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Inherited an old silver top box. I have no key but it has a code on the lock which is clear to see. It was my mates bike. Got thrown in the Kennet and Avon canal in Reading and hence was written off. He has since passed ( far too early). His wife brought me the top box but no key, maybe handed in when the bike was written off. It has something inside so I would like to retrieve it. I have given it to a bloke who rides blood bikes and has a silver 6th gen VFR so it would be nice if he could use it. Anyway that’s the scenario. what’s the best way to get another key at a sensible price Thanks
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In preparation for my spiffy Woodcraft clip-on risers, I decided to take apart my throttle and see if my new Vista Cruise works well... ooh ahh... cant wait.... Well... despite my belief that my VFR has the snappiest throttle in the garage... this is what I found: 😧 CODE RED. NOT BUENO. I guess that's what 62k hard miles will do to a throttle... Thank goodness for the used market though. Copped a used set (only 13k on the donor bike) for $25 from Sun Coast Cycle Parts, as opposed to shelling for new-new stuff. I am also replacing the throttle tube... because... I mean look at it: Could I jam the new cable in there? Sure... but I ordered a new nylon tube from Motion Pro that should suit me fine, and I have a spare set of grips on the shelf collecting dust bunnies... All this because I just wanted to play with the Viffer in the garage today 😭
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SH579C-12 (0.9) was the Shindengen part number of the OEM reg/rec on my Y2k RC46. This was superseded by SH689BD (8.6), which was the Shindengen part number of the replacement reg/rec you received if you ordered one from a Honda dealer ca. 2008 or so. Apart from the part numbers, the two reg/recs can be differentiated by their fin design: the early ones are flat as a pancake, and the later ones are rounded. I don't know if Honda changed the reg/recs with the 6th gen or later on, but the flat ones were not the good ones... Ciao, JZH
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A blue FK was the first VFR I ever encountered, and rode (as a pillion), and which inspired me to put a deposit on a new FL before it was even released. Well done on the resto. Ciao, JZH
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In a previous life, I knew all about locks, including how to re-key simple disc-tumbler locks like those used on VFRs from this era, I no longer recall enough to guide anyone through the process, but I do recall that it was relatively simple to file down disc tumbler discs to operate with keys from different cylinders--this is not a high-security application we're talking about. Basically, pull the lock cylinders from all the locks, put the one key in, and file down all the sticky-out bits until all the cylinders all turn in all the locks. Done! Ciao, JZH
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Set the idle speed where you want it; too low and my bike stalls easily when cold, too high does no harm except less engine braking and maybe faster heating at a standstill. 14-1500 sounds good to me.
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great work restoring a classic honda and saving it from the breakers yard.
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Re: idle speed. My bike idles at 1400 rpm's consistently. I'm out of town in Boston at the moment, so do not have access to my service manual, but I seem to remember it saying 1500 +/- 100 rpm.
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Victory! The frankenstein GIVI rack + SHAD medium universal plate in fact works!! I honestly don't hate the look of the racks... Which is good, because they are here to stay 😆 The bolt holes do NOT line up, but I made it work ;D
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As stated, looking for a Power Commander 3 or 5. Used is fine.
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This is an amazing restoration. Would love more pics!
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As an "it looks great from 10 feet" guy I am laughing all through this interesting thread. Keep it coming MD & Captain. I do like reading and seeing the detail from folks who actually know what they're doing. -
As a retired professional mariner, we used to call this. "Unscheduled Maintenence" 😁
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The UPS man just handed me a care package... yessss. I was banging my head against the wall on getting the TBs on with the old hard insulators... decided, well effe that.. Was asking about new ones in a previous thread and ended up buying K&L/Tourmax 5th gen replacements. --- (Still got to give Terry a big kudos for verifying that 6ths will work) -------------(ordered mine before Terrys reply) Anyhoo.............. And one thing...... A discussion before was that these are OEM quality... I cant say what I am going to say would go for others that are not 5th gen, but I am stating this based on I'm a career automotive engineer with tons of supplier work.... I swear these-- are---OEM parts.... same markings, same mold lines, same rubber flow lines... I cant find a single difference. New on left....Old on right -
I have that one fitted on some bikes for a few years now. It has been just fine and resilient. Nice.
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fitted a volt meter to the handlebar,not very bright in the sunshine but it came with its own bracket,I think it looks quite good there.
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I've moved it round now,pretty obvious I suppose f for the vfr800f and x for 800x,just wanted to check.
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Not trying to be debbie-after-the-fact-downer here. Just maybe some tips for the next time or the next guy. -
On something so detailed, I think I would have had him not bother, then drug them length wise, nice and parallel, across some 600 grit or so on a nice thick piece of glass. But I have learned that when you bolt everything up, that little shit disappears for the most part. Too much sweet, shiny, rebuilt awesomeness all around to pull the eye away.
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Agree on the powder coaters, the guy really effed up the Nissin lettering. I fixed things as best I can. The wheels came out decent and look good though ...
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I'm usually pretty unimpressed with powder coaters. All assembled, your stuff looks great. I had some front and rear calipers and brackets (for my forthcoming last 86 VFR RestoMod... or so I say) powder coated by somebody that specialized in motorcycle components and did RestoMod / Restorations. I had just came off of restoring about 4 complete sets of brakes one after another and I was just fucking tired of it. The masking was perfect, the finish sublime and the colors killer. What it wasn't was cheap for 6 fairly small components. Good-Fast-Cheap-pick-any-two still intact. In the future I will restore them myself like I always have done. Glad the drill thru went smooth. Keep it up! There's only 17 more while-I'm-there's left. 😉
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The drill out went great... I seem to have 2 of everything, so I practiced on a spare first.. Thanks for the compliment, it means a lot...
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Fronts Installing new seals.. btw - I was less than happy on the powder coater job, on the bare aluminum I added 3 coats of a automotive clear coating... we shall see how that goes.. Pistons installed.. Working bolt up Checking bolt lengths All together..
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The Last Day Of Good Riding Weather
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.
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
Tommy-knockers Brewpub Idaho Springs
Idaho Springs Colorado
Mashtuns and fermenters
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
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
Echo Lake at Mount Evans showing off my new plate
Elephant Butte Park and Denver
Close up
Veefalo on Squaw Pass
Juniper Pass
Juniper Pass
Mount Evans
My route A is home B is Tommy-knockers
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I Am Back !
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
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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Oops. I do believe I know how to post YT videos or they wouldn't be on YT. However I may have screwed up copying the link to the playlist. Thanks for the helpful comment. -
I think that you might not know how to post videos. You're in your YT studio in these links. You need the link to the actual video.
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