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  2. keny

    Anything goes!

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    Other VFR and other pics....
  3. swimmer
    Vfr1200 is shaft driven
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  5. SEBSPEED
    Shoot me an email, I'll try to squeeze it in
  6. SEBSPEED
    Service the clutch slave and master, check the clutch basket fingers for grooving and file if necessary. Also, send me a picture of your old clutch cover, as I may have a use for it...
  7. joneill
    From the pictures I don't see anything that needs replacement. Its hard to tell from the pictures but it looks like there is some minor glazing on the friction plates (first picture) that could be addresses with a light sanding with emery cloth. Check the shop manual, there are thickness limits for the friction plates, length limits for the springs and flatness limits or the steel clutch plates. If they are within limits I would address the glazing and put it back together. Also while your in there check the clutch slave cylinder operation and clutch rod straightness. Any "stickiness" in the clutch slave cylinder operation could contribute to the "lurch" in clutch engagement.
  8. JZH
    Not sure what you mean? However, there is some question about whether I will be able to get my van (and its hitch) into the garage at all at this point...but there is no question that I would NOT have enough room to maneuver it around inside if I did! I will have some Unistrut to play with in a few days, so I will decide what to do after that. This is an electric "pallet stacker", btw: What makes it different than a "forklift" is that it requires support underneath the load, so I will need to be able to slide the front wheels of this thing underneath anything sitting on the floor of my garage below the bike shelves. So that means everything there needs to be on legs or wheels or a platform. No problem with workbenches and tool cabinets, but more of a challenge with machine tools such as my bandsaw, drill press, welding cart, future plasma table, lathe, mill, etc. Fortunately, I like planning; unfortunately, more than doing! Ciao, JZH
  9. JZH
    The last place she probably wants to go is the Netherlands! Ciao, JZH
  10. JZH
    I bought some of that stuff to build an enclosure for my 3D printer (not yet assembled...). Very cute--compared with the brute utility of Unistrut! Generally, however, aluminum anything is a lot more expensive than steel, plus I'd not really know where to start with calculating the loads and sizes required. I've seen unistrut used in countless (sometimes dangerous) situations, so I'm fairly comfortable using it for the shelving structure. I've ordered some test pieces and brackets, so I will have a better idea soon enough. Yeah, I don't think I want to put a pic of my actual house on t'internet, but it looks something like the house on the left: Mine's not red, not directly on a canal, and is a little taller, but it's a traditional house in a traditional row of Dutch houses like this. Most such houses have had their ground floors converted into modern living areas (from whatever they were originally, such as a retail shop or workshop). Ciao, JZH
  11. gropula
    Interesting development. Is the air fuel mixture tuned properly with the Power Commander 5? With the amount of mods that you've done it's only possible to guess where things went wrong. Porting the cylinder head is very tricky and can easily be detrimental to performance if done wrong.
  12. JZH
    You'll have to change your "In My Garage" blurb... Ciao, JZH
  13. JZH
    Strange. I once had an EBC (I think) on my 750, and both it and the OEM rotor it replaced had huge cut outs to allow the rotor to clear the axle studs. Bit of an oversight on Brembo's part! Ciao, JZH
  14. roliy43780
    roliy43780 joined the community
  15. JZH
    Does the 1200 have a hollow rear axle? (Most of) the other VFRs do. If you had a pair of jack stands, a small floor jack and a piece of steel rod or bar that fit through the rear axle, you could set the axle on the RH jack stand, lift the bike up enough to rest the steel rod or bar on the LH jack stand and, once the rear is stable, use the floor jack to lift the bike under the exhaust to raise the front wheel off the ground. It shouldn't crush the front exhaust pipes if lifted that way, but the 1200 is a heavy beast... Ciao, JZH
  16. JZH
    Well, it would have to be really simple! I have been struggling with Fusion just recently (pointlessly re-designing the JD's Garage plasma table plans to my ridiculous specifications), but that is what happens whenever I try to pick up CAD again. But I've never managed to go beyond the CAD to the CAM, so you might need someone who has at least done that bit before... Ciao, JZH
  17. keny
    I'm happy I bothered checking the valve clearance even seller told me they were checked about 6k kms ago, have the interval, turned out only cylinder #2 inlet valves was in spec, all other was tight, some awful tight...... Next as I have the radiator off as coolant drained I plan to take off the thermostat housing and give it a fresh paint Even If usually leave some patina this needs fresh paint as looks tatty
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  20. Tirso
    https://chatgpt.com/ ?
  21. PlentyMech
    Fitting a new clutch cover and wanted to check the plates as Ive had a lurching problem where the bike, if held say at lights when coldish with the clutch pulled in, it could give a sudden lurch forward catching me off guard when I move off quicker rather than slower. I've never pulled a clutch apart before and I just wondered if anyone could spot anything untoward in these pics? There's a few scratches on a few of the tangs but nothing looks buggered or how Id not expect it to look and friction plates seem to have a consistent amount of "meat" on them. Bike has done about 50K KMs. Thanks all for any input before I put it all back together.
  22. Rhonda
    I have the SW Motech center stand like the one above. Fantastic addition, most maintenance is a breeze! Highly recommended!
  23. cHonda81
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  24. mello dude
    Anybody up to convert my chicken scratching hand drawing to CAD and maybe model and STL? Fairly simple stuff. Its been a long time since I did any CAD (Unigraphics, Catia).... I got sucked into management. Thanks
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  29. Presson
    Does the fuel pump prime when with the kill switch at run you switch the key to on ? You should hear it
  30. Captain 80s
    With RED especially, my experience with ColorRite is... ColorRong
  31. CoyoteChris
    For $77 for the paint, it is expensive but I feel the match would be perfect. It is an option for sure.
  32. Timuli
    Now the dyno run has finally been done, there has been all sorts of rush here so I haven't had time to do it earlier. The result now wasn't quite what I expected. I think the torque curve is good if you don't take that last part into account. Now I have to start figuring out what's causing the power drop after 8000rpm.
  33. Ughandi
    Wow! That ColoRite site really is easy to use!! I found the needed base and color touch up pens within seconds!! I thought it would be much more difficult for the fastest color on the 5th gen! Thanks @FromMaine !
  34. Ughandi
    Seems like quite the oversight from the big B. Good words for the forum!
  35. Wintherman
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  37. keny
    Also good whit most silicone is you can peel off the extra And the cap is loose and a new ordered today In general all is going slowly now, been for a while, because of other stuff as some health issues that caused a total stop for a few days late last week.....
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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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