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  2. vfrcapn
    Wheels off a '99, look straight but sat for years in rough condition, need blasting and paint/powdercoat. Free for shipping from northern California.
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  4. Terry
    Real men don't need extra screws.
  5. MBrane
    I will take pictures of stuff before I take it apart. Repeat 100 times.
  6. BusyLittleShop
    Gel is heavy and hot and bouncy... where as "Temper Foam® is a temperature sensitive foam which gets softer and more malleable when warmed and firmer when cooled. It is a visco- elastic material ideal for orthopaedic and prosthetic applications. With its firm elastic flow and non-stick properties it eliminates soreness and pain caused by long periods of pressure." True to their racing heritage my RC45 only comfortable for about 30 minutes in the saddle... I don't have a titanium butt so I built my own custom seat of 3 inch block of temper foam... this mod afforded enough comfort to travel 600 miles in a day... http://www.keesgoebel.com/t.foam.htm I started with a shinny black board Honda calls a race saddle... I modified my stock HRC race saddle that was not only angled the rider towards the tank but was firm as a board... I laid the stock seat pan over a 3 inch block of T47 extra firm Temper Foam... I cut the basis shape using a electric carving knife... I glue the foam to the plastic pan with 3M Weather Strip or Gorilla Snot if you will... next I sculpture the foam with a air driven sander to afford a level riding position...
  7. Burger
    looks like there isn't much else besides what you pointed out, i guess now you get the fun job of figuring out where those extra screws actually go
  8. Captain 80s
    If/when it comes time to check float levels, the 87 probably has a slightly different spec. The float measuring process is the same, just find a reliable source for the height value. They RARELY have to be touched unless they are measured wrong and messed with. Or if aftermarket float valves are used that might have a different length.
  9. MBrane
    You are undersprung. Very common. Preload will only do so much. You need the correct spring rate for your weight to get proper static/rider sag. Getting the suspension dialed in is the #1 thing you can do to make riding safer, and more enjoyable. That's why my 2 girls have as much $ in suspension as they are worth. It's worth it to me.
  10. MBrane
    Good gear only seems expensive if you don't compare it to medical bills. ATGATT.
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  12. Captain 80s
    Download this one for starters. The carbs are the same. I use this version a lot. https://www.vfrdiscussion.com/index.php?/files/file/156-vfr-86-service-workshop-manual-in-eng-deu-fra-esp/#comment-84
  13. Manofsteeeeel
    @Captain 80s I wasn't able to find the 87 the700 service manual is there anyway you can post the link for the download? Thank you
  14. Manofsteeeeel
    Thanks and will do
  15. FromMaine
    Goodbye wimpy motorcycle horn. Hello 18 wheel Tractor Trailor horn. Not really, but loud enough to get the hipsters in Teslas to spill their Maccichino Mocha Lattes with a Oatmilk float while they are texting and drifting into my lane trying to occupy the same spot as myself and my VFR.
  16. Captain 80s
    A "rebuild kit" may not actually address your issues. Taking the carbs far enough apart, properly, to get to the areas that need to be cleaned / verified is the most important part. Properly re-assembling and setting, with the aid of the FSM, is the other part. BUT, a well appointed kit is nice if it has the right, useful bits. Good luck! Ask questions as you go. Post some pics for clarity if needed. I'm happy to help (as with many others here) and I'm usually pretty quick with my responses to inquiries. Good luck!! You'll get it.
  17. Manofsteeeeel
    @Captain 80s Alright I'll take them off for the 4th time... I may just order a rebuild kit and be done with it. I'll download the manual thank you
  18. Captain 80s
    Step 1: Get a Factory Service Manual. You can download one right from this site. Jets HAVE to come out. Especially the pilot jets. They are very small and almost always plugged on bikes that have sat, even just a few months. Pilot screws SHOULD come out. That passage is very often plugged. Note previously mentioned tiny washers and o-rings. Did you remove the diaphragms? Did you soak the carb assemblies with the diaphragms in place? Sorry, but that was not a proper carb clean. Can't diagnose further until those carbs are addressed. Good on ya for getting new insulators.
  19. Manofsteeeeel
    @Captain 80s OK im going to try to remember to address everything you asked me. So the floats I took the 4 screws out of the bowl individually and sprayed with carb cleaner and compressed air and then put them back together. I had them upside down so I could do so without trying to mess with how the floats were already set (im not sure if that's stupid or works). I sprayed carb cleaner and air through the jets without taking them out because I dont know how to mess with them honestly and after that I soaked the carbs as well in carb cleaner for about 8 hours. Yes I got the boots set because it took me about an hour and a half and standing on them while grabbing the frame and pushing to seat them. 2 of them had cracks so I replaced them and I will have to try the wd40 thing tomorrow and report back to you.
  20. Captain 80s
    Ok cool. Thanks for the response. Couple questions... Did you remove the pilot screws and ensure those passages were clean with carb clean and compressed air? If so, were you sure to account for the spring, tiny washer and tiny o-ring? Did you have the diaphragms out? If so, were they inspected for holes/tears? What was you procedure for re-installation? Did you check the float levels? More importantly did you change/adjust them? If so, what was your procedure for setting the float levels? Were all jets and carb passages ensured clear with carb clean and compressed air? Jets visually inspected for light thru them when done? Were the carb insulators (boots) inspected for cracks? Are you 100% sure the carbs have been fully seated? Without new insulators it can be pretty hard to get them re-seated properly. Have you sprayed WD-40 or Contact Cleaner around the carbs while it is idling to check for intake leaks?
  21. Manofsteeeeel
    @Captain 80s I'm a diesel Mechanic by trade and I'm very inexperienced when it comes to carbs. That being said I'm new to the carb game. I was very very cautious of what I took apart and as far as screws and things that are set i made sure to count the number of turns so I could put them back how they were. The carbs were pretty clean there wasn't much crap in them at all. I can't find much information on this bike honestly
  22. Terry
    The idle adjuster screw is accessible through the hole drilled in the right frame spar (the black dot in your signature picture) so you don't need to lift the tank to access that, just poke a philips head screw driver in, lower idle by unscrewing the screw a little. As you have a 2000 VFR I assue the bike has a wax unit for cold fast idle, not the manual "choke" lever on the left bar? Those can misbehave if the coolant is not regularly flushed and the linkages are lubed. Otherwise the idle speed is controlled by the starter valves. If you have any air leaks around the throttle boots or a damaged or disconnected vacuum hose, that can also lead to a high idle.
  23. Skids
    Not sure which bike to post a pic of 🤔😆
  24. Captain 80s
    This is NOT a dis on you or your abilities, because I don't know what they are. I have just seen this SO MANY times over the years, I have to ask... What is your experience cleaning/rebuilding carbs in general, and specifically V4 carbs?. Did you follow a guide? Are you working with a Genuine Honda Service Manual? I have seen some really interesting interpretations of "completely cleaned the carbs". I would say 90% of similar situations you describe is that the carbs aren't actually clean and/or something was missed upon reassembly. I have seen pages of recommendations, ideas and hints when it was carbs that still had blocked passages, pinched diaphragms, misadjusted floats, etc, etc, etc... the whole time. It's almost always the carbs still. If we can establish the level of carb work that was done we can hopefully (mostly) eliminate that and move onto diagnosing what else might be wrong. -Mike
  25. bmart
    Highly subjective. Sargent is much softer than Corbin. A local upholstery guy may be your best bet. Angle of the surface makes a huge difference. I had one of my Sargents modified and it is so much beter!
  26. Manofsteeeeel
    @Captain 80s Have any opinions?
  27. Manofsteeeeel
    Thank you guys I will make sure to explore both of those things.
  28. Scvfr
    At my local airfield,been coming to this spot for 42 years,first off on an 81 Honda MT5
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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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