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  2. FromMaine
    Nice anniversary edition paint on the 5th. I have only seen one once, that was when I was living in the UK. A quick search showed this on here. Think if you want to track one down, start checking e bay UK, Germany, Italy etc. also. Good luck.
  3. DoughnutRacer
    Hi guys last weekend I picked up a 1999 VFR800 with some rough looking aftermarket fairings. Over the week I put it back to factory height and reinstalled the OE fairings. It has generic looking clutch and front brake master cylinders. The clutch is really heavy, especially with a broken lever. I'm already planning on replacing that. The brakes work but don't feel great, the rear is very soft and has a lot of movement before it grabs. The front lever is hard but the front brakes work ok. What I'm wondering is, did the cheapo front brake master mess up the linked braking? If this is the wrong place to start asking tech questions I'll make a more detailed post in the appropriate section. Thanks for the input! And I'm glad to have found a great knowledge base for these old bikes!
  4. FromMaine
    Firstly, well done on the diagnosis. Looking at that spacer flange I would have thought that chain would be chowdered, but the plates look ok. As mentioned, have a close look to see if the original rings are still serviceable. I went and had a look at my 2001. That flange is semi structural, but more of a spacer. I would clean it up and re-use it personally. For the record, I built my own frame slider/tip over protectors. You guessed it, I made doubly sure my flange was in the right place when i went for a look.🙂 Thanks for the pics and the follow up, you never know who they might help. Pic just shows slider on the left.
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  6. guntblin
    Recently got my hands on a 5th gen, one of the things I've been looking to do to it is swap the tail light for a clear one. I've seen several videos and forum posts in which these tail lights exist, but I've yet to find one for sale. Does anyone have any sort of source for these, or are they unobtainable these days? I'd also be more than happy to buy one from a private seller if anybody has one lying around. Thank you in advance for any responses!
  7. FromMaine
    No, nothing that special. Last photo is just Rustoleum metal primer. I'm letting that cure for about 4 days, then topcoat with Rustoleum Appliance Enamel. This has worked well in the past when I painted my other wheels. Surpringly durable, ,and more importantly pretty easy to touch up. I get 3-4 years out of it depending on how may tires I go through. Last year I went through 3 rears and 2 fronts, so I'll put this new rim on the back and refresh my front rim when I put my new set on this year. The pics are from when I refreshed the paint on my rims when I put my third set of tires on last year. 3rd Pic is the paint I use.
  8. guntblin
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  9. orener
    Will do. I've been liberal in lubricating the chain (I clean + lube it each time I fill the tank) - maybe overly so, with some lube getting kicked off and greasing up the swingarm - so that might be my saving grace here.
  10. Captain 80s
    I would inspect the chain o-rings for damage. That groove looks kinda deep and sharp-ish.
  11. orener
    @Terry @FromMaine So I think I found the issue..... the original owner had T-Rex side sliders, which I wanted off, so I had to pull out / re-install the engine mounting bolts in order to un-install the sliders (which I did many months ago). When I did this, I must have not inserted the flange collar correctly - and it was sitting below the mounting bolt, touching the chain. See the attached position I found it in, along with the flange collar showing how much the chain chewed through. The flange collar was sitting above the chain, so it makes sense as to why it was only making noise on deceleration. The piece is #3 in the diagram below.
  12. Worfje
    'Honey do'...
  13. FromMaine
    👍 Great news!
  14. Dutch724
    I have already ran it by the fabrication shop to see if they can welded it up. They didn't see an issue with being able to do it. I plan to drop the bike off this week to get the sub frame connection repaired. Thank you all for the extra pictures. I plan to use them as examples. fuel tank cap is going to a lock smith today to match up the tumbler with the ignition key. I haven't touched the bike at all this weekend. I had some "honey do" projects that my wife decided to need to be scheduled to get done. Seeing my VFR is not done for the riding season yet, I will be pulling out my old 89' EX500 for riding back and forth to work. Should be a good week for that.
  15. vfrgiving
    VFR is work commuter today. 🤗
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  18. Lorne
    Forgot to ask, did you use a paint with pearl added? I used pearl paint on my yellow '99's wheels, and the 8-spoke of course. Besides, my '09 Vtec's bodywork has pearl so it suits the bike.
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  20. Presson
    Did you fix your issue? I suspect the problem is air in the system. I changed my 8 gen lines for braided; didn't have any issues with the abs unit but bleeding took a while. As well as the left caliper issue I suggested, it worth looking at the lines up around the headstock area as I recall there being a high point near a flare connector that I needed to manipulate to allow air to rise up to the master. The final trick is to put the bike on the side stand, rotate the handlebars to the left to get the master level and then zip tie the brake lever hard on and leave overnight. That always seems to get the final bit of air to rise up and out.
  21. flya750
    Interesting, I replaced all my brake lines with Hel SS brake lines, I don't recall needing to do an ABS bleed? What reason would you need to do this step?
  22. FromMaine
    I agree with Terry, sounds like the chain bouncing on decel.
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  24. FromMaine
    Why Thank You! Been a member since 2015. Finally found a use for all my old toothbrushes. 😁
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  26. orener
    I will check the chain tension and plastic guide tomorrow; I was changing the shock damper setting yesterday and the chain didn't seem super lose when I moved it slightly out of the way, but will tension it to max suggested spec (1" freeplay) and see if that solves it.
  27. Worfje
    It looks like your not the first to have damaged your frame vs. rear subframe: Source is here on VFRWorld.
  28. Terry
    It sounded like a scrape to me, not a slosh. My opinion is that it has to be something within the motor or driveline as it responds exactly to the throttle on or off. Maybe as simple as the chain being pulled tight on the top run by acceleration, then slacking off and dragging over the rubber bumper along the top of the swingarm, so I would be starting there. I guess it could be the camchain tensioners but I thought they're more likely to cause a big rattle rather than a scrape.
  29. orener
    Hi - I'm wondering if any of you have any ideas what this noise could be on my 2014 VFR800F from the attached video (got up to 10mph and pulled off the throttle, then pulled the clutch)... additional information below: It sounds a little like sloshing but is relatively loud It happens on deceleration (the second I let off the throttle, this noise comes up - and when I'm on the throttle, it goes away). When I get faster and decelerate, the noise gets louder and more aggressive as well. On start-up and idle there is no noise. It sounds like it's coming from the front of the bike (gas tank? radiator? front wheel?) I recently changed the braked pads / cleaned the calipers; when I had the bike lifted, and spun the wheel, there were no noises. Even with the brakes re-installed, very minimal noise - just normal pad contact When the brakes were off, I also checked the wheel for side-to-side play and there wasn't any - so don't think it's a wheel bearing issue The noise happens even when the clutch is pulled (the end of the clip is me pulling the clutch) - but I couldn't recreate while the bike was turned off (even trying to build some speed) Really curious if you have any ideas... would like to resolve this. Thank you! IMG_7513.mov
  30. FromMaine
    Wow, went out to my bike and had a look. That is in a less than ideal place. The shock is mountedleft of the weld to a plate that depends on those two mounting bolts. Obviously that is a cast aluminum part. Cast aluminum tends to be porous and difficult to weld. I would certainly check with the shop you intend to take it to to inform them what you need to do, many welders will not touch cast aluminum. That said, it can be done, as Honda welds that cast piece to an extruded aluminum spar. To the left of the weld is extruded, fairly easy to weld, the right is cast, not so easy. I certainly hope they are able to repair it. Great work getting this far!
  31. Worfje
    Any pictures of your Hel(of a braking system)?
  32. rgrattan
    I was able to fix this issue without any ABS Modulator bleed antics. It turns out the front right rotor on my VFR had a slight wobble/buckle aka runout. This meant that repeated bleeds could never fix the issue. I replaced the front rotors with OEM Honda. Costly but necessary. Now the bikes brakes feel fantastic.
  33. Worfje
    I assume you are referring to the vacuum lines that attach to the bottom part of the air box. The connection to the air box is only to 'put a plug' in the vacuum line. Looking at the complexity of the DCBS, I doubt someone will be able to guarantee that. It can certainly help in addition to the prescribed procedure. About your crack... I am surprised to see it. I hope the welding shop sees possibilities to repair this.
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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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      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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