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  2. Gaz66
    Ensure the Ebay SMC shows no wear where the pad ends sit into the stainless thrust shim, seen a fair few ruined when the stainless shims been lost, pads muller the alloy making the whole assembly scrap metal. Treat yourself to a "Tourmax" SMC repair kit, only kit supplied with a new clevis mount, it's an easier install if u remove the clevis & dust cover to aid install of the circlip, ensure u grease up new seals & backside of piston where pushrod contacts it, circlips are pressed steel, one side has a sharp edge, this needs to face "UP", coat circlip in assembly grease, degrease where dust cover sits in bore or it'll keep popping out. Dust rubber is easily torn, I use thick card wrapped in masking tape, roll it into a tube & push the dust rubber squarely home till it bottoms out, before fitting clevis mount onto pushrod, squeeze some assembly grease thru the centre hole of the dust cover. Clevis locknut on pushrod is preset with loctite, no need to measure & adjust as stated in manual.👍
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  4. mello dude
    I'm really liking this thread...may as well keep this going... what different parts will fit on what bike.....
  5. mello dude
    Guys -- stop it, stop it.... credit card is looking at me.... lol .... ok really, what is the weight savings? Damn that looks good.. Weighed a bare OEM wheel... about 13 pounds... bleah...
  6. keny
    Sometimes helping others is for your benefit, well it's mostly in the long run. Helped neighbors kit as he had issues whit the running of his moped, a old Suzuki PV50 50cc 2-stroke ( had a blown magneto side crank seal) and as they have a second that they are rebuilding, it turned out it had have a universal aftermarket speedometer, this And as I looked at it he asked "do you need it?" I was "could perhaps fit my cafe Zephyr" he was"it's yours now" So I did take it home, and even a bit on small side, it actually fits better than the bulky ZR-7S clock's. The speedo cabel was plug and play, did even find connection diagram for it's electric cables online, it doesn't have a oil light however, but guess that can be sorted, neutral as turn signal as high beam light it has. Only one thing bother, I would like the twin headlights closer to the fork, but the speedo cabel don't allow that in this location....have to see
  7. keny

    Anything goes!

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  8. ChasingNolan
    I'm highly interested in this topic as I am having this exact same issue with my new-to-me 5th gen I picked up this summer. Thanks for all the advice and please post when you figure out your root cause and solution. Thanks, CN
  9. 34468Randy
    My experience with a Shoei GT Air and an AGV Adventure helmets riding the VFR and an Africa Twin. Did not matter which bike I rode. If your lid is not designed for proper placement of the speakers, you have to find and probably cut your inside helmet liner so that the speakers are right next to your ear. I have two, both with the same Sena. My Shoei GT Air from around 2010 is very poor, especially if you get on the highways. I wear foamies BTW. My newer AGV works far better. But still, wearing foamies, and travelling at higher highway speeds, fairly often the wind noise will out shine the music, but it is far better than the Shoei. Maybe the newer Shoei helmets, the cut outs for the speakers are better positioned.. But if you are just riding at city speeds or say under 80KMH/50MPH, they will work much better.
  10. Marsman99
    Hi Marsman99, Thank you for your donation of --. We look forward to improving the forums with your donation. Thanks VFRDiscussion
  11. Marsman99
    Beg to differ on the decat. Made a substantial difference on my 1200FD. It was a relatively straightforward job that is pretty well laid out in the archives. If memory serves me, I believe it was dyno quantified in those archives to be about 15HP on an F model. BTW, I put on a DAM muffler at the same time. I’d post the links, but I’m not that savvy on using the search feature here, and would require a lot of post reading to find the specifics. You can get close by searching decat and rooting around from there. I’ve had a K&N air filter on my 1200 for over 100K miles, and over 140K miles on my Gen 4 with nary an issue. As always, YMMV.
  12. vfrcapn
    I use the foam ear plugs or the reusable silicon ones and my Sena in helmet speakers sound much better with them in, no problem with music or calls.
  13. jim v
    Over the years I've been a Michelin and Dunlop guy, have always had a good experience with them. I'm sure I could have saved some $$ with other brands but tires are incredibly important and I would rather save money elsewhere. This season a friend convinced me to give Pirelli's a try - I really liked them. Had excellent grip (not that I'm the sort of rider that pushes that limit) and feel. Also felt very stable straight up and down but turn in was easy, required less effort than I remember my last set of Dunlops. If you're in the market for tires check out Pirelli
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  14. jim v
    I've had this kit installed for a few years now. It has seen rain, track days, etc and I haven't had any troubles. And the weight saving didn't matter to me, the single-nut simply looks so much better -
  15. jeremyr62
    As of 17/10/2025 they are using a picture of a late variant of the VFR800 in place of the 1200, which might confuse some. Looks like for the F model it's as basic as it comes with a simple micro toggle switch to engage and cancel. No incremental increase or decrease or anything like that. For the X you get the option of the triple switch so a bit more to mess with. They should be applauded for doing this for such an old bike which had very limited sales. Good luck to them.
  16. Drtmonster
    Thanks Terry I have bought a second hand SMC to recondition and clean up, once that is done I'll change them over. I was wonder if the 0.45mm of side play in the SMC bracket would give shudder/vibration in the front when just the rear brake is applied. Does yours have any side play?
  17. vfrcapn
    Ola, it is a very good kit.
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  19. Terry
    PAIR systems are (mostly) all the same: Air comes from the airbox through a large air hose to the solenoid valve (switched open/closed by the ECM), then large hose to the PAIR reed valve on the cam cover. If you want to disable the PAIR then any way that you cap off the air entering the reed valve will work (e.g. blanking plate or marble in the hose). If you pull off the hoses, then you need to cap off the port on the airbox as well. I don't know whether electrically disconnecting the solenoid will throw a fault code on the 1200 but it certainly does not on the 800s.
  20. Terry
    I think Gaz has hit the main points. Losing your rear brake pressure would suggest to me the SMC seals are probably toast so a full strip of that would be my starting point including the mysterious check valve. I doubt that excessive play in the pivots would be an issue but I've been known to be wrong about many things, just ask my wife... If you grab the SMC you should be able to push it forward just a mm or two (and that should stop the rear wheel from turning freely), any more suggests air in the system.
  21. Terry
    I have a cheap and cheerful Chinese Maxto M3 camera/BT/intercom that I have been using for many years. This has fixed speakers in the helmet and the unit clips to a mount that is attached with tape to the shell. I ride with custom-fit silicone earplugs, and as long as I have the volume at max, the sound level is "acceptable". I can conduct a reasonable conversation on the phone, or hear most of my favourite banging tunes. Without the earplugs it is very good but the wind noise is not pleasant.
  22. Skids
    For years I've ridden with a set of Westone UM10 in-ear speakers connected to various Sena intercom units and the quality of the music/calls etc is outstanding, crystal clear with almost all the ambient noise filtered out by the in-ear buds. However, one of the cables on my helmet clamp has snapped and it appears Sena are no longer producing helmet clamps that are compatible with in-ear speakers which leaves me with little choice but to get in-helmet speakers. Sena now push their Harmon & Kardon speakers but can you really hear music and calls that well through your ear buds? Surely the good in-ear buds will filter out a lot of the music/calls (as they are designed to filter out noise) so what is the point in designing a system that seems to be self-defeating? Or have I got this wrong and the speakers can be heard perfectly?
  23. 12monks
    I sold the 98 and bought a 1200. do marbles work on the 1200? I didn’t think anyone made headers for the 1200.
  24. Dutchy
    Run a ground wire from fan motor to a ground point. Put a flick switch in line. Now to can toggle fan on/off. If off, the thermoswitch willstill kick in
  25. Drtmonster
    Gaz66 is there any tolerance on the bottom SMC allen bolt between the SMC frame and the fork leg? My bike has 0.45mm of play.
  26. Drtmonster
    Thanks. This is a good place to start. I'll start working through your list. I found a beat up SMC on ebay that i've ordered and will recondition that one to swap with mine. R
  27. Resina
    Hi Everyone Just to share this kit I found online so to help saving weight on our bikes https://www.extremecreations.com.au/1098-ducati-hub-conversion-kit-for-vfr800
  28. mello dude
    Other things I have seen in this forum to reduce running temp of 5th gens.... Adapting 6th gen radiators.... they are supposidly have more capacity vs 5th gens... Changing 6th gen oil coolers - rows vs 2 Also RC51 oil coolers... 5 row.... And of course a manual switch for the existing fan, switch on earlier that OEM temp 217 F... I'm glad I live in a climate that I dont need to mess with it.
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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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