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  2. Captain 80s
    If they truly are stainless, they can be polished using uncontaminated tooling.
  3. fabio222
    Love that it lives next to the air fryer hahaha!
  4. interceptor69
    One more thing. Why do u guys think that bolt broke off when I tried to remove it? I remember using a torque wrench when tightening those bolts a few years ago. Is there something I should use when tightening the new bolts to prevent this from occurring again?
  5. interceptor69
    Thank you for that detailed instruction. I believe I can get it out if I can get that bit you mentioned. Again, thank you to everyone who responded. Great forum here!
  6. interceptor69
    You know,, I thought about that but thought the idea ridiculous. Maybe it isn't. I will probably try the abovementioned technique suggested by @RC1237V first and if that doesn't work will attempt your McGuyver trick!
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  8. JZH
    There's always Titan Classics. Reproductions of OEM Honda fasteners in titanium...of course they're pricey, but not as bad as you might think. https://titanclassics.com/product-category/honda-titanium-parts/honda-vfr800-titanium-parts/ Ciao, JZH
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  10. Lucca
    just buy a new ones over Webike.jp web. I did it and it's excellent job. Price is fair is you buy other parts due to shipping cost from JP (around 20USD for a 1kg packet) but i buy once every 2-3 months so i always take some bolts and screws to have in my VTEC parts inventory. I have looked everywhere and all i found was with similar rounded head but never the same. SO i decided to by genuine. I mean, You can put any SS Alen screw but it is not VFR stuff.
  11. Lucca
    All vac hoses shouldn't be routed to have 90 deg bends, put plastic elbow fitting there or similar. Silicone hoses are less prone to temperature degradation but are much softer that rubber. As well, the are cheep. If You are doing regular inspection, route them good, these hoses will outlive you for sure. For air ducts, it is best to have nylon reinforced silicon ducts over rubber. Choice is yours.
  12. FromMaine
    Welcome to the forum. You landed in the right place in my opinion if this is your first VFR. Terry covered your questions rather well, and yes cleaning the common ground and checking and cleaning the 3 yellow wire connection from the alternator to the regulator are a must, now and on a yearly basis. As far as your fuel pump goes, I do not know what motorcycles you had previous, but if they were carburerated the fuel pump would cycle on and off, noticeably because the pump is generally aft under the rear cooling or there abouts. On your bike the pump is in the tank, and as a FI bike will run pretty much continuously toprovide 90 psi to the injectors. As Terry noted it may make more sound when the tank is empty as there is no fuel to deaden the noise. Not sure this applies to your situation, but maybe something to investigate. Think once you get the bike sorted you are going to really enjoy it. Pretty neutral handling, and a somewhat upright riding position, plenty of power and Honda reliability. Best of luck!
  13. Dutchy
    U could consider... get a length of 6mm threaded rod and see hom many mm it will "grip" inside the hole to assess where the broken bit sits. If you have say 4+mm thread for the rod to sit, cut the rod to size. Fit the slave (there are still 2 regular bolts) and put 2 nuts on the rod. McGyver 2.0
  14. LEGEND
    I use a BILT Bluetooth helmet that works well. I can hear music in the background and still hear traffic around me on the freeway. Nice to take calls, gps, and listen to music all of which have enhanced my riding experience.
  15. RC1237V
    The bolts in that area are 6mm diameter, and 90mm & 95mm according to the parts diagram. The longest left hand drill bit that will not mess up your threads is the 5mm left hand cobalt, which is 92mm. Measure what is left of your bolt, and make sure you have enough to grab onto with your drill. Luckily there should be no tension on the broken piece, and you can also subtract the thickness of the slave cylinder mounting flange - make sure it is not on the bike, you need all the room you can get. Put the drill bit all the way in before hitting the trigger, so if there are exposed threads, it will center itself. Do not spin the drill forward, or it could drive the broken-off piece deeper. Once it clears the threads you will need a thin magnet on a stick, or some sticky grease on the end of your broken bolt to retrieve the broken nub. With some luck, and patience it should come right out! McMaster part number is: 3474A56
  16. Sirbike
    Poking around the net I found potential good news about the charging system. The voltage reading on the lithium ion battery will be lower, 13.4 and stays flat as rpm increases. The stator will probably be ok when I do a running check. The battery that showed 2 volts a couple weeks ago after attempting to charge went up to 6.5v while not on the charger. I peeled the inspection stickers. They skipped from 2020 to 2025. 1100 miles. For a bike that seemed pretty rideable this looks like a mild rescue project. I am pretty much at the peak of disassembly now with some parts coming next week. Valve clearance passed, hurray. I did not like the aftermarket levers that came with the bike. I had a spare VFR lever. Have to order a brake lever. I prefer a shorter reach clutch lever than stock. I grind a little bit off by the adjuster to get in closer. My St1300s all have VFR lever done this way.
  17. maxredline
    Picture one shows the blue bike that needs the front stay tweeked. The red bike in the distance has an undamaged stay and the black under the blanket is going to need the same treatment but is not far off straight. All bikes under 31k miles. Picture 2 is the stay being checked. According to my measurements as the stay sits on the bike everything looks good except the top pipe ends need to be bent in towards the bike 1/4 inch or so. Not what I expected. Im going to use a torch at the large radius to hep with the correction as I don't have the shop to do a cold tweek.
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  22. WGREGT
    Just as an FYI: I too have this issue on my 4th gen, and I found a supplier online that measured the one for the VTR1000F, and it is a spot-on fit according to the dimensions I got. It's on the way. I will report back when it gets here next week.
  23. Terry
    I agree; I've seen something similar on all of my Hondas, often in a concealed area of the V. I have seen white or green paint pen numbers; as someone who has done business in many Asian countries, you can sometimes tell they're Japanese by the way they draw the numbers.
  24. Captain 80s
    Honda marking. No question.
  25. Sirbike
    I found this while cleaning the back of the motor. What say ye? Honda marking or junkyard marking.
  26. Terry
    The 1200 uses a bit of different architecture to my other V4s, especially in the connectors which are located in a ring around the airbox, so there's a bit of an electrical octopus present once the airbox and injectors are pulled out. As with many things, the sequence of disassembly is the key. I worked through the valves on the front head last night, thankfully all were in spec so no further adjustment was needed; while the exhaust valves would be relatively easy, the intakes require the cam to be removed which means messing with the tensioner, chain and sprocket, and these sit alongside the frame spar so access is not wonderful, worse than the 6th gen front head. I'll put that one off until next time (another 26,000km) when it will also be time for new spark plugs. I only have to refit throttle cables and the radiator and the job will be done (plus bodywork of course). The PAIR system is practically identical to the 6th gen so just a single hose running up the left side of the airbox to the front head, and a branching hose to the two fittings at the rear. It's not really in the way as the hose ends are easily accessible, but I may look to remove it if I can find a set of covers that I like (read:cheap).
  27. TomSanders
    Oh, also the air cut pipes?
  28. TomSanders
    OK so get silicon pipes for everything? There are some sharp 90deg bends. The fuel pipes from the spare set are somewhat flexible but they've been through the cleaner. Didn't note how they were to start with. The bike set are totally rigid. I'll get the calipers out and measure the diameters.
  29. MBrane
    Looks kinda crowded in there. That's the primary reason I de-PAIR'd my 5th gens. Not because they was any performance to be gained, but because it's a hell of a lot easier to get the airbox off, and on.
  30. MBrane
    SDC has lots of great backroads. My girl lived in Oceanside when we started dating, and I would ride down there so she could show me around. Good times!
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  32. Stray
    Mohawk blew me away 99% of the time. He schooled me that day!
  33. vfrgiving
    From what I've seen of deep SoCal, riders who want to go for a rip out of the range of most squidlets will be on S. Grade road on Palomar, Montezuma Valley out of Borrego Springs, or 78 east of Julian. 78 does get busy with traffic in general though on weekends. 78 still part of my preferred shock to the system after 4 time zones of Interstate. Can't wait to bail off I-8 at Ocotillo on the Valkyrie. Up Great Southern Overland Stage Route to 78 - Julian for a mountain of food. 🤗 I guess my ritual returning east is to plot a route to Birmingham for a stop @ Barber
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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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