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  2. krzywy86PL
    Hey, I don't know if this will still be helpful after all this time. I use Turtle Wax Red Line to clean my rims. I'm extremely happy with its performance; I haven't noticed any damage to the paint, even though it's a car product. Afterward, when the rims are dry, I spray them with Motorcycle Protect by Mac Off on a cloth, and they're beautiful and shiny. If you have the opportunity, check it out sometime, you'll be very pleased. Best regards. 🙂
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  4. Presson
    Thanks Skids. The 8Gen brakes are quite powerful stock but I do think there was a substantial improvement in feel with the braided lines even though the bike had only 17k miles on it (albeit 7 yrs old). The other big advantage of braided lines to my mind is longevity.
  5. Skids
    22Nm is correct for 5th Gen too.
  6. Presson
    If you're still getting brake drag, it would be worth following MBrane's suggestion. It's easy. Just loosen the left hand axle pinch bolt, hold the brakes on and pump the forks up and down a few times. Then retighten the left pinch bolt. On 8 gens the pinch bolt should be tightened to 22Nm. It's probably the same for your 5gen but you can check in the manuals in the download section if you're not sure
  7. JontheVFRguy
    Hey there fellow VFR's! Im looking to replace my tail fairing as it was shattered in a bumpy mountain course. Sad to say that even after plastic welding everything back together it just doesnt feel right. If anyone knows where i can get one or is selling one that would be great. also on that note- has anyone attempted fairing swaps on these before? like from different hondas?
  8. Presson
    The method of keeping pressure on the brake lever overnight is usually successful. However, there are 2 potential air traps in the system as I'm sure you've seen. One where the feed to the left hand caliper crosses the fender to the right caliper. I take the left caliper off and move it to the RHS to bleed holding it up so any air migrates to the bleed nipple. The second is where the feed line to the front calipers comes up the forks and connects to the left hand flare joint at the headstock. The line can create a high point just before the flare joint depending on handlebar position. Holding the high point down while bleeding is usually enough to release any air bubbles. I've used a string to tie the line in position or a second set of hands.
  9. YosemiteVFR
    Installed new fuel drain hose, throttle body insulators & Napa Auto sourced radiator cap. I’m looking forward to road testing to verify cooling system performance. I’d been chasing down some elevated coolant temps and a situation where the radiator fan or air flow at speed wasn’t able to bring the coolant temp below the switch threshold to turn off the fan. After testing and verifying the properly functioning thermostat I’d installed a year ago (I was thinking it may not be opening all the way), I tested the OEM rad cap I’d installed, what I thought was a year or two ago, actually ended up being 4 years ago. I should have tested that first because I found the cap would slowly leak. Buttoned everything back up and logged heat cycle times to compare to an earlier test and it looks good. It was a good reminder to test/verify especially those things that were relatively recently replaced.
  10. Skids
    Nice job. I dont know how the 8th Gen brakes are as stock but there was a very noticeable improvement on my 01 when I fitted the braided lines.
  11. gropula
    Hi! Is my timing chain ready to be replaced? This is a 2002 with 94k km. The chain rides on top of the sprocket teeth. The markings show both cams are retarded. In the third pic the exhaust cam timing mark is below the cylinder head top. Same for the front head. Cams retarded, chain riding on top of the sprocket. Additionaly, I run rapid bike racing. It's able to advance ignition timing. It does that by advancing the reading of the crankshaft position sensor. If the rapid bike is connected I occasionally get a crankshaft position sensor error on the Fi light. If I disconnect the rapid bike the Fi light doesn't show the error. This leads me to believe that the chain stretch and rapid bike advace creates a big enough mismatch between the crank position sensor reading and the cam position sensor reading, thus throwing the error code. The ignition advace is up to +5 degrees in some parts of the map.
  12. vfrcapn

    '98 refresh

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    '98 bike, ~53k miles (87k Kilometers - Canadian bike) 4th owner, originally imported to US from Vancouver, Canada. I purchased locally mid-2024. Thought it needed a little cleaning and a 27-year refresh with some spare parts I had around plus a few new ones. Nothing groundbreaking, just typical teardown and clean up. Still a little bit to do to finish it up. Came with the Penske shock. Valves checked and all in spec. New items: - Tbros full header and high mount pipe. Lightly polished the pipes and repacked the silencer. - AS3 radiator hoses - Cooling system o-rings, gaskets, thermostat, rad cap, overflow bottle - Valve cover gaskets, spark plugs, K&N air filter - COP conversion - Pair valve block off plates (VFRD mello dude's garage) - RC51 front end. New fork seals/bushings, steering bearings. Added CycleCat clip-ons. - RC front wheel powder coated to match rear w/ new wheel bearings - 1098S Marchesini forged rear wheel - Extreme Creations Ducati rear wheel conversion kit - Sprocket Specialties quick change rear, 525 chain & fr sprocket. 17/45 gearing - Rebuilt fr brake and clutch master. New braided brake lines f & r - BLS (VFRD) peg lowering blocks - New dash PCB (https://www.ebay.com/itm/305985541227). LED dash lights - NOS Honda gas tank, sourced from www.cmsnl.com, new fuel filters. (Original tank had lg dent and body shop estimates were outrageous) - NOS pillion cover from cmsnl.com. - Smoked fr turn signal lenses, aftermarket rear tail light - CF front fender - Emgo Y2K style mirrors - Wolf underseat exhaust
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  16. JAMurillo
    I finally rode today, I pressurized the front lever and I opened the master cylinder banjo bolt a tiny bit to bleed it from the top and it really helped. I'll wait for the banjo bolt with a bleeder to finally complete the fix.
  17. FromMaine
    Yeah, kinda "the Hood" choice of rotor palette presentation. But, I've had that paint sitting around for a while after buying it for a non motorcycle project. The paint I use on my rims takes about a week to cure, and well, idle hands and a desire to use the can before it's use by date.......... Honestly thought it would be a little less Mr. T after I installed them.😁
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  19. SgtMarbles
    Gotcha. I ordered a new battery, it’s currently a no-start even with the old battery so I am hoping that I will be able to get it to at least crank the starter motor with a fully charged battery.
  20. V4 Rosso
    I would first charge the battery, let it sit for a while and then check voltage. It should be around 12.8V or above. If not the battery is likely bad and should be replaced. If voltage is OK install the charged battery, try to start the bike and if it does measure voltage at around 5000rpm, it should be >14V. If not check the charging system. If the battery is dead it does stall the engine at idle as then the stator doesn' t produce enough electrical energy to drive the fuel pump, injectors, ignition and lights etc.
  21. SgtMarbles
    I threw it on a trickle charger earlier this morning, the battery is only a year old. It could very possibly be a weak battery, however it wouldn’t explain why it essentially stalled itself out in an intersection, or why the starter motor will not even crank. Either way, the cheapest point to start at is ordering a new battery. Even if the battery was dead, would that stop it from a bump start?
  22. ojveteran
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  23. V4 Rosso
    The video shows otherwise. 12.1V is not a fully charged battery. With a bad battery and the engine idling the stator doesn' t produce enough energy to keep the engine running. Or the battery is fine but does not get charged: same result.
  24. SgtMarbles
    What could even be causing this massive drain? (The fuel pump seems to re-prime every time I tap the starter.) Bear in mind, the bike shut off with a “CLUNK” as if it had stalled… IMG_8007.mov
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  26. SgtMarbles
    I can hear the fuel pump prime, so im just not sure what the issue is. The starter motor won’t even crank, it just clicks so im a little worried…
  27. mello dude
    ^^^^What are those blingy rotor bolts Maine? I like... 😊
  28. DavidS
    I don’t think it’s that as they were rubbing consistently. Anyway just got to Wales and the bike has been solid over 220 miles 👍🏻
  29. FromMaine
    As stated. Don't need rotors or bearings, but fine if included. Off on a trip for 10 days, so may take a day or two to get back to you. Thanks Michael
  30. Worfje
    Hi, I just saw the introduction of Rapidbike Evo 2 and Racing 2 and wondered if they are (or planned to be) available for 5th Gen?
  31. FromMaine
    Replaced my front wheel bearings. A trip in early May to the Cabot Trail in Nova Scotia took a toll on my front rim. When I replaced my tires last Sept. I inspected the rims and bearings carefully as the bike was new to me. With only 11.5K on the bike they were as they should be. I knew I put a dent on the front while I was in Nova Scotia. as I also blew my right fork seal. I put the bike away for June and July, had a lot going on. In August, tucked into the front end to find the front rim had not 1, nor 2 dents, but 3. The left fork seal was shot to boot. Having gone through this with my 4th Gen 10 years ago, I figured the bearings were toast. I had seals and bearings on hand, until I went to install the bearings, they were for my 3rd Gen..... .🙃, so had to order a set. Anyway, some pics, because if not, it never happened. The right bearing was chowdered. Edit: For the record, the last picture is from 10 years ago and what your front bearing on your 4th Gen looks like after it disintegrates at 65 mph on the highway. I keep a close eye on my bearings now.😁
  32. Thumbs
    Unless the ECU is telling the fuel system to pump you’ll never bump start it
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  35. Terry
    Looks pretty nice in the tank, no sign of any corrosion inside. This bike sat outside for at least 2 years, looks like maybe salt spray got to it. The corrosion while not unexpected is more widespread than I had hoped. Still looks like a clean and straight chassis and the motor sounds great but without a cooling system I have limited my enthusiasm there. I just fitted the radiator so as soon as I get the missing hose and the forks I could take a sneaky ride..
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      Juniper Pass

      I took a day off from work and also from my bicycle training to take out the Veefalo one last time before the weather turns ugly, supposed to snow the rest of the week and possibly start sticking to the ground along the Colorado Front Range. I took a leisurely pace up hwy 105 toward Morrison and got reacquainted with the bike since its been over a month since I took any sort of twisties on it at all, hwy 105 is a scenic ride along the front range between Denver and Colorado Springs, its mostly easy fast sweepers and lite traffic so its a favorite road of mine when going north. Then I have to negotiate a bit of traffic near Highlands ranch and up hwy 470 into the mountains. I decided to take the Morrison Exit and try either Lookout Mountain or head up Golden Gate Canyon - this time it was Lookout Mountain, I was sort of making it up on the fly as I went along. Lookout Mountain is my old bicycling haunt from my days while I was working at Coors, its a killer ride and all uphill - I don't think I could do it today If I had to, not quite there yet! I saw a whole bunch of riders doing it though and wished I was in shape enough to be there doing it as well. 30 more lbs and I will be able to do it! On this day I would do it on the Veefalo instead.

       

       

       

       

      I took a video from the gateway to the top at the Lookout Mountain State Park, getting past riders, the guy in the green jacket actually pretty much astounded me with how far he had gotten in the short time it took me to set up my camera, some 3 miles at least and up to the gateway from the turn off at hwy 6! Amazing I thought. I took the first two turns slow then got more comfortable as I went up further, till I was doing well, I made some gearing mistakes and took the tight 15mph marked hairpins in the wrong gear so I lugged it a bit on one or two. Still enjoyed it though and then got off at the top and hiked over a rock outcropping for an overview of the road for the pictures below.

       

       

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      Lookout Mountain - Golden Colorado

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      Lookout Mountain Park top of the mountain

      From there I headed up interstate 70 to Idaho Springs for a beer at the Tommy-knockers brewery, I was the only customer in the joint - slow day for them so they treated me like a king! I got a nice tour of the place sort of impromptu, they made me a nice Pastrami sandwich on rye and with the brown ale it was fantastic. I must say the beer is much better there than in the bottles - its always good at the brewery. I am glad I stopped

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      Tommy-knockers Brewpub Idaho Springs

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      Idaho Springs Colorado

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      Mashtuns and fermenters

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      Rows of fermenters

      I finished my lunch and since the road to Mount Evans is right there I headed up Squaw pass hoping to get in some nice pictures I wasn't expecting what I found, ICE IN ALL THE SHADY PARTS

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      Icy patches on Squaw Pass definitely taking it easy on that road

      There were some section where the ice covered the whole road for 300 yards or so I had to roll through it with my legs out to help keep the bike from sliding and falling over, I took it real slow. A Ford pickup was right behind me so I pulled over to let him pass but the guy was going slower then even I was so I pressed on - in places where I could see I just cut over to the oncoming lane and out of the ice where the sun was shining on the road more, but some places there was not alternative so I just had to go slow, good thing it wasn't slick but rather they tossed some gravel over the worst parts so I had some traction!

      I did stop for pictures in all the best spots

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      Echo Lake at Mount Evans showing off my new plate

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      Elephant Butte Park and Denver

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      Close up

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      Veefalo on Squaw Pass

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      Juniper Pass

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      Juniper Pass

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      Mount Evans

      My route A is home B is Tommy-knockers

       

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      I Am Back !

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      Not that it matters and not that I expect anyone had noticed, but to those who sent me "where are you?" I would like to say I am back. Not only that I am officially returning to VFRD after nearly 2 months break but I have also ridden my Hawk last weekend and had FUN! Let me restate that; I had major fun riding! Something I have almost given up on.

      Most of you have been riding your whole adult lives and riding is not only a hobby to you, it is part of you. But I started riding three years ago and even though I have encounter some setbacks, till this spring I loved riding with whole my heart. However, I have always considered riding as my hobby. As a hobby which suppose to make my life better, more fun and more rich. Life is too short to do something which we don't fully love.

      My love of riding received a first major scar this spring: I lost a friend on the racetrack. He was a total stranger who offered me his help after I lowsided at CMP track last year. I still remember hearing his "Hi, my name is Todd, do you need help?" while I was duct-taping my roadrash from ripped jacket. He helped me straighten up the shifter and we kept in touch. The next time we saw each other was the day he died.

      With 9 months delay, I can say that Todd's death shook me more than I have realized. It rooted fear in me which was fueled by seeing and hearing about others getting hurt over and over again. If I was to summarize this year - it would be one big accident report. I became sensitive to every broken bone, every roadrash, every lowside. And even though I did 10 track days this year, I became slower and slower and slower. Suddenly, I have acquired this 'grandma' riding style on the road, frozen with fear that behind every corner there is car standing in my lane, or major sand trap or deer staring at me ... I was crippled with fear not only for me about also for my fellow rider.

      So, at the end of this year, I rode more and more by myself. I could not bear the feelings of responsibility for others on the road and my lines were crippled by my own fears. It all culminated this fall at WDGAH. In a freaky accident Love2rideh82crash was taken down by a truck crossing into our lane. I was done. I finished the weekend, locked the VFR into a garage and took a break.

      Until the last weekend, I pretended that motorcycles do not exists. As a last instance after 2 months break from riding, I decided to go to CMP track to see if I can still have fun. I also felt like I should go for the memory of Todd. I went and I had fun! I had much more fun than I expected and the most fun on track I can remember. Suddenly the whole track connected into an uninterupted line of turns and I felt one with the bike riding around! I was giggling like a little girl in my helmet and keep on giggling ever since smile.gif

      Granted I was not the fastest one and through out the weekend, I have never exceeded about 60% of my riding abilities, but I had no "oh-shit" nor 'blond' moments. I could have maybe go faster, I could have brake later for the turns and I could have lean further, but I am no Rossi nor Stoner. I decided to ride for fun and I had amazing blast riding well within my comfort zone.

      I was proud of myself when, after bandaging Ricks arm, I was able to distance myself and go back to riding without the year-long fear. I did feel bad for him but the feelings were not crippling my lines nor my mind. And when a total stranger came to me and said "Hi, my name is Todd", my heart stopped for a minute though but I suddenly knew that my life went a full circle. I probably will never win MotoGP :idea3: , but I am back! :wheel:

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