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Damn it... thank you

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Not to get personal but are you a bigger lad? If the jarring gets worse with the damping backed out then it sounds like you may be bottoming out the suspension? Put a cable tie on the fork leg and you can check how much travel is being used. At the back look at the damper shaft and bump stop for evidence of how much travel is used. The steps to take are 1. set the preload to get about 1/3 travel when you settle your weight onto the bike, at both ends. 2. At the front...you're done. At the back set the rebound adjuster so the suspension bounces back from being compressed quickly but without overextending. On my bike that is around 1 turn out from fully clockwise. The stock fork setup isn't the best but can be made much more controlled and compliant with weight-specific springs (I use 0.9kg/mm) and some changed damper parts. I use Gold Valves but other brands are available. Stiffer springs can offer a much improved ride over stock, which sounds counter-intuitive but generally works.

They are amost certainly the fuel supply pipes as they lead into the float bowl area would feed the float valves.

now time for forks stubborn bastard didn't wanna come apart.... i used duplicolor wheel paint+wheel clear for the sliders, rustoleum trim&bumper on the protectors, and 0000 steel wool and mother's mag polish for the pipes (plus some jb steelstik sanded to 1500grit to fill in some pits, but don't tell anyone) back on its weight for the first time in a while (ignore the backwards wheel, it's gotta come off again for paint and tires anyway) reinstalled exhaust, throttles, and airbox (what a pain that was) and my "shop" is now empty again

Can anyone please help me and tell me if these brown T tubes that go between the carbs are vents or gas lines? I took the carbs off to clean them and in doing so I cracked one of these tubes and now when I go to start my bike gas pours out of the one I cracked. From what I could find online I think they're vents and if the floats are stuck they will leak fuel? Please let me know and if anyone has a part number for them it'd be greatly appreciated

Hi all, On my (new to me) VFR, I found that the ride is extremely harsh over even the slightest bumps. Other than this I love everything about the bike but the bike feels as if it has no suspension. It is very jarring, and I am in pain after a few hours of riding. The suspension is still the original factory. The rear shock and spring compression were pretty much at factory setting. I went to the "softest" as per the Honda manual (lowest compression and damping screw all the way counter clock wise to "S") and this made it even worse. Eventually suspension will need to be replaced or rebuilt, I realize. But for now, I am looking for ideas on how to not break my back (and other places) for the rest of this riding season... thank you in advance!

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Good to see you guys kicking in some dough for the Slammer. This place is one of the few I still frequent. It'd be a shame if he had to give it up.

Get the Icon. It's softer, yet more robust. I had a Pittsburg, and it disintegrated.

THANK YOU, SIR !!!

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So the fuel filter in the tank for the petcock valve is missing.Could I put a hi flow fuel filter on the fuel line between the tank and the carbs.Any suggestions.1986 vfr400r nc21

I would add that when I noticed that bar graph that shows % of annual budget achieved a few days ago it showed ~45% (now at 56%!). It made me think that since we're about halfway through the year the money is OK, when it wasn't. Also, I believe it only shows to us members when logged in--I think lurkers (which we all were before we signed up) don't even see it. Perhaps a graph that show $ left in the bank account might help! Anyway, as always, thank you Miguel.

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On selling.... If its the Toronto group (VerticalScope) who owns many forums.... please pass! I am in some of their forums and they are difficult to deal with, plus they advertise constantly. They even banned me off of one because I use a VPN.. Previously discussed.... many of us members would take over this site if you ever wanted to move on.... As I have voluteered to help as a moderator...... I would help whatever is needed to keep VFRD private. Perhaps a quarterly callout for the goal for the quarter would be useful....

To clarify, I have a Pittsburg 3 pound dead blow hammer guy, I think I'm going to go grab a 5 pounder... I only have about an hour of patience at a time with this thing... this fit it stuff drives me nutz... Plenty of other work to do in progress....

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Info about any geometry changes from stock would be useful to know. One can go...to far. 🙂

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