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  2. Gaz66
    Yep! Been around for yrs over here, seems Haynes do have a sense of humour. I've got one for an SR71 Blackbird I'm building one in my shed, struggling to find enough Inconel for the wings leading edges, apparently Coke cans melt at Mach 2.
  3. Sweeper

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    Jay is going to check on the hotel booking mistake this week. The rates go to over $200 starting Jan 1st. It is a typo. I'll update when its fixed.
  4. Today
  5. mello dude
    HF sale on this thing for Black Friday....$299......
  6. Burger
    give it a thin coat of gasket sealant, like this:
  7. bmart
    Like every guy, I can't help myself now that I've been researching and shopping. This may be a long post. Ratchets: My super fancy ones from Craftsman (1985ish), as it turns out...are 36T. I ordered a set of ratchets only last night on what I think is a smoking deal. I don't care that they'll scratch. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-100-Position-Ratchet-Set-5-Piece-H1005PCRAT/305011095 From reviews, they'll require immediate disassembly, clean, and 30W oil...and will then be perfection. I thought about the 144T but having lived with 36T for my whole life...these will be great. Did I mention cheap...and free shipping! Two of my favorite tools ever are spring hooks. I can't tell you how many times they've saved my bacon...rarely puling springs, but more reaching into holes to retrieve or bend something. I used them the other night down inside of my subwoofer fuse holder to bend the tang back up so that it would make contact, and power again! https://www.zoro.com/moody-tool-heavy-spring-tool-pull-9-12-in-51-1855/i/G0846711/ and https://www.zoro.com/moody-tool-spring-tool-hook-and-lifter-8-12-in-51-1850/i/G0801665 I've been trying to score one of my other favorite tools, but no luck so far on fleabay. https://www.ebay.com/itm/357920387448 I'm not a Snap-On fan, but do love this bad boy. They also make a stubby version and super long version that I don't need. Milwaukee boogered up one of my other products and can't get a replacement, so they're sending me this for free. It was on the list anyway! SCORE! https://www.milwaukeetool.com/products/48-22-9004 Gave in on the big set of ratcheting wrenches too. Hope to pick these up next week. Seems like a fair deal to me. https://www.northerntool.com/products/gearwrench-ratcheting-wrench-set-sae-and-metric-32-pc-57746 After discovering that I have never used many of my big 1/2" sockets, I decided to hunt for deal on the three I use, 22mm, 24mm, and 32mm. With deals, I found each for almost nothing. https://www.milwaukeetool.com/products/45-34-9123 and https://www.milwaukeetool.com/products/45-34-9125 and https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08DK7X2N6?ref_=pe_123509780_1038749300_t_fed_asin_title&th=1 And I realized that I only ever use a 5/8" spark plug wrench and on another deal, picked up: https://www.northerntool.com/products/milwaukee-3-8in-drive-5-8in-magentic-spark-plug-socket-drive-size-5-8-in-model-48-22-9552-6102884 Not worth $20, but worth $10! Trying to decide on these. I love my old Craftsman set. Thoughts, anyone? https://www.sears.com/craftsman-17-pc-screwdriver-set/p-00931794000P Discovered that I own two of quite a few things, so will have one in each location, also making some space around here. Leaf blower, Dremel and bits, etc. Lastly (for now!), back in the day, tools didn't have cases, hence the toolboxes. Most of these items have their own cases and could just go on a shelf. Did I buy "too much" toolbox? This has been fun...
  8. natnif
    Progress has slowed a bit. I had ordered a bunch of parts which have now arrived - gaskets/seals, new hoses and clips and a few other assorted odds and ends. I think I have everything I need now to start the rebuild. The only progress I've made was the throttle body intake boots - They were filthy so I've cleaned them up and put them soaking with some silicon spray to see if they will soften a bit. They aren't in terrible condition so I'm hoping they can be reused. I have some building work going on this week so I'm unlikely to get near it again for a week or two
  9. bmart

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    That's just a couple of hours from me, so I'm a maybe. ✌️
  10. keny
    Well as I was not so good health wise I ordered a few bites to the red RC24 from a nearby breaker. This morning I was fit to look thro the bit's Some where nice but there where a few disappointments The good was a look kit whit one orginal key. So no more flat screwdriver in pocket to gas station, as old fuel cap had a broken key in it as was a but worn looking like you see in next picture Other nice bit was a rear brake pedal as current is cracked Then there was a brained clutch as rear brake line The rear brake line looked just dirty but actually it's the brained steel that has started to corrode So nothing you can do about.... Bummer Then there was a central stand whit spring Well it looked ok even missing the tube it attach to frame whit.... I did a note of that the attachment tube was missing, as I have ordered quit a bit of parts from that breaker during the years and been ok parts so far, he responded he will look if he finds it, well eventually he will not, as closer inspection tell her has grinded the central stand off as the tube is still stuck inside Bummer Then he had a front fairing stay that looked straight even it had a crack near where one of the mounting bolts for frame, but now testing it it's about 3mm twist in the front part And the faster to frame has several cracks repair by welding as other side close to current crack has been cut as reweld to compensate the twist. I have given the seller a email, let's see how he responds
  11. keny

    Anything goes!

    Images added to a gallery album owned by keny in Member's Gallery

    Other VFR and other pics....
  12. BusyLittleShop
    Balance Beads are a silly thing...
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  14. FromMaine
    Ordered. 😀 From a UK bookseller.
  15. davenay67
    Next question! 🙂 Getting ready to replace the O rings on the water plumbing on the left hand side of the engine. Both ports were junked with old gasket and when I rubbed them with wire wool I see pitting on the surface. Both are like the one below. Do you think they will be water tight, or do I need to do something about the pitting? I am most likely going to use JB Weld to fill the small pits and sand smooth. That should work well.
  16. Skids
    There's a whole library of them on the UK Amazon site - Amazon.co.uk
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  18. FromMaine
    No explanation needed. 😁 Yes, they are real, Haynes really did publish them in 2017. Yes they are hilarious. Gift from my brother. I worked in Germany for about a year, also in France for a bit less in shipyards, building or hauling out for work. Apparently, there is a volume on Americans also.😁
  19. Cameron
    Just to follow up on this thread, I sprayed some of that molykote on the throttle body bores and butterflies, was just enough to stop any daylight getting through, whether it makes a blind bit of difference, who knows? Vacuum hoses all replaced, I'm pretty sure that was the problem tbf. I was planning on leaving flapper in place but I broke part of the solenoid getting a hose back off to reroute it so it's all been removed and port blanked off at the throttle body. It's a lot tidier and the air box is much easier to fit now, so that's a definite bonus! Will order some pair valve blanks soon too. I did spend many hours trying to work out why it wouldn't run properly and backfiring after I put it back together, had 3 and 4 injectors round the wrong way! Balanced the idle air control valves, looking forward to riding it now, feels much smoother straight away.
  20. Sweeper

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    That has to be some kind of mistake. I'll try to check on it this week. Glad to know you are looking, its been a minute.
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  22. Terry
    As you open the PCV bleed, you should be able to push the SMC fully through its stroke and hold it there. Then shut the PCV bleed. You should now be able to pump the rear pedal and that will force the PCV back out to full extension. All I'm suggesting is that you don't just allow the SMC to spring back and pull air back in from the PCV line, that you refill it fully from the brake pedal. .
  23. mello dude
    The motorcycling collective kinda goes and I agree with my experience....In big cruisers and touring bikes, they are useful and work ok.. (I am running them in the Valkyrie, they do the job there,.... the thing has big heavy wheels) But in the more sport orientied bikes... dirt/standards/sport bikes and of course the VFR, a normal style balance weight is prefered... I tried balance beads on my VFR once and in the triple digit territory, they arent balance beads any more! (imbalance beads?)
  24. FromMaine
    Balance Beads are not my thing, but they do have utility. I have used them twice when I had to swap a rear tire when about 2,000 miles from my garage. First time was in Wisconsin coming back from a cross country. Had a tire sent to a buddy who did not have a garage or tools. I managed to get the tire off and the new one on with my tire irons, but having no real option to balance properly I just used beads. I.knew this ahead of time so ordered them with the tire. Second time was when I bought my 4th Gen from a fellow in Iowa. I was headed to Colorado from there, so sent a rear tire and beads ahead as I flew in to pick it up. Again I knew ahead of time he lacked much in the way of tools. In fact I used a 2×4, hammer, and a door frame to break the bead cave man style. Then borrowed a neighbor's pancake compressor that surprisingly managed to set the bead. I have done a few other tire swaps on the road, but it was in really well equipped garages, so I used a static balancer and weights as I do here in Maine.
  25. JohnnyGing
    So I spent a couple of hours looking at this today. Taking apart the tape and tie-wraps, I disconnected the all the bullet connectors and measured 2.2 Ohms for each of the heater elements. I good wiggle of the wires did not show any open circuits. I then connected them in series through the loom and got 4.4 Ohms. No amount of wiggling or turning the bars could change the reading. So my problem must be in the wiring under the fairing or the controller module. Using the installations instructions to put all the wiring back on the handle bars, I noticed that the right hand heated grip wiring is supposed to be tie-wrapped to the electrical loom but mine was tied to the upper throttle cable. Can someone with honda heated grips post a picture of the right (throttle) side so I can decide how to reinstall the wiring? Many thanks John
  26. Captain 80s
    Translation: Balance Beads should not be a thing.
  27. Thumbs
    In English?
  28. VicSev93
    Hello! I'm sorry to being back this dead thread but I'm doing this now and your help would really help me get back on the road! For the sequence for the PCV. 1) My helper pumps the rear brake pedal 2) while he is holding the rear brake pedal. I squeeze the SMC. 3) he cracks open the PCV and hopefully fluid comes out. 4) he closes the PCV bleed nipple. I release the SMC and he lets go of the brake pedal. Is this correct? When does one let go of the brake pedal? This is my biggest confusion. Once again. Sorry and thank you for helping!
  29. VicSev93
    Hello all! Long story long, I ordered Spiegler brake lines. I fitted them on the bike. I "bled" the system. And rode for two months. It has come to by attention that my front brake was not engaging the rear brake. So when I was rolling forward to a stop light and squeezed the front lever the bike would stop like a bike with no Linked brakes. (When engaging the rear. The bike would engage both front and rear in typical VFR fashion that we know and love) I THEN found out that one of my lines is pinched. Probably from my crappy install. This line runs from the left caliper into the hard line on the left side of the frame (which I believe goes to the PCV valve) Since it looked pinched, I contacted Spiegler and bought another line. I installed it today but did not bleed anything yet. I've read A LOT of bleeding into on the forums, reddit and the manual. And everyone has different opinions. It's minor but it's different. I come here to pick your brains once more since other threads or similar topic are dead. 1) bleed right side outer nipple 2) bleed left side outer nipple 3) bleed left side middle nipple (fluid sucked from rear reservoir) Take off left caliper and tilt it (15 or 45 degrees?) compress the SMC and have a friend undo the PCV valve under tank. Once he sees fluid coming out, he closes the PCV and I release the SMC after. (I guess this bleeds the PCV) Fluid used from rear reservoir. 4) bleed middle nipple of rear caliper 5) bleed outer nipple of rear caliper. (Helps to have the caliper lifted up so air escapes) This is how I did it the first time and am planning to do so again. Am I going wrong anywhere here? Any tips will be appreciated. THANK YOU!
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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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      Veefalo on Squaw 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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