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  2. davenay67
    Keep it apart....I'm sure to run into many other 'how does it go back?' questions. 🤣
  3. BusyLittleShop
    If you see *continuous* temps higher than 220ºF or below 180ºF then trouble shooting is in order: Continuous engine temps above 220ºF or 104ºC is also a problem and the proper order of items to trouble shoot are: 1)Faulty radiator cap... system should hold 1.1 pressure ratio... 2)Insufficient coolant... 3)Passages blocked in the radiator, hose or water jacket... 4)Air in the system... 5)Thermostat stuck closed... 6)Faulty temp meter or thermo sensor... 7)Faulty fan... 8)Faulty fan switch... Engine temps below 180ºF or 82ºC is an problem... it means that the moisture produced during combustion is not getting hot enough to evaporate out the pipe as steam... instead that moisture will migrate to the oil and produce a milky white contamination... Note normal by products of combustion is water... . Every gallon of gas creates roughly 8 pounds of water vapor... we all have witnessed water escaping out of tail pipes on cold mornings... The sequence of events to trouble shoot are: 1)Faulty temp meter... 2)Thermostat stuck open... 3)Faulty fan switch... (stuck on) Leaky Head Gasket Check... You can visual inspect for a leaking head gasket by pulling the spark plugs and peering down each hole... if the top of the piston is black then no leak that cylinder... if the top of the piston is a bright shiny aluminum then leak detected... because a leaky head gasket allows coolant in and that produces steam under the heat of combustion... the net effect is a super clean piston dome and no nasty black... On bike Thermostat Check To check if the thermostat is opening start the engine at its lowest temp... open the rad cap... observe at what temp the coolant begins to flow... if the temp rises above 180F and the coolant does not flow then your thermostat is suspect To trouble shoot an oil leak start by tracing the wet trail back to its the highest point to determine the origin... if the origin is mid cylinder then investigate a possible blow head gasket... take a compression test to verify the effective cylinder..
  4. mello dude
    Hang on... Mine's apart... I'll get a photo of mine and post it tomorrow.
  5. davenay67
    Not what I was wanting to hear, but I appreciate the input. 🙂 The wiring seems really tight, and I'm not sure turning 180 degrees is going to be all that easy. Might need to find what is preventing that.... Update: Actually quite easy once I removed the tank bracket and unplugged the top cable. Much better.
  6. Terry
    You may be able to disassemble the plug caps and check; stick a flat blade screwdriver up inside and you should be able to unscrew the end, there is usually a spring and a resistor in there that will slide out (and can be easily refitted). I did this on my 86 VFR and found the resistor was broken and was a cause of poor running. The resistor was (from memory) 5kOhm.
  7. JimMoore
    Follow-up to this thread. It's cooled off a little bit and the bike is running much cooler. I'm now convinced it was the absurd OATs + jackassery that were causing the high temperatures.
  8. airwalk
    These specs come from the past.. ‘86 vfr, 5K ohms (terminal/“cap”), ‘88 Hawk nt650, 10Kohms per terminal. Seems like there’s wrong info printed in the Hawk shop manual, as a total of 10K should result from plug(5K)+ cap/terminal(5K). My vote is to hopefully see 5K ohms when testing/measuring & call that an acceptable result..if you ever find an absolutely correct # please share
  9. Mohawk
    RC30 £132,250 RC45 £92,000 Gulp !
  10. mello dude
    I'm also a big fan of Project Farm and also Torque Test Channel.... Together, they have cost me a lot of money! 😁
  11. Gaz66
    Nearly but no cigar. Spin it 180 & it's correct 👍
  12. Terry
    While I wait to bring legality to my ride (and top up the tax take) I took my 800 for a spin, this felt light and eager, being on near-new T33 tyres, and maintained within a mm of its life. Such a sweet bike to ride. The 1200 came in for some more attention, I like knowing tyre pressures are correct and like to have TPMS on each. I have had a bit of a scare fitting the TPMS "valve caps" on standard rubber valve stems, so I know to fit 90 degree alloy stems for security. So both wheels came out, one bead was broken and then the new stems fitted up. I went with red, mainly because there is so much black, silver or grey present! I then gave all the black plastics a ceramic coating recommended by my fave YT-er, Project Farm. This is a wipe-on coating that dries to a hard-wearing shine that makes weathered plastic look new; it was great on my ST1300 belly fairing and panniers so I know it works. I wiped some on the frame spars as well, if they keep the "wet look" it will be some improvement.
  13. Dutchy
    Old skool workbench at a bike shop that must relocate.
  14. jeremyr62
    Brakes on the VFR1200 are epic when working at their best. Best braked bike I have ever owned. I think it's a flawed bike in many ways, but it definitely has something that grabs you. I have had two and the one I have now I really need to sell to make space, but I just can't bring myself to do it. As they sold so few, I keep thinking it will be become more sought after, and prices will rocket. So much for that pipe-dream..
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  16. St. Stephen
    Honestly, I don't recall the fans being annoying or coming on constantly. I did commute to work on the 1200 when I lived in the midwest U.S., but no issues. Mine was a 2010.
  17. eastbowl2
    Great ride report so far! Thanks.
  18. FromMaine
    Tuesday I was up a 6am, but waited a bit for the temps to rise. Finally around 8 ish I got on the bike and headed the mile to the border crossing. The old border crossing was replaced by a new very flashy one last year and I had not used it yet. It took me a full 10 minutes to figure out where I needed to be to get on the bridge to cross the river to Edmundston, there was no traffic, just me. I finally arrived about 0830 and formalities finished, chatted with the Customs guy for about 8-9 minutes as there was still no traffic. Madawaska isn't exactly the most happening place, but I had never seen the border crossing with zero traffic in both direction like today. I headed out along rt. 144 instead of rt. 2 to rt. 17. It's a one lane each way with a rather low speed limit, and no breakdown lane whatsoever. The few locals out on the road were clocking 1.5 times the limit, so I did also. Finally got to the head of the Baie des Chaleur and entered Quebec. Rt 132 is the only option. but its nice enough, and the drivers as everywhere in Atlantic Canada, are courteous. Around Carleton I ran into construction. One lane each way. This was to happen about 10-11 times again before I reached Perce. It slowed things down considerably, but to be honest they did a good enough job to keep it to maybe a 8-10 min. delay at each stop. Finally pulled into Perce and found my hotel was on the other side. I knew it was on a hill, but was not prepared for how big the hill was nor the final driveway. I stopped at the bottom and had a look. Finally I just walked up to the hotel as the gravel did not look promising. As I was speaking to the girl at check in, the owner came over. He mentioned they had just had the driveway covered in new gravel, and he was a bit miffed as it was not pea gravel, but more marshmallow size, and it was laid on to thick. I had confirmed this on my walk up, so I left the bike at the bottom and in the end just carried my saddlebags up. I have to say this is one of the nicest motels I have ever stayed in. The owner, staff, view, and room were all top notch. The driveway was just a minor inconvenience. Took a walk into town, about a mile. Lots of places closed, but managed to find a meal, and bought a few beers for the room. I was out by about 9ish. 1. Just inside Quebec at the head of the Baie des Chaleur. 2. Rt 132. Baie des Chaler. 3. Ditto 4 Perce Rock. 5. Le driveway. The spot at the bottom on the left is my bike. 6. View from the room. 7. Halfway back to the motel after walking into town.
  19. davenay67
    Is this mounted correctly to the plastic undertray? It seems really tight against the tank bracket.
  20. keny

    Anything goes!

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  21. keny
    Today I made a trip to Honda motorcycle importer for a demo ride day they offered. I have had plans to go on a day like this quite some time but always something has come up that has made me move going to a other time, but not today! It's located about a hour ride from where I live, taking not the shortest way make it almost a hour and a half The weather in the morning was damped after the night's rain but almost +10°C as sunny, strong winds was forecast but they didn't start to blow until near the destination. There was not all models offered to be ridden, mostly the fleet that has been test bike's during summer and now on sale to been sold hopefully, so a promotion to get them sold, as ride season is at it's end. So here some that was to be ridden Plus some custom as cruiser models. I decided to try a bike I think is closest today to the Transalp 600 I have, that's the Honda NX500 The white one was the one. So what do I think they compare? The NX500 is better in much, but more street focused whit less suspension travel, cast wheel's whit smaller 19" front. It has better brake's but less power in lower to mid rpm but sure 100cc less to. A annoying thing is the turn signal button location It's the lowest where horn is on older Honda's and horn button is where turn signal button is on older Honda's, guess if I it the horn as I tried to put turn signals on..... Then came a nice surprise, not listed as available to test ride they rolled out a unridden Transalp 750! I was lucky to be the second to go on a test ride on it! A sweet bike, some vibration that I was not inspected on higher rpm but still not bad, other than that and the oem tires that haul loud it's a really nice bike! I prefer the white color through The importer has a second hand offerings room to, some interesting offerings there to but to busy to take any Frome there out for a spin as not serious about buying Then to ride back home in quit windy weather, did stop at a familiar cafe for a hot cup of tea to warm up a bit Nice fall/Autumn day even a bit chilly
  22. DJS2020
    Generic question....I have been trying to determine if the OEM spark plug caps have resistors built in. The manual calls for NGK resistor spark plugs. My question to the forum is, if the plugs have 5K ohms resistance and the plug caps have ???K ohms resistance, is that drowning some of my spark at the electrode? I'm only inquiring because a good friend mentioned that the order bikes had resistors in the caps because plug manufacturers didn't make resistor plugs until sometime in the 90's. I'm sure Honda engineers knew what they were doing but wanted to know your thoughts. I couldn't find anything denoting whether the OEM plug caps had resistors or not.
  23. mello dude
    Yes, there's a thread on it. Also you might send a PM to Terry to confirm .
  24. davenay67
    Thanks! Everywhere I check they are out of stock. But I can get 6th gen boots. You mentioned that Terry confirmed that 6G will fit the 5G?
  25. mello dude
    https://www.ebay.com/itm/403510332470?
  26. davenay67
    Where did you order the rubber boots from? My boots are not rock hard, but they are not super soft either. Seeing as the bike is apart, now is the time to replace them if I'm going to....
  27. Lorne

    RC211V pics

    Lorne replied to Lorne's topic in VFR Info

    What a menacing sound it had, so different to the milder tune of our VFRs. I was fortunate to see Nicky Hayden ride it to victory at Laguna Seca in '05 & '06. Jimmy, that's 20 years ago, my how time flies.
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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

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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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      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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