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  2. vfrgiving
    Yes, the ride over CA36 wasn't free flowing. There were a handful of automated stop light 1-lane areas. Either repairing bridges or slides. On the bright side, the pavement between most of them was fresh. My wait wasn't too bad, I did the run from Fortuna to Red Bluff (I had ridden the 101 down from northern Oregon coast). most traffic that late afternoon was heading the other way. The east end was smokey and I observed fire crews responding with helicopters and lift buckets. Also, saw a decent sized pack of riders on custom choppers heading west. My previous trip over 10+ years ago was nowhere near as interesting. The Red Bluff terminus of CA36 with Main St looked like it had been upgraded. I don't recall Main Street being as wide, looks like it was upgraded for more traffic and commercial stuffs.
  3. Today
  4. Sirbike
    I was able to peak into V and see some funky stuff on a coolant elbow. So it was time to go in. And since I am this far I’ll do valve clearance check and took mello dude’s advice, ordered as3 hoses. I checked the rear brake fluid. This motivates me to thoroughly flush the lines then overhaul the calipers. I missed my chance to do a dynamic test for a while. First look at the charging system. Wires and plug look good. Here is the R/R. Now that I’ve got some momentum I am looking forward to more wrenching.
  5. bmart
    If you get south, come ride with us, N2 track days.
  6. St. Stephen
    Interesting comment. The west end of 36 has been a mess, first because of the tight, wet, narrow to one lane suddenly, up and down, and then because of all the construction to fix that the last five years. The middle is way up high, tight and technical. East is flowing. I would prefer to go west to east--but I've always done the opposite! 128, well I will never forget a run with our NorCal Hooligans heading west. bayarearider and I were flying through the redwoods, both on 7th gens, the last 20 miles to the coast. High fives all around. To Lorne's point, it was a fitting finish to that ride, better than the start.
  7. St. Stephen
    Here you go Dutchy. Rt. 36, with a VFR.
  8. Gaz66
    Agreed -6AN hose built from scratch with integrated dry break would be the dogs danglies, unfortunately they're silly money. Been searching the tinterweb this evening, found these Nickel-plated brass dry breaks on (24MX) Europe's largest MX shop, not bad prices either 8mm & 6mm available £23.99 inc Vat + shipping. Only issue, product info doesn't specify working pressure of these couplings, since it's a MX specific seller, they're probly low pressure carb use only, i'll email shop to clarify if suitable for Fi use. https://www.24mx.co.uk/product/steinconnector-quick-release-coupling-for-fuel-hose_pid-PIA-366702
  9. MBrane
    I believe they recently removed a lot of the curves from the 36 near Red Bluff so maybe removed "the sign" as well. Shame on both counts.
  10. Yesterday
  11. Burger
    i guess i can report that a 6th gen throttle body plops right on and fires right up with only some minor wiring mods, no tune required. which is neat. the main plug on the 6th gen throttle harness doesn't reach far enough, so what i did was cut and splice the 6th gen injector connectors onto the 5th gen throttle harness. everything else plugged in just fine, and there aren't even any FI codes.
  12. Terry
    Havve a look here Tom: scroll down for an expert's guide to your carbs: https://v4dreams.com/shop-blog.html
  13. Burger
    i was all set to save the day by finding my old fuel line and cutting it open, but it seems to have disappeared. damn. another option would be to do the other thing i did and make a new fuel line from scratch; i used -6 AN with push-on banjo fittings. it'd be a lot easier to find dry-break fittings for AN. parts i used: https://www.summitracing.com/parts/VPE-11956 https://www.summitracing.com/parts/VPE-24063
  14. TomSanders
    Another question. I just intend to clean the air cut valves externally - I assume they wouldn't be put into the cleaner. They seem to be sealed units and unavailable anywhere. Do they perish or such? Thanks in anticipation for any general advice too.
  15. TomSanders
    No. 1 going into the cleaner. Question: do people replace the diaphragms? Only got one out so far but they look OK?
  16. TomSanders
    4 and 3 removed and a shot of how the fuel pipes look. To start with I put the choke linkage assembly and fuel pipes into the ultrasonic cleaner. Pipes after cleaning. I have a Litetek kit to rebuild with
  17. TomSanders
    I'm doing a full strip and rebuild of the carbs on my 1997. It's 29 years old, had been standing a bit in the covid years and one of the carbs is flooding. I'd rather do this myself and learn than not know what has happened to them at an average shop or hunt down a specialist. I'm following the Honda service manual with Haynes as a backup of necessary. There are two sets pictured earlier on in this thread as I had designs to, well have two sets, but more about that later. For now, just ignore the cut fuel pipe, if you notice. Air plate screws out and lifted off.
  18. Simmso
    The mirrors that came with the bike were aftermarket and the folding mechanism seized. They broke when attempting to unseize them. The bike is on 25k miles. I'm yet to do an oil change. I'll try that. All the oil options for this bike on wemoto seem to be 10w40 semi - synthetic. Is that the recommended oil?
  19. Dutchy
  20. Gaz66
    Watching with interest, I wanna Q/D my fuel lines too with metal self seal couplings, don't have a spare fuel hose to sacrifice to cut to find the ID. As we all know plastic Q/D couplings have been on injected fuel systems for 25-30yrs or so, far longer in cars, personally don't trust em, especially when located above a stinkin red hot V4. Still no joy searching for petrol compatible metal self seal coupling that'll accept ribbed tails that aren't NASA spec & not silly money, shit loads of dry breaks listed for hydraulics & braking systems, jack shit for fuel? WTF is going on?
  21. Gaz66
    Don't assume you have a charging component issue until you carry out the specific tests laid down in the manual, ensure you have the lights on main beam when checking charge voltages at the battery terminals or you'll get the wrong results. What most bikers fail to grasp is all Lithium spec batteries need a dedicated Reg/Rec & remote charger, charge voltage window is different to a lead/acid battery, a stock Reg/Rec is not suitable for any type of Lithium battery, it was never designed with using a Lithium spec power source, it will function to a degree with a Lithium battery, long term some damage will occur, mostly the Lithium battery will degrade due to the wrong Reg/Rec used, worst case scenario any Lithium batt can also go into thermal overload at anytime, resulting in a massive fireball, it will defo be an issue if this occurs while riding, insurance claim might be a problem when it burns your garage down without any warning, personally I'd never install anything other than a lead/acid non spill battery with a stock Reg/Rec.
  22. keny
    Today a small order in for some parts I will need for the Kawasaki's Not much but with postage 75€ A reason buil is slow aside my health issues And yes as I'm living in a house built in the 60's it sure need some love also.... At times I think I should just take my motorcycle count down a bit, but what to get instead. The VFR's I will keep, period, even my knee issues make I don't want to ride them far, and would prefer a motorcycle whit fuel injection.....but most more new design are not attractive design vise, but if you look at spec's for example my 1995 CB SevenFifty 73hp 64Nm 235kg wet weight vs 2014 Yamaha MT07 74,8hp 68Nm 182kg wet weight! That's 53kg lighter motorcycle whit slightly more power, then again pictures like this don't make you want one Probably from heavy wheeling through and it's a MT09 in the picture.... So the ideas are on but we have to see. Part for the idea is everything gets more costly but salary don't follow, so keeping 6 motorcycle in riding order, at least carburetor one's that usually need a carb rebuild every second year as some now as then it would be cheaper whit just 3....
  23. keny

    Anything goes!

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

    Other VFR and other pics....
  24. Thumbs
    I rode CA36 from the coast in the spring of 2016 after the wet winter, there were huge meadows of lupins, something I'd never seen before
  25. vfrgiving
    Lucky.... I'm waiting for this polar vortex to lift, that's coming later this week. What I don't see in the forecast is the atmospheric river needed to get rid of all the salt. Did get a Cali ride in last October. Rode CA36 for first time in over a decade. Couldn't find the iconic "twisty road" sign on the Red Bluff end. Man.. I wanted a photo op. 🙁 I even backtracked a little, didn't see it. How long's that been gone? Still, best visit ever. Angeles Crest had just opened 100% when I got to SoCal. 🤩
  26. vfrgiving
    13.1V would make me lots uncomfortable. Honda-ish reg/rec should be doing closer to 14.5V at cruising RPM, unless there's a special reg/rec for Lithium Batteries installed (Rick's has one). but even that's set for 14V. Definitely pull that tail plastic. If I have any inkling about stator health, I disconnect it from the regulator and go right to a dynamic AC voltage test. resistance checks for giggles maybe, but all stator failures I've had only show failure on the AC test.
  27. Lorne
    More like damp & dreary in my neck of the woods, but I appreciate the thought and hope you had an enjoyable ride. Cal128 is a favourite route back to the coast when I’m homeward bound. Hilly and twisty through oak meadows near 101, before cooling down in the coastal forest. Funny, I don’t think I’ve ever stopped in Philo or Boonville. Anyone else notice that some roads are enjoyable to ride either way but somehow one direction just feels more natural.
  28. Rllwjoe
    MBrane, & bmart, thanks for your welcome. Re: the 7 days of warm weather in Michigan. I had to laugh at the concept of any warm weather! I packed the VFR away for the winter way back in mid-November. Even though we lost all of our snow and ice, and the roads were dry about three weeks ago, I didn't pull her out because the residual road salt was everywhere. If I can swing it, I'd love to do another track day. Work schedule will dictate if that will happen. If it does, I certainly hope that it lands on one of those warm weather days!
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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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