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  2. BusyLittleShop
    1965... First bike I purchased was a Honda S90 at Bar-B Marina... 1965... Honda S-90... I'd wake up in the morning and just ride... anywhere was good... across the Bay Bridge it didn't matter... just racing at 60 mph was enough of a challenge out of 8HP... it helped to have a tail wind... 1966... Honda CL160... wow real power for two up riding and romance... in fact Mary and I first kiss happened on a ride... 1967... After we got married and moved to San Bernardino... Mary felt daring enough to take pics of my CL160 as it jumped over her... First competition was a USAF sponsored gymnkana or skills test... I was surprised to take 4 of the 5 trophies... I'm never 100% happy with my riding skills... I thought the Honda CL160 was a dirt bike... it was good on jumps but poor on landings... taking 3 bounces to settled down... 1969... Busy Little Shop #1 was the living room in our first cottage... our Land Lady wasn't happy with bike parts inside her spot less rental... so I used the lamp shade over the frame trick to hide the fact I was building a motorcycle... never the less she swore I was a member of the Hells Angel... 1970... Kawasaki 350 BigHorn... I was asked to perform movie stunt work for a Air Force Now film but after my wheelie crash the USAF enlistment board denied my request for enlistment based on their initial perception that I had "no personal concern for my safety"... My film director had to set the record straight... The balance of the camera to one side combined with the weight of the battery belt around my waist was really strange but I was determined to get some footage of the front wheel getting air and landing the jumps... the quicker I rode the more excitement I became into the riding 1972... CR 250 Husqvarna that I raced in the CRC SoCal Motocross and enjoyed the sandy beaches of Ensenada Mexico... Busy Little Shop #2 was in the spare bedroom of our Land Lady's second rental... she never gave up the notion that I would move the bike outside and make room for kids inside... little did she understand that some of us like motorcycles better... 1976... WR250 Husqvarna... my version of a street legal dirt bike... 1979... While stationed in Japan I bought a CR250R Honda direct from a Honda factory worker who must have pilfered some extra parts... I recall that the Japanese government turned me down 5 times for a street legal license plate... So I raced the CR in the black sands of Fuji MX park... 1980... Busy Little Shop #3 was inside our home in Japan... P5 Ushihama Heights Tokyo To... 1981... I'll never forget meeting Hirotoshi Honda #1 son of Soichiro Honda 1980... Z400FX Kawasaki... Japanese 4 unique to the home market... I painted the wheels School Bus yellow and installed a Honda fairing and tail cowl... It was deemed the Circus Wheeled Kawasaki by the Honda factory workers at the Saitama Honda Plant they christened the frame with a sticker "Made by Honda Motors LTD"... 1981... While stationed in Wichita Kansas I ordered a new GPz550 from East Side Honda... 3 days later I was off for a 1500 mile round trip to New York and back... next summer I rode home to California and back... I got the 3 spoke magnesium Dymags direct from Harris Performance while on a TDY to England courtesy of the USAF... 1986... XC400 Husqvarna... another Husky I made into a street legal dirt bike... I mainly rode Little Sahara State Park... the Park Rangers would check for your steel whip antenna and orange flag at the entrance... I didn't mind the flag but steel whip antenna would give my helmet a nasty whack every time I stopped... it got so that I'd jettisoned the antenna and then ride out of sight from the rangers patrolling in their dune buggies... 1984... 84 VF500F Interceptor... my first love affair with the V4 begins... 1988... 86 VF500F Interceptor from Golden Gate Cycles... I engineered this into famous Belt-0-Ceptor... I racked up 98,000 trouble free miles... 1998... 94 RC45 found in Tijuana Mexico for 8K... The Homestead Ranch yard where I first rode a 55cc Honda step thru in 1965... From a Honda S90 to an Honda RC45 in 57 years worth of riding and racing... Same yard 43 years later on Mr.RC45... Mr.RC45's prior owner Juan Riuz... http://home.comcast.net/~netters2/pics11-3-03/bigimages/JuanRuiz.JPG
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  4. MBrane
    The Gen-Mar bar risers on my work 5th gen came from the 4th gen I had. Same fork diameter. I just had to round off the heads on the locator bolts so they would sit flat.
  5. VFRscrub
    Just so I’m getting this right… do you want me to take the red ig Ok I’m about to finish up the wiring, put in a OEM just one last hiccup. As I mentioned before the previous owner completely changed the harness. I believe all my issues are coming from a highly resistive charging cable to battery, causing the regulator to overheat as well as the cable, eventually sending a very limited current(due to heat) from the old diode style regulator through my starter relay, and trying to find the path of least resistance, which seems to be through my brake light circuit. The previous owner had spliced the regulator positive output wire to connect to both the starter relay and the battery ring terminal. It was a good soldered splice but with 16ga wire and sharing lots of current. The insulation near the wedge pin at the regulator was slightly melted. Hope I’m making sense so far. Now I’m trying to match the wiring to the suggested schematic you attached. I’ll attach a photo of the back of the relay plug. The wire that was spliced to the B+ ring terminal is on the top right. He seems to have labelled the one on the top right R/W and top left R. My question is this… am I OK to attach the top right wire with a ring terminal to B+? Does it double as a starter cut out signal wire and should I just delete it from the harness? I’m thinking no since it was spliced to B+ but I want to be sure. Both battery charging cables are separate and accounted for, 10ga with a 30a inline fuse. Please let me know as soon as you can. Thank you!!
  6. mello dude
    ^^^^If I was a DIY welder guy, yeah, I would have definately gone that route... For me, a new part was $8.xx.. good enuff... A very good thought about waht parts from other generations fit 5th and maybe others.
  7. GTman
    I recently purchased a VFR and, reading around, I read that a Power Commander control unit could work with the maps. I'm very curious about this. I'm not familiar with the Power Commander, but I know there are several models available—2, 3, 4, etc.—and they can be found used at a reasonable price. I'd like to test them out, but I'm looking for your advice on which one would be best for a 1998 VFR800FI. Any advice you can give me would be invaluable. Please explain it to me in a simple way so I can fully understand. Thanks in advance.
  8. Sweeper
    For those of you who missed it, we had a great weekend at Cumberland Gap. Just a few pics for now... We had a pretty good turnout and the weather was great. MiniCarver and family surprised us on Saturday night. We got to ride a lot of new roads in southern Kentucky. This was in Breaks Interstate Park on the VA/KY border. Random food pic for Dutchy. Parking lot tire changes in preparation for the PostRide. Rabaconda is a one man operation but in this crowd they will push you out of the way so you can watch. Can't get easier than that. Loading up after ten days for early departure. We are all getting old but not too old to take pics of our older friends. Or Canadian friends. You can't take them anywhere. I've got about ten hours of video to edit. I'll drop some of it here when I get it done. Y'all should think about joining us because this group is aging out about as fast as they ride. 😉
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  9. GTman
    This discussion is very interesting. Maybe there are also parts from the fourth generation that fit on the fifth? The broken ring could have been repaired with a little welding, or at least that's what I would have done.
  10. vfrcapn
    The Partzilla picture is showing the underside.
  11. Presson
    There was nothing wrong with your advice Gaz.
  12. interceptor69
    following this link the product doesn't appear to have any markings on it-no "VFR" just plain black plastic. Not the one shown in photos in posts below.
  13. Gaz66
    I didn't realise when I replied on this thread that it was relating to a copied post, my dyslexicretardedduggybrain aint what it used to be, hence my reply has been edited. I'll get mi coit.😞
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  15. bmart
    I have one of these guys who rides with me...always bad info. Never stops talking.
  16. FromMaine
    😀 Riding with a group of buddies this weekend in western-ish PA. There is another 5th Gen not pictured.
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  17. Mohawk
    Same as most bikes, chain through a wheel, attached to something solid will deter wheel away or quick lift into a van types. If they are determined or have planned the theft, then not much you can do.
  18. VFRRS
    Watch the guy on YouTube at the Nurburgring on a stock VFR?
  19. MBrane
    Note that the guy who claimed the forks are dangerous also wrote that the larger drive sprocket provides better acceleration.
  20. MBrane
    IME you can have some pretty good pits in a stanchion as long as they are smooth. Anything deep enough to cause sealing issues can be filled in with JB Weld.
  21. Terry
    Onwards. I put my big boy pants on and pulled the forks out, and was a little unsettled by the amount of corrosion that was hiding on the inside of the left stanchion. This has cut the fork seal so disassembly was in order. This is my first time on USD forks although, being in the Southern hemisphere, I suppose most forks are USD anyway...Prior to this I fitted up the new left fairing panel which aside from the colour will be great. The 1200 has a very different fairing attachment method to other VFRs, that's for sure, but actually pretty easy when you get a feel for it. I concocted a jig using three pieces of wood screwed together, with a couple of 6mm bolts threaded through. I put a ratchet strap through the axle hole, then tied the other end to the joiner of my wood pieces, and slipped the 6mm bolts into the plastic pipe. This gave me plenty of leverage to compress the springs and get the caps off. The bushing on the left leg is badly scored so that needs to be replaced along with the seal. I have gently filed all the rusty spots off and then followed up with 800-grit paper, which has left the stanchion smooth/shiny with barely detectable pits; I will see how this goes with the new seal, but I might need to replace the stanchion if the seal fails again. Now playing the waiting game again while parts wing their way from Europe, Japan, US and the Waikato... We had a great spring day today, so I celebrated on my MT10 with a 300km, twisty ride. Such a crazy bike, had a few instances of involuntary wheelstands in 3rd gear...
  22. Lorne
    Whoever wrote that may have had a bad experience with a particular 5th gen, but in no way is that a fair generalization. Otoh, here's a 100,000 mile, 5th gen at a track day in the hands of Isle of Man TT legend John McGuinness. I know whose opinion I'd put my faith in.
  23. MBrane
    Dude you are the Howard Leese of Hondas.
  24. RC1237V
    In order of purchase... 1990 VFR750 - bought new 1988 FZR400R - no pictures that I could find 2012 DRZ400S - bought new 2013 VFR1200 - bought new 1999 Suzuki SV650 race bike - (traded for 2006 DRZ400SM) 2003 RC51 - Salvaged bike 2006 DRZ400SM - sold to but the Tenere 700 1993 VFR750 - streetfighter project - still 75% completed - someday.... 2021 Yamaha Tenere 700 - sold recently 1999 DRZ400E/SM - parts bike (E motor and carb, 1999 frame, SM forks, swingarm, front end)
  25. squirrelman
    reference to a proper wiring diagram in color would likely answer some questions. wires are tracible by following the same color or colors along the harness, and use of a volt/ohm meter is nearly indespensible.
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  27. Gaz66
    Clearly they're doing naff all, have you traced em back to where they're connected up? That would bug the shit outta me, my OCD would keep me awake at night wondering wtf I had wired into my bike.
  28. St. Stephen
    OK, my list, which will be much easier than those above since there are only, I'm pretty sure, 11. -Mini bike--manufacturer long forgotten. Pull start, centrifugal clutch, curved steel plate that rubbed the rear tire, which the manufacturer called a "brake." The most incredible thing I had ever owned in my life up to that point. -Bonanza mini bike, photo in previous post. 10hp! An inch of front suspension! My introduction to two-stokes. -Suzuki TS250. Eight months working the fryers at KFC got me a NEW street legal bike at 15. Put 42 miles on it in my dad's parking lot until I turned 16 and got my permit. -Honda 350 Scrambler. Since I was both young and dumb I was its final owner. Sort of ran for six months. -Suzuki GS400. Still young and dumb I didn't notice that the forks did.not.move. until I got it home. But I got that resolved and had four great years until the kid that stole it crashed it beyond repair. -1985 VF700 tariff bike, purchased new in 1986. My one and only bike for 16 years. Kids, mortgage, job...but some incredible trips through New England and the mid-Atlantic. -2002 6th gen. When you go 16 years between VFR's the new one seems like a revelation! -2010 7th gen. So different but just a great motorcycle. That motor! Those brakes! -2003 RC-51 SP-2. I own two bikes at the same time. Whee! Many great track days as well as a memorable 1000 mile weekend in the Sierra with fellow VFRD members. -2017 Ducati Multistrada S. Still in the garage, sport touring perfection for what I do. A great travel bike that can also really charge. -2026 Aprilia Tuono 660 Factory. 400lbs! So far it's the perfect replacement for the RC-51--lighter, 100hp, rational seating position. I may change my mind tomorrow, and I've never owned a 5th gen, but I think my favorite is the 2002 VFR800. Despite a pretty disastrous R/R failure in 2009 (I wasn't so young then, but was still dumb) it's at the top of my list.
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  30. bmart
    To keep them from driving it away, just pull an important fuse or three. But nothing is going to stop them from cutting a chain or lock and putting it in a truck/van.
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      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

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      Tommy-knockers Brewpub Idaho Springs

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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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      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

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      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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