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A few weeks ago I turned on the key and the bike went dead. I mean dead. No clock dead. Grabbed the dvm and checked the battery. It was at 12.7 with the key off, then dropped to 1-2 volts at key on. OK, bad battery. I replaced (from Batteries Plus) and everything seemed OK. Until today. Dead again. But as soon as I turn the key off the voltage jumps back to 12.7-12.8. I looked at a few things. Connections are tight. All the fuses I could find are intact. One weird phenomenon. If I pull the STARTER - ENGINE STOP SENSOR fuse and turn on the key the engine stop sensor clicks rapidly and the battery voltage goes down much more slowly than if I simply turn on the key. Idk if that's a clue or not. In fact, I'm totally stumped. I'm not even sure where to start. Anyone?
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Finally they are ready for painting If you wounder why the headlight is still there, well the scruvs that holds it are stuck, rusted to the brass nuts in the plastic, so it will be there as just protected. The part's are now delivered to my friend that is a professional car painter to be painted. The Transalp looks a bit sad But now it's time to dig into the carbs and clean them as tank is off, also thinking about putting the more street rubber on perhaps as I have not been riding that much gravel... And the seat cover needs to be changed!
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Other VFR and other pics....
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Some talk about blue VFRs: Blue VFR
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I learned something funny about BRG. It turns out the original international car races were sponsored in Europe by Rockefeller in the early 1900's it would considered the equivalent of an annual F1 race now. But the winner got to host the next years race. The English won the 2nd or 3rd year, but England had the 5mph law with a man carrying a red flag in front of a car then. So they asked the Irish (Britain owned all of Ireland at that time) if they would host it? They said yes. So in honour of this the English painted their cars Green, aka BRG! So technically its Irish Racing Green 😂
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Interesting comment on the battery drain there Mohawk. Of all my bikes, my 99 seems to drain the battery fastest.
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I am looking for ideas on a colour. I think I will keep it simple as this will be my first paint job. I do like a 2015 Gmc dark sapphire metalic blue. Kawasaki has a blue that maybe okay. I did find this 900 painted like a 1100 but obviously is more involved. I think it would look nice on a viffer.
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Been using the same LiFePo4 battery for 10 years..(I looked it up, purchased June 2016).. pulled it off the VFR last Nov 2024..so no parasitic drain on it for 15 months.. checked voltage yesterday ...13.10v... Checked a test fire up in the Valkyrie, insta fire up. Amazing. - (Agree.... parasitic drain over a longer period is not a good thing on these) -- If I ever need to buy a new battery, I think I am going to try this Bosch..(no experience with it) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08R7TQZ58/?coliid=I3MW88FHQYN06W&colid=2OYJOR9CMN4G9&ref_=list_c_wl_lv_ov_lig_dp_it&th=1
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Push it push it real good.
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Well reducing HP loss through pumping loses was an idea, but a bikes cooling circuit is so small it works out at approximately 0.25HP so not noticeable. I mainly did it to get the heat soak benefit & improved cooling at low speeds.
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I've used LifePO4 batteries for 15 years. They are less than half the weight with higher cranking amps, charge perfectly well from the stock charge circuit. Only thing they don't tolerate is extended periods of no use, as the clock has a horrendous draw & will flatten them in a couple of months to below their recovery voltage, at which point they become a brick. So either leave them on a tender or disconnect the battery if leaving for extended periods. Other than that they are great. Do NOT use a straight LiPo battery they are prone to catching fire due to their design & need specific chargers. You have been warned.
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I've used one for over a decade and it works well. The fit is a bit taller, akin to Jaws from James Bond where his head is above the car roof. The electrical leads will be tight but will work.
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If you could do it, I would.....
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I have a bunch of random stuff from my 4Gs I’ve had over the years. A stock seat, a redone seat, random fairing pieces(right side belly pan, right side rear fairing in-tact minus one tab). 42L Givi trunk. Taillight and blinkers. Fuse hub and ground block. Free for local pickup in Murrieta today and tomorrow. plus a stock pipe from a Y2K 800.
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Besides the better engine temp, did you also notice any performance gains, less parasitic loss? (mechanical drain vs electric drain) or is it negligible
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Has anyone fitted a YTX14-BS battery to their 5th Gen? My measurements suggest its close but doable if I replace the cover with a bit of rubber. I'm replacing my radiator fan with a more powerful (650 cfm) unit. It draws 80 watts, thinking a bigger capacity battery might not be a bad idea.
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Thanks to all of you, that information should be sufficient to sort this out. To keep things simple the toggle route will suite me fine. I won't bother with a fuse for the voltmeter as it would be cheap to replace if failed. In addition it will be neat to be able to check voltage before turning the ignition on. This voltmeter will be temporal to keep an eye on the charging behaviour after the mosfet upgrade. My problem leading to the mosfet upgrade has been intermittently discharged battery after long hot runs 200km or more. If problem persists I will at least notice in time before stranded in a bad spot and can proceed with stator replace/refurb. All connectors looks fine, and this only happened twice during 7000km so I hope upgraded R/R will do the trick. Should be set electrical wise for the forseeable future. If i fit a permanent voltmeter to the cluster, doing the relay route seems neat. I like my permanent mods close to "original" in function and finish. At the moment bike is getting a professional full fork refurb and new drivekit. Once I get it back I can install the electricals mentioned in this thread, continue with "the drill", do a full service and then just let that V4 sing every day the sun is out. I love this bike. 😆
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I have had this issue with my 4th gen VFR on the road. There is a trick to open the cap when this issue occurs, I thought it would be worth putting here if anyone finds this thread stranded on a gas station. Make sure to apply pressure to the lid before turning the key, push the lid down in opposite direction of the hinge with your thumb. Turn key with your other hand, while lid fully depressed. Fuel cap will fully open on releasing thumb pressure while lift/push key or keycap towards hinge. If failed, push lid fully down into locked and redo the process. This only fails if not pressing enough before unlocking. I tried EVERYTHING, trying to get this bugger open in my garage. My friend I bought the bike of guided me through this procedure and it works flawless everytime. Good luck, for next season I might do this mod.
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Low RPM reduced flow, High RPM increased heat. That's why I fitted the electric water pump. It runs at a fixed speed, has been fine on 30c trackdays & everywhere else. At Low RPM it increases heat transfer & at High RPM it flows as much as the stock impeller so all good. I swapped out my fan for a VTR unit originally, but make sure you add stone guard mesh or it will destroy your rad when it collects a kicked up stone larger than 1/4". I then switched to 4x waterproof PC style fans mounted to the outside of the rads, requires some minor side fairing air vent edge trimming to fit perfectly. But with my 90c temp switch & a 25/50 Antifreeze to distilled water ratio, the bike runs great even with my increased power. The electric fan is great at the end of a track or hard/hot session, you can kill the engine, but leave the ignition on for a few minutes & it keeps pumping the heat out!
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I fitted one of those years ago, has been great 👍
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And she's rolling! I got her back together enough for a test ride a few days ago. Bleeding the brakes is a bloody pain with the linked system but I got there...however that rear caliper is shot. I was hoping to get away with it for a few days to see how it was running, but it's just knackered. Constantly binding so the bike feels like it's missing about 40 horsepower! Anyway, I got to put fuel in it and take it a mile down the road just to see and the engine seems to be running well and the flat spot is gone so there is improvement...but it's hard to tell with the brake dragging so much if the engine is properly sorted. I've ordered a "new" caliper on ebay - it was much cheaper than a rebuild kit and looks in great condition...it now means i have a full set of calipers for the bike so I can rebuild and paint them in the coming months once the bike proves itself a bit. It is still idling too high. Nowhere near as bad but it's idling at around 3k when warmed up. I'm hoping it just needs the starter valves adjusted...I don't have the doohicky to do that myself so my jobs are: Tidy up the airbox, properly refit clips and wiring Clean fairings and refit "New" caliper on when it arrives next week and bleed brakes...again Change clutch fluid Brake light switch on the front brake isn't working Check if the fan comes on then I'll give it to the local mecahnic here and get him to sort starter valves and see if he can figure out the high idle.
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800Fi aren't the only 5th gen Honda's with side mount radiators with fan pulling from the side discharge to the front. 5th gen 'Wings (including my 1800 Valk) do that. Except my Valk has 2 fans (one on each rad), and the air flow feels industrial strength.
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Cheers , I do have plans on two day trip around Peak District… we will see how everything will gona work out.. I made some changes on rear foot hangers.. so my misses feel comfortable on VFR Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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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
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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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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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