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I see all the photos. that must have taken a while to upload all of those. 🙂 I would much rather deal with simple maintenance issues like you have than deal with knackered plastics and rusty tanks.

Now all pictures should work.

Yes, nice bike

can you see this one?

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Still no photos

Hey Morados Thanks for the comment. From the info available, I'm led to believe F/Pro detent arm return spring is heavier than stock, imho this is a bad move if it affects neutral selection in anyway, stock VFR shift star defo gives an easy to find neutral, this is why I'm checking out other Honda model shift star profiles that will require little to no mods to achieve a more positive shift than a stock star yet still retain easy neutral selection. I may be wasting my time on this, but since I've a planned strip down of sorts pending, I thought I'd give it a shot in the dark so to speak, then this shaft support project came about, so I'm committed to seeing it thru regardless of the outcome, nothing ventured etc. I'm still in the R&D phase with this, but I may have potentially found a solution that's better than a F/Pro for a fraction of the price. Updates coming soon. 👍

Very interesting and count me in when you do open a group purchase for this project, I do already have the FactoryPro Shift star and Detent Arm with micro ceramic hybrid bearings and it shifts better but the big downside is the Neutral shift got very hard to find so maybe this support might help a little bit in finding the Neutral

Nice, ill try to find guide on youtube 🙂 But first i have to investigate this wet exhaust manifold problem on one cylinder.

Re PAIR delete - no ECU mod required. I thought there was a guide on here but I can't find it.

I upgraded my front brake system. There was nothing wrong with the Tokicos, I just wanted a higher end system and had the money so I purchased Hel V2 front calipers, Hel braided lines and Hel V2 Master Cylinder (19mm). Everything is installed but I can't get the intermittent brake failure to stop because I have not yet performed a 'full' ABS bleed. This is usually done by a dealer with a subscription to the Honda tool/software which allows one to perform the solenoid actuation. I have an iCarSoft MT Mini Pro and hoped it would do the job but the one function it does not have for this make year and model is; ABS bleed. Does anyone know of a commercially available diagnostic and analysis tool which can perform the ABS bleed? I contacted Ancel about their MT 700 tool and they tell me it cannot perform the ABS bleed for the RC79. Notably this limiting factor is usually whether the bikes ECU can chat with the tool for this specific task. These tools cost a fortune but I am willing to buy the right one. I live in the city (SF) so I can't very well find an unpopulated stretch of soft ground to do this manually. I need a tool. Short of going to a dealer or a mechanic who has such a Honda specific one, does anyone know of a tool which will work on the 2015 VFR 800? TIA.

Love those mags FM. I'll have to dig up a few classic covers.

Can anyone help with a photo (or two) showing what the two clips which hold the halves of the bottom (belly pan) fairing together look like please? I am guessing I would not be the only person to buy one of these bikes to find the fairing halves tied together with wire My ambition is to re-create these spring clips (I assume?) but I know not what they look like, and to just make any old thing to do the job would not be authentic, something which is very much my preference to achieve I do still have the original brackets on the fairings but understanding the shape of the wire clip eludes me so any help much appreciated

Great idea, I do enjoy reading and watching anything motorcycle related V4Hondabbs.com - First Gen V4 site. Old school, lots and lots of tech knowledge. Been a member for 20 years. We still do get togethers in the Spring and Fall. Kinda quiet, but we tend to be an older bunch. On Facebook groups. VF1000R Honda VF1000R VFRD people Youtube FortNine - Sometimes informative, sometimes quirky, always entertaining. Agree with Revzilla and Ari and Zach, they always seem to present usable information in a professional manner. Have to mention print magazines also. Bike Classic Motorcycle Mechanics Practicle Sportsbikes (sadly no longer in print form). All are UK published.

Do i need to do something with ECU? removing any sensors, wires etc? or just only fabricate covers? My vfr is early model with manual choke and not equipped with oxygen sensors. Lets continue the story, next on the list: break fluid and brake pump. Fluid was dark and old but worst thing is how breaks feels. It was hard to operate it smoothly, breaks bite quite hard. Aluminium oxidation? Something is growing inside 😄 not that bad inside, the clutch reservoir was in much worse condition. Lever going out old grease turned into gel like sticky goo well ye, im glad i already have rebuild kit This is old grease Yep there is clearly a wear in gaskets Rebuild kit all clean no pitting its all sticky cleaned and new grease applied little bit of rubber grease wont hurt here comes worst part After some pumping Breaks operate smooth now, i was scared about this bleeding procedure but lever feels nice and solid. Im planning to install the rear shock from a Fireblade 929 so i manufactured by myself 2 Shock mount using this blueprints. One is made of aluminium pa6 and second one from stainless steel 306. I just realize maybe its not a good idea to use aluminium in part like this so i made second one. Fireblade 929 rear shock After some cleaning. This brings us where i im today with progress. Now i need to remove wheels from bike and take them apart (bearing, tires, brake discs) and powercoat it. I thinik im going for silver colour just like @Skids have on his VFR 🙂

Easy mod, do it now

I’ve checked fuses with my power pro. Good amperage and continuity. I was suspecting that at the very beginning

I have not tried that yet. I am gonna have to give that a try

I saw an instance of this - turned out to be the kill switch. Shot a bit of contact cleaner in around the edges, cycled it a few times and back to normal. Not sure if your diagnosis has ruled that out or not.

Maybe in the future, so far i did snorkel and flapper valve delete and ye its a lot smoother ride now.

Looking great. Are you going to delete the PAIR valves? I think it makes the bike noticeably smoother, especially at lower revs.