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ok I've ordered a Tourmax smc rebuild kit. I have 2 smc's, surely one of them will be good enough to rebuild! Hopefully I'll get the shock/dogbone/link plates in over the weekend, that rebuild kit will be about 10 days getting here so I'll try get everything else done and that'll be the last job before getting her out on the road. I've been soaking the bolts for the last few days so hopefully it comes apart easily.
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I wonder if they would notice if a scruffy red 5th Gen with a Maine plate was suddenly occupying the RC30's place?
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Geez that's a good looking 5th Gen. That high mount exhaust is the bees knees!
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I am doing a little Spring cleaning, I have the following for sale in North East TN 3rd Gen rear wheel, cosmetically challenged but true - $150 4th Gen front wheel, cosmetically challenged but true - $75 3rd Gen Original seat, one minor flaw that has been glued over, a few stains that should clean up -$75 4th Gen Corbin seat professionally reupholstered, only used on a few rides - $250
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Yep. All fuses good. Thanks.
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As we've had a spell of dry weather and I've finished the oil/filter, air filter and coolant change, old Silver deserved a good wash. I'll leave her out for a couple of hours then polish then she's off for her annual government health check (MoT test). I promise to ride her more than I managed over the last 2 years.
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Just refitting the front end up and wondered if anyone has done a similar job. The support has a certain amount of movement up and down before tightening the two mounting bolts. This will ultimately affect headlight beam height when everything else is bolted up. I'm tempted to nip' it up somewhere in the middle position and hope for the best 🙏 Your thoughts? 20260323_130759.mp4
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To add to what everbody is saying... here's the circuit diagram.... Not a fan of that circuit breaker from the Roadstercycle kit, prefer a HD fuse holder, large enough to take the current... Such as a MetriPack 630.... example from Cycleterminal.. -- about half way down the page... https://www.cycleterminal.com/fuse-boxes.html Also this waterproof style from DelCity... https://www.delcity.net/store/fuses-fuse-accessories/holders-circuit-taps/atc-ato-blade/inline-water-tight-red-with-leads/78335/ The R/R connectors are here from Cycleterminal.. https://www.cycleterminal.com/furukawa-qlw-250.html In general since I am a OCD foole, I prefer to build the harness myself and use Marine grade wire, usually I get it from DelCity.. https://www.delcity.net/store/wire-cable/ancor-marine-grade-tinned-primary-wire/ DelCity is great for general wire em up supplies too.... Best wishes to all..
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Did you check the main fuse, as well as the lesser ones?
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Forget the hotel towels or robe, I know what I'm sneaking out in my suitcase!
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with the kit, you run the stator directly to the reg and then the reg directly to the battery, bypassing the stock harness.
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Question for the group. From your pictures it looks like you have a three-pin connector (yellow wires) and a two-pin connector for the other wires. I have the three-pin connector, but I have a four-pin connector with two red and two green wires. What am I missing? Are you combining the reds and greens together somehow?
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Dragged it out from winter hibernation & let it warm through & checked everything through ready for getting back on the road in April 😁👍
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A few days back I tried to crank my 2012 VFR1200 FD, which was still connected to the battery tender. When I turned the ignition switch to the on position, I heard a small pop and the dash went totally dark. Nothing works: starter, lights, nothing. I've checked all the fuses under the seat and they're all good. I've run out of ideas. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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The 5th gen is known for wearing out its clutch springs I have had 2 sets on the same clutch. Then replaced them with heavy duty versions.
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The SMC is as the name suggests, just another master cylinder, similar in operation to the master cylinder on the hand or foot brakes. If there is fluid passing the seals then either the seal is knackered or the bore is corroded.
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Well, lots of good advice and great photos posted here. Think the guys have you on the right track. I'll post this just for reference should you want to save a few dollars and still have an OEM Shindengen regulator. A Regulator/Rectifier from a 2013/17 Honda CB500X is a Shindengen FH020AA. I got a used one for $26 shipped on Ebay, there is one on there now for $34. A connector kit from Cycleterminal was $23 shipped. Both items were courtesy of Mello Dudes suggestions. 12 ft of tinned 14 gauge yellow marine wire was $12 at my local ships chandlery. So my total was $61. Hope this is of some value to you and others.
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Thank you so much! It's very appreciated. I'll take a look at the manual for sure and see if with your explanations that helps to guide me in the right place. Sounds like I need to do some more digging. If nothing else, I'll get to learn something new! -
'98 VFR Electrical Problem - Help!
Captain 80s replied to JimMoore's topic in Fifth Generation VFR's
I finally got a Riv-Nut installer and a wide variety of Metric Riv-Nuts a couple years ago. Invaluable. Love it! In some cases where thickness allows, you can also spot-face what is being bolted there the thickness of the nut lip for a flush, sturdier install. I realize a R/R is not one of those cases. -
And at the other extreme, I mounted my 5th gen's Shindengen series SH-847 reg/rec vertically like this, using M6 Riv-Nuts: It's mounted just above the grab handle: Here's where I added the stainless Riv-Nuts to the OEM reg/rec mounting plate: (I love Riv-Nuts!) If you look closely at this pic (and the first one), you can see where I've trimmed one of the Furukawa sealed connectors to clear the rear cowl--just in case. But, overall, the SH-847 reg/rec fits in the OEM location (just), with no drastic modifications required. Ciao, JZH
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Hey Seb, a quick (practical) question I don't recall being mentioned in this (or any other A&A supercharger-related) thread, but how do you deal with the crank timing marks being blocked by a big pulley shaft stuffed into the timing cover? I was thinking about this the other day when I was (briefly) considering checking the valve clearances on my "Yellow Peril". Ideally, the OEM timing marks would have been transferred to the new pulley and the timing cover so the crankshaft position could be determined without disassembling anything, but AFAIK that was not contemplated as part of the A&A kit. (Dan did a great job developing the kit, but I don't think he spent a lot of time thinking about ongoing maintenance--and why no Rotrex oil cooler?!?) The "manual" way of finding TDC for each cylinder, of course, would be to pull the spark plugs for each cylinder and use some kind of probe to find the highest piston point, but timing marks were originally provided by Honda because using them is a lot easier! (Also, you have to make sure the TDC you're looking at is on the firing stroke or the exhaust stroke, by checking whether the valves are closed or open.) A bit of a pain to do all that, but I guess it's the only way to do it (if the timing marks have not been transferred). I've got a windowed clutch cover ready to go on this bike (along with a load of other stuff) after I get it NL-registered, so I will think about addressing this issue then, but I was wondering if you'd maybe come up with another solution? Cheers, JZH
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It shouldn't. Have a look here.
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During the winter months I did the following on my '02 VTEC. - Cleaned the combustion chamber of the no.2 cylinder because of accumulated carbon deposits with . I have a separate thread on that. Cleaned the other cylinders a bit, wasn't necessary but I did it anyway. Used Protec Carbon X K1+K2 cleaner. - Oil Motul 7100 10w40 and HiFlo filter because the oil was contaminated by the cleaning agent - 25k km after the last adjustment I measured the valve clearances on normal valves, all were spot on except the problematic no.2 cylinder had an exhaust valve tighten a lot because of extreme heat of combustion caused by high compression due to carbon buildup. Ignored the VTEC valves as the tolerance is much higher. - Removed the water pump as it was leaking oil at the shaft seal and coolant at the hose connection. Cleaned it up from corrosion, put new seals, added some black silicone on the areas that had pitting. Tightened the clamps on the three coolant hoses inside the Vee of the engine as they were leaking. Managed to tighten them without removing the throttle body. Removed the cam chain tensioner to gain access to the clamp bolt that's upside down. Put new coolant in. - Put a new seal on the oil cooler pipe, where it connects to the sump as it was leaking - Overhauled the forks with a rebuild kit. New bushings, fork seals, top seals, bottom washers, dust caps etc. Motul 10w oil, 120mm air gap because of linear springs. - New clutch cover gasket, borrowed a crank sensor to troubleshoot some issues, turned out it wasn't the source of the problem. - Replaced the rear brake pads. EBC HH - Bought a used kickstand sensor off ebay as the connector has disintegrated on mine. Had a head scratching moment because when the kickstand is down the bike thought it's up. It turns out the 2010 VFR uses the same kickstand sensor and wiring but the connector uses different pins. The two wires connect first and third pin for the 2002, while the 2010 connects first and second pin. Weird. Disassembled the connector and rewired it so it works correctly on my bike. Lot's of work but the bike is ready for the riding season. I hope the coolant hoses don't give me much trouble. They might need replacing next winter. Had a first proper ride with a VFR buddy, it was nice.
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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
Close up
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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Oops. I do believe I know how to post YT videos or they wouldn't be on YT. However I may have screwed up copying the link to the playlist. Thanks for the helpful comment. -
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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