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  2. Even if didn't want to install a center stand, it seems like you could just install the stand with just the large bolt quickly and no spring and lift the bike as normal with a center stand and then just pull the bolt and remove stand when you are done. Not much more work than the pitbull stand and cheaper. There is a company that makes a center stand(ish) lift .https://www.motostorm.it/en/accessories/equipment/lv8-e640h-honda-vfr-1200f-center-pad.html?currency=USD&size=UNICA&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw1Yy5BhD-ARIsAI0RbXbDH4g3u9108hEi2zVU9H1FOTU-QX8MVi2cBANu9jVE6Z48L_nmcLQaAp9xEALw_wcB
  3. Hello everyone, I need a little help. I'm cleaning the carburetor of my 95 VFR750F and when I dismantled it I realized that the size of the main and pilot jet are different from the ones I had purchased in a repair kit. The originals are: Main-125 /Pilot-40S. and the ones I bought are: Main 115 or 135 (got 2 of diferent size) / Pilot-38. It makes such a difference to choose the ones I bought or those who advise me to buy exactly the same ones. As this is a lot of work, I didn't want to have to take everything apart again to replace them. Thank you all!!!
  4. I don't know the internals, but suspect a traditional spring or a piece of sprung metal. WD-40 will likely get it clean in there. You may need a tool to put some pressure on it to move it back and forth to loosen it if it is just dirty.
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  6. Definetly the way to go for someone in your situation. I have no personal knowledge of this company, I just put this here for reference.
  7. I’ll update on the results but may be a while will put it back together. Winter coming and I am at last putting together my Sunbeam S7 which I started pre Covid! Thanks for all the input 👍
  8. It truly is a gem, you are right. Get it sorted and ride the shit out of it.
  9. Ok this will be done. Think I’ll swap the coils for the replacements I bought on a 47k bike . All test good apart from a dead cap on one lead. Will snip the end a few mm to ensure a good ‘screw in connection. I love this bike, compared to the stuff produced today that V4 cam driven gear is a gem. I’ve had a lot of bikes in my time Harley’s, Triumphs, Yams, Suzukis Moto Guzzis and a 900ss Ducati. This engine beats them all !!
  10. No "filter" is just fine. Both my 95 and 92 have an empty box.
  11. Replaced my crumbled foam years back, with a “better” one(denser). Weeks later finally found why bike was running differently, yet another lesson I never wanted to learn…
  12. So no issues if I lose this mini filter.. I’ll def check mine out.
  13. Will check this filter… incidentally I checked the Cush drive. No slack / ‘flopping about in the wheel’ feeling when I grabbed the sprocket. Movement of maybe 2mm against the rubbers. Then on release it returned to where it started. All felt normal. Chain not lifting off the back of the sprocket. I think Cush drives are good.
  14. This is interesting and a distinct possibility with a mechanic not familiar with what it is actually responsible for and how sensitive it might be. I always just remove the (crumbling) foam. Shit, early (non-CA) VF/VFR just had the vent tube pointing down behind the carbs without issue.
  15. Yes, I would do this. I have used this approach many times to replace the forks and install new steering head bearings.
  16. PS I seem to recall it running as the carbs were a bit too rich, but not on larger throttle openings. Sounding familiar?
  17. Will it be much easier for me to just buy a center stand then use a jack/jack stands for lifting the front-end?
  18. Thank you for your replies. I had experience with the official Honda service center's mechanic himself, where he was unable to lift my bike by his own without the rear wheel stand (all were in use). It required 2 people to eventually lift the front-end using front-end stand that uses steering stem but not Pitbull. Unfortunately, shipping Pitbull to Oman is also very expensive, costing more than the item itself. Thanks for suggesting this. Trying to check out and unfortunately "The Front Lift Arm is NOT compatible with a Honda VFR 1200F!!" 😞
  19. Check the filter foam in the “sub air cleaner”, small plastic box on end of large dia hose leading air into upper areas of carbs. If it has been replaced with a foam that’s too dense the lack of free breathing can cause this kind of roughness, personal experience learned the hard way. It’ll run better with no foam than the wrong type..
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  21. With this Abba stand you will be able to not only lift both wheels of the ground but also remove the whole front end for instance when you need to replace head bearings.
  22. I’ll try that tomorrow and feedback. I’ve got the awful fairing panels off to get to the coils so now’s the time to dive in btw it’s done 69K miles. Thanks for your help.
  23. Man, if there was a lottery win in my near future I know what the first purchase call would be for, what a cool kit to have, and all the pieces needed are there instead of looking for 10 years. I know I will never see one for sale up here but I must see if there are any around completed and for sale
  24. Hi all, I noticed today that the ignition barrel on my 1997 looked a bit different - the spring-loaded key slot "cover" (I'm not sure what you'd officially call it - see pic attached) doesn't cover the slot when the key is removed. As such the key slot is always open. I'd like the cover to spring back to close the slot, as it used to do. I'm guessing that the cover prevented too much water ingress (given it rains every day here that's important to me). I've soaked it with some penetrating oil and I'll check it in the morning but can anyone tell me if it can be easily sorted? Or is something I'll have to learn to live without?
  25. "jacked" as in jacked up, fucked up, wildly out of synch. "lovely idle" pretty much eliminates carb synch from this scenario. So... how much movement did you get when you grabbed the rear sprocket and tried to force it back and forth in neutral?
  26. Not sure what Jacked means? But yes, lovely idle with original exhaust. idles easily even when cold, full choke can be progressively closed . Picks up well even 2 up. I did note the carb screw positions. Ensured the jets / holes were clear. Took apart what I could. It was my mates bike which I rebuilt after it was stolen and used in a robbery and became an insurance write off.
  27. The reason I'm focused on these things, is that the FV is one of the most linear, smooth, carb bikes Honda made. Faulty pulsar and ignition coils don't really manifest themselves in this manner without other obvious symptoms. Carbs, maybe. The synch would have to be JACKED. You say it starts well, does it idle nicely?
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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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      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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