Turning mid-aged

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  1. vfrcapn

    vfrcapn Member

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    Just thought I'd post a pic, '99's mileage end of commute today.

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    Good effort, do them all yourself?
     
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    Impressive!

    I bet there were many stories along the way...
     
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    Nice. You have done more than most, is a way of putting it.
     
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    97K of those miles were mine.
     
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    how many valve adjustments? if any
     
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    Did 16K, 32K and 48K valve checks. One valve out at 48K, let it go after that.

    Valvoline 10-40 dino it's entire life, oil changes every 3K at first then went to every 5K. And Fram oil filters most of the time, same K&N air filter for probably 75K.
     
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    I just turned 40, me too
     
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    Good rap for the oil might even switch myself after hearing that
     
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    What a great testament to man and machine. You done good!
     
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    Nice work! How many stators and r/r-z did you go through?
     
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    Original stator, and I swapped out the original r/r for the new Honda unit, just because, at around 25K 10 years ago. Few burnt connectors but no more problems after I soldered the wires together.
     
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    Proof in the pudding, a new saying we should have here, "soldered wires saves you dollars" because unless you bang it into people that soldering will save dollars they continue to go on about wanting to use connectors of some sort so it is easy to change it over in the future, if it is soldered you don't have to change it, but if you do it is only a few minute job in the scheme of things because you are broken down anyway. Fitting a volt meter lets you monitor the charging all the time you are riding and gives you a bit of warning if things aren't happy
     
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    vfrcapn Member

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    Only bad failure was 2nd gear going out around 95K. I swapped in a used motor for now and planning to rebuild the original transmission and maybe motor, & put the original back in when I can find the motivation. Says something you can pay $300 for a used 800 V4 motor from a wrecker and just drop it in and run it.
     
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    Nice. I stopped on the side of the highway on the way home to take a pic when my 05 concourse rolled over to 100,000 miles. After 6 & half years of riding it?:cool:
     
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    2nd gear huh, you were drag racing from the traffic lights :lol: My 91 seems to be stuck at 80,000 miles as it gets its yearly oil change and ridden maybe once every one or two weeks. I would take a picture too of the odometer :smile:

    Yeh parts are cheap huh, good deal. Amazing what you can get/do.
     
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