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  2. Lucca
    I checked the valves, the VTEC spool valve, and the water hoses—which are a real pain to change; they’re thicker, so there are spots where it’s definitely not fun. What I’m happy about are the valves; they are all within spec. Job is time consuming and there must be done carefully due to VTEC valves and given procedures. There are points where you can make mistake in calculations and procedures during assembly so take Your time. Given that it has plenty of power and runs smoothly my bike i sin mint condition. The spark plugs are fine—they’ve got another 30k km in them. I’ll swap them when I do everything all over again. During this check i cleaned and enlarged a hole in a CCT metal gasket to 2mm to make a better flow of oil. CCT were completely inspected and assembled and rewound to a little bit increased tension. 8 full circles are approx. factory settings, but i made 10 full circles so tension is nice and firm. And at the almost end, i have checked main steering bearing, just opened that sucker, did inspection for wear and tear. No findings on old bearings as you can see from pictures. I have new ones but would be shame to replace these nice ball ones that are much better than Roller bearings cause better feeling of steering is on ball bearings than on roller ones. Just puted new grease, cleaned everything and torqued it to specs as per Service manual. God I love these old manuals from 2002 and previous years.....they were written for my brain settings 🙂 , just love them!
  3. Lucca
    As well, these past months i had a real piece of work . I’ve been occupied with installing/replacing the right-hand handlebar switch with a different model that includes a Hazard light switch (or "all 4" as we say). To do it right, I had to create a completely new wiring harness, including new connectors and new contacts within the existing connector to keep it looking original. Naturally, I used the electrical schematic since I have all the service manuals for this bike, and quite a few other models too.In short, I also swapped in a new flasher relay compatible with LED lights, so those are working as well. I’ve tested everything, and it works perfectly. Honestly, nowadays it’s much better to have that switch on a bike; even though they started adding them to the VFR800 in mid-2003, my 2003 model didn't come with one. Well, now it does. It was a lot of hassle, like everything else, but it can be done.
  4. Gaz66
    Found these on eBay, not much use for buyers outside the UK, seller is UK based, may ship worldwide, messaged seller & they confirm female side is self seal with Viton seals fitted, by far the cheapest I can find, 6mm & 8mm barbed hose tails. Yes they do look like PCL airline coupling, hence I messaged seller to confirm fuel compatibility, fully Nickel plated brass & rated up to 16bar (232psi) https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/186710732470
  5. Lucca
    Thank You for heads up on that matter. My brake system is clean as a virgin Marry her self now 🙂 Cost is another story...some 5K Euro was put there as well as a newly bought second hand engine that is in minty condition that is in a valve clearance check process. This bike is renew now to the bone...i would say 🙂
  6. Gaz66
    Hey Lucca. You've been hammering the wallet a bit. Dunno if you're aware or not, but there's a return flow filter mounting in the rear of the front 2nd master cylinder, lives under a bolt off pipe union mounting, often gets over looks & prone to clog with Schmoo, rear brake will bind or even lock up if it's blocked. Often referred to as the "Little Green Bastid".👍
  7. Gaz66
    I do like the weight saving aspect & a neat install with the Anderson plug. May be a lot of the info on the Tinterweb is out dated? I'll get ma coat 😉
  8. Lucca
    Again, a little preventive maintenance at 34t km , of course, the rear bearing came next. It's winter, so let's take advantage of the time for inspection. The torque of the nut is 201Nm, and a little more oxide... I would say it was approx. 400-500Nm for tightening. I disassembled and cleaned it, in one place it seems there was a little moisture inside the bearing and the shaft in the outer bearing got corrosion. Namely, the VFR has 4 bearings at the back, 3 closed ball bearings and one roller bearing which bothered me the most, i.e. its condition due to the age and age of the grease in it. The condition of the roller bearing needed to be changed because it had already lost its viscosity, so I did this practically. Of course I cleaned everything and reassembled it with new grease. The condition of all the bearings is excellent. These ball bearings are without fault and are definitely not for replacement yet, although I recently purchased new bearings, it would be a sin to change these. I replaced the outer oil seals as well as the main nut. The rubber shock absorbers on the chain are still excellent, we will open them again in about 30t km...maybe..everything was repacked a bit, the shaft polished and cleaned, new grease everywhere, put copper grease on the entire bearing assembly that goes into the fork to prevent oxide from forming, although everything was nice and clean now. I have to admit that this motorcycle stand is dark, I just turn it around as it suits me, I don't have to go around the engine all the time, but I turn it with the stand... excellent. As well , a little bit of Fuel rail injectors repacking and was done as Stator connector replacement due to problems with old one that almost melted.....a common problem with VFRs.
  9. Lucca
    Hel hoses on VFR800....are HELL literally. A big job that has to be done cause 23 years old rubber hoses have to be replaced. I have 32k km on the clock but since i have decided to renew my unicorn....her is a brief story with a lot of photo. This service began on the Oct 2025 where i have started...and did a job sequentially , driving the bike in between then and now. As well, i have changed clutch one, coolant and vacuum hoses. Pretty nasty job but somebody has to do it. I said that i will literally make this bike new..so i will. Since now i have dismantle complete bike numerous times cause of ordering new parts that i have said that i will change. Brake/clutch, coolant and vacuum ones are were number one. To be completely hones, non of them were in a need of a change, but 23 years old rubber has to be changed due to safety issue. Brake calipers were inspected and cleaned, only SMC needed new set of rubbers inside. Of course, chain with sprockets is changed as well.
  10. Presson
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    I can only think there had been so much wheelying that the bike just needed to lie down!
  11. Presson
    Hi Terry, it's been a question of what I've been able to get at the time Castrol 10/40 is always available, 10/30 sometimes. My vfr800 is the final updated 2017 model (small changes made from 2016). The manual specifies 10/30 and I'm pretty sure that's for emission compliance reasons only. If I ride relaxed with little VTEC engagement, I often see 60-62 mpg on a motorway run, 58-60 on B roads (but there's limited fun in riding that way!). I've never seen more than a 1- 2 mpg difference between the oils over 100 miles of riding.
  12. Sirbike
    Perfect, I was about to ask about the “while I’m in theres” Check out the skills used here. They welded up a crack so close to the bolt that I had to dremel out some room for a socket.
  13. Tirso
    TLDR: LiFePo4 + SH847 + healthy stater = nothing to worry about and Deltran Battery Tender is fine to use In '19 with 12k miles, I checked stator status via "The Drill" I installed a SH847 from Jack @ https://roadstercycle.com/. At same time I bought a Shorai LFM18A1-BS12 (LiFePO4). In the last 5+ years I have drained the battery 6 times to the point the bike would not start after I forgot to turn off the Oxford Hot Grips when I arrived home. All six times I recharged the Shorai with the good old Deltran Battery Tender. I monitored the recharge process and disconnected the Battery Tender as soon as I saw the LED display Green for full charge. I'm now at 36k miles. Here's some good reading from our old friend @DannoXYZ re: Replacement Battery @Sirbike nice color bike, good luck with your "prepping".
  14. Terry
    That is an interesting comment Presson. My newly acquired VFR1200F is the only bike I have come across that specifies 10W-30; my others (MT-10, 2 x VFR800s, ST1100 and ST1300) all specified 10W-40. Getting synthetic 10W-40 is very easy (I use Penrite Vantage, cheap, especially when on sale) but 10W-30 synthetic has so far eluded me in NZ so I have been contemplating switching the 1200 onto 10W-40. I am a bit hung up on fuel consumption, and I have derailed this into an oil thread. Sorry everyone!
  15. MBrane
    Any oil is better than no oil.
  16. MBrane
    +1 got my first Antigravity battery back in 2020 for Play Girl™. When it arrived I thought they sent an empty box. It sat on the bench for almost a year before I installed it, and never needed a maintenance charge. After running it for a couple years including some commute duty I got one for Work Girl™ too. Both bikes have SH847s. So far so good.
  17. mello dude
    Been using a LiPo4 battery for better than 10 years, nothings caught fire....also using a similar connector as JZH...makes it nice, on and off in seconds. Re: different R/Rs for different battery technologies....I think its an excuse for certain vendors to market a "special" for a premium cost....
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  19. bmart
    I've also read a lot about concerns, but I've not had any issues changing battery tech in any of my vehicles. I don't think that the bikes know.
  20. JZH
    I held out for a very long time before I decided LiFePO4 was okay--once Honda started using them as OEM. (I have a LiFePO4 external charger, of course, but I'm using a "standard" SH847 series reg/rec on my yellow 5th gen.) I had a look at the reg/recs Honda has used on its bikes when it switched to lithium batteries on the CBR1000RR and other bikes like the CRF450, and they didn't change the reg/recs at the same time. It's hard to argue that a special reg/rec is a "necessity" when Honda didn't bother fitting one on its top-of-the-range CBR1000RR SP1 in 2017. That bike's reg/rec pn. 31600-MJJ-D31 is the same pn. used on the previous (non-LiFEPO) models and, indeed, it is also used on several other decidedly non-top-of-the-range Hondas like the 2013 NC700 and Forza 300 scooter (which have standard, AGM batteries). These types of batteries have been used in powersports applications for almost 15 years now, and I haven't heard of very many "fireballs". For example, Harley Davidson (yes, I know...) implies that any Harley can use one of their LiFePO4 batteries. The only problems I've read about relate to older-tech Lithium Ion batteries and faulty reg/recs putting out way too many volts. As VFR owners we know about faulty reg/recs, but if you've got a series or MOSFET reg/rec you should not need to worry about over-charging a LiFePO4 battery. When I discovered that I could use a single LiFePO4 battery in almost every bike I own, I stopped buying AGM batteries (once they had all died, one by one--no matter how diligently I charged and "maintained" them). This is my current setup, an Aliant YLP14, which I've permanently connected via 10mm2/8AWG marine cables to an Anderson SB50 connector which mates to each bike: I figure I only need one battery, because I can only ride one bike at a time! Ciao, JZH
  21. JZH
    Those are the same ones Louis sells. I've found Stein connectors with Viton o-rings, in what appears to be 10mm (8mm ID, so...), but of course, I cannot find anyone who sells Stein connectors other than the 6mm and 8mm... Oh, wait. I meant apart from this item number on eBay.com (but located in Germany): 291395197551 Yes, it's 10mm, but @ €76 ea... I suspect I will find someone else selling them if I keep searching German companies. Ciao, JZH
  22. BusyLittleShop
    I made my own hose stay that employs an Aerospace clamp...
  23. mello dude
    Its a long drawn out thread... but here is my saga of changing out the hoses... and "while your in there's" You may as well do the thermostat and O-rings too... https://www.vfrdiscussion.com/index.php?/forums/topic/114089-another-thermostathose-throttle-body-job-minor-refresh-brakes-rebuild-wheels-powder-coat/ Possibly another thread that may be usefull https://www.vfrdiscussion.com/index.php?/forums/topic/114395-5th-gen-maintenance-6th-gen-and-other-parts-that-work-on-5th-gens/ btw-- that OEM R/R is typically a ticking time bomb to eat itself...
  24. vfrcapn
    You've definitely caught the disease. I've never been cured.
  25. Presson
    10/40 semi or full synthetic motorcycle grade oil will be fine. I've used 10/40 and 10/30 semi and fully synthetic; only a very slight increase in mpg with the 10/30. I wouldn't get hung up about it or we'll be guilty of starting an oil thread.... As thumbs says, the OEM mirrors are very good.
  26. Thumbs
    Castrol 10/40 fully synthetic is what I use The OEM mirrors on this bike work really well and also produce a good 3 point light
  27. vfrgiving
    Yes, the ride over CA36 wasn't free flowing. There were a handful of automated stop light 1-lane areas. Either repairing bridges or slides. On the bright side, the pavement between most of them was fresh. My wait wasn't too bad, I did the run from Fortuna to Red Bluff (I had ridden the 101 down from northern Oregon coast, after getting there from crossing WY, ID, and WA). most traffic that late afternoon was heading the other way. The east end was smokey and I observed fire crews responding with helicopters and lift buckets. Also, saw a decent sized pack of riders on custom choppers heading west. My previous trip over 10+ years ago was nowhere near as interesting. The Red Bluff terminus of CA36 with Main St looked like it had been upgraded. I don't recall Main Street being as wide, looks like it was upgraded for more traffic and commercial stuffs.
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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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      Veefalo on Squaw Pass

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      Juniper Pass

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      Mount Evans

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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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