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Honestly, I don't recall the fans being annoying or coming on constantly. I did commute to work on the 1200 when I lived in the midwest U.S., but no issues. Mine was a 2010.

Great ride report so far! Thanks.

Tuesday I was up a 6am, but waited a bit for the temps to rise. Finally around 8 ish I got on the bike and headed the mile to the border crossing. The old border crossing was replaced by a new very flashy one last year and I had not used it yet. It took me a full 10 minutes to figure out where I needed to be to get on the bridge to cross the river to Edmundston, there was no traffic, just me. I finally arrived about 0830 and formalities finished, chatted with the Customs guy for about 8-9 minutes as there was still no traffic. Madawaska isn't exactly the most happening place, but I had never seen the border crossing with zero traffic in both direction like today. I headed out along rt. 144 instead of rt. 2 to rt. 17. It's a one lane each way with a rather low speed limit, and no breakdown lane whatsoever. The few locals out on the road were clocking 1.5 times the limit, so I did also. Finally got to the head of the Baie des Chaleur and entered Quebec. Rt 132 is the only option. but its nice enough, and the drivers as everywhere in Atlantic Canada, are courteous. Around Carleton I ran into construction. One lane each way. This was to happen about 10-11 times again before I reached Perce. It slowed things down considerably, but to be honest they did a good enough job to keep it to maybe a 8-10 delay at each stop. Finally pulled into Perce and found my hotel was on the other side. I knew it was on a hill, but was not prepared for how big the hill was nor the final driveway. I stopped at the bottom and had a look. Finally I just walked up to the hotel aa the gravel did not look promising. As I was speaking to the girl at check in, the owner came over. He mentioned they had just had the driveway covered in new gravel, and he was a bit miffed as it was not pea gravel, but more marshmallow size, and it was laid on to thick. I had confirmed this on my walk up, so I keft the bike at the bottom and in the end just carried my saddlebags up. I have to say this is one of the nicest motels I have ever stayed in. The owner, staff, view, and room were all top notch. The driveway was just a minor inconvenience. Took a walk into town, about a mile. Lots of places closed, but managed to find a meal, and bought a few beers for the room. I was out by about 9ish. 1. Just inside Quebec at the head of the Baie des Chaleur. 2. Rt 132. Baie des Chaler. 3. Ditto 4 Perce Rock. 5. Le driveway. The spot at the bottom on the left is my bike. 6. View from the room. 7. Halfway back to the motel after walking into town.

Is this mounted correctly to the plastic undertray? It seems really tight against the tank bracket.

Today I made a trip to Honda motorcycle importer for a demo ride day they offered. I have had plans to go on a day like this quite some time but always something has come up that has made me move going to a other time, but not today! It's located about a hour ride from where I live, taking not the shortest way make it almost a hour and a half The weather in the morning was damped after the night's rain but almost +10°C as sunny, strong winds was forecast but they didn't start to blow until near the destination. There was not all models offered to be ridden, mostly the fleet that has been test bike's during summer and now on sale to been sold hopefully, so a promotion to get them sold, as ride season is at it's end. So here some that was to be ridden Plus some custom as cruiser models. I decided to try a bike I think is closest today to the Transalp 600 I have, that's the Honda NX500 The white one was the one. So what do I think they compare? The NX500 is better in much, but more street focused whit less suspension travel, cast wheel's whit smaller 19" front. It has better brake's but less power in lower to mid rpm but sure 100cc less to. A annoying thing is the turn signal button location It's the lowest where horn is on older Honda's and horn button is where turn signal button is on older Honda's, guess if I it the horn as I tried to put turn signals on..... Then came a nice surprise, not listed as available to test ride they rolled out a unridden Transalp 750! I was lucky to be the second to go on a test ride on it! A sweet bike, some vibration that I was not inspected on higher rpm but still not bad, other than that and the oem tires that haul loud it's a really nice bike! I prefer the white color through The importer has a second hand offerings room to, some interesting offerings there to but to busy to take any Frome there out for a spin as not serious about buying Then to ride back home in quit windy weather, did stop at a familiar cafe for a hot cup of tea to warm up a bit Nice fall/Autumn day even a bit chilly

Generic question....I have been trying to determine if the OEM spark plug caps have resistors built in. The manual calls for NGK resistor spark plugs. My question to the forum is, if the plugs have 5K ohms resistance and the plug caps have ???K ohms resistance, is that drowning some of my spark at the electrode? I'm only inquiring because a good friend mentioned that the order bikes had resistors in the caps because plug manufacturers didn't make resistor plugs until sometime in the 90's. I'm sure Honda engineers knew what they were doing but wanted to know your thoughts. I couldn't find anything denoting whether the OEM plug caps had resistors or not.

Yes, there's a thread on it. Also you might send a PM to Terry to confirm .

Thanks! Everywhere I check they are out of stock. But I can get 6th gen boots. You mentioned that Terry confirmed that 6G will fit the 5G?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/403510332470?

Where did you order the rubber boots from? My boots are not rock hard, but they are not super soft either. Seeing as the bike is apart, now is the time to replace them if I'm going to....

What a menacing sound it had, so different to the milder tune of our VFRs. I was fortunate to see Nicky Hayden ride it to victory at Laguna Seca in '05 & '06. Jimmy, that's 20 years ago, my how time flies.

All my recent Honda's suffered from that, but it has always turned out to be the brake lever & pivot needing a thorough cleaning. But methinks my long idle 6th gen's caliper pistons might need attention.

The rear ¾ view is one of the most flattering angles to shoot a 7th gen. And I gotta agree with mello dude, I too prefer the dark grey. (tho I don't think I'll ever warm up to headlight)

Wel I have had the brakes completely apart for cleaning, and they are certainly not lacking in feel or power, but I need to get them out into the twisties to be sure; 50km through traffic is not really a good way to judge them, and I haven't spent any time looking at the suspension settings yet either. The brake lever action is not quite right yet as it feels a little "sticky" and may need a bit more attention to get rid of that. What was your experience with the cooling fans? Mine seemed to be coming on at every traffic light, but I was mired in slow traffic for most of the trip so not a lot of airflow. The fans are particularly loud/whiny so maybe I just noticed them more. I'm waiting on (hopefully) a last shipment of OEM bits and bobs, not having a complete set of the correct fasteners annoys me more than it should, and I also needed a new wave washer for the gearshift. I have greatly enjoyed getting rid of the surface rust on this bike; when I got it, the rust was omnipresent, but now I think I have hidden it all away. I will keep pottering along.

"Sneaky fast," and "super steady." Yes, exactly. What is your impression of the brakes--on your limited riding experience so far? My 2010 had the best brakes I've owned, the Nissins better than my two current bikes with Brembos. Keep the updates coming please, fun stuff.

Thanks MBrane. The only two things you can't avoid are death and taxes. The weight distribution is really different to my ST1300. That bike has a short wheelbase and surprisingly quick steering; the downside, with the big fairing, is the bike gets pretty nervous whenever you follow other wake-inducing traffic. The VFR by comparison is long, low and heavier steering but that gives it a rock-steady feel, and I can imagine on an autobahn this would be very confidence inspiring. The gearing on the 1200 is also pretty tall, with the engine turning at a lazy 3500rpm at the legal limit, which is a fair bit lower than the ST.

Next time I have the front end apart I'm going to move the horn down where the charcoal canister used to live. Then I don't have to deal with it when using the steering head stand, and more weight down low.

I always thought of the 7th gen as the gentleman's sport bike. Good job on the restore. She's lookin' good. Good luck with the gubment crap.

The neighbours may (or may not) enjoy the start-up when I left for an early start at work...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzgQsBul1tc&pp=ygUWaG9uZGEgNSBjeWxpbmRlciBzb3VuZA%3D%3D

So I have started the journey towards "road legal" status; the bike was an insurance write-off and was deregistered as a result, so I need to get it back into the NZTA computer system, which requires "Entry Certification", basically a thorough check over of the various items needed for compliance like lights, horn etc. That went well but because the bike was written off, I now discovered I need a "Repair Certificate" from an engineer. And...there's no one in the largest city where I live, the nearest is an hour's drive away in Hamilton, and booked out for a couple of weeks. This bit is proving costly in time and money, the repair cert is NZD710 and 3 hours time, on top of the NZD520 and 2 hours spent to get the entry certificate today. I thoroughly enjoyed my 50km round trip through morning traffic however; the bike is sneaky fast, super steady and effortless on the motorway, and ran perfectly. There was a fair bit of cooling fan action at traffic lights but the heat was well managed (unlike my ST1300 "Frying Pan"). Anyway POIDH.

Me too please. Although I suspect low throttle running in traffic might be troublesome

Standby... I've had multiples delivered to, and shipped from me with Sebastin - 8053878287 Motoshippers.com

xtremedecals.com should be able to provide any decals that you want

Also, if one wanted the decals applied is there a source for the OG "VFR" and "Interceptor" decals?