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  2. VeeEffArah
    Mega thanks, never noticed the spares tab before on that website.
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  4. Crusty1
    Cones by Marc Parnes Products were available for around $50 if you already have a balancer. Another option is to have a wheel repair shop opene the center hole so it will fit on a 36mm automotive spin balancer shaft.
  5. Terry
    If you look at the atached file, the power supply to the fuel pump (the Fuel Cut Relay) needs 12v to be supplied via the ESR and an earth through the ECM. The ECM earth should be present for a few seconds each time the kill switch is activated (this is what primes the pump) and then continually when the engine is running. The ESR will only close when the bank angle sensor has continuity to ground and 12V is supplied from the kill switch. The service manual has basic diagnostic tests for all of the relays mentioned. I would start with functional tests for each relay in the sequence. VFR VTEC PGM-FI Diagram 2002_CORRECTED.pdf
  6. VeeEffArah
    BTDT and it still arrives at the same $120 or so part that I'd personally rather not spend. 🙃
  7. Crusty1
    Google MARC PARNES PRODUCTS. I bought cones for VFR800 and Goldwing wheels for a reasonable price. the fit most static balancer shafts.
  8. Dutchy
    Paying tribute to Greenland's indigenous people. A snip at €249
  9. Dutchy
    Roger that!! 1962....
  10. keny
    Well I like a few modern bikes as long as I don't look on the clock's/instrument cluster, the modern TFT screens look so boring.....but mostly I don't like the new angular as mean style, they just look like street fighters and I'm not that style. I love the round clock's instrument cluster's of 80's as 90's bikes as duble round headlights.....still I don't own one whit that at moment (duble round headlights) but sure a few whit nice round clock's/instrument cluster's (86 interceptor, ZR7S)
  11. fabio222
    This might sound a bit mad but is the fuel pump priming function connected to the kill switch? I can't remember off hand but maybe there's something there....
  12. fabio222
    That's true! You'd be even more impressed with the Araldite patch I have on a pinhole leak the radiator of my Deauville - turns out the LED aux lights which were on it when I bought it used self-tapping screws into the plastic rad-surround. I used a screw that was a tiny bit longer when reassembling after replacing one of the aux lights. Noticed some red fluid dripping and thought, "well, it can't be indicator fluid because they're higher up" (LOL). Stripping back the plastic I could see I had put a pinhole in the side of the radiator. It was Christmas time so I was on my own with this one and needed it sorted. Called a local dealer who had no advice other than "try Araldite" so I did. It's been perfect for 7 years! As for the VFR sidestand bolt, I still check it but it hasn't budged at all and it hasn't affected the lean angle of the stand either so I'm happy to leave it be for another while. It might even be a better solution than the original Honda one!
  13. gropula
    Search for JT model JTF339-15. I bought that one and it fits. The stock 16 tooth one has JTF339-16 designation. The rear one is JTR1340. I couldn't find the 45T one so I bought a 44T one. One tooth in the rear doesn't make much of a difference anyway. For my style of riding I really like the shorter gearing. Coupled with the healtech quickshifter the narrow spacing of the gears is not a problem at all. https://www.jtsprockets.com/catalogue/part/JTF339/ https://www.jtsprockets.com/catalogue/part/JTR1340/
  14. Terry
    I have unfortunately been forced to open my wallet again for Earl; my hoped-for repair of the forks (which have now been through two sets of seals and a few hours of careful chrome buffing) has clearly not worked, and the left leg started weeping in earnest again. Rather than throw bad money after good I bit the bullet and bought some forks from a local bike breaker; I'm pretty sure I only needed the left side but they only came as a pair, so for USD330 delivered I hit the "buy-now" button. I am pleased with the purchase as the chrome on my new forks is visually faultless. They looked and felt OK so I have just fitted them and gone riding. Past experience is that fork seals usually don't like to be unused for months at a time so I am half-expecting to change the seals but so far, so good. My next plan is to fit the spare 1.0kg/mm Racetech springs that were in my ST1300 and refresh the oil; even with max preload, the stock forks are using 47mm of travel with me aboard, and will bottom out occasionally. Working out the correct spring spacer length burned a few brain cells; this is a trivial job on RWU forks, but with the USD design which uses an internal top-out spring, much head scratching was required. The top-out spring gets compressed when the main spring is installed, to the tune of 13mm. I was also thinking about reusing the GoldValves from the ST but so far the KYB cartridge has me beaten, and requires a more assertive disassembly than the previous RWU Showa forks that I have tackled. Hints and tips would be welcomed, these require the base to be unscrewed from the cartridge tube, and then the same for the seal head. Having some spare forks to mess around with means I can do this at my leisure and not worry too much about causing irreparable damage, but I'm still trying to go carefully. I've not done a lot of riding as I have been off shore for 3 weeks in the frozen north and our "summer" weather has been deeply unreliable lately, but I hope to rectify that. This was the new fork test ride this past weekend, looks nice but it was blustery and I got hammered in some decent showers.
  15. MBrane
    Know anybody with a lathe?
  16. VeeEffArah
    Agree with Brad. I help a friend with his bike detailing business and we draw straws with these newer bikes. 30 to 45 job nearly doubles with all the nooks and crannies.
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  18. Chrismay
    I have for sale a set of Raask rear sets for a vfr750. Very period looking, bolt straight to existing holes. Complete with parts book. Looking for £60 ovno. I will post anywhere for postage cost or collect from Cromer Norfolk. Photos to be added or i can send them pm.
  19. Skids
    Oi! Yes, free of charge too! (actually, no)
  20. Captain 80s
    I'll keep an eye out for one.
  21. VeeEffArah
    Been trying to find a Hawk spacer for a while now, just for that purpose. Ebay and such have been dry for a some time now.
  22. Dutchy
    -2C on Sunday, MC club meet to start 2026. Promised a pal to bring a rare fuel tank, but hey, can't take the car now can I? (97% did...) Wore my 12V mc gloves -which are too bulky to handle a Sig P226 for sure- that kept my hands nicely ice-free. En-route I spotted a stinky i-4 Yamaha R6 by the side of the road. Stopped and asked the rider if the bike had broken down. "No, I'm just very cold" Which didnot surprise me as he sported jeans, sneakers and what looked like summer gloves. Och aye, the folly of youth,,,,
  23. Dutchy
    Duc GP4 fan? Welcome back!
  24. Dutchy
    Does the NHS enforce compulsory tests on pensioners now?
  25. bmart
    But how do you get past the ugly factor? Seriously. I look at VFR, FJ1200, VTR250 and so many other lovely to look at bikes and then I see the new stuff like these 800s, the FZ series, and KTMs, etc. and they're beyond ugly, not to mention a nightmare to clean with all of those creases and angles. I'm not sure that I could do it.
  26. EZASV20
    I've had 520 gearing through all of this, so I also think you should take this opportunity to go 520. But I've done 15/45. 15/43. 16/45. 16/43. 17/45. And 17/43. And I went back to and stayed at 16/43. Which is 6th gen stock gearing. So if you're 6th gen. Stay with what you have. If you're a 17t front, go 16t. And Sprocket Center is where I got everything. I had to call in to get singles. But they have full kits.
  27. EZASV20
    I have a Trail Tech Voyager gauge.
  28. Skids
    During my work servicing my CT, these 2 rubber bits fell off from behind the LH middle cowl (the painted bit). I've looked but cannot see where they might have come from and the shop manual doesn't seem to mention them so does anybody know exactly where these came from and can point them out on the picture below? Cheers.
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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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      Juniper Pass

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      Mount Evans

      My route A is home B is Tommy-knockers

       

    2. MartinkaP's Blog

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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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