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  2. krl77
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  3. Dutch724
    I know its been a while since anyone has posted on this subject. I'm doing this exact setup but I seem to have an issue with the Kaoko cruise control not fitting inside the helibars. How did you overcome this issue? Did you have to trim the grips?
  4. BelgianHondaRider

    My VFR 1200F

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  5. Akin
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  6. KidAmnesiac
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  7. boOZZIE
    Possible im no expert I did notice a fair amount of slop on old compared to new when I replaced mine for the vfr. Noise fixed I just changed 1 on my cbr and I couldn't tell any difference between them but there's no more rattle.
  8. vifferjim4615
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  9. Terry
    Just curious...are you suggesting that wear around the pin leading to a loose fit is a source of CCT noise? I couldn't find anything wrong with my old CCTs, was expecting a damaged spring but even when tensioned up they were still noisy, but I did not look closely at the pin area.
  10. VTCAL
    The '99 was pulled out a couple weeks ago. Winter storage is indoors with periodic battery maintainer applied. Had a good ride that day. Then the weather soured for riding, and the "gentleman's express" stood waiting in the garage. Today I needed to run some errands. The start up was "just barely". I should have put it on the charger, but I was dressed and ready, thinking the ride would bring up the charge. Nope! Run and bump! Twice! And at my age, that's not easy (nor safe). On return to home, It only took an hour on the charger to show 100%. Likely it's time for a new battery. 'Might go LifePO... My usual is a Yuasa lead acid. I need to ride more to get my money out of them 😉
  11. TitaniumTank
    I see you also enjoy the Duc/Ape combo. I just rode the VFR up & down Hwy 9 (popular road around here) and I'm impressed with this 26 year old. The V4 + gear drive soundtrack was absolutely worth the purchase price. I see you also owned an 02 VFR and RC-51. I had both but my RC was just an SP1. Very nice selection.
  12. boOZZIE
    With the cct plunger you also need to inspect the wear of the head connecting pin hole
  13. Terry
    Great find! The diagram I was looking at was also for the 98/99.
  14. VFRSepp
    I found the culprit!!! >Just before this happened, I switched out the 16t front sprocket for a 15t where you have to remove the speed sensor. Apparently, on reassembly, I pinched one of the O2 sensor cables between the clutch cylinder and the engine (red circle below, well hidden in the back...). I had spent all evening listening to the constant beep of my multimeter while disconnecting everything I could, wiggling the wire loom every which way and finally just figured I'd disconnect that connector as well. The reason I didn't think of that earlier is I have a 2001 with catalytic converter & associated sensors but the wiring diagram I have must be for the 98-99 models without those shenanigans. Thank you Terry for your help, you helped put me on the right track!
  15. MBrane
    I just used a strip of aluminum to adapt the bolt pattern, and some grommets to space it away from the hot subframe a bit:
  16. MBrane
    It's been at least a decade since I tried on an Arai. Must have been one of their roundish headshells. It put an uncomfortable amount of pressure on my forehead. Didn't realize they had expanded their options. That's OK I'm pretty happy with the Neotec. It was spendy, but I believe my head is worth it. Others may disagree. I'm no stranger to spending $1K for a helmet. My racing helmet is a Bell carbon. Big difference when you are in the car for 2 hours at a time.
  17. St. Stephen
    I do love those Bumblebees. But the Multistrada/Aprilia combo is my current favorite. Welcome.
  18. albertavfr800
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  20. Terry
    When I bought my 09 the front tensioner was making a clatter at low revs, and I tried the method of opening the tensioner and adding more turns of spring preload, but for me this was not completely successful as there was still chain clatter present. I purchased two new tensioners and the noise was properly fixed. The best price I found was Webike in Japan, they have them for USD55 each plus shipping.
  21. Sweeper

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    I'm loaded up and heading out in the morning. Leaving my truck and trailer at MintyFarm and riding to Abingdon with the Blakes on Thursday. I'll report back when I get home in a couple of weeks. I know of at least one VFR that will be there.
  22. TitaniumTank
    Thanks for the welcome. I’m a fan of the V-type engine. My Multi is the V-Twin that helps keep me more calm when I’m chasing my Multi V4 friends around. The VFR will handle most of my commute duties but it should be fun on the mountain roads near my home in Santa Cruz, CA. i’ll find some pics of the sisters and post them up but the VFR is getting all the love right now.
  23. marcolomboss
    My 2008 motorcycle makes an intermittent clicking sound at idle after I rev the engine. I suspect the cam tensioner adjustment is wrong. You mentioned here that the factory setting is 8 turns; would turning it 10 turns stop the sound? Also, I know it's not related to the clutch.
  24. Terry
    If the problem only happens on a bump then you have something either loose (e.g. battery connector or earth strap, tipover sensor) or that can lose contact when jostled. The heat stressed fuse is likely unrelated and just due to corrosion on the terminals (corrosion = resistance, resistance = heat). But corrosion there suggests corrosion elsewhere, and your comment about bump and dim lights (low voltage to lights) then flickering instruments (low voltage to instruments) would point me to the common earth block as a potential issue, corrosion there causes all sorts of weird. The earth block on the 6th gen is behind the nose fairing, usually orange or blue, lots of green wires joined there. If the fault was unrelated to bumps then a charging circuit fault would be possible; if the battery goes flat then random instrument behaviour occurs before the engine would shut down, but I don't think the lights would go dim and then bright. Still a good idea to go through a fault-finding guide for the charging circuit (starting with voltage check at 5000rpm across a well-charged battery).
  25. kawiwowwee
    Newly available for the vfr 1200f is the vizi-tec brake light modular and garage door opener. I love this little gizmo. It is on all my bikes and is very cool and adds some safety. It is also available for many other bikes. It takes about 20 mins to install and program if that. Check it out! https://youtube.com/shorts/5jL3z-RCUpU?si=XXkx6HL4s8Q12xOQ
  26. vfrjason1988
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  27. vfrjason1988
    My vfr800 2008 cuts out at low revs, does doe but stalls. Take a couple of goes to start again but always does. But when riding at a normal rate is completely fine. Its almost like its on the down shift using engine breaking
  28. alexpage
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  29. WGREGT
    Thanks. No hurry. I got other projects this week anyhow. I’ve gotta fix the petcock on the 4th gen. It’s leaking fuel from the inside of the petcock. I took it all apart. I just need to put it back together now. Luckily I didn’t fill the tank before all this happened. And the 6th gen lost all of the clutch fluid again last week. After coming dangerously close to having all bikes running all at once, it’s now coming really close to swinging the other way, and having no actual bikes 100% complete and moving forward under their own power.
  30. keny
    Fault found for the electric issues Reason for the tail light as front parking as instrument light was a plug that got separate The one I point screwdriver at, I have not had them apart what I recall so former owner must have just not plugged it in correct 🤷 Now it's time to put all back, but wait, first need to fix the throttle that is slipping as will re rote the cable's to them same time. As for the break light, the rear brake light switch is not adjusted correct, so that's why brake light not working from rear brake, adjustment needed. By the way never thought the top fairing comes off whit out side fairings taken off, but it does!
  31. keny

    Anything goes!

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    Other VFR and other pics....
  32. keny
    Oil leak fixed, the drain bolt just needed a bit more tighten 🙈, strange it didn't leak last year 🤔
  33. Captain 80s
    I do. But I may not get to it tonite, they are not "on the bench". They are in the "carb area" of the outer garage behind some VFR engines.
  34. WGREGT
    Anyone happen to have a set of vf500f carbs on the bench? Trying to get an idea of the size of the threaded part of the idle adjustment screw on the 85 version. I’m guessing all 500 versions would be the same size though. Trying to match up a replacement that’s longer but so far I’m 0-2.
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      Juniper Pass

      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

      From there I headed up interstate 70 to Idaho Springs for a beer at the Tommy-knockers brewery, I was the only customer in the joint - slow day for them so they treated me like a king! I got a nice tour of the place sort of impromptu, they made me a nice Pastrami sandwich on rye and with the brown ale it was fantastic. I must say the beer is much better there than in the bottles - its always good at the brewery. I am glad I stopped

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      Tommy-knockers Brewpub Idaho Springs

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      Idaho Springs Colorado

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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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      Close up

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      Veefalo on Squaw Pass

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      Juniper Pass

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      Juniper Pass

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      Mount Evans

      My route A is home B is Tommy-knockers

       

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      I Am Back !

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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

      Granted I was not the fastest one and through out the weekend, I have never exceeded about 60% of my riding abilities, but I had no "oh-shit" nor 'blond' moments. I could have maybe go faster, I could have brake later for the turns and I could have lean further, but I am no Rossi nor Stoner. I decided to ride for fun and I had amazing blast riding well within my comfort zone.

      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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