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  2. JZH
    Cute little banjo adapter. https://www.helperformance.com/hel-stainless-steel-m10-x-1-00-radial-master-cylinder-conversion-kit Hel's really grown since I last looked at their website. Nice to see. Ciao, JZH
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  4. JZH
    I don't know which connectors Honda used on the RC79, but none of the ones on previous models were exactly what I would call "proprietary". Have a look at places like Kojaycat in the UK, and Corsa-Technic in the US (if only for reference and part numbers). I would never buy something like an electrical connector from Honda--it would be marked up 3x! Unfortunately, I don't (yet) have my garage here (in Leiden) or I could probably help directly. Good luck! Ciao, JZH
  5. JZH
    Honestly, I would expect you'd get better advice on this kind of swap on a Fireblade forum. Many VFRD members have done swing arm swaps (including me), but always to fit them into a VFR frame. That said, I have owned various CBRs for many years and I never found a Fireblade forum that came close to the kind of knowledge, kindness and maturity you will find here. But I still think you are more likely to find the detailed knowledge you seek from someone who has done the exact swap you're doing--and I'm sure there have been many of those. But, I've seen your work in the other thread, so I'm sure you'll manage, and of course, the "normal way" everyone does it might not actually be the best way! Welcome to VFRD. Ciao, JZH
  6. keny
    Nice collection of helmets!
  7. keny
    Despite difference in outer casting, decided to go whit the led lower I bought, left in picture below The orginal has smoother surface under paint Well as you have the lower (inner) slide bushes side by side the old sure totally shoot The upper (outer) bushes only other was really worn, well as I had the new ones I sure did put them in. The bolts for the leg lowers, the one I bought came whit the OEM bolts, the orginal on bike was not orginal, but have to do, sham as I really like the design of the bolt head on the OEM bolts. A other thin is also the orginal is for 12mm socket where the aftermarket/ universal bolt use a 13mm So finally after some time the fork legs are together and bike standing on the front wheel So next front brake calipers together whit new seal kit, then I need to take the carbs off to change the flower bowl O rings and see if other surprise's are found.... And by the way, a aluminum washer sorted the oil leak at the drain plug A other thing to sort if I don't use the old dash whit orginal fairing, of course, is to modify to attach the round clocks
  8. keny

    Anything goes!

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

    Other VFR and other pics....
  9. fink
    Find a straight and do a few clutchless upchanges. They are actually easier on the box than clutched.
  10. Duc2V4
    Sorry for the delayed response, I’ve been traveling for work almost the whole month of May. I just got back home today (June 1). I’ll PM you tomorrow when I hope to be more acclimated to home life again. Cheers
  11. MikeRomo
    MikeRomo joined the community
  12. Grum
    Browse the Download Section of the forum. Here's a link for you.
  13. RC51Nick
    Finally got everything bolted on and up and running. Wow is all I can say. Much smoother, more power, and when the VTEC activated there was a MUCH smoother transition then I have ever had on this bike before. I'm a firm believer that all the bullshit I went through getting these installed was WELL worth it. (only issue still out there is the header was approx 1/2 inch too short for my stock Staintune mid pipe. The slots in the midpipe allow about an 1/8 of an inch of the end of he header pipe to be exposed. I installed the clamp over that area and am not going to worry about it. Thanks again to this group for getting it done and for helping me out with questions. Nick
  14. Vfrdlo
    I have not downloaded it but I did look at a few photos online, where could I download the manual?
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  16. CliveM
    Spent an hour tracing the electrics on the VFR this evening, and I may have found the problem. A chaffed wire tucked up under the headlight cowl. Seemed to be contacting part of the front frame and shorting out. Anyway, stuck a pice of insulating tape over it and went for a quick spin, all electrics back online! Lights working perfectly. No more blown fuses! I'll take the bike for a 10 mile run simply to ensure it is all okay, but I'm confident I've traced it and nailed the problem. Thanks all.
  17. Exuptoy
    Oh yeah, and my 929/954 blade front end has arrived. A straight swap, even the same bearing numbers but the 893 Blade had 296mm discs and these have 330mm! I’m also gonna run the R1/R6 radial master cylinder. I did it on the MT-10 and it was next level. Virtually no lever travel and 1 finger was enough. I never even swapped to braided lines on that as it was ABS and would have been 5 or 7 lines. I just went with a HEL radial line adaptor which changed the orientation for the standard axial lines. Cost just £15!
  18. Philois1984
    No chain tension is fine.
  19. toreckman
    Great, wasnt looking forward to another coolant flush 🙂
  20. Mohawk
    No just get everything ready & whip out the old & pop in the new. Minimal fluid loss, stick a finger over the hole as you do it.
  21. toreckman
    I purchased a replacment fan switch today. Should be here in a week. Do you need to empty the coolant out to fit a new fan switch?
  22. toreckman
    I ended up finding a very cheap local second hand micron exhast and a 5th gen header without the box, from a 98 model. I bought a black widow high mount mid pipe kit to go with the exhaust. Now I just need to get them installed
  23. Grum
    Code 22 = Faulty number 2 Oxy Sensor. Number 2 O2 sensor is for cylinders 3 and 4. I wonder if your lack of power could be due to a ruptured Fuel Pressure Regulator diaphragm. This will dump excess fuel into cylinders 3 and 4 via the FPRs vacuum line. Possibly the reason for code 22. Have you downloaded the Service Manual?
  24. urs6turbo
    urs6turbo joined the community
  25. Exuptoy
    As the arm is as far over as it can be and I have the 8mm offset I may need to use a spacer to get the centre perfect, either that or get a car wheel with a bigger offset so you can run a 7x17 rear with 4x100 bolt pattern and ET offset of around 38mm and happily run a 200-220 rear. It doesn’t really need that though and the later five spoke is 5.5” so running a 180 is ok. Besides there’s not many car wheels that suit a bike IMO.
  26. Thumbs
    Chain tension?
  27. Captain 80s
    As this is not the first blade with that swingarm, is it known that when you nail chain alignment the wheel center is good?
  28. Exuptoy
    I put the old 530 chain back on the arm with a piece of para cord joining it back up so I could check my chain run and to measure what chain I need. Turns out it’s 112 links. Got my chain-tools out and one gave a good light along the side plates and the other gave a nice red dot in the centre. Thats close enough for me, looking nice and fairly straight. I was going to fit BMW S1000R disc bolt turned around so the early arm doesn’t foul on the later wheel and found my VFR800 rear wheel must have been fitted to an earlier bike by a previous owner as there were really deep witness marks from the brake disc bolts. As I was stripping down the arm to refurb it anyway I thought I’d fit the new disc bolts and flange face nylocs also in Ti, I then relieved the back of the wheel with a finger grinder where it had been marked It looks better but I’m annoyed that it was damaged. It won’t be noticeable once powder coated. So next up was to strip the arm for powder coat and fresh bearings and seals. While I was at it I removed the Fireblade spacer from inside the arm, estimated the length at around 164mm and cut it down then put it in the lathe and took a few 20 thou cuts u til it looks right before removing the bearings. That’s ready for bearings once the arm is tidied up. Last go off I decided I didn’t want to bodge the shock mount as the arm was offset to the left by 8mm to account for the wider motor, so after marking the 8mm offset and drifting out the bearing I put a hacksaw through the mount and pressed back in the bearing to retain the mount extension. I’ll get this tig welded then put a weld along the other side to stop stress risers from the sharp 90’ corner where I cut it off. It was previously a radiused corner. Ill probably get some abuse for that but I don’t see it being an issue once welded back on. I’ve lost maybe 0.5-1mm and the bearing sleeve overhangs the mount by 1.5mm each side anyway but there’s still 27mm of original mount left plus roughly 7mm to be reattached.
  29. VVTi
    Greatings all, I forgot & can't figure out how these inner panels are supposed to be installed. Please share pics or video of how it's supposed to be. Thank you.
  30. Vfrdlo
    Vfrdlo joined the community
  31. Vfrdlo
    Hey! I have a 2002 Honda VFR 800 and I noticed that I have lack of power in the throttle. The Fi light did come on and does two long blinks followed by two short blinks. Any ideas what this could be?
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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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