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Hello All, There was a thread on here posted about two weeks ago (by me) asking whether I should spend money rebuilding a 5th gen motor with seized gearbox. It seems to have vanished. Was it removed by mods or has it fallen through the digital cracks? Wanted to reference some opinions posted by members. Where has it gone? Stray

Hi guys -- been away from the forums for while, but I'm having a pretty significant issue with the VFR, and need to reach out to see if anyone has had similar issues and what suggestions are out there for trouble shooting / solving this problem. Here's the run down: 1. Moved the bike to the new house about 2 months ago. I noticed that she was running a little weird -- no low end power, and it took higher revs to start from a dead stop. Other than that, everything seemed fairly normal. 2. Today, went out to go for a ride, started her up, and got some white-ish smoke. The bike idled up, and then smoothed out and the smoke seemed to go away. However, on revving the engine in neutral, some white smoke was still produced. 3. Proceeded on my ride (short -- maybe 10 miles) and noticed the low end getting progressively weaker, to the point where I had to rev significantly to start from a dead stop. Felt like I was trying to take off in third gear. Lots of smoke being produced. Rough feeling throughout the RPM range. 4. Coming around a corner towards home, downshifted, and the bike completely died. Stopped, and she restarted, but only after I ran the starter and gave it about 20% throttle at the same time. Again, lots of white-ish smoke on start up. So, any suggestions? My thoughts are that it could be some bad gas, but more likely a bad spark plug or something having to do with the fuel injection system. I plan do to the following: 1. Change Oil and filter 2. Change air filter 3. Check for head gasket leaks 4. Check and replace spark plugs Any other suggestions if these things don't happen to rectify the problem? Any help would be appreciated!! Thanks, Nate