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Terry's right on the coolant Temps, those are normal. On the coolant you are overdue on a flush out and replace.

Very nice bike! Elegant, discreet, humble but with a certain noble aplomb. Like it!!

That tube is chowdered.

So now, some throttle body work.... Pulled the clamps off the old TBs... and labeled/bagged to keep track of fronts vs rears... Ditched the JIS screws on the clamps and replaced with socket heads from Belmetric (Very good fastener supplier) Cleaned up a small bit of flash on the IDs of the insulators and lubed with silicon grease from Terry's suggestion and hand shoved them down on the intake side, that went fairly easy. Spent a couple hours with 1000 grit, then 2000 grit finishing paper and quasi polished around the TB connection side... cleaned up any "sharp" edges and machine marks so these were good and smoooooth. D- Day time... Success! Slipped on with hand pressure nice and easy like butter... YESSSSS! Ha Ha! I win... not excited am I? 😁 Now get the clamps, terrible task. Did the intake clamps before adding the TBs. On the TB clamps, most of them I could only see the socket head spying with one eye, no straight shots. Several needed to slip the mirror in there to even see the heads at all. This flex shaft was the only tool thing that worked that I could sneak in there to get to a spot to try to grab it for tightening. A 5/32 (3.968mm) bit fits the 4mm socket heads closely. And lastly, sorta oddball thing... I cant remember what else besides that P clamp to hold down the TB harness goes in this spot with large hole and 3 threaded spots. I have taken a ton of photos and this is the reason I do it, but dunno why, but I missed this part. I have 3 screws bagged for it and "huh?" Same kind of thing the throttle cable mount, I have 3 screws bagged but only see where 2 goes... Bonkers, bonkers... Cheers all...

No planned ones this time... just the joyous surprise of a snapped throttle cable :'D 10-4

Mello, my coolant is about 6 years old. Terry yes it is hot here and at speed it doesn't exceed the 200 temp, usually stays around 196 degrees and yes in traffic and stop and go riding it goes above 200.

Good looking CB!

I hardly use the truck all summer anyways, Well, except to pick up a new scooter. 😉 Just back from an after supper run into town to pick up some wine. You are right, Less four wheels, more two. And at age 73, I thought I was done with that kind of thinking 😉

Fresh tyres and rain is not the best combo 😁 That CB looks good from every angle. 👍

That was the first thing that caught my eye after looking at the first picture. Very nifty and it looks awesome!

Nah, but your car will sit more. The scooter replaces your car, not your bike.

picked up a 2006 Vespa GTS on tuesday. Brings back my P200e riding days. I've got no affection for the CVT drive, but it is pretty transparent once you get going. Will the VFR sit more between rides?

Skrub in ride of front tire done Must say the tire change was for the better, still a light steering motorcycle but far more stable and holds given line far better! On way home I got it's behavior in rain tested to, as I got hit by a heavy rain shower, the tire worked fine in rain, compared to my ride gear, that got soaked as my underwear 😅 In upper picture the rain front in a distance as a screenshot of the shower as I did hit it, man it was heavy rain, about 5cm (2") of water on the road at most...

Red, black, or silver.

Looking for a softer seat for my skinny butt. Located in the U.S.

Seat is terrible for my skinny butt. I need softer. I spend long days in the saddle. I am in the US so options are non existent here. cutting out some foam and replacing with some Amazon gel seems the cheaper. A shop within driving distance can refoam it but that’s a bit more money which is tight. suggestions?

Question on decating and after market air filter as it relates to tuning. The only reason I want a tune (at the moment) is for on/off throttle smoothness. Stock tune power for me is just fine for now. That said, if I do pay for a tune it makes sense to me to do additional supporting mods. #1: Decating. What’s the best route here and is it worth it? Do I just remove the headers and punch out the cat with hard objects like a gorilla? Could crosstour headers work (picture)? Have a shop weld in a y-pipe? What’s the best way without spending a ton? Is it even worth it? #2 aftermarket or stock replacement air filter worth it for tuning?

So as I did ride quit much this week As warm still after work it's time for some upgrades First a matching Dunlop gpr300 front, needed no ballance weights! as upgrade to adjustable brake level

A exhaust has arrived for the red RC24 Old stock whit some storage damage

212 is the on/off point of the fan more or less, so seeing 219 is not alarming. Is Texas hot at the moment? If you are hitting those temps on the freeway at speed then you have a problem, but if they occur in low speed/around town/stopped at lights riding, they are normal. 252F is considered the maximum for the VFR; any more really is "overheating".

so what happened? I'm having the same issue with my 05.

How old is the coolant?

I overheated a week ago, added and burped the radiator, don't know what my normal temp was before overheating but I'm still running in the 200s, 215,219..Should I flush the radiator and add all new coolant? 2015 VFR800FD

I backed my '98 up nearly a whole foot...to get the track bikes out to the trailer without having to move a car. It hasn't moved that far in too long!