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To what year vfr does this apply? Also do you have a picture you could attach to help specify location?
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Welcome, Woland, you'll find there's a lot of maintenance info, travel guides, and photos here at VFRD. And the downloads section has pdfs of owners & service manuals for your VFR.
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Hello brothers and sisters, I’m new in here,some of us see couple of my posts on Facebook. Here is my lovely bike that I ride with pleasure Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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I have Koso-branded VMs on a couple of my bikes which also serve as USB charging points for my phone. I have the VM powered from the same circuit that feeds my heated grips, and that circuit is wired directly to the battery through a fused relay. The relay is a magnetic switch that is energised by another 12v source, and I tend to use something like a brake or tail light feed which comes on/off with the key. As I don't routinely use the heated grips, this serves just fine to monitor the charging state, I just need to make allowances for phone charging in the numbers. 12v switched and fused relays are readily available in auto shops.
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4th gen, MOSFET regulator upgrade
mello dude replied to Swiffer's question in Modification Questions
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When you've got decent airflow (I reckon above 70-80km/hr) then the coolant temps should be right around the thermostat opening point of 78-80C even in ambient temperatures up to 30C, and even when "pressing on". When you're below that speed, higher temperatures are the norm as there's just not enough airflow to keep the coolant cooler, and I suspect lower engine rpm also slows the speed of the coolant flow through the radiators.
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4th gen, MOSFET regulator upgrade
Captain 80s replied to Swiffer's question in Modification Questions
Your voltmeter will read low if you don't go directly to the battery (or some other direct 12V lead without any other functions). Use a toggle to keep from draining your battery when not in use. I also use the toggle, versus a relay, so I'm not staring at that damn thing all the time. I don't use inline fuses on LED volt meters. Also Solder-Seal connectors are pretty handy for people like me that can't solder to save my life. Every now and then it works perfectly like magic and I say, "I got it now". And then the next time, I don't got it. "Eff it" {reaches for container of Solder-Seal connectors}. And then curse when I look down at the bench and see the shrink tubing I didn't put in place before hand. "Idiot" -
Thank you both. I got the full harness with fuse from Jack so that bit is sorted. Will solder and crimp bypassing connectors. Mello dude: from your picture it looks like you relocated the new R/R to the left hand side, how did you fasten it? I was planning to fit the new r/r on default position with a slight mod. Just made me curious how you solved the placement and fitment. I also got myself a voltmeter I intend to connect either to low beam or directly to battery with a power switch. What do you think about that? Would that circiut be needing a fuse? It is just a simple 12v led-display I will fit to the cluster to monitor current while riding. I must admit I am close to clueless how to actually connect the voltmeter wires. I do have some basic soldering and electrical skills but they are ancient, rusty and not applied to vehicles before.
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In my case, milder temps highway: 79C, but that's up till ambient 20C.
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4th gen, MOSFET regulator upgrade
mello dude replied to Swiffer's question in Modification Questions
The 3 wires on the R/R go to the stator, the 2 wires go to the battery... Use a HD fusebox and 30A fuse to the positive terminal on the battery. Circuit looks like.... -
Mine runs hot in the summer but 115-120C is the highest I've seen in 40C ambient temps, thats after high speed highway riding and then stop and go traffic, the fan doesn't even come on until over 100C. In milder temps it should be around 85C while cruising and around 105C in traffic.
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4th gen, MOSFET regulator upgrade
Captain 80s replied to Swiffer's question in Modification Questions
Eliminate any extraneous connectors you can, soldering the stator wires directly to the R/R wires. Connectors are resistance and have a propensity to corrode there. Corrosion increases the resistance. Then you get melty-melty and sometimes fire. -
Come over to the light side.
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It is 'normal' for a VFR800 (5th gen only?) to run hot. I tried to get it down (replacing all coolant tubing, extra fan, the above flip the fan flow direction), but little improvement. Next step is to install 4-hole injectors and hoping it will allow lower temperatures. But, some say a rich running engine can run cooler... we will see what happens. Congrats with your find. That is awesome. 5k... wauw.
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Some did, but not sure how much it helped:
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I'd probably try a new radiator cap too. I had a '98 recently that was running 220+ consistently, replacing the 27 year old rad cap brought temps back down to "normal". And congrats on finding a beautiful bike.
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Dear forum, I have searched without luck. Have bought an electrical upgrade from Jack at Roadstercycle but am a bit perplexed about fitting the kit. Jack has been really helpful over email but I can't get my head around what to do with the stator cables and thought it would be best to ask you guys being more specificaly experienced with the VFR750. As seen in the picture provided I have three thicker gauge stator wires that are to be connected R/R - Stator. However, am I supposed to attach these new wires to the connectors encircled with yellow marker, or should I bypass the connectors completely? Bypass should grant a more secure circuit but I suspect those connectors are there for a practical reason. Anyone did the same mod, how did you connect the stator wires?
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Yes. Ergal is the trade name used to identify "7000" light alloy; 7075 is the most famous one, but there are several variations And yes again, "inox" is used to identify stainless steel; in this case, it's even more generic than Ergal Being generic, the commercial light alloys are divided as per the following: (pls note that only the most used series have a commercial name) Series 1000 Pure Al Series 2000 Avional Series 3000 Series 4000 Series 5000 Peraluman Series 6000 Anticorodal Series 7000 Ergal Series 8000 Series 9000 In early 2000's, a 8000 series (Lithium-Beryllium) has been used for F1 and MotoGP calipers as the material was extremely resistant. It has been banned due to its toxicity Honestly, I have no clue of some utilization of 9000 series components. As far as I know, it's mostly experimental -
From my past experience with other electronic devices (like remote controls), buttons like this are usually made in a sheet, so I would expect both of these buttons are part of the same sheet sandwiched between the plastic and the circuit board inside the instrument panel. If so, wouldn't it be possible to 3D print such a sheet using 90-95A TPU filament? Not something I've ever done, but I have read about it! Ciao, JZH
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(Does everyone understand that "ergal" in Europe refers to 7071 aluminum? For that matter, the same question re "inox"!) Ciao, JZH -
That's a cool little plane BLS. And now I need to apologise to JZH for hijacking his thread.
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Thank you for the advice. I will get it checked during weekend and see how it goes. I always questioned it as it looks odd. I used to have a yamaha xj600N and i remember it was running a bit better and starting as well, holding idle revs much better, being a carburettors fuelled bike as well. Also, i forgot to mention, that ifi keep the throttle steady at let's say 4000 revs, it will fluctuate as well. Cannot remember if the engine sound was changing as well. Will check that and post a video.
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Very slow progress, unfortunately: huge workload and family issues take me away from my shop. Then, where were we? Carburetors assembly and protection panel. This panel is meant to isolate carburetors vane from the heat coming from the front cylinder, also calming air turbulences ahead the inlet snorkel. Well, I thought to use it to hold the horn, too 😁 It should be cool to say that I did to bring the masses close to the center of gravity, improving handling and blah blah blah 😎 In reality, I did to remove its bracket and connection bolt (simplify, then add lightness) and to get free room on the bottom yoke to use the workshop pivot stand without any constraint. Working in that zone, I did another small mod. This is the only addition I did on the bike, but the pros are enormously overpowering the added weight. I installed a vent port for brake bleeding into the threaded hole just below the front cylinder inlet manifold, used to connect a hose for carb sync. This procedure is very annoying, so I decided to keep a hose permanently connected and way more accessible. Then, carbs went in place and it was the time for the airbox to be refined. Since I removed PAIR and crankcase vent connections, the internal bracket for its reservoir are useless. If they're useless, there's no reason to keep'em aboard. Here's the airbox with its bracket and hose connection: and here's with no more 😆 then, airbox went in place and the new 3D printed trumpets as well. They come with 4 arms covering the 8 connecting bolts, preventing them from drifting all around in case of loosening. To prevent their own screws to get loose, I secured them with safety wire. NOTE: the 3D printing material is solvent-proof. In fact, I submerged the prototypes in gasoline for a whole night and they resisted perfectly. To close the airbox cover, I found a set of ergal Parker screws; why using heavy screws to connect light plastic items? 😎 Next time I'll take the occasion of the oil change to replace the flywheel with a lightened one:
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The Last Day Of Good Riding Weather
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.
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
Tommy-knockers Brewpub Idaho Springs
Idaho Springs Colorado
Mashtuns and fermenters
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
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
Echo Lake at Mount Evans showing off my new plate
Elephant Butte Park and Denver
Close up
Veefalo on Squaw Pass
Juniper Pass
Juniper Pass
Mount Evans
My route A is home B is Tommy-knockers
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I Am Back !
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
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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Oops. I do believe I know how to post YT videos or they wouldn't be on YT. However I may have screwed up copying the link to the playlist. Thanks for the helpful comment. -
I think that you might not know how to post videos. You're in your YT studio in these links. You need the link to the actual video.
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