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  2. St. Stephen
    Haha, I don't think the will ever happen! The Dragon is basically a government-sanctioned track day on public roads. Never forget running the Dragon west to east on my 6th gen and coming upon a police car carefully escorting some oblivious tourist in a truly giant RV going the other way. Must have looked like a great scenic route to get to Knoxville on the map.
  3. Dutchy
    Prefer it a bit warmer...... V4 VFR......... no matter how hot it gets..... It never breaks a sweat.... Unlike its riders.. (10 years ago)
  4. Dutchy
    A decade+ ago (time flies...) 2 members here build their NR replicas. With a NR just up the road, I measured everything they wanted to know, i.e. ....The "white" line is ~35cm, the yellow one ~43cm..... I visited them in 2016. @Helweg in Denmark 3rd gen @AndreasH in Sweden 4th gen They spend many winter's night (them are long up there ) crafting the parts that do not come with the kit (poor lighting image) How about building the exhaust surround by making a mould from icecream sticks? I found a few remaining parts for the rear hub cover in Germany (Thurn Motorsport); sans the nut. So Andreas had one made. Just as the louvres in the side panel.
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  6. Dutchy
    Pretty sure the body kit is for a CBR900/Fireblade. It requires the odd bit of modification, no plug&play...
  7. JZH
    There are various online sources, but parts this old are usually not stocked in Honda warehouses anyway. eBay for a used one is probably your only option for OEM. I haven't looked at one of these for a while, but there should be a way to attach some kind of tube/strainer to the OEM petcock, but you'd have to design and manufacture it yourself. Making something that would have a functional "reserve" would be more of a challenge, but for just on and off, all you'd need is some way of fitting a filter screen (or forget about it and let the fuel filter deal with everything!) Ciao, JZH
  8. Skids
    Anybody looking for a more simple way to connect electrical accessories, I can recommend the Healtec Thunderbox. The website linked above explains it better than I can but simply put, you connect the TB to your battery then connect your accessories (I have 2 x LED aux lights, a heated jacket supply and a USB power outlet by the headstock) to the TB with a simple push-in snap connector and when the bike battery is at a stabilised voltage with the engine running, it allows power to the connected accessories. The reverse happens when you kill the engine. I know many of you will be happy to splice into a switched live but I'm not confident enough to do that so this works very well for me. The pic shows the TB installed (I bought the TB02 with 8 available connections) and 2 sets (Live & Neutral) of 4 connectors. Fitment is a doddle and it all seems to work as advertised.
  9. JZH
    You could 3D print a mirror spacer, but I doubt there is any printable plastic which would be strong enough to function as a mirror bracket. One good bump, and no mirrors! But if you can draw the bracket accurately in CAD, in theory you could have it machined from billet. I have no personal experience, but I've heard there are a lot of online options these days. Ciao, JZH
  10. JZH
    As a 3rd gen owner, I personally would not use a 3rd gen frame as a starting point. The 4th gen frame looks much closer to the NR frame, and lacks the ugly "spars" of the 3rd gen. (I actually have an NOS NR frame, purchased from David Silver Spares 20 years ago when I thought I might one day buy an NR, lol...Maybe I will hang it from the ceiling to catch dust in my new garage. Sadly, I never bought the bodywork they also had for sale for £350/piece!) Ciao, JZH
  11. keny
    Well the SevenFifty got a new owner today A older gentleman Decided to sell it after all, I never got comfortable on a naked bike, and even it was a genuine low mileage motorcycle, in a way would not make sense to sell, but as I have to many motorcycle (if you can have that 😜) it was one I could think of selling. I need some funds to to get the ZR7S complete to. A stunning looking motorcycle it was through, but bye bye.....
  12. keny

    Anything goes!

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

    Other VFR and other pics....
  13. maxredline
    Apparantly both quencing and letting cool slowly both work, odd.
  14. maxredline
    I have started on the path of fitting the fairing on bike one that I have repaired. I am not sure who recommended starting from the bottom but I believe this is the way to go. Apon inspection I found the two bottom bracket/stays to be slightly bent. These two brackets are very simple in design thankfully as they are on right angle planes which makes it easy to bend straight. Stay Low Side 64512 MBG 000, supersede 010 and Stay (R/L) Low Fr 64513 MBG 000 The braket in mid level on the side cowl Stay Fr Side 64511 MBG 000 is a two bend unit that is bent to the same plane. I don't have the shop I used to so straightening these bits can be a bit of a challange but they both right and left needed tweaked. I did buy a couple of new ones to help match up the stays for the other VFR's. From here I fitted the side fairings , loosened the headlight fairing stay and matched up the holes so that the plastics are not stressed. I left out the inner plastic parts 64340 and 64535 MBG 000 to keep it simple for now. I installed a couple of fairing bolts to hold things together. I found I had to tweak the Upper cowl stays 64500 MBG D00 gauge cluster tang to get the plastic shround to fit nicely Pannel Meter 64330 MBG 000ZB. I think now things will get tricky with the front fairing alignment with no stresses.
  15. Sheep61
    I had no idea you could buy just the base 😅 so yes, I guess it would work this way too. Thanks for you suggestion ! Also because I'm in the UK it will be cheaper to buy a set of mirror from a '00-01.
  16. Tirso
    The Ultimate HOMEMADE Rust Remover (Better than EvapoRust) Last summer I used the formula in the above video on painted tank, body panels, seat frames and chrome trim for a '66 Vespa 150 Super. No damage to the paint or what was left of the chrome. For the tank, I used a rubber stopper at the bottom and filled the tank with the solution. For the body panels, seat frames and chrome trim, I dunked them in a large plastic storage bin. I also used it on stock '98-'99 headers and the results were impressive. You can make a gel but yet to try it. This works via "Chelation" "Chelation rust removal is a non-toxic, eco-friendly, and highly effective chemical process that removes rust (iron oxide) from iron and steel by using a "chelating agent" to bind with iron ions and lift them away from the metal surface." The recipe: * Per 1L of H2O 1: 100 Grams Citric Acid. 2: 40 Grams - Sodium Carbonate (Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda) 3: Add ingredients from 1 & 2 to the water. 4: Wait for reaction between Acid and Base to complete (carbon dioxide gas). 5: Arbitrary amount of liquid dish soap (or other wetting agent / surface tension reducer). 15-30 ml Cold temperatures slow the process. Warm solution works much faster. To make a gel: 1/8 to 1/4 tsp guar gum for 1/2 cup of liquid (0.6ml to 1.2ml tsp guar gum for 125ml of liquid) A few months ago I found another video where he used Disodium EDTA. After some research, this should work better than my first suggestion but as mentioned, the first one is good. Good luck
  17. vfrgiving
    California opened Mulholland Hwy past Rock Store? Guess whining from rich residents in the area ran out of traction for now? LA County should take some inspiration from how Blount County handles the Dragon. 👮‍♂️🚓🤑🤑🤑
  18. Tirso
    How about using '00-'01 mirror base and use the stalk/mirror from 6th? '00-01 mirrors fit VFR's from '90-'98, Though not sure if 6th gen stalk fits '00-'01 base.
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  20. RC1237V
    Just did this the other day for a friend with a KTM, he did a similar thing and spent a week trying to get it out. He brought it over, and I used a left handed cobalt bit, and put some masking tape around it to make it fit the bore snugly, and keep it centered. Used the biggest bit that was small enough to fit in the bore, and spun the drill in reverse. I stabbed it with good force, then pulled up. Did it one more time and it caught and backed it out instantly. It was too deep in the bore to try to drill with a small bit. Good luck with the repair!
  21. interceptor69
    Thanks. I'm not looking fwd to it.
  22. Rllwjoe
    In the same area I over-torqued a Crankcase Cover bolt a couple of years ago and broke it. I had misinterpreted the torque value. Anyway the stud broke off with just enough sticking out that I was able to turn it using a small chisel. I was surprised how easily it turned out.
  23. WGREGT
    Just as an FYI: I had my local dealer look for this petcock on Lightspeed, which searches all of the US dealers to see if anyone has it in their store inventory. Not a single one has old stock, apparently. Wonder if Europe/the UK has something like Lightspeed?
  24. Captain 80s
    Yeah, I just didn't need to spend the money on something that will sit in a box, maybe forever. But I bought the plate to future proof myself. Fuel valves like the Pingel will likely always be around.
  25. WGREGT
    Hmmm...the way that plastic OEM one looked coming out of the tank, I'm hesitant to go with a plastic screen material again. But the Pingel one is pricey. You bought the plate only, thinking by the time you need it, there may be another option other than Pingel I bet.
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  27. Sheep61
    Hiya folks ! So, I've made the mistake to order mirrors for gen 6th instead of my gen 4th. Bummed but not defeated, I had an idea (which surely hundreds have had before me). Instead of buying another pair (which are expensive and extremely limited in choice) I thought of swapping the base of my OEM mirrors with the aftermarket one. Obviously, it is not a straight swap, but the way the aftermarket mirrors are built, there is some ground to work on. The plan is to copy the base of the aftermarket mirror, make it to the size of the OEM and Voilà ! I don't know much about 3D printing but I heard many people printing all sort of stuff, so printing a simple bracket cannot be that hard, right ? For the 3D plan, I'm gonna try to build it through sketchup. Is anyone have tried something like this in here and would have some pointers ?
  28. slo1
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    1. HispanicSlammer

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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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      Mount Evans

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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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