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Did you used to hang out on sport-touring.net back in the day? Your avatar looks really familiar. Back when the site was any good I used to live in the LA area and would hang out in the SoCal regional forum. That was back when I had my GSXR-750 and Daytona 955i (sold the former to get the latter).

Reminds me of the south Sierra rides we used to do.

I used paint stripper to remove the black from my 5th gen wheels. It practically fell off unlike the white primer on the 4th gen. That stuff was really stuck! I just give 'em a good polish when I swap new rubber on.

I bought a set of race-stands when I had the VTR1000, and have kept using them with the MT-10, very handy bits of gear but no real use if you want to do any work on the rear suspension. You can get a really good "decent from 3 feet away" finish on all of the black bits on the VFR (e.g. sidestand, centrestand, front subframe, lower triple clamp) using a small brush and a pot of semigloss enamel. Just degrease and scrub away as much surface crud as you can first. Follow me for more handy tips.

Mmmm...6th gen bodywork, 5th gen engine and 8th gen wheels is a pretty sweet combo. That back wheel (which is also on my 7th gen 1200) is a work of art. We have a member (Highside) local to me that has/had a burgundy 6th gen with tuned 5th gen engine, R1 forks, trick shock and some sexy (Marchesini?)wheels. Actually he sold me the the gold wheels that are now on my 6th gen. I also have a nice 8-spoke rear wheel in black in my Mancave that was too nice to leave sitting in a breakers yard; that one also originally came from the same source. I had the rims on my '86 powder-coated in white and being the OEM colour they looked fab, but you either need to be anal about cleaning after each ride or just give up. At least the powdercoating had a nice gloss which helped. When I had a previous '86, I used oven-cleaner on the rims; I'm sure one could abuse that and corrode the rims but it worked really well if you were careful and quick.

Ok ok, I can see your point on white wheels with a tri color bike. Not on a red,or yellow VFR. I had thought of the bronze color on a red bike. For sure it's all smiles when I'm riding this amazing bike. There is definitely no profit I'm looking for. My VFR is a keeper when I get done with it.

Its been quite awhile, but the father/son riders -- The "Carvers" used to post quite a lot on this forum... and they built that RWB bike in the last photo with 8th gen wheels and brakes, PLUS installed a 5th gen engine in it, I think headers too..... I drooled so much over it that I offered to buy it!

I love having a centre stand on my VFRs, and wished Honda equipped the VTR1000 with 'em. However my stand has gotten scabby after 100K km and 16 years of riding. But it sure looks like the rear exhaust pipes block access to the bolts. I suppose I'll have to refinish it in place - but not till next spring and warmer temps.

Why not white? Though anything other than dark grey/black looks great in a tricolore VFR. Perhaps this comparison will help you choose.

If you are in this game for profit then you may have missed the point...smiles per $ is where it is at.

Had a good laugh on that one.... I know exactly what you mean! Budget? What budget?

Wow, what a really nice looking VFR. Thanks for sharing. Wish I could find one of those tanks bras.

White wheels..... No Way!! More power to you. I'm not fond of white wheels. Almost time to start emptying the wallet on this VFR.

Thank you for that info. After a conversation with the guy that is going to do the painting on my bike talked me out of it. He said they are weaker and don't handle the heat to well. I have maybe a handful of rides left for this year as the temps are getting too cold to ride in the mornings here. Which means it will be time to start with the restoration.

The VIN would contain "RC462" if it had been a Canadian-spec bike; RC460 or RC461 if 49-state or CA-spec. R-157 is the colour code for Italian Red, but the rear fender it's stuck to could be the non-original swapped part! As for the silver panels, there were two/four styles of VFR fairing sticker. US-spec bikes had "Interceptor" below the VFR letters, but EU-spec (and probably Canadian-spec) bikes had "PGM-FI & DCBS" instead. In addition, '98-'00 stickers included a "fade" effect, whilst '01 stickers were a solid colour. I don't have my RC46 Parts Catalogue here, but according to www.bike-parts.fr, Canada did not get silver as an option until 2001, but in any case your stickers look correct, but do not appear to have the "fade", so I would suspect that your bike is a US-spec bike sporting '01 Canadian bodywork--which had possibly been supplied to a US-based "VF-VFR Lister" via Brian @ Dynamo Humm back in the day! (FYI, the color code for 2001 silver VFR bodywork is NH-146M (Accurate Silver Metallic). And a corresponding color code sticker, LABEL,COLO*TYPE3* Part number: 87565-MBG-D10ZC, costs about $3, if you wanted to order it...) Ciao, JZH

My Zieger-branded centrestand arrived today and wasn’t too hard to fit, even kept all the skin on my knuckles when I put the springs on! Not too much effort to lift up, but it wanted to stay up on my painted floor, not quite enough friction to roll over the drop point but some roughening up on a real road will fix that. I have been missing a decent vertical stand.

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The circlip continued to defy me, in fact just to truly thumb its nose at me, one of the wings broke off as soon as I waved my new circlip pliers at it. So that one won't be coming out any time soon, not a train smash as it is still stubbornly doing its job of keeping the output shaft and prop shaft joined. I suspect if I truly need to git it oot one day, it will be possible to drag it around the outside of the propshaft and pull it right out of the groove. My Plan B of using a hoseclip to hold the other end of the propshaft in place while the bevel case was refitted worked beautifully, and the reassembly of that with new seals has gone smoothly, so (hopefully) I can put this whole episode in the leak-free rear-view mirror now. I have no idea why the shaft seal had been leaking before but it has new seals now and the sealing surfaces are very shiny and smooth (and greased). Earl is now back on his wheels and I can turn my atention elsewhere. I have had my new OEM key cut and it works so much better in the lock than the old one, I just need to program the HISS system to recognise the chip but I have done that before and have a lead that I built for the job on my ST1300. I'm waiting on a centrestand to arrive, and also a new throttle tube so I can give back the VFR800 loaner. I did buy a throttle tube on Aliexpress (for $8!) and that would have been OK (aside from a slick-feeling grip rubber) but I wanted to fit a Hotgrip, and when the rubber grip came off the inner part was fluted and made of pretty soft material; even with the flutes trimmed off, it took a lot of force to get into the Hotgrip and got distorted, and then chucked into the bin. A new OEM part is now on its way for a little more money. Using Webike in Japan as a source of OEM spares has been really excellent; their prices are less than Partzilla (my prevous benchmark but frustratingly not shipping to NZ post COVID) and the transit time for parts has been less than 7 days. The only downside with Webike is their website; I can't use my Windows PC as the formatting is impossible to decipher, but my iPad or iPhone do a decent job. Webike also act as a portal for used parts in Japan and I have got some decent bits for not much money; the left fairing panel was USD75, its not perfect but fits really well with the lived-in look of the rest of the bike. We just had the best weekend for riding, 22C, blue skies, light winds, spring growth on the trees, so It is just as well I have motorcycles in reserve...the MT10 came out for a spin on Saturday, and then the VFR enjoyed a romp around my favourite twisty road loop on Sunday.

Looking good!

Good day for a photo shoot with stablemates.

The best place for Honda paint in the UK is https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/paints4ucom If you ask they’ll tell you what colour the primer should be if you need it

Same here

Thanks for asking! We just moved into the house this week, so things in the garage are a bit...crowded. At this point I can barely see the floor! So it will be some time before I'm done with house-things and can progress the garage. (The kitchen looks great, though!) Ciao, JZH

Maine, thanks for the link!