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Write up here: The Suzuki coils have been generally cheaper than the CBR ones.
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If the fender is roughed up for adhesion and cleaned good, glassing in some matte works on ABS plastic pretty nicely. My friend has done that quite a bit as he is familiar and comfortable with glass. It has held up very well and is strong. There are products like Plastex that has a big following. People also use a slurry of acetone and ABS filings/fragments with success too. Even ABS cement is good on some repairs. I use a product called Devcon Plastic Welder with some ABS sheet as laminate support/strength, thickness depending on what is needed. Thinner sheets are easier to mold with a heat gun to match the inside contour or the bodywork. When it is flat(ish) and more room is available I go thicker for increased strength. I also cut strips to bend with heat into a 90 degree (or whatever degree) to use as supports/repairs in corners or on posts. It is more than an epoxy, as the 2-part reaction gets hot enough to melt, or "weld', the plastic together. I have repaired and/or reinforced dozens of pieces and am very happy with the ease of use, strength and longevity. The added benefit is the relatively short time it takes to kick, so if you have a crack on a decent body piece that barely shows if held in the right place, you can do your work and hold the piece while your reinforcement cures enough. Done that on many pieces too.
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I paid $40, but if you try and go through the website it tried to charge me $76. Which I agree is a lot for shipping, but I contacted Matthew from the company and he was able to send me an invoice for the $40 for shipping that is to NC. I also got the kit to apply it. If you think about it It's a pretty good deal compared to what your being charged by some of the shops in the US.
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No worries, I found some on Ebay. I like to support local first before looking overseas.
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Hi everyone! TIA for any advice you may have for me... The plastic on my bike has been used and abused....its in rough shape. The front fender, especially. Has anyone had any luck repairing these plastics with fiberglass? Any tips or experiences with this sort of project would be greatly appreciated! My Dad has some experience fiberglassing on boats, but this is a little different with the plastic. Thanks all, keep the shiny side up!!
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Hi--- I am out of biz on this stuff, maybe search for blackbird plates, they are the same... - I still have R/R mounts wasting away on the shelf.... can still sell whats left...
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I realize this is 2 years ago, but here's to hoping..... Do you have any sets left?
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Copy that! This may be kick I need to stop procrastinating & pull images off my old phone. Anecdotally, after the swap, the first start took an absurdly long time. Somewhere on the order of 3-5 minutes of total starter duty cycle over the course of an hour. I guess the electrical pixies were having a hard time finding a path home from coils to the plug's ground. Runs like a champ since. She kicks on the first turn of the crank. Never had a bike start so ready to go.
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I can't wait to see the pics and read the how to. Add it to my winter bike tune up.
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Perhaps I should finally make that post ... I did mine last year. I think I can dig up the photos from my old water damaged phone. (... On that front, I'm actually quite behind on posts I should be making & updating... ) It takes some knowledge of cutting & soldering, keeping track of which cylinders trace to which wires, and using plenty of honda-branded electrical tape 😉 Going by my eBay purchase history, I used CBR 1000 coils on a chopped up 06-07 CBR 1000 sub-harness.
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Hi everyone, I wanted to let everyone know that there is one last place that has cut out patterns of PPF for the 5th gen VFR that you can install yourself. I bought a set. I will have to let everyone know how it the install goes. I live on a dirt road, and I would like my VFR to stay looking as nice as possible. I called and searched around for places to PPF my VFR. The price range I got was $2500 to $3000. To me that is a lot of upgrades to my bike. I just wanted to let everyone know so we can support the last place carrying a useful aftermarket improvement product for the 5th gen. The cost is really reasonable as well. They are located in the UK but ship internationally. I have no affiliation with them. They have it for just your tank or a full kit. https://bike-protect.co.uk/products/honda-vfr800-1998-2001-ppf-paint-protection-film-kit?variant=49450360439120
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Headshake can also push the pistons in so that the first application of brakes afterward...does nothing.
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Any bike can experience a front end head shake... it happened once to my RC45 in 57K miles... but head shakes only happen under acceleration as the front tire hits a bump or finds a rut... a slight disturbance in front tire alignment occurs and the rider feels the head shake... and if the rider stays loose on the bars they will not grow into the dreaded tank slapper... the RC45 is known for its reserves of composure... technically speaking steering dampeners don't cure the head shakes rather they lessen the degree the rider feels... Racers employ steering dampeners so they don't have to back the throttle off during the heat of battle... they don't mind if the head shakes as long they can still accelerate... for the street use a steering dampener will just make more effort in your steering with little return of stability... before you consider a steering dampener I think it's best to have your riding technique will sorted out and be in the hunt for lower lap times... In short... Deceleration Shimmy = front tire problems... (annoying)... Wobble = front end problems... (could grow into the dreaded tank slapper) Weave = rear end problems... (annoying)...
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Thanks for the info. I hate to run this thread off course. On my old bike I did this same conversion, but I needed the wiring and all. I moved it from spark plug wires to COP. I have searched this forum for more info about the coil conversion. Not a lot of info of what is needed to do it. Like I would need just the coils and they plug right up or do I need to get the wiring as well and splice them into my wiring on the bike? Does wiring connectors plug right up to the VFR? Apologies for all the questions.
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I've used Suzuki '06-'07 750 coil sticks on both my 5gens, Suzuki part # 33410-02H00 and cheap on eBay and same I think as the 1K bike. Also pick up a used 08-11 Honda cbr1000RR coil wiring harness, plugs right in to the coils.
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I love the "dont believe they exist" argument lol. I'm not sold on it because I have yet to buy one 😬 My understanding is that they are used to band-aid death wobbles/tank slappers. Even on my adv that death wobbles at 80mph, It usually indicates low front tire pressure to me, so I know when it's low... Cant put a price on peace of mind, I understand... it's just not an item on my long list of calculated riding risks that I concern myself with. My cbr came with one from the factory. I'd wager honda put one there as dynamics are a complicated thing, and the geometry of the bike (primarily the rake) demanded it. (2 degrees steeper on the CBR than the 5th gen VFR)
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Hi Dutch. I don't remember the year, but any 1050 Speed coilsticks are fine. One of the best match is also the GSX-R 1000 set What's important is to have a long enough pipe to come out of the head pit and a 2 wires connection. I.e., avoid VFR G6 sticks, that have 3 wires connectors
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What year coilsticks did you go with off the Speed triple? I'm new here. Just bought a 5th gen with 24k miles on it and I would like to do a few improvements on it. I have yet to take delivery of the bike, but I'm gathering parts in anticipation of its arrival.
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Steering dampers absolutely work...but not all bikes are ridden in a way that they make a difference.
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Hi m8. Long story short I've not really ridden her yet and certainly not gotten around to changing all the fluids like she needs. This is a long-term keeper so I'm going to invest some £££ into her, with planned suspension upgrade as well as crash bars (already bought - SW-Motech), DRLs, ECU Flash depending on how she feels when I've ridden her more, possibly new tyres, Sat Nag (thinking about a large screen Android Auto display), new seat, heated grips etc. I'll start the work this winter as I retire at the end of Oct and will have more time on my hands to do this but in the meantime, she has her MoT (annual safety test) tomorrow morning 🤞
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What a find!! If only i knew about these before I bought my transalp... oh well What was the dinero damage?
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HI Skids, How are you getting on with the VFR1200X? what's she like on fuel? what's the actual fuelling like? snatchy? I'd imagine she goes through rear tyres pretty quick? been looking for a touring bike with shaft drive, just can't bring myself to buy a BMWGS! also been looking at Yamaha S10's. Thanks.
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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
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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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