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  2. SamW
    86 VFR700f, runs & rides great, just went through the carbs, rebuilt the brake calipers, new neutral switch, new fuel filter. High miles (91k), good shape given age and miles. Sat in the garage for a while, I may put new tires on it in the Spring. lots of upgrades, 17" wheels front and rear (CBR600F2), radial master cylinder (front), EBC Rotors, Fox Twin clicker rear shock. Lots of spares, original wheels, Magtek 16" front wheel, 2 good Corbin seats, brand new full exhaust system still in the Box (they made them about 10-15 years ago). I have owned the bike since 1999, too many bikes now, I have to thin the herd. Asking price on CL is $3,200, but will make a VFRD member a better deal.
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  3. St. Stephen
    Well, it finally happened. Motogp will no longer race at Phillip Island after this year. I was willing to give Liberty Media, the new owners of motogp (and current owners of F1) the benefit of the doubt. A big investment in motorcycle racing at the highest level had to be a good thing. So much for that. Phillip Island, along with Mugello and maybe one or two others, is one of the greatest motorcycle race tracks in the world. Next year it will be replaced with a street circuit 😬 in Adelaide.
  4. MBrane
    So you still have a UJM that's more modern, and the NO has a classic UJM that he will enjoy, and then pass on. Looks like a win-win to me. *Says the dude with way too much music/audio gear*
  5. fabio222
    Maybe the fasteners were replaced before or something like that. They flash-rust very quickly but there are others on other parts of the fairing which do not. I might just need to buy four new ones....looking at nutjobparts.com who post Honda OEM stuff to Ireland, the bits are about €2 each. Not too bad I suppose, could be worse.
  6. MBrane
    I believe you are on the correct path.
  7. MBrane
    I do pretty much the same thing with an Eastern Beaver fuse block, and a relay. Direct to the battery for the main current triggered by the ignition circuit. My heated gear/charging outlet is wired direct with a fuse.
  8. MBrane
    One of the rules for welding SS is don't use any abrasives that have touched carbon steel. Same for aluminum. The residue contaminates the weld material.
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  10. Captain 80s
    Doh! Thank you! NOT paying attention or reading today. Doesn't explain why his hardware is flash rusting. Maybe contamination from the rework tooling?
  11. DrErgal
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  12. MBrane
    Never seen a '03 RC36.
  13. MBrane
    The Snake had really become a hooligan/squid zone before they closed it. Even though it's close by I tended to avoid it especially on weekends. Too much dumb. When the weather improves I'll go check it out, and provide recognizance. It is fun when you have it to yourself. <-----
  14. Captain 80s
    The OEM hardware on the RC36 is not stainless, as he has discovered. Once you remove the cad plating (or whatever it is on those), it's over. Hardware on my 80s bikes are chromed. I have clear-coated some hard to find fasteners that needed help. Both gloss and matte. I don't live in Ireland where it is always raining, but it will last for a while. Replacing OEM style hardware with the right look and the proper shouldering can get expensive, fast.
  15. MBrane
    The cowl bolts/screws on my 5th gen are stainless so I just chuck 'em in the Makita, and apply a little Mother's Mag & Aluminum polish with a terry rag. Shines 'em right up.
  16. MBrane
    One about 2/3-3/4 the size of that bolt which I think is a M5. You don't want to cut into the threaded area of the case or you'll be in the Heli-Coil zone. Those work well too if 5h1t goes sideways, but more work. https://www.mcmaster.com/ Spendy, but good quality/fast shipping.
  17. fabio222
    I'm sure it's been covered before but some of the fairing fasteners on my 2003 model are starting to get rusty. I've cleaned them a few times with a wire brush but whenever I reinstall them, and there's a hint of rain (which is ALL of the time here...you might think it's an exaggeration but actually it's rained every single day since Jan 1st where I am) they just go orange and then rusty. It's a shame because the rest of the bike is in excellent nick. Do people just replace like-for-like with OEM Honda fasteners or are there other suppliers of these? I'd like them to look the same as OEM...
  18. interceptor69
    Thanks. What size drill bit would u try? That's a small bolt.
  19. St. Stephen
    Haha, I don't think the will ever happen! The Dragon is basically a government-sanctioned track day on public roads. Never forget running the Dragon west to east on my 6th gen and coming upon a police car carefully escorting some oblivious tourist in a truly giant RV going the other way. Must have looked like a great scenic route to get to Knoxville on the map.
  20. Dutchy
    Prefer it a bit warmer...... V4 VFR......... no matter how hot it gets..... It never breaks a sweat.... Unlike its riders.. (10 years ago)
  21. Dutchy
    A decade+ ago (time flies...) 2 members here build their NR replicas. With a NR just up the road, I measured everything they wanted to know, i.e. ....The "white" line is ~35cm, the yellow one ~43cm..... I visited them in 2016. @Helweg in Denmark 3rd gen @AndreasH in Sweden 4th gen They spend many winter's night (them are long up there ) crafting the parts that do not come with the kit (poor lighting image) How about building the exhaust surround by making a mould from icecream sticks? I found a few remaining parts for the rear hub cover in Germany (Thurn Motorsport); sans the nut. So Andreas had one made. Just as the louvres in the side panel.
  22. Dutchy
    Pretty sure the body kit is for a CBR900/Fireblade. It requires the odd bit of modification, no plug&play...
  23. JZH
    There are various online sources, but parts this old are usually not stocked in Honda warehouses anyway. eBay for a used one is probably your only option for OEM. I haven't looked at one of these for a while, but there should be a way to attach some kind of tube/strainer to the OEM petcock, but you'd have to design and manufacture it yourself. Making something that would have a functional "reserve" would be more of a challenge, but for just on and off, all you'd need is some way of fitting a filter screen (or forget about it and let the fuel filter deal with everything!) Ciao, JZH
  24. Skids
    Anybody looking for a more simple way to connect electrical accessories, I can recommend the Healtec Thunderbox. The website linked above explains it better than I can but simply put, you connect the TB to your battery then connect your accessories (I have 2 x LED aux lights, a heated jacket supply and a USB power outlet by the headstock) to the TB with a simple push-in snap connector and when the bike battery is at a stabilised voltage with the engine running, it allows power to the connected accessories. The reverse happens when you kill the engine. I know many of you will be happy to splice into a switched live but I'm not confident enough to do that so this works very well for me. The pic shows the TB installed (I bought the TB02 with 8 available connections) and 2 sets (Live & Neutral) of 4 connectors. Fitment is a doddle and it all seems to work as advertised.
  25. JZH
    You could 3D print a mirror spacer, but I doubt there is any printable plastic which would be strong enough to function as a mirror bracket. One good bump, and no mirrors! But if you can draw the bracket accurately in CAD, in theory you could have it machined from billet. I have no personal experience, but I've heard there are a lot of online options these days. Ciao, JZH
  26. JZH
    As a 3rd gen owner, I personally would not use a 3rd gen frame as a starting point. The 4th gen frame looks much closer to the NR frame, and lacks the ugly "spars" of the 3rd gen. (I actually have an NOS NR frame, purchased from David Silver Spares 20 years ago when I thought I might one day buy an NR, lol...Maybe I will hang it from the ceiling to catch dust in my new garage. Sadly, I never bought the bodywork they also had for sale for £350/piece!) Ciao, JZH
  27. keny
    Well the SevenFifty got a new owner today A older gentleman Decided to sell it after all, I never got comfortable on a naked bike, and even it was a genuine low mileage motorcycle, in a way would not make sense to sell, but as I have to many motorcycle (if you can have that 😜) it was one I could think of selling. I need some funds to to get the ZR7S complete to. A stunning looking motorcycle it was through, but bye bye.....
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    1. HispanicSlammer

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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

       

    2. MartinkaP's Blog

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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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