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  2. TitaniumTank
    The V4 Multis are amazing bikes but a bit too rich for my blood. I'm incredibly pleased with the performance of the '16 1260S and v-twins in general so I'm happy with what I have. I found a decent deal on this VFR and it is committed to commute duties but I'll definitely run it around the mountain roads in my area just for fun. The VFR with aftermarket exhaust just sounds amazing. I'd like to find a Staintune or more period correct slip-on. Perhaps a TBR if I can find one for a decent price. I love that the VFR doesn't sound obnoxious or too aggressive.
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  4. vfrcapn
    Welcome, nice bikes. I went through 2016 and 2020 Multis but now have the '24 V4, fantastic bike and 36K mile valve check intervals. Had a SP2 also, still regret selling but didn't get ridden much in favor of the '99 VFR. Nice roads down there, that's where I learned to ride a very long time ago.
  5. TitaniumTank
    Sharing a couple pictures of what my VFR shares space with in the garage. The yellow Y2K VFR adds some color to my life...and garage. My 2016 Aprilia Tuono RR is a fantastic motorcycle and the V4 engine is so incredibly sweet even for 10 years old. I ride this bike when I want to take a spirited ride in the Santa Cruz or California mountains and canyons. The stock exhaust sounds great to me but I keep thinking about a slip-on. My 2016 Ducati Multistrada 1260S is a fun sport-touring machine leaning heavily on the sport side. This was going to be my commuter but I'm not looking forward to the maintenance and intervals so the VFR ultimately was chosen to perform commute duties.
  6. mello dude
    I'll give reverse a shot. Might be good to start the fluid...Typically what happens is a combination of the techniques...
  7. kisso213
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  8. Captain 80s
    Lookin' pretty tasty
  9. Haztech
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  10. dozyproductions
    Definitely want to clear over mine so good to hear that you've done without any adverse reactions. The painter I used wasn't very sure about his ability to paint over a decal and it ended up kind of bad. As if he didn't know how to do a light dry coat or not lol. One last annoying question. What's the stock size for our fuel tanks? I have nothing to measure. The other decals look great man. It's the little things.
  11. Captain 80s
    Honda Wings - 2 Colour https://www.honda-decals.com/default.tpl?startat=1&cart=17788538481049353922&--GROUP1field=S_Name%2Btaxable%2BTITLE%2BDESCRIPTION%2Bquantity%2Bprice%2Blocality&--waGROUP1datarq=Honda+wing+2+colour All of the decals were cleared over. While their quality is good, these decals really are best suited to be cleared over for resilience against wash mitts and such. The tank graphics should be clear-coated for spillage resistance. I did some custom graphics from the same company for my 1992 that were not cleared because I was working with the original cowls and finish and just wanted to update the look. Even paid homage to the original purple graphics and added some in the "R" along side some gold. The original tank has a small purple edge around the "HONDA". These have held up pretty damn good, but the sharp corners of the graphics are being tested for sure and can get tiny dog-ears from washing.
  12. Captain 80s
    That is essentially what they are, but perhaps a little inaccurate. It is not "cable" in a traditional sense. Do you have one of those flexible 1/4" socket hand drivers or magnet? More like that with a 4 x .05 threaded end.
  13. NatTheHatMclovin
    Just wanted to say a big thank you to the OP for this information. I'm glad I checked the page before attempting this for the first time. Tuned my 5th Gen up following your instructions yesterday, and just road it to the MOT station, after doing some work over winter. Rides better than ever! Really appreciate the time you took to share your findings 👍🏼
  14. WGREGT
    So these cable adjusters….are they just a cable with a bolt welded on at the end? I’ve never had one apart to see.
  15. dozyproductions
    Im guessing the factory one had black letter and silver border? I don't enough about this haha. I just remember someone selling the wings with a gold border wanting to buy it.
  16. dozyproductions
    Do you have clear coat over or under? Also, from the website, can you show which # item this falls under?
  17. Gazzaboo
    Got some sunshine coming up so time to get the wheels painted a few goodies from the postie
  18. HispanicSlammer
    Hello fellow bikers, I live in Belgium and I've lost both keys to my 2015 VFR800F, which I bought used. All the solutions I've found involve removing the ignition lock cylinder (ignition switch). The problem is that even after removing the handlebars and using triple pliers, it doesn't work. The handlebar lock is engaged... What can I do? Thanks
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    Arabian nights

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  20. vfrgiving
    Reverse bleed is the way. For the cost of a quality Mighty Vac bleeder kit, you can buy a pallet worth of syringes for reverse bleeding. 100ML syringes are found on Amazon for $10. Did a clutch master rebuild on the Viffer last year. Reverse bleed fill from the slave. Super easy and no fighting air bubbles.
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  22. Jem
    Hi JZH, Many thanks for taking the time to read and respond. I had a detailed 'play' last Saturday with the help of Chat GBT. I've never used it before and I would be interested to here what other people think of this APP. I'm a bit of a 60+yr old sceptic when it comes to these things, but it was quick and came up some suggestions I had n't considered. So, I delved a little deeper: front fairing off to get to the bank angle sensor. On first inspection, I thought I'd nailed it. There were definite signs of heat stress on the wires coming out of the bank angle sensor (the white and red wires should signs of heat discolouration) which could not be explained by heating within the fairing. this is the only sign of anything untoward in the entire wiring harness. As I mentioned before this bike has only done 2,100 miles. So, I checked the bank angle sensor readings, hoping it was toast. I removed it and tilted it to test, a click was heard from the relay in both directions. The voltage was approx 0.4 producing battery voltage 12.5V on tilt. Damn, it appears to be working fine! So, Chat GBT suggested, did the tacho show any movement when the bike was turned over on the starter. The needle remained stationary. It then suggested I tested the voltage of the feed wires (black/white) to the coils - all good 12.5 V. I then though, I'll have a look at the sparklers. Not a sausage. No spark on either of the rear cylinders (I did n't bother with the fronts). Chat GBT strongly suggested it was the engine pulse generator. Airbox off, checked values at the red connector block. Again values all appear fine. I removed both of the earthing contact to the frames and made them bright with some emery paper, still no good. So, my symptoms are: no sparks at the plugs despite power to the coils; fuel pump relay not energising (fuel pump and associated wiring is fine - as bridging fires up the pump) and tacho not moving. Things done so far: Replaced the ECU with a second-hand one (as advised by a bike shop!) and had it reprogrammed to activate HISS. HISS light goes out as it should. Engine kill switch appears to be fine. Checked GND Earthing block, clean as a whistle, checked and cleaned two Earthing points to frame, checked fuel pump (including flow rate), replaced fuel pump relay, checked readings and activation of bank angle sensor, checked activation and readings of engine pulse generator. All these components appear to working as they should. I cannot believe there are any broken wires in this pristine loom, so I can only assume it is an Earthing issue. Any ideas from anybody out there would be greatly appreciated! Jem
  23. Akin
    Bonjour, J'ai perdu cette partie. Où puis-je en trouver un ? Je l'ai commandé à AliExpress, mais le filetage est trop long... Merci
  24. Akin
    Bonjour les motards, Je vis en Belgique et J'ai perdu les deux clés de mon VFR800F 2015, que j'ai acheté d'occasion. Toutes les solutions que j'ai trouvées consistent à retirer le cylindre de la serrure d'allumage (interrupteur d'allumage). Le problème est que même après avoir retiré le guidon et la triple pince, ça ne marche pas. Le verrou du guidon est engagé... Que puis-je faire ? Merci
  25. Burger
    i'm a huge fan of reverse bleeding; instead of bleeding from the m/c down to the caliper, you push fluid up from the caliper into the m/c using a syringe. it's easy, fairly foolproof, saves fluid, and doesn't need any special expensive tools. mr. ari henning details the process thusly: https://www.revzilla.com/common-tread/stop-struggling-how-to-reverse-bleed-your-motorcycle-brakes
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  28. FreddieFan
    Thanks JZH Its a needle in a Hay stack as it seems it hasn't been documented by anyone. I will try some of the larger spring companies who do car work to see if they have something suitable off the shelf as I am going down the 74mm pistons from TTS. I am looking at changing the cam profile to suit the over square engine and 12.5:1 compression. My tune is more for Road use so keeping the linear torque response from the engine. Thanks FF
  29. swimmer
    I've got a like new (mounted and did one 20 minute ride and took off) double bubble zero gravity smoke tint screen I am interested in selling. Let me know if you are interested.
  30. mello dude
    No linked system for me... Rear is blead and fine...it's the front thats next. RC51 calipers and master cylinder....
  31. WGREGT
    Damn that's a big bolt. OK. So pull the carbs to make this happen seems like the only way really. And that's AFTER I'm OK with drilling and tapping an irreplaceable part. Thanks for the insight, of course.
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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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