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  2. Worfje
    I guess it could (APEM ipp1sad6 shown). So, the design could be adapted to hold this type of switch, but it would need some redesign / love to make it nice.
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  4. Captain 80s
    It is Telefix from Germany. Distributed by Spec II out of California. You could buy them painted and unpainted. Their paint work was very good. Telefix makes (made?) clip-ons and fork braces too. Spec II slip-ons and Telefix clip-ons.
  5. WGREGT
    Wish I could remember who makes the 500 lower I have. I know I bought a few (maybe from this list) and ended up reselling them. This one is one piece....you have to drop and slide it under the bike to install and remove. I know it's not Targa or L-P or Windslicks b/c I have pics of all of them I saved.
  6. WGREGT
    Yeah, I probably went a bit overboard with the pics. But here's a quick few. I ditched the frame sliders and side panels on the 800 soon after this pic, and made a half tank bra for the 500 myself since I couldn't find one as well.
  7. Captain 80s
    Nice hack. Keeping it period correct too. I like that you used the top half of the original switch.
  8. Dutchy
    This calls for a full on photo shoot of the entire VF500F!!! I loved my F2 very much....
  9. Worfje
    Bought a knock knock who is there sensor for on the engine to see if the possible future tuner knows what he would be doing:
  10. meow
    I will try to do it with stainless seizing wire. I will try and find plastic today but if i cant i will jsut use the seizing wire to make the metal sponge stuck to the fuel pump. Fuel filter comes tomorrow I cant wait!!!!
  11. Jem
    Hi Mohawk, You're from my home town! Thanks for taking the time to reply. As I said in my blurb, I uncoverd the 'magic' orange earthing block (I think it's called the GND) and it all looks bright and shiny. Gave it a squirt of electrical contact cleaner and put back together (no change). I've had a look at the kill switch and that looked perfect too. All the electrics look brand new on this bike and completely unmolested. I will have another 'play' on Saturday and see if I can find out any pointers - I'll keep you posted! Thanks again Jem
  12. JZH
    I wonder if your design would work with the APEM IP67 pushbutton switches? Many, many options available in that range... https://www.apem.com/panel-switches/pushbutton-switches/ip-latching Ciao, JZH
  13. Worfje
    Yeah, sure. I'll send it to you later today.
  14. FromMaine
    Hi: My pump was an aftermarket, the PO had just run a piece of stainless seizing wire through the stainless sponge as the pump had no rubber guard as the OEM. Without the plastic, it's not all that useful Personally I think you can just take a piece of 1 mm plastic around the same size, drill 2 holes in it and attach the sponge the same way with seizing wire, and it will work fine. Just make sure the plastic will not deterioratile in gasoline. I would recommend you find a pre filter as they are kinda if hard to find. The 6th gen version does not fit, despite what some suppliers say. The picture shows a pencil showing the plastic rivet that holds the sponge in place on my spare pump. Its not very special to be honest.
  15. WGREGT
    OK. I win the award for the eleven year circle-back to topic. Starter button on my 85 vf500f still sucks. It's the OEM one, and yes, like many others, one pin broke so you have to manually pull it back after hitting the starter. And a decade ago I fixed every one I could find, and they didn't last long. Many ebay ones came to me...already broken. Today, I may have solved it. Ok. So 11 years is a slow burn of hated for this little button. But here's what I got. Went to ebay and searched for/found: OEM Honda Right Start / Stop Switch Assy. 1984-85 Magna V30 VF500C 35130-MJ8-670 Best part is it looks very similar to the OEM vf500f one, but...it has a much more robust starter button design. And, b/c the right pod looks so similar in design, like it should have been on the bike on begin with...you don't have to buy the left hand pod in order to match the look. Pics enclosed. You'll notice that the Magna one has the words ENGINE STOP in white, while the OEM one (on my 85 at least) has it in orange. No problem. Just swap the top half of the pod with your original one to match the orange lettering on the left hand one. Easy to do, only two little screws holding the rocker switch in, and you can swap the top half shells. The Magna one plugs right into the same connector, no fuss. No need to move pins around either. You can bet that every single time I hit the starter now, there will be a grin. An 11 year wait for it, sure, but it's there.
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  17. mello dude
    Any chance you would be willing to pass along the switch file?
  18. Brady17
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  19. Mohawk
    Make sure your kill switch is good, as the Fi won't prime if the kill switch is in the OFF position. Check the universal earth block secreted in the loom near the reg/rec. Mine looked perfect, but when I pulled the wire end connectors out about half were green with copper corrosion. Stripped cleaned & soldered together & my electrical gremlins vanished.
  20. Worfje
    Finalised the brackets for both pitlane and map switch of the RapidBike: Most difficult part was to get a 'sharp' number/letter in a first layer 3D printed polycarbonate. Resolution was provided by not having the default double thickness of layer one and not z hopping during retracting... took a day. PLA is so much more forgiving, but not as weather and fire proof as polycarbonate.
  21. mello dude
    That's a good looking Corbin seat!
  22. mello dude
    Called them and they said they were out and expected a shipment in. Agree they are freaking expensive.... but since they see my face off and on, sometimes theyll give me a deal.. Found some hose at a racing supply house...Well shit, its red, gotta have it.... lol....ordered it... https://www.pegasusautoracing.com/ https://www.pegasusautoracing.com/keywordsearch.asp?KeywordStart=brake+reservoir+hose&KeywordButton=Go
  23. meow
    How did the sponge sit in place without the plastic? I dont know If i want to wait for the new plastics and I will remove these ones because they crumble easily
  24. tmore
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  25. FromMaine
    Spiegler. Right around the corner from you. Stop by the bank first on the way though to take out a second mortgage......... I've bought whole bikes for less than they want for those hoses.
  26. Dutch724
    Ha ha, that's a great offer. I really appreciate it. You have done more than enough pulling the bolt off your bike and measuring. I will now be able to pick one up from my local store, thank you! It's not the end of the world if the threads are boogered up, but sometimes you just want things to be the way they are meant to be. I'm just about done with sorting the bike for this years riding season. The plastics will be back from the painters next week. I have a couple of goodies to add to the bike this weekend and my part will be done. Hopefully, I get all the hoses connected up under the gas tank and throttle body correctly. I do have some that I need to plug up from deleting the pair system.
  27. Gaboapontevfr
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  29. cgb
    Thank you for this tip about using the screwdriver through the oil port. I had tried everything else - rocking the bike, riding it around, nothing worked. Pulled in the clutch, popped the plates apart with a screwdriver and fixed! You saved me draining the oil and pulling the cover.
  30. Dutchy
    The stakes are high so better check.....
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  32. JZH
    It's a 25mm long, M6 flange bolt. Bog-standard Honda. Just pulled the one on my bike to compare: Happy to send one to you--if you can wait for it to arrive from NL... PM me your mailing address. I do tend to replace OEM fasteners with stainless, but I also used to buy the "leftovers" from UK breakers, after they'd broken various Hondas for parts. Ciao, JZH
  33. Jem
    Many thanks for the reply Thumbs. I will definitely give Electrex a shout, they look like they should be able to sort it.
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      Juniper Pass

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      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.

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