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  2. MBrane
    +1 got my first Antigravity battery back in 2020 for Play Girl™. When it arrived I thought they sent an empty box. It sat on the bench for almost a year before I installed it, and never needed a maintenance charge. After running it for a couple years including some commute duty I got one for Work Girl™ too. Both bikes have SH847s. So far so good.
  3. Today
  4. mello dude
    Been using a LiPo4 battery for better than 10 years, nothings caught fire....also using a similar connector as JZH...makes it nice, on and off in seconds. Re: different R/Rs for different battery technologies....I think its an excuse for certain vendors to market a "special" for a premium cost....
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  6. bmart
    I've also read a lot about concerns, but I've not had any issues changing battery tech in any of my vehicles. I don't think that the bikes know.
  7. JZH
    I held out for a very long time before I decided LiFePO4 was okay--once Honda started using them as OEM. (I have a LiFePO4 external charger, of course, but I'm using a "standard" SH847 series reg/rec on my yellow 5th gen.) I had a look at the reg/recs Honda has used on its bikes when it switched to lithium batteries on the CBR1000RR and other bikes like the CRF450, and they didn't change the reg/recs at the same time. It's hard to argue that a special reg/rec is a "necessity" when Honda didn't bother fitting one on its top-of-the-range CBR1000RR SP1 in 2017. That bike's reg/rec pn. 31600-MJJ-D31 is the same pn. used on the previous (non-LiFEPO) models and, indeed, it is also used on several other decidedly non-top-of-the-range Hondas like the 2013 NC700 and Forza 300 scooter (which have standard, AGM batteries). These types of batteries have been used in powersports applications for almost 15 years now, and I haven't heard of very many "fireballs". For example, Harley Davidson (yes, I know...) implies that any Harley can use one of their LiFePO4 batteries. The only problems I've read about relate to older-tech Lithium Ion batteries and faulty reg/recs putting out way too many volts. As VFR owners we know about faulty reg/recs, but if you've got a series or MOSFET reg/rec you should not need to worry about over-charging a LiFePO4 battery. When I discovered that I could use a single LiFePO4 battery in almost every bike I own, I stopped buying AGM batteries (once they had all died, one by one--no matter how diligently I charged and "maintained" them). This is my current setup, an Aliant YLP14, which I've permanently connected via 10mm2/8AWG marine cables to an Anderson SB50 connector which mates to each bike: I figure I only need one battery, because I can only ride one bike at a time! Ciao, JZH
  8. JZH
    Those are the same ones Louis sells. I've found Stein connectors with Viton o-rings, in what appears to be 10mm (8mm ID, so...), but of course, I cannot find anyone who sells Stein connectors other than the 6mm and 8mm... Oh, wait. I meant apart from this item number on eBay.com (but located in Germany): 291395197551 Yes, it's 10mm, but @ €76 ea... I suspect I will find someone else selling them if I keep searching German companies. Ciao, JZH
  9. BusyLittleShop
    I made my own hose stay that employs an Aerospace clamp...
  10. mello dude
    Its a long drawn out thread... but here is my saga of changing out the hoses... and "while your in there's" You may as well do the thermostat and O-rings too... https://www.vfrdiscussion.com/index.php?/forums/topic/114089-another-thermostathose-throttle-body-job-minor-refresh-brakes-rebuild-wheels-powder-coat/ Possibly another thread that may be usefull https://www.vfrdiscussion.com/index.php?/forums/topic/114395-5th-gen-maintenance-6th-gen-and-other-parts-that-work-on-5th-gens/ btw-- that OEM R/R is typically a ticking time bomb to eat itself...
  11. vfrcapn
    You've definitely caught the disease. I've never been cured.
  12. Presson
    10/40 semi or full synthetic motorcycle grade oil will be fine. I've used 10/40 and 10/30 semi and fully synthetic; only a very slight increase in mpg with the 10/30. I wouldn't get hung up about it or we'll be guilty of starting an oil thread.... As thumbs says, the OEM mirrors are very good.
  13. Thumbs
    Castrol 10/40 fully synthetic is what I use The OEM mirrors on this bike work really well and also produce a good 3 point light
  14. vfrgiving
    Yes, the ride over CA36 wasn't free flowing. There were a handful of automated stop light 1-lane areas. Either repairing bridges or slides. On the bright side, the pavement between most of them was fresh. My wait wasn't too bad, I did the run from Fortuna to Red Bluff (I had ridden the 101 down from northern Oregon coast, after getting there from crossing WY, ID, and WA). most traffic that late afternoon was heading the other way. The east end was smokey and I observed fire crews responding with helicopters and lift buckets. Also, saw a decent sized pack of riders on custom choppers heading west. My previous trip over 10+ years ago was nowhere near as interesting. The Red Bluff terminus of CA36 with Main St looked like it had been upgraded. I don't recall Main Street being as wide, looks like it was upgraded for more traffic and commercial stuffs.
  15. Sirbike
    I was able to peak into V and see some funky stuff on a coolant elbow. So it was time to go in. And since I am this far I’ll do valve clearance check and took mello dude’s advice, ordered as3 hoses. I checked the rear brake fluid. This motivates me to thoroughly flush the lines then overhaul the calipers. I missed my chance to do a dynamic test for a while. First look at the charging system. Wires and plug look good. Here is the R/R. Now that I’ve got some momentum I am looking forward to more wrenching.
  16. bmart
    If you get south, come ride with us, N2 track days.
  17. St. Stephen
    Interesting comment. The west end of 36 has been a mess, first because of the tight, wet, narrow to one lane suddenly, up and down, and then because of all the construction to fix that the last five years. The middle is way up high, tight and technical. East is flowing. I would prefer to go west to east--but I've always done the opposite! 128, well I will never forget a run with our NorCal Hooligans heading west. bayarearider and I were flying through the redwoods, both on 7th gens, the last 20 miles to the coast. High fives all around. To Lorne's point, it was a fitting finish to that ride, better than the start.
  18. St. Stephen
    Here you go Dutchy. Rt. 36, with a VFR.
  19. Gaz66
    Agreed -6AN hose built from scratch with integrated dry break would be the dogs danglies, unfortunately they're silly money. Been searching the tinterweb this evening, found these Nickel-plated brass dry breaks on (24MX) Europe's largest MX shop, not bad prices either 8mm & 6mm available £23.99 inc Vat + shipping. Only issue, product info doesn't specify working pressure of these couplings, since it's a MX specific seller, they're probly low pressure carb use only, i'll email shop to clarify if suitable for Fi use. https://www.24mx.co.uk/product/steinconnector-quick-release-coupling-for-fuel-hose_pid-PIA-366702 ............. Update: 24mx have no clue about the products they sell. 🙄
  20. MBrane
    I believe they recently removed a lot of the curves from the 36 near Red Bluff so maybe removed "the sign" as well. Shame on both counts.
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  22. Burger
    i guess i can report that a 6th gen throttle body plops right on and fires right up with only some minor wiring mods, no tune required. which is neat. the main plug on the 6th gen throttle harness doesn't reach far enough, so what i did was cut and splice the 6th gen injector connectors onto the 5th gen throttle harness. everything else plugged in just fine, and there aren't even any FI codes.
  23. Terry
    Havve a look here Tom: scroll down for an expert's guide to your carbs: https://v4dreams.com/shop-blog.html
  24. Burger
    i was all set to save the day by finding my old fuel line and cutting it open, but it seems to have disappeared. damn. another option would be to do the other thing i did and make a new fuel line from scratch; i used -6 AN with push-on banjo fittings. it'd be a lot easier to find dry-break fittings for AN. parts i used: https://www.summitracing.com/parts/VPE-11956 https://www.summitracing.com/parts/VPE-24063
  25. TomSanders
    Another question. I just intend to clean the air cut valves externally - I assume they wouldn't be put into the cleaner. They seem to be sealed units and unavailable anywhere. Do they perish or such? Thanks in anticipation for any general advice too.
  26. TomSanders
    No. 1 going into the cleaner. Question: do people replace the diaphragms? Only got one out so far but they look OK?
  27. TomSanders
    4 and 3 removed and a shot of how the fuel pipes look. To start with I put the choke linkage assembly and fuel pipes into the ultrasonic cleaner. Pipes after cleaning. I have a Litetek kit to rebuild with
  28. TomSanders
    I'm doing a full strip and rebuild of the carbs on my 1997. It's 29 years old, had been standing a bit in the covid years and one of the carbs is flooding. I'd rather do this myself and learn than not know what has happened to them at an average shop or hunt down a specialist. I'm following the Honda service manual with Haynes as a backup of necessary. There are two sets pictured earlier on in this thread as I had designs to, well have two sets, but more about that later. For now, just ignore the cut fuel pipe, if you notice. Air plate screws out and lifted off.
  29. Simmso
    The mirrors that came with the bike were aftermarket and the folding mechanism seized. They broke when attempting to unseize them. The bike is on 25k miles. I'm yet to do an oil change. I'll try that. All the oil options for this bike on wemoto seem to be 10w40 semi - synthetic. Is that the recommended oil?
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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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