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  2. vfrcapn
    I've been having the same problem just the last few years after an hour or so. Using foam plugs and some silicon, pain really cuts down on my riding time. Going to try advrider.com suggestion to carve out some of the liner behind the speaker pocket. For reference used these: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B099YYWXXK?th=1 I used wired in ear buds for years but preferred the convenience of in helmet.
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  4. Captain 80s
    V3 in 1983
  5. Skids
    Only ones I can see are ribbed (phnaar, phnaar) and have a handle on the end for pulling out. Are those what you mean?
  6. Skids
    I guess we have different ears the cos I can wear the Westones all day. The driver is at 90 degrees to the ear canal so it lies flat inside the ear and is flush and not uncomfortable. Not having speakers in the helmet trying to push them in also helps.
  7. keny
    Well, as I have in plans to do a cosmic refreshing of Transalp this winter/fall, mainly repaint whit fresh sticker kit, that I already have, my thoughts has started to dream a bit.... A Transalp is a bit dull looking compared to a Africa Twin 750/650... There are options through. But all are costly more or less. Perfect fairings makes a top fairing that has Africa Twin twin headlights and fit together whit orginal side fairings At 110€ (plus shipping) it's not bad actually, but then come the down side, it's made to fit together whit a Africa Twin RD04 headlights as front subframe, both that are hard to find at least for reasonable money.... Headlights are sold for 200€+ (second hand) and front subframe for much more.... well a other option would be to modify current front subframe whit some twin headlights... A other option I looked at is this rally raid look front fairing It's not a cheap option, 360€ plus shipping from one score but found it also for 290€ on a other site. The maker has a nice subframe whit Lights to offer but for a salty price We are talking 500+€! But found a French company that makes a more affordable that uses Universal twin headlights for naked bikes You can buy it in black or raw aluminum, whit or whit out headlights, cheapest in raw whit out headlights for 250€. Black add 50€, headlights 100€... Whit it the Transalp looks like picture above. Cool I think, but probably less protection from elements compared to the orginal as less wide and doesn't have the cool flush front indicators, a thing I like whit the original design. So again a dilemma 😅 Sure a option would be to sell the Transalp as a few more (Zephyr Cafe when ready as SevenFifty) and buy a Africa Twin 750 RD07 again..... Choices choices.....
  8. Gaz66
    Try silicone tapered swim plugs (washable) hygienic to, no pressure pain as plugs don't swell, can still hear everything fairly well, dulls down the harsh wind noise frequencies, still hear helmet speakers, no sticky out bits, no pain, just reasonable comfort & cheap too. Same kinda plugs are marketed as bike specific, Bull💩, they're just swim plugs at 10 times the price. Try em, might suit your needs, I'd never put crappy foamies back in my lugs again.
  9. keny

    Anything goes!

    Images added to a gallery album owned by keny in Member's Gallery

    Other VFR and other pics....
  10. vfrgiving
    I generally can't stand in-ear solutions for very long. Foam plugs on their own are a necessary, but after enough hours even they can become irritating. I tried out a $30 set of earplugs 🙃 that supposedly filter frequencies for better music listening. That was a huge mistake. The plastic core with silicone tips was murder on my ears, especially my right for some reason. It probably didn't help the plastic ends of the plug sticking out were being pushed on by the helmet speakers. The pain was such that even pulling my helmet off gave me pause, it felt like someone was stabbing me in the side of the head. The inside edge of my ear canal was sensitive for a few days after tossing the "HIGH DEF" plugs in the bin.
  11. Skids
    Thanks vfrgiving. That does sound like a lot of trouble and expense to go to which is why I just don't understand why Sena have gone the way they have and are phasing out in-ear speaker compatibility kits. I use Westone UM10 in-ear speakers. They give me broadcast-quality sound direct into my ear and are surrounded by foam buds which cut down outside noise and holds them in place. There's no sound deadening foam between the speaker and my ears. Why is this not the most logical and best engineering way to go? I just don't understand and am very frustrated by it. I have emailed Sena Europe and they are very sorry at my disappointment and will pass on my thoughts upwards but I don't think they will be changing anything.
  12. vfrgiving
    Running music in my helmet evolved in a few steps but I finally settled on the following. I don't have any experience with Sena, but I found Cardo's volume output lacking for music especially trying to overcome wind noise (I ride with foam earplugs). First thing I tried was the 45mm JBL upgrade. That didn't do anything for volume and just made the sound a little richer. I then found a company called IASUS that makes a small amplifier you stick between the comms unit and the speakers. It drives the speakers harder. The 45mm JBLs tolerated being a little louder but quickly got blown-out in a crackling overdrive mess. I swapped out the 45mm JBLs for IASUS XSound 4 that can tolerate being driven much louder before distortion. They come with a little leather paddle to help tuck your ears around that flex seal on the speakers. That works but is obnoxious in practice. I found wearing a cheap, thin helmet liner cap that covers my ears to be the solution. So now when I put my helmet on my ears slip past the XSound 4. The Cardo lasts 12+ hours on a charge, but the tiny IASUS amp lasts 5-6.. and I tour. So I purchased a 2nd amp. I keep a small battery bank in a cheap soft shell electronics case in luggage. The 2nd amps lives there on charge. When the one on helmet duty inevitably dies on a long day, I can quickly swap it out with a charged one and the outgoing one starts charging up on the battery bank. The amp battery is super tiny so they just take little sippy-sips from the 10000mAh battery bank. I'll pull the battery bank every few weeks and charge it, but it handles a ton of amp swaps.
  13. VTCAL
    I find that the black wheels on my '99 are BLAH! I'm thinking white, or bronze, But I'm lazy and not a paint guy.
  14. ggathagan
    Well, if you're going to jump into the 3-cylinder pool, a V-3 is a nice Honda twist with a homage to the V-4s
  15. MBrane
    Given a choice I would go with black to keep with the red/black/silver combo.
  16. MBrane
    Yes I did. Moved to STO eventually, but then kinda lost interest in most of the group after a while. My girl is still in touch with some of those folks on Fakebook. I don't do the mass social media thing. The "Before The Snow Flies" rides are some fond memories. Haven't heard anything from GTS Rider in a long time. Last ride we did was Portuguese Pass in 2013. There were 4 of us.
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  19. Terry
    Last night I decided to switch out the worn Road 5 front tyre for a tasty new Bridgestone T33; I've got T33s on my 6th gen and they seem to be a great wear/grip/feel compromise, and they are a little cheaper than the Road 6. I will give Michelin credit for making a tyre that is easy to mount/dismount, it took only a couple of minutes to get it off, the T33 usues a stiffer carcass that wants to hang onto the beads, but was not too challenging; I use a couple of nice levers and some hard plastic rim protectors, plus soapy water and a bit of perspiration. I use a garden spade as my bead breaker, just pretend you are digging into the sidewall and jump on, this has been successful on all but the toughest tyre so far, which was a T32GT on my ST1300; I had to devise a different method for that one. I was expecting to be able to remove the ugly line of steel balance weights with the new tyre, but I (wisely) left them in place until the new tyre was mounted, and based on the very slow speed on the balance stand, the wheel is near enough to perfect, so the rim itself must be a source of inbalance. Earl is now ready for another decent test ride this weekend but unfortunately the weather gods may have other ideas.
  20. Lorne
    White '93 VFRs really do stand out. I like the look of my '09 a lot, but the '93 is even nicer.
  21. keny
    Some updates Bought a more off-road capable rear tire for the Transalp, was on great sale, -45% of list price The Zephyr Cafe.... I have geathered a few bites A rear fender whit light from a Yamaha XSR 700, turn signals, a loop for the frame The support for the seat is ready. Next to cut the tail to fit the loop, but rain prevents as I like to do the grinding outside... So what to do Started cleaning the carbs Just to notice they are not Zephyr 550 carbs, but 32mm CKVs off a ZX600C5-10........ Jets seems stock but needles rised quit a bit..... Should have known better factor is high again... Well we have to see, they (carbs) are ultrasonic cleaned now.. And tube between carbs not in good shape... Hmmm
  22. VeeEffArah
    Because if I go with white, I'm going to spend too much money on a 8 spoke rear. 😁 Plus a friend has white wheels on his 07 Anniversary. He did paint the front fender the same red as the accent stripe which looks good IMO.
  23. Dutch724
    Seeing this has become the subject at hand.... About wheels. I'm torn between Black and Bronze wheels. The bike will be painted Italian red. Is there a shade of bronze or maybe any shade will look good with the red paint? I would like to get the opinion of everyone in the class. I want the bike to stand out a little but not be abomination or I can just stay with the black.
  24. JZH
    It's no use, Lorne. White wheels on a VFR is a Marmite/Vegemite question. I had my '90's wheels powdercoated black at the first opportunity! However, black wheels on a '93 "fridge" model would be an abomination... Ciao, JZH
  25. JZH
    Yes, but too bad about the exhaust sound... Ciao, JZH
  26. arrow
    I hope this will be the basis of a new VFR…
  27. davenay67
    Did you used to hang out on sport-touring.net back in the day? Your avatar looks really familiar. Back when the site was any good I used to live in the LA area and would hang out in the SoCal regional forum. That was back when I had my GSXR-750 and Daytona 955i (sold the former to get the latter).
  28. MBrane
    Reminds me of the south Sierra rides we used to do.
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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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