Also, the mounting holes don't exactly line up with the VTR fork legs so the previous owner made some little brackets to adapt it. Would a 1999 (also yellow) VTR fender bolt right up or is there a difference in the fork spacing? As far as I know, the triple trees are VFR, but I don't know if they are the same dimensionally as the VTR triple trees. Would it look funny as far as the "lines" of the bike?