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  2. Worfje
    Hi Alessandro, welcome to the forum and congrats on your excellent future choice for a 5th gen VFR800. Regarding to riders position/ergonomics: I am 1.93 m long and do commuting also (90 km) without any problem. The mileage I get is about 1:15 (1 liter gasoline needed for 15 km). In my personal experience valve check showed no need for adjustment and now at roughly 118000 km. Personally, I would look for 1998/1999 since no wax unit/auto choke and no O2 sensors. Good luck!
  3. Terry
    Welcome Alessandro. As you are intending to commute and tour which I assume means clocking up a few km, my inclination would be to buy the bike with the lowest mileage and/or the best bodywork. After a few years of ownership, any purchase price difference will be immaterial. I've personally never had an issue with the 5th gen stator, but I would suggest careful assessment of the alternator connector (these corrode and sometimes melt) and a thorough service especially of brakes and the cooling system as neglect in these areas can lead to a range of problems. As you are looking at 2000-2001 models these have a the auto fast idle system that requires a clean cooling system to function well, as there are small hoses high up in the system that can get fouled and block. The linked brakes work well when properly cared for but are less forgiving than others if they are neglected. Valve clearances are actually easy to do on the 5th gen (aside from front head access) if you fancied some DIY; the gear drive cams make this much more approachable, and the rear head is very accessible to work on. As to the riding position, this is going to be quite different to the Z900 which I assume is an upright/naked position; the VFR will be more wrist-heavy and may have a bit less legroom. In my younger years I had no issue with any VFR but now I'm over 60, I prefer to ride with after-market raised bars. The VFR80 is a very well-engineered motor; my own 5th gen has 92000km but feels like it will last forever. I have replaced steering head bearings and recently the clutch plates, and my bike has an aftermarket Nitron shock, but is still on all original brake, vacuum and cooling hoses.
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  5. mello dude
    Hello! Our European friends will chime in on this one....any photos will help too.
  6. Loft1
    Hi there, i'm Alessandro, from Rome, Italy. I'm looking for a 5th gen 2000-2001, coming from a Z900RS, but i need your advice here. First of all, i would use it for commuting, weekend trips and to go also around the city. Sometimes i carry my wife with me, or my son, is the bike comfortable for them? Coming from a straight riding position, is the VFR so different in the ergonomics? I'm 174 cm tall. At the moment I've found three options near me: -2001 model, 42000km, the bike is overall in good shape, but it fell from the central stand, damaging with little scratches the side fairing. The owner made himself lots of work, but the valves hasn't been checked yet and he hasn't been able to tell me the history of the VFR. The bike had at least 3 owners through the years. No r/r or stator changed. 2100 € is his last price. https://www.subito.it/vi/639944263.htm -2000 model, 93000km, this bike also felt from the central stand, with damage to the left turn signal and the side of the fairing. The bike has been stored in a garage in the last two years, the owner has made some works to restore it, like replacing steering bearings, wheel bearings, brake pads, battery and starter motor. Than he dropped unfortunately the bike.R/R replaced a few years ago, the stator is stock. He told me that he can sell me the bike at around 1300 € https://www.subito.it/vi/639563472.htm -2001 model, single owner, all maintenance done and documented, but the owner slipped, damaging the paint on the fairings. No valve check yet, the stator has been replaced 15 years ago, the price of the ad is negotiable. I should see the bike tomorrow morning. https://www.subito.it/vi/550670259.htm What do you think would be the best bargain? Or should i wait for something else? Thanks very much
  7. FromMaine
    Correct. And yes, welcome to the Forum.
  8. S7V7N
    Thanks so much for the quick response and info! Looking forward to getting the bike back on the road as soon as I can.
  9. Skids
    It sounds awesome, really deep with a slight rasp. I thought the phone mic didn't pick the sound up properly but it was the phone speaker that didn't reproduce the sound properly; on the laptop, it sounds much better. 20260330_102125.mp4
  10. Skids
    Fitted
  11. fixit58
    Oh man!. if my bikes got that dirty, I would cry. Good Idea with the mudflap although I have a carbon hugger on this bike. I do have tractor tyre inner tubes lying about. Perfect thick rubber and plenty flexy. cheers from Bonnie Scotland.
  12. Skids
    Look what the nice man from Belgium sent me...
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  14. Terry
    Well, turns out that whatever I have done with the Gold Valves simply does not work. They are not generating any meaningful compression damping when riding, and as a result the fork dives at an alarming rate when I tap the brakes hard, which causes the tyre to skip and engage the ABS. Not dangerous, but far from ideal. So I pulled the forks apart (again) and have refitted the stock compression valves. I had a decent 300km ride on Saturday and the fork is itself behaving better on bumps and especially on the brakes. I then took my 5th gen out for a ride around the neighbourhood (it is not technically road-registered but that is only a problem if I get caught...) and the difference in suspension feel is stark; to be fair, the 5th gen has a full Racetech set up front and a Nitron R3 shock, but it reminded me how much better the 1200 could be if I can get it right. I have contacted Jamie Daugherty as he has previously offered to sell me valve parts for the 1200, and I think I need some expert input at this point. I'm still waiting on the Veridian cruise control to arrive, it has left Canada and I don't think it was going via the Strait of Hormuz so should be with me soon (I hope). Once that is in hand I will strip the bike and fit the CC and the PAIR blanks. I stalled out on the lower pegs, no issues fitting the parts and the drop looks useful, but the brake pedal is already set to the lowest height possible with the stock pegs and unless I pull the locknut out of the adjuster, won't go much lower. I will consider my options on that one.
  15. Worfje
    According to Honda service manual: nothing mentioned on lubrication. According to Haynes: just clean and dry for mounting plate and tank surfaces. Congrats on your new bike and welcome to the forum.
  16. S7V7N
    TLDR: should I be putting some type of grease/lubricant on the fuel pump gasket and fuel gauge sensor O-Ring? if so, any recommendations on a certain type of lube? Hi all! I just bought a 1998 VFR800 Fi that had been sitting in the guys garage for years... I noticed rust in the tank and decided to take it off an clean the rust out.. I removed the Fuel pump and gauge sensor float. I then replaced the fuel filter and fuel pump sock... I bought a new gasket for the fuel pump assembly. my question is, should I be putting some type of grease/lubricant on the fuel pump gasket and fuel gauge sensor O-Ring? When I took them apart, there seemed to be some residual grease around each of them. If I am supposed to grease/lube it, any recommendations on a certain type of lube? thanks for reading!
  17. Captain 80s
    I thought you were joking, I didn't realize that you were really asking that. And that you are gonna try and limp it to your next place. If so, yes, move those components to a different spot and scuff everything up a bit. You can't do anymore damage than what has already happened. I'm not very optimistic after hearing about (and seeing) what else you found. Stay off any main roads that don't have places to pull over if you get out of the driveway.
  18. 5THGENVFR800MADNESS91
    Well Cap I did sent a more clarity Pic of the disc layed out on the table ☝🏽 where you saw em color marked. I didn't realize there was still a steel plate and friction pad baked onto the basket and upon removing it was very thin smooth padding 1 side and completely gone on the other. Is there anything I can do like put a better pad into the inner hub as all disk are the same on 2000 models just to get it 3 miles out?
  19. Captain 80s
    Not the best pic, but it looks knackered.
  20. 5THGENVFR800MADNESS91
    No amount of emery cloth can patch that up now can it Captain?
  21. 5THGENVFR800MADNESS91
    I've had those Levers put on by a shop out NJ riding fine since 2020
  22. 5THGENVFR800MADNESS91
    Yepp the 1 friction pad was completely smoked on 1 side daaamn near glued to the basket. I had to use a mini propane torch to heat it up a tad to remove but I'm positive this is causing the slippage now
  23. Dutchy
    And while you're at it, "McGyver" a mudflap?
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  27. JZH

    4th gen swing arm

    JZH replied to fixit58's topic in Suspension

    Third and fourth gens are almost the same. Dead easy to remove the swing arm once the shock and exhaust are out of the way. The swing arm weighs nothing--the rear hub and axle are the heavy part! Ciao, JZH
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  29. Captain 80s
    I see an aftermarket clutch lever. They are often not very good replicas of what they are supposed to be as far as action and fitment. Make sure that when that clutch lever is installed, it is not pushing the master cylinder piston in to be able to get the pivot bolt in place. Which could be applying some pressure and starting to push the clutch pack apart without your hand doing anything yet. Stock components can make contact and maybe a very little more, but that one could be doing more.
  30. 5THGENVFR800MADNESS91
    Seem to engage fine 20260324_133254.mp4
  31. Captain 80s
    Agreed. But that clutch looks like shit and has been slipping and getting hot. And I can count on 0 hands the nember of times I ran into a failing clutch hydraulic system on a VFR that kept the clutch pack separated and caused slipping. Not saying its impossible, but that explanation sometimes comes up and is never the actual problem. Assembled wrong, sure. But going from a working system to not allowing the clutch pack to compress? Not so much. But again, not impossible, it is just usually loss of lever pressure and bleed. Not the opposite. You can simply reassemble the clutch and see if the final pressure plate is allowed to fully seat. These situations are so hard because there has to be a certain level of assumptions to get past "you did it wrong". Plus he rode the bike without issues, for a while it seems, and then parked it. To then have a clutch slip when taken out of storage. Maybe the clutch took a shitte-loade of abuse during the previous issues (which it appears to have) and was on the verge of saying, enough is enough. In any case, if I saw a clutch that looked like that, it would be getting replaced. Might not be THE issue, but it is AN issue.
  32. FromMaine
    Think all I did was put a block of wood and a small automotive type jack under it to take the weight off the pivot. Don't remember it being all that difficult to remove. Do remember it was a bit fidgety to line up on the re-install. The small jack was again put to use.
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