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  2. tom1999
    Hi, I have a VFR 800 1999 that currently is draining the battery when riding, I'm trying to find out if it's the regulator/rectifier that's given or giving up or the stator or both. It looks like the reg/rec has been replaced as the 3 yellow wires coming from the stator have been soldered instead of using a plug. However there is still a plug coming from the reg/rec but looks in good condition. I have tested the following. ▪️Battery on the bike before starting is 12.85volts ▪️Battery climbs to 13.80volts when idling but fluctuating. ▪️When lights are turned on this drop to 12.15volts. When reving the bike the volts don't go past 12.23 when reved. I have check continuity to ground on the 3 yellow wires and there isn't any, which from reading I think is correct? This was done without the bike running. When I started the bike and tested the 3 yellow wires I couldn't get any reading from them, I set the meter to AC and again from reading should see at least 15v and more when reved, but as above couldn't get any reading. I presume I can ground the black wire from the multimeter onto the negative terminal on the battery and then place the red wire onto where they have been soldered on the yellow wires to give me a reading? What other tests could I do or does the above sound like it's the reg/rec or stator. Im by know means a electrian but keen to try and get to the bottom of it before getting it to a garage, any help would be appreciated. Thankyou.
  3. tom1999
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  4. Captain 80s
    "mounting bracket" So the threaded holes for the brake lines don't interact with the other circuity at all? If that's the case, Linked Brakes are even more retarded than I thought. Not sure if that's even possible.
  5. Worfje
    The gutted and sealant filled delay valve only serves as mounting bracket for the HEL lines. And indeed, a complete HEL brake lines set was purchased, so no customized set / length possible.
  6. scotsbluebiker
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  7. Captain 80s
    I am not familiar with the routing in that valve, but are the orifices for the brake lines common with the sealant filled ports?
  8. Ughandi
    Perhaps because the brake lines are already purchased & work. ( as opposed to custom lines to bypass the valve) I get very choosy on how I spend my money too... My bike gets very little in the aesthetics department, for instance, whereas your budget for the pretty bits is clearly orders of magnitude greater than mine 😁
  9. swimmer
    I messaged you the only email contact I had for him.
  10. Biku19972
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  11. Marsman99
    Does anybody know how to contact Prez aka Satariel who made the ECC unit for the 1200’s? His real name is Przemyslaw Jaworski. His ECC unit has been great but recently lost a rubber cover on one of the switches. I need his help on a replacement.
  12. TimC
    Welcome to the forum! @Dutchy is kidding around a bit, because there is another forum for the VFR similar to the language in your thread title. But he's right, too -- this one rocks. 😉
  13. bmatic007
    Yes!! This is great. Thank you for that information. I'm going to reach out to them to see if they will ship to me.
  14. BikingDirect
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  15. DrErgal
    Me too. Ain't it better to eliminate any useless stuff aboard the bike? If your intention is not to use them, why keeping? (if I understood correctly your plan, obviously...)
  16. VifferJ
    Looks like Iconic has some pieces for sale in their Moto Market, side cases for $650 and an upper for only $149. FWIW I bought some parts from them the other month and all was well with the sale and great communication, you might want to check it out they have some other pieces too for what looks like the RWB model year? https://iconicmotomarket.com/products/honda-vfr800-interceptor-nose-with-lights-64210-mcwa-d000-1?_pos=34&_sid=0f78d2b9f&_ss=r https://iconicmotomarket.com/products/honda-vfr800-interceptor-hard-cases-blue-l-r-1?_pos=22&_sid=2f935ac3c&_ss=r
  17. Captain 80s
    I'm a little confused too. Is it just a mount for some thing now, or is actual hydraulic pressure going thru it still?
  18. kevin80302
    After 24hours of battery charging and the 2 fuses being replaced, the bike runs again. Lets see if it stays running!
  19. mello dude
    So... Curiousity... why use the delay valve at all? Why not figure brake lines direct from calipers to the master cylinder? Or... intermediate with a manifold by the horn bracket? Like... (Ignore the brake light pressure switch)
  20. Worfje
    Part 2: For attaching a HEL brake line, I gutted the delay valve and filled it up with a sealant: The usage of the CBR600 F4 rear brake master (43510-MBW-006) which reduces the bore from 17 mm to 14 mm works great. It easily fully stops the rear wheel with some notable downward force, let's say 50% of what I used to need for getting it to fully stop the rear wheel, so I think you could pick even a smaller bore diameter (if you would have a heavy right foot). I thank @Terry again for pointing me to alter the front brake master cylinder (since driving now 6 pistons instead of 4). From ebay I got a VFR800 6th gen (45510-MAJG-01) and increasing the bore from 12.7 mm to 14 mm is just spot on! I have a lot of 'range' in which i can choose a certain deceleration and I think I am at 70% force and are getting the feeling any more force could result in slip or stoppie. I have bought two sets of Brembo brake pads (07HO42LA) for the front. Why this explicit color schemes! I painted them over with some grey metallic hammerite... not too temperature proof. Will let you know what happens. The pads are 'sintered'. Brembo has a few choices for the front for road usage: CC (organic), LA (sintered) and SA (sintered). I liked the LA when looking at a graph of temperature vs. friction coefficient. If this graph is true, LA has the benefit of outperforming CC at any temperature and is very consistent over the temperature range. The sintered performance probably comes at the expense of the brake discs wear.
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  22. Katshark
    Thanks so much guys.
  23. squirrelman
    mice ?? they chew on wires and like to nest in airboxes
  24. kevin80302
    Hi my 2007 VFR800 is stored in a parking garage during the winter and recently it FINALLY warmed up here so I decided to get it out. The bike was a little sluggish to start but fired up. I rode around my apartment complex for a few minutes, came back, checked the fluids, all looked good so off I went on a short ride. I made it about 2.5 miles then at 40mph the bike lost power and died. I coasted to a nice parking lot and stopped safely. There I tried to crank but it cranked with no fire. Not long after, the battery was dead to the point it wouldn't crank. Got the bike home and found a 20amp fuse under the tank blown, and battery was back to 12v. I replace the fuse and the bike fired back up. About 30 seconds later the 20amp VFRNESS fuse blew. At that point battery was dead again. I pulled the battery and its been on my NOCO GENIUS1 for the last 24 hrs. It started solid red, this afternoon its now flashing green (back to 75%) Would a dead battery (low voltage) cause a bump in current enough to blow the fuses? I'm not thinking a short developed since the bike was last run in November. First fuse that blew was the lower one, 2nd one was the upper vfrness one.
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  26. Dutchy
    All VFR sites are equal, but one is more equal than others. It is called "VFRDISCUSSION.com"
  27. Worfje
    Today I finally finished the '2024/2025 winter project'. Brakes de-linked and completely overhauled/revised. Some details in the coming posts and here is part 1: When I measured the runout of the brake discs on the front I got 0.7 mm and the stated service limit is 0.3 mm (Honda 1998-1999 Service Manual of VFR800FI). After having received a new original Honda brake disc: negligible runout when not mounted to front wheel hub, but 0.3 mm runout after bolting it down...what?! So, removed the brake disc from the wheel hub and again when unbolted: negligible runout... hmmm this hub did not survive the powder coater: The odd thing is that I have driven the VFR for many miles (kilometers actually) before I really noticed the impact (the out of spec. on brake disc runout). In the last years I picked up riding the bike more 'sporty' and did a couple of tours in Germany (black forest, eifel and sauerland). During the last trip I did notice an vibration / shudder under significant front braking. It does not always happen. It is about a 60% chance. Feels a bit in the length direction of the fork (and not left/right movement of bike). At the time I hoped to resolve it with de-linking the brakes, installing the BD20 fork cartridge / spring from DMr Performance, and HEL brake lines... or was the root cause for the vibration under significant front braking due to the 0.7 mm runout? I decided to get a second hand front rim which would have the original hub plane and let it be powder coated by someone else, being Brother Coating in the Netherlands (I have no shares) and what a great job they did: Still, with this more 'factory original' wheel hub plane for the brake discs, it still introduced a runout of 0.1 mm (in comparison with being negligible when unbolted). Maybe I shouldn't have reused the bolts (with loctite applied)... The runout was still an improvement of 700% and maybe good enough to solve the vibration/shudder under significant front braking.
  28. bmatic007
    That’s what I’m also seeing. About 6-700 for the upper/front cowl. I think I will try to find a shop that can repair it and repaint. I already have the decals for both sides. Thanks for your input. I’m in the middle TN area but if anyone knows of a reputable paint/repair shop within a reasonable driving distance, please let me know.
  29. DrErgal
    Welcome to you all! This is not a simple "hints archive" for fault remedies. I found a lot of advices and even inspirations for mods and improvements. Enjoy your staying 😊
  30. Sweeper
    The front cowl is really expensive. You might try plastic weld on the inside and then repaint and decal. I searched for a cowl several years ago and found exactly one and it was $600. It's been a couple of years but Mason City Honda in Mason City, Iowa used to offer discount parts prices to VFRD members. I never found parts cheaper or faster. They are one day from the distribution center and always good about same day turn around at their place. Keith is the parts guy and is family of the owners.
  31. Dmitriy

    North Italy pics

    Dmitriy replied to DrErgal's topic in Europe

    The last time I was in Italy was in December 2019, right before the pandemic. I was driving around the northern part of the city in a rental car. It's very beautiful there. I hope to visit this wonderful country one day. Great photos and motorcycles. Especially the combination of asphalt and snow)
  32. Dmitriy
    Hi. I'm from Russia. I also registered on the website today. This is one of the best resources with information about VFR and a gathering of like-minded people in general. I don't speak English, I use a translator. For this reason, my text may not seem correct, please understand.
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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 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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      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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      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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