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  2. Terry
    Actually, it does seem to work for me now. I have complained to them previously, maybe they listened?
  3. vfrgiving
    I posted the link from a Windows 11 device and I see no issue?? 😕 Microsoft just hate Kiwis?
  4. Terry
    The Webike website sucks (I can only view it on my iPhone or iPad, never on my Windows devices) but their service has been 100% reliable.
  5. vfrgiving
    Long Gen 5 throttle cables, in stock. https://japan.webike.net/products/2074342.html All components from the police kit have their own part numbers and can be bought separately. I have a spare set of HB6055 on the shelf.
  6. Today
  7. Terry
    My VFR1200 steered like a truck until I replaced the front tyre and fixed the saggy rear preload. The front tyre didn't look terrible, but was definitely a contributing factor.
  8. vfrgiving
    Monster thread for sitting upright on gen 5s is here. Full install details with photos. Log in and read the whole thing. https://www.vfrworld.com/threads/hurricane-police-handlebar-kit-fully-installed.59274/
  9. airwalk
    Confirm tire sizes, a few mm of sidewall dimension can make quite an effect, especially front
  10. Gaz66
    I did a lot of tinterweb research before modifying my 5th Gen to conventional bars, OEM cables were way too short routed as per stock, just looked a right mess routed any other way. Found ST1300 cables are very usable if you can find any on ebay, a few inches longer, all fittings are the same both ends, but the inners have a tad too much length, you could make em perfect by cutting inners down & re-soldering nipples on, but it's a bit of a faff, I had to lose about 10mm of unwanted cable slack to leave enough at the bars for fine adjustment, it's doable with a cable tie in the right place. I found tying some wire to the old cable ends under the tank helpful, pulled old cable then used as a pull thru for new cables, makes life easier on the install. I expect ST1100 cable are of similar length, from info I could find at the time, 1100 cables are a tad shorter than 1300's but longer than VFR's. or Pay a wedge & have some custom length cables made up.
  11. RossR
    Hi Anik, It's 10 years since you did this Convertbar mod. Do you remember if you used ST1100 throttle cable, and if so did it fit easily? Ross
  12. Gaz66
    Will do.👍
  13. Terry
    Is it possible to shim the upper shock mount? I know on other Hondas from the same era, the top shock clevis uses a vertical bolt that passes through the frame; shimming the clevis down by 4-6mm will have the effect of raising the rear end and speeding steering. Edit: just beaten to the post again!
  14. Captain 80s
    You can also shim the upper shock mount to the frame for some cheap, quick ride height increase.
  15. Gaz66
    Yeah mate, I'll be replacing the detent arm/wheel & its return spring, plus the shift rod return spring, no brainer really for the lost cost involved. Can't believe the rip off price of the Factory Pro detent arm, its only micro bearing on a bit of stamped steel. Comparing the 2 shift stars, the factory Pro star has a rounded profile & is in full contact with the detent wheel when in gear, where as the Honda shift star is more of a stretched out V-shape & looks like it'll have two contact points when in gear, I've done a fair bit of eBay trawling & discovered that a 1997/1998 CBR600 shift star profile has a near identical profile to the Factory Pro star, hence I've sourced one cheap off eBay to see if it's worth modifying the peaks, first impressions are the CBR600 star will perform better subject ti to be the same general dimensions & locking pin is in the same orientation as the VFR star. Factory Pro shift star points are shorter & more rounded than a VFR star Honda star which has sharp inverted V-shaped peaks, I expect just taking a couple of mm of the peaks on the VFR star & rounding em over should improve the gear to gear shift no end. I'll update as & when I've done these mods.
  16. Smarty750
    Thanks guys that’s really useful. I’ll check the fork height above the yokes and then have a good look at the shock. I’m more used to a CBR600 set up for Cadwell Park track days, so I may well need to make some adjustments. I saw a few shock options that offer ride height adjustment on the Thorn website, but the adapted triangle they offer will as 2.5 cm (around 1 inch) to the rear, so I may try that first.
  17. JZH
    Do they look like this? https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/IsYAAOSwfb1nfeJC/s-l1600.webp I believe those are OEM plates. Aftermarket (lowering and raising) ones are usually much fancier. Ciao, JZH
  18. Gaz66
    Seat height in shop manual states 800mm from ground, foot peg height is 350mm, 2 points to check with. As a rule of thumb if you can see daylight above rear tyre just behind rear peg hangers viewed level with tyre top, ride height is likely stock. Used 20 odd yr old bike, highly likely previous owners have played with suspension in some way, spring rates may not be stock. Check you have stock setting of 39mm of fork stanchion above top yoke, measured to stanchion top, not counting alloy fork cap. What's your height? What do you weigh in full gear? All plays it's part in how a bike sags/rides/feels etc.
  19. Captain 80s
    For how much of your rear wheel and tire are showing from a standing viewpoint fairly close to the bike, it does not look "lowered" to me. Look to see if you can see the arrows on the linkage plates. They should point up and forward (this is going from memory, so somebody correct me if wrong). I'm not home to verify..
  20. Smarty750
    I’ve only had this a few months and noticed yesterday that it’s quite slow turning in, the tyres aren’t worn and only 20k miles on the clock-I’m wondering if it’s been lowered at the rear (the triangle that joins the shock linkage Is suspiciously shiny) I’m looking at getting the riser linkage from Thurn Motorsport in Germany but I’d like to know if its ’standard’ now or lower before I increase it. does anyone have the measurement for example from the floor to a datum point on the subframe /rear cowl that I can compare please?
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  22. vfrgiving
    You take the connector apart? Would be curious to see if the pins carrying 12v originally were toasted.
  23. DarrenN
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  24. ZRENO
    Many thanks to both of you for your help. Unfortunately it wasn't the switch itself - however it is now extra clean for the future 😁 Relays were both all good. Father-in-law still has my multi meter, so I used the primitive method of testing 12v (it involves sparks and a sacrifice fuse - don't ask). In the end I wasn't getting anything from the red/black, so I took the fairings off to get at the "big blue" connector. PO had crudely routed the red/black wire OVER the connector with some of those nasty heat shrink solder splice things, which were either melted or under friction as there was a fair bit of frayed and exposed copper. I assume this was somehow related to the previously installed light bar - so after some crude wiring of my own (for now), the relay now gets 12v to the red/black and I have low beam headlights again. 🎉
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  28. Somatyk
    Thank you for the awesome replies. I've got a few days off next week. I'm going to strip the old girl down and go through your ideas one by one. I'll report back in this thread. Thank you all so much.
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  30. vfrgiving
    You take a look at the switch itself? Wiring connections can come loose from pads or contacts can be super dirty. Either condition will keep low beam relay from pulling in. I know on occasion older bikes I haven't exercised in a while, headlight beams can be lazy to actuate at the switch. Most recently my 99. Coming back from hi to low beam on a ride bike was running dark till I gave the switch a firm cycle and firm press to low.
  31. Stormnorman
    These still available?
  32. Presson
    I wonder if wear on the roller and its axle on the shift arm contributes to gear change slop as well as the star profile? Will you put in a new shift arm as well? Ah, re-read your original post Gaz and see you intended to do that anyway. Sorry.
  33. keny
    Never told that I did return the subframe that was not straight but decided to keep the central stand, as it's becoming a quiet hard part to find. The "pipe main stand" is now out Next to find a new one, not awable through CMSNL, so if I can't score one I need to make one.
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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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