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  2. Terry
    I don't think I've ever heard of a VFR that smokes badly through regular engine wear. I'd pull the spark plugs and see whether they are showing any signs of oil burning or over-rich operation. Rich running can be caused by the fuel pressure regulator, these can develop a diaphragm leak and raw fuel goes down the vacuum hose into one of the inlets, so you may want to check for any fuel in that hose (should be dry). Another possibility would be oil leaking into the PAIR ports if these are not sealed up, oil could enter the exhaust ports and get burnt. There is a gasket under the camcover that seals this to the head.
  3. fred1234
    It could be valve seals.is there way to replace them without pulling the head off or taking the engine out?
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  5. Presson
    I've updated the message to get it right as I was having a brain fart, so read again before you start.
  6. OkieV1ffr
    Threadromancy... I have the 2014 manual for my 2014 gen 8. It's horrible: leaves out numerous parts and processes for re-assembly after valve adjust. 2 of the 4 o-rings in this assembly are not addressed in the reassembly procedure. Probably what happened in these instances where one was missing. I understand the revised the manual in 2015. It couldn't be worse than the 2014 version. Worst Honda shop manual I ever looked at.
  7. CDollard
    thank you so much!!!!! I will update once im home with what my readings are!
  8. Presson
    Red lead plugs into terminal marked V..mA (2nd down in your photo). Black lead to COM. Set dial to DCA 20. You are putting the multimeter in series in the circuit to measure current drain. So put the black probe on the battery +ve terminal and the red probe on the red cable you disconnected from the battery. Hope that helps
  9. CDollard
    I can do that. I apologize for my lack of knowledge on electricity. this is the multimeter I have. What should I have the dial at and which port should the red cord be in? Also do I connect the red probe to the +ve wire or the +ve battery terminal? I will do this tonight and reply with my readings if I am able to figure out what to set my multimeter to!
  10. Worfje
    Electrically connected the RapidBike YouTune and BlueBike3 and tested them: working. Awaiting some cooling fluid before a next test ride.
  11. Terry
    The 2014 models usually have a completely reliable electrical system so don't go thinking that you have a dud. That said, riding 50 miles per day should leave you with a fully charged battery every day; an exception would be if you spend lots of time at lights with the heated grips on, as that can drain more than the charge system can refill. The voltage numbers when the battery was fresh sound great, so I'd say your charging system is more than likely OK. For the parasitic drain I would do the following: key off and removed +ve cable removed from the battery set the multimeter to current connect it between the +ve battery terminal and the +ve cable The multimeter is now showing the current drain of the "off" motorcycle Now pull one fuse out at a time (and leave it out) and see if the current drops when one of those is pulled; that will help to narrow the drain down. If none of those help, then disconnect the RR and see if that changes the reading I think there will always be a small drain, just from the clock. I have seen YT vids where the RR turned out to be a drain culprit. The service manual shows a maximum allowable 1mA current leakage.
  12. CDollard
    Hello all! I just recently purchased a 2014 Honda VFR800 Interceptor (non deluxe version) and I have run into this super weird issue. I purchased this motorcycle about four weeks ago. About a week after purchasing it the battery died. push started it to get it home and the battery charged enough to start for a few more rides. then after it sat for about 4 days i went to start it and the battery was dead. So i replaced it and chalked it up to being an old battery and bad timing. So with the new battery I rode it to work and back apx 50 miles per day. and the battery died on me exactly 18 days later. Would not turn the engine over and the lights were dim or completely off on the dash. I took it back to Oreilles and got a replacement for free. I also bought a multimeter to see if i could test if there was a parasitic draw on the battery. I tested the battery when i first got the replacement. brand new battery... key off: 12.68 idle: 14.65 and at 5k rpm: 14.47 after 100 miles of riding (four trips to work, apx started bike 5 times)... key off: 11.93 idle: 14.20 at 5k rpm: 14.16 I am not experienced with electrical stuff at all and I am looking to see if anyone can help me or guide me on how I can diagnose this/ fix this. I keep reading that the VFRs are known to have a bad R/R so could it be this? This is a used bike but in very good condition. it is not the deluxe version as it does not have ABS but it has the OEM hand warmers. All batteries including the battery that came with the bike were Super Start AGM battery part number (ETZ12S) Where do I start or is this an obvious parasitic drain? Any help will so appreciated! Caleb Dollard (Tulsa Oklahoma) feel free to reach out to me if you are in the area or have info that could help! Calebdollard@gmail.com or 303-505-1257
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    Scorpion carbon exhaust for sale, really good condition! $300 Email me at morrisbrettandrew12@gmail.com If interested
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  17. Dutch724
    Awesome, Thx for the pictures. It looks like I have the correct plug that patch it in with. It's nice to clear up doubt when you are dealing with wiring.
  18. Mohawk
    I can't find a picture of my solution, but if you look at the clevis, it has an threaded adjustable plunger, that passes through a retainer plate. Just replace the plunger with a socket head bolt I think it's an M6 IIRC. To assemble, slide the retainer plate over the bolt. Add a Nyloc lock nut to retain it & tighten the plate onto bolt head. Add a second locknut, can be ordinary or a Nyloc added in reverse. Thread on the clevis. Fit the retainer plate in the Secondary master cylinder as per stock disassembly, such that the bolt head is inside where the plunger would be, retaining it with the stock circlip. Connect the clevis to the fork leg loosely check pad alignment on the disc, adjust bolt length as needed until you are happy, snug up second lock nut & clevis cross bolt. Go ride it 🙂 Stock Clevis Modified with Cap Head Bolt Clevis, the Red represents the Cap Head Bolt ! Trim bolt to length where is passes through the clevis. I used an alloy cap head bolt, its more than strong enough as it only sees compression loads, you may need to reduce the cap head outer diameter to fit inside the master cylinder hole. I cut away all the surplus bracket where the hoses mounted & drilled some lightening holes. Happy modding 🙂
  19. Worfje
    Designed/printed/placed a bracket for the RapidBike YouTune display to be placed on top of the clutch fluid reservoir: Routed the cable back to the battery area. Ready for soldering / connecting to the 'conFUSEd'. Also finished the bracket for allowing to move forward the fuel cut relay and barometric pressure sensor. Last, but not least: replaced the left radiator (by a second hand) since it showed (greenish) signs of minor leaking:
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  21. orendanger
    ah, got it
  22. orendanger
    thats a strange VFR!!! 😄
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  24. VTCAL
    arrows on tires are not oriented "front or back", but rather in the direction of normal rotation during travel. I know such concepts can be difficult, but give yourself a moment in consideration.
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  28. Worfje
    off topic: I have a hunch where you shot this picture 🤫
  29. FromMaine
    JZH got it. My wiring is a bit different as it has pink, green, and black going to the connector. The green connectors in the picture is the connectors for my gear indicator I have yet to finish.
  30. Dutchy
    I could "delink" this front brake completely..... Cos it was crap when it left the factory in 1952 to begin with... 🙂 Sorry, could not resist...
  31. Skids
    I'd disagree re the brakes. I upgraded the brake lines on my 01 800 to braided ss and it made a noticeable difference imo.
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  33. keny
    Today's work, the seat cover The foam needed to be glued to the base in the front Sadly the fit was not perfect up front of the cover, it's a bit to wide So to get it really smooth turned out to be a bit to demanding But even not perfect I'm happy whit it
  34. keny

    Anything goes!

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  35. airwalk
    I’ve changed 2 sets recently, 1 40yrs old & the other 30, both working fine. Improvements in “feel” barely noticeable, I suspect somewhat a form of wishful thinking to justify the effort/ expense invested!
  36. RossR
    I watched both those videos last year. If I recollect, John McGuiness, after riding the bike pretty hard on the track, said that there were absolutely no problem with the brakes at that high mileage, with the original brake lines. Perhaps we fuss too much about changing OEM lines! I still have the original brake lines on my 2003 Toyota Matrix XRS (which incidentally has a superb engine built by Yamaha) at about 350,000km. A few years ago, I bought new brake lines, but when I saw that attempting to remove them may have caused more problems due to rusted fasteners and the hoses were in good condition, I left them in place. The brakes still perform as good as new. I am not suggesting that one shold leave OEM brake lines on a motorcycle for such high mileage as we are just on two wheels, but my point is that Japanese brake hoses seem to be extremely durable and high quality. The recommendations in the manual to change them at low mileage are probably a 'Cover My Ass and avoid liability' recommendation by the manufacturers.
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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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      Veefalo on Squaw 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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