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Is this the rag that you set the end of on fire?
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Success! I got the throttle body off and this thing just gets worse the deeper I delve.
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Redslut goes pizza delivery! Yes honey, that box makes yet arse look huge!!
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The issue with rear ride height is a problem with ALL bikes with Single Sided Swingarms. That is why I've made a gauge to allow me to measure the height from a set point on the rear body work and the top of a pin fitted to the rear axle. We need to adjust the shock length to allow for the change in ride height when changing chain tension etc. I run a MV F3 800 in Super Sport Next Gen racing and are always making adjustments as we change gearing and or swingarm length. We have a set height we aim for and I do the same on my VFR. The change via the eccentric can be quite large and this will have a major effect on rake/trail.
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I bought myself some bigger circlip pliers today, but suspect I'll have the same result. The offending circlip sits in a gap inside the prop shaft and outside the output shaft. It's sole function is to prevent the shaft sliding back off the output shaft. I'm 95% confient that I can reassemble the bike without dismantling this bit. When I worked on my ST1100, the shaft was basically two sections with a universal joint, trapped at both ends so aside from a small lengthways movement with suspension travel, it stayed put, and with the "pumpkin" removed, the shaft could just be slid right out. The 1200 uses a very different geometry as it is in three sections with a universal and a CV joint along the shaft so the driven and driving ends of the prop shaft need to be more firmly fixed where they mate with the splined couplings at each end. My new oil seals left Japan today so hopefully I will see them by early next week.
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Nice bike, Canadian import?
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To each his own... I also prefer the long style levers...
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Welcome! Hang out awhile.. not only are we VFR junkies, we like all motorcycles in general... Lot of moto geeks here! (I'm guilty) Still waaaayyy curious on how the bike is silver... Cheerz
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The only shaftie I've ever been into was my girl's old BMW R1150RT. It was pretty simple as long as you know to heat the final drive carrier bolts to 275℉ to soften the threadlocker on disassembly. They are aluminum so simply using ugga-dugga to get them off would be bad.
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It’s a 98 in stock silver bodywork. previous owner bought it this way and doesn’t know how this happened. It is in pretty decent turn key shape with 54,300 miles. Funny thing is that I saw mellow dude posted about riding his vfr on st forum. That sounded good. I went to cycletrader and there it was. This replaces the chartreuse 2000 with Yamaha stripes in 2018. Looking forward to more curves.
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Hey everybody, looky what I picked up.
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What did you do to your VFR Today?
DirtbikesRule replied to weee06's topic in Eighth Generation VFR's
Man, I don't know how you get the leverage you need, especially on the road in certain situations. The longer levers make a huge difference for me and I feel like I can go deeper into corners because I can brake harder without having to reach over to get all my fingers on the short lever. Haha -
Chem-cleaned the oil cooler! 25 years of grime gone and its purty...well sort of.
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And there was I thinking how brave I was being touching the handlebar of the NR500 at Motegi!
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I got a few hours at it today. Not as much progress as I would have liked, but this bike is just so filthy and covered in crud, everything takes longer! First up was removing the tank but I didn't want to do that until I had cleaned it up a bit as under the filler cap was pretty manky and the vent was completely blocked. A good scraping, vacuum and a few baby wipes later and that was looking much better. Tank off and airbox off. Some of the hoses are in poor enoguh condition so they go on the long list for replacement Fairings off as well which went alright. Coolant drained (looked fresh enough) Swapped out the plugs (also looked reasonably new) Tried to remove throttle body but just didn't have the correct long screwdriver to hand, I tried to see if I could get at it with extensions but it quickly became clear it wouldn't work so I'll buy a long screwdriver in the morning and see if I can get them off tomorrow afternoon and then start the process of putting it all back together
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Love the vented boots in the first shot. Sidi or Dainese?
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I can't be trusted to stay off the RC211V especially when security ain't looking...
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Favourite windscreen setups - suggestions?
gropula replied to mmi64's topic in Sixth Generation VFR's
The MRA Vario is the whole screen with the spoiler being an integral part of it. It's not just an addition to the stock screen like ebay spoilers. -
Shorty levers rock. My activations are all 1 or 2 fingers.
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Amazing engine. As a technician, the most remarkable thing to me is how refined it is; the one in the picture is surely the unit for the production bike, but the root is undoubtedly the racing engine; that's a sign of how good its design was
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What did you do to your VFR Today?
DirtbikesRule replied to weee06's topic in Eighth Generation VFR's
The previous owner of this bike had installed shorty levers for some reason. It's something that has bothered me from day one, but I didn't do anything about it. I don't know why I waited so long to replace them, and now that I have....wow. I feel like I'm on a new bike. Bike doesn't look any different in pictures, though, so that kinda sucks 😅
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Thanks for the suggestion MBrane. The frustrating thing is that I believe I am spreading the circlip ends fully but I just can't get the clip to recess into the groove on the inside of the prop shaft and fully out of the groove on the output shaft, with all of the splines that are there. I think the circlip may be distorted somehow, doesn't seem to have a lot of spring left either. Or maybe corrosion. I decided to leave it alone for a day as it was making me pretty frustrated. I am hopeful that I can proceed to refit the final drive without disconnecting this circlip. The prop shaft pushes into the final drive with a spring clip that expands into a groove inside the splined cup, and it is just a push fit. If I can hold the prop shaft from sliding back up the tunnel this should be do-able, I am thinking of wrapping a hose clip around the prop-shaft as an anchor point to work with. Along the prop-shaft is a CV joint which feels pretty springy; the manual cautions not to yank too hard to avoid tearing the CV boot. For those who wonder what the heck I am talking about I present a nice image from eBay; the right circle shows the ends of the circlip on the motor end, the left circle is the spring clip on the spline that meets the pinion gear at the wheel end. If only it was all so easy to access on the bike! The shiny silver section next to the left green circle is just accessible with the bevel casing removed.
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The Last Day Of Good Riding Weather
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.
Lookout Mountain - Golden Colorado
Zoomed in
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
Tommy-knockers Brewpub Idaho Springs
Idaho Springs Colorado
Mashtuns and fermenters
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
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
Echo Lake at Mount Evans showing off my new plate
Elephant Butte Park and Denver
Close up
Veefalo on Squaw Pass
Juniper Pass
Juniper Pass
Mount Evans
My route A is home B is Tommy-knockers
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I Am Back !
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
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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Oops. I do believe I know how to post YT videos or they wouldn't be on YT. However I may have screwed up copying the link to the playlist. Thanks for the helpful comment. -
I think that you might not know how to post videos. You're in your YT studio in these links. You need the link to the actual video.
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