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  2. Thumbs
    I rode CA36 from the coast in the spring of 2016 after the wet winter, there were huge meadows of lupins, something I'd never seen before
  3. vfrgiving
    Lucky.... I'm waiting for this polar vortex to lift, that's coming later this week. What I don't see in the forecast is the atmospheric river needed to get rid of all the salt. Did get a Cali ride in last October. Rode CA36 for first time in over a decade. Couldn't find the iconic "twisty road" sign on the Red Bluff end. Man.. I wanted a photo op. 🙁 I even backtracked a little, didn't see it. How long's that been gone? Still, best visit ever. Angeles Crest had just opened 100% when I got to SoCal. 🤩
  4. vfrgiving
    13.1V would make me lots uncomfortable. Honda-ish reg/rec should be doing closer to 14.5V at cruising RPM, unless there's a special reg/rec for Lithium Batteries installed (Rick's has one). but even that's set for 14V. Definitely pull that tail plastic. If I have any inkling about stator health, I disconnect it from the regulator and go right to a dynamic AC voltage test. resistance checks for giggles maybe, but all stator failures I've had only show failure on the AC test.
  5. Lorne
    More like damp & dreary in my neck of the woods, but I appreciate the thought and hope you had an enjoyable ride. Cal128 is a favourite route back to the coast when I’m homeward bound. Hilly and twisty through oak meadows near 101, before cooling down in the coastal forest. Funny, I don’t think I’ve ever stopped in Philo or Boonville. Anyone else notice that some roads are enjoyable to ride either way but somehow one direction just feels more natural.
  6. Rllwjoe
    MBrane, & bmart, thanks for your welcome. Re: the 7 days of warm weather in Michigan. I had to laugh at the concept of any warm weather! I packed the VFR away for the winter way back in mid-November. Even though we lost all of our snow and ice, and the roads were dry about three weeks ago, I didn't pull her out because the residual road salt was everywhere. If I can swing it, I'd love to do another track day. Work schedule will dictate if that will happen. If it does, I certainly hope that it lands on one of those warm weather days!
  7. MBrane
    Penske shock does not require a spring compressor. You can use compressed air to bleed, but will need access to a nitrogen bottle for final charge. Fortunately my partner in racing has one we use for the race car tires.
  8. St. Stephen
    You know Jumbo? 😉
  9. Captain 80s
    Liquor in the front, poker in the rear.
  10. St. Stephen
    For all you frozen northern hemisphere riders. 80 miles each way to Jumbo's a few days ago, on the deliciously twisty Rt. 128, once highway 101 was disposed of. Little over 160 miles to Philo and back, and a great fish sandwich. All the cars park in the rear.
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  12. Terry
    Shock rebuilds are in my opinion a step too far for a home mechanic. The tension in the spring, and the need to regas a shock at 200psi move that job out of my comfort zone. 13.1V charging rate would make me a little uncomfortable and I would be checking the alternator connector is clean (or better still removed and hard-wired).
  13. interceptor69
    Love the silver. Congrats-looks like a nice one.
  14. mello dude
    Looking forward to all your posts..Everything you ever want to know about the 5th gen is here... If you decide to change hoses, there is a AS3 Silicone hose set for that, I recently did a thread on changing them out. https://www.as3performance.com/products/honda-vfr-800-fi-1998-2001-high-performance-silicone-radiator-hoses-red Again welcome to the forum, it's a great group... BTW, looks awesome 👌
  15. Sirbike
    I only got to ride this 94 miles before the weather ended the 2025 riding season. Good thing I got in 11,000 miles on my ST1300s. With those made ready for next year I got the VFR into the shop before it snowed too much. Yesterday I fitted helibars. Today I mounted the racks and bags that came the sale. Nice. Sitting here wondering how far do I go maintenance wise. Brake pads are new. Brake and clutch line fluid is clean, the wheels spin freely. Normally it would be complete overhaul of cylinders with new rubber. maybe next winter. The clutch mc boot is broken. That will get rebuild kit. No known valve clearance checks with 54,300 miles and told probably not. I act like I am thinking about it but I will almost certainly go in there. The night I rode I noticed that the headlight brightness did not change with rpm. Voltage was about a flat 13.1v. Another thing, the key apparently needed some jigging to start the bike then all ok until next key on. Then the lithium ion battery was low from sitting a few weeks. Accidentally charged it for 5 minutes in lead acid mode. Ran back, changed lithium ion mode and find it only has and only achieves 2v. Put a battery from an ST1300, fired up with no extra key wiggles. Ok. I see it has a same style but not original R/R I have been down this road before with my previously owned Blackbirds and VFRs. I see a new stator, 847 R/R and battery in my future. 28 years old. Just do the coolant hoses? Height adjuster on the Penske shock was loose. Does not inspire confidence in previous mechanic. Front brake line clamp under triple clamp not tight. Looks like I’ll be checking everything. I need a lighter spring. Do I learn how to rebuild the shock or luxuriate by having Traxxion do it? I’ll probably have them set it up for me initially then consider doing rebuilds myself. Still, overall the bike looks fairly well ridden and taken care of. I am very happy to have this bike. Time to look under the hood.
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  19. Dutchy
    NOS Rockinghorse shit
  20. Dutchy
    Lovely sunny ride Lunch @skuuter Clatty roads....
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  22. JZH
    Bit of a thread revival, here...but I'm wondering if both the fuel lines on the 5th/6th/8th gens are indeed 8mm ID? The brass quick disconnects Mohawk used (which seem to have been replaced with nickel-plated versions on Louis.de: https://www.louis-moto.com/en/steinconnector-quick-release-coupling-nickel-plated-brass-10035299?filter_article_number=10035299&filter_bike_id=4681) are only available in 6mm and 8mm, as far as I can tell. The brass ones appear to have been made by Matthies in Germany and sold under their JMP brand. I'm assuming that none were ever available in 9mm or 10mm, and that the high-pressure fuel line on the VFR is indeed 8mm ID, but I won't know for sure until I cut apart a perfectly good fuel line! Can this be confirmed? Cheers, JZH
  23. Dutchy
    Supercharging a 1951 125 3speed With a fancy -Gilera logo'd- rear carrier. She'll need a hot welding rod though to fix a gaping hole.. The PO possibly wore wooden shoes....
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  25. vfrcapn
    The 6th gen pump will bolt right up I believe. I think this was the place offering rebuilt pumps, but they appear to be on a break until mid-February. https://azv65.com/
  26. Thumbs
    There was a guy in the USA offering a rebuild service for Honda motorcycle water pumps, I seem to recall he sold the business a couple of years ago, I think he advertised on eBay
  27. fabio222
    Ya know, I never quote understood the whole "low speed overheating" thing with VFRs until I took mine to France one summer. In the usual Irish weather the bike was fine, got a little toasty in bad traffic but when the ambient temp is 12C it doesn't exactly melt you. Then I got stuck in traffic around Le Mans one summer and that was a whole different ball game. With "proper" summer temps and complete lack of movement I began to understand, on a very physical level (especially in the crotch) just what people meant about VFRs cooking ya!
  28. Burger
    well, my excitement has been rather rapidly dashed it's coming out the weep hole, which after some quick research sadly appears to be a common problem and means this water pump is junk. now the way i see it, since fifth gen pumps have turned into hens' teeth, i could either try to rebuild this one, or roll the dice on a sixth gen pump, neither of which feel like an ideal option. which got the gears turning.... again.... https://www.pegasusautoracing.com/productdetails.asp?RecID=30145 going to sleep on it before i commit, but this is actually slightly cheaper than a sixth gen pump and would also probably help a lot with the chronic low speed overheating these bikes seem to be plagued by. i could potentially also just remove the thermostat--another reportedly common failure point--and use a pump controller to control engine temp. it makes a surprising amount of sense, which honestly kind of scares me.
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    1. HispanicSlammer

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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

       

    2. MartinkaP's Blog

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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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