what did you do to your vfr today?

Well done Aimbot.

Get yourself some gasket sealer, you'll need it for the half moons on the camcover gasket. I tried without, and ended up with an annoying oil weep. Also: don't over tighten the camcover bolts, they are only compressing the rubber gasket, and too much tension can snap the bolt.

I bought a set of Hotcams shims, and these had most of what I needed. You can check all the valves in one sitting, but I only remove one cam at a time if I'm changing shims. You may of course be more organised than I am. I also used a Tipex marker to mark a gear tooth and a corresponding fixed location on a cam bearing saddle (photo is of my ST1100 but the principle is the same), so I could pop the cam back in the correct location easily. Because of the sprung split gear, the cams won't align nicely until the saddle clamps are snugged up tight.

Also (DAMHIK) bear in mind the cams are hollow and will be somewhat full of oil when you lift them out; can get messy...

Good luck.

 

Replaced the starter solenoid connector on my 96 this weekend. Not sure if it fried the battery or if the battery being dead and the wires overheating from excessive charging took the wires out, but either way the results was bad.


Luckily the part is the same as the 86 and i already had a part on hand from cycle terminal and hadn't gotten around to installing it on the 86 yet.
http://www.cycleterminal.com/solenoid-connectors.html


The crimp tool worked so good i have a hard time telling which are factory crimps and which ones i did. A terminal tool is great for releasing the crimp on terminals from the housings, but mine was so burnt i had to just snip the old connector apart to get em out.


SGT18980 from amazon


I guess i should go back to when it started, or rather didn't start... The bike started and ran fine to pool league, started and ran fine 3 hours later to head home and get ready for work, and then 5 minutes later it cranked for a split second and then died, no lights, nothing with the key on. Battery voltage was fine, but me being cautious i just disconnected it and took the truck to work instead of digging into things and being late to work. I found the crispy wiring, the main fuse wasn't even blown btw, replaced it all and reconnected to test things. 12.7v with the key off and the lcd clock worked fine, turn the key on and the lcd clock dims a bit but stays on and nothing else happens and the battery voltage is down to just under 1v. Replaced the old lead acid battery of unknown age with a fresh AGM and she starts fine, runs good as new. The old battery had a sealed top and is not supposed to be filled, so i never did.

 

Looks like a good save. My version of events is that your connector got some moisture in it, the terminals corroded a bit, then the increased resistance caused the melting, and also a low charging voltage so your battery went flat.

 

Cleaned the chain and lubed with what Honda recommends. I find it attracts much less dirt to the chain but needs re-application more often which is super easy and quick. The waxy, sticky lubes work good the first time then are dirt magnets from then on.

 

You could very well be right, i do ride in the rain quite a bit. I think it is a chicken or the egg situation. I loaded the terminals with ox-gard and pumped in some dielectric grease in behind the connector for peace of mind. I will probably be selling this bike when it warms up a bit and the fair weather riders are fiending to buy new bikes, so new battery is just another thing i can add to the list. Oil change is about due, so while i'm tearing into it i'll double check the stator connector and maybe directly solder that while i'm in there.

 

Yesterday, I was killing time before an appointment, searched for a local Honda dealer drove down there and browsed the showroom for a new VFR. Found a silver one and asked if I could get on. Very nice seat, would be great for long rides in that saddle shape. Very nice motorcycle. I'd buy one if I won the lottery. I think the sales dude said it is $17,000+.

 

Wish we were getting the 2017's in the USA! Took my '14 for a late night ride to the gym and post office - she looked so nice I had to snap a pic :witless:

 

I worked on my Raza. Steering bearings in place. Greased up my caliper sliding pins. I'm going to wrap up the front end tomorrow, then move to the rear brakes. I have excessive wear on the rear rotor, time to find out why. I need to rebuild all of my calipers, if for no other reason, than to know they are done. Stopping is always good. Then, it's a coolant flush and change. After that, starter valves, save money for a valve job and then suspension. When that's all done, it's time to fix it up cosmetically.

 

I had a post about the wiring recall for the '02 but figured that I'd put this here as well.
Picked up the bike last night after work. All fixed with new wiring. They hooked up the power commander so that's one thing less I have to do. The mechanic showed me some pics he took of the hack job done by the po. He was surprised that it worked at all. Twisted wire connections with duct tape wrapped around that were so corroded they fell apart when he touched them. He said that when they unplug the big green (I think) connector if there is any issues with it they are to contact Honda about testing the rest of the wiring. Apparently the connector was melted together and couldn't be unplugged. There were a few ground wires that were connected with a bolt (wrapped in duct tape) and a wire from that to an actual ground.
I was going to do the drill and check the wiring myself but now I'm glad I took it in. I'm still going to do the drill as soon as I get a chance, at least now I have a good starting point.
They broke the double bubble windshield putting it back on, replaced it with a new one at no charge.
Overall I'm very happy with the whole experience. Never taken a bike to a dealer before and was sure that I would end up paying big bucks somehow.
So, Honda Powerhouse in Milton Ontario Canada gets a bit thumbs up and I will use them in the future. I know that with myself working in the service industry, people are quick to tell everyone about a bad experience but tend to not tell about a good one. This was one of the good ones.

 

Damn, apparently in New Zealand, VFRs ride you!!!!!!

 

Well, after 4 months in the garage and week in the shop "Jeni" in back on the road with the new slip on and new rubber. Sicker than hell, but took her out for about a hour and a half. FUCK YEAH the new Delkevic Mini 8" stainless is fantastic sounding! Best $230 spent on the bike yet! Gatorgreg had the DB killer removed but I did not. I found that the bike sounded great and not overly annoying as is. I took a video on my iPhone but the site does not allow the format. Best description that I can give with this is a cross between a race bike and two mini Harley twins with straight pipes and a cool gurgle. She may not be the fastest bike on the road, but I know that she sounds like she might be without looking like a Honda civic with too loud of a pipe for what is under the hood! ;-)

 

Right now I'm elbow deep into going through my rear brake. On slider on had a little grease, the other was bone dry. Looks like I need a chain and very soon I'll need a new rear rotor. It's a Galfer on there now, but it looks like the caliper has been clamping down on the rotor for some time. There's even give metal shavings on the swingarm, that must have come from the rotor. No other signs of wear anywhere else. Brake pads are ok, but I'll have to keep an eye on the whole thing. I guess in the future, if I buy anymore used bikes, I'll have to set time aside to go through the major systems. Off to finish it!

 

Yippie, was nice enough after all my running around to get it out for a run. SWEEET!

 

Clean and oiled chain, did a oil change, put on solo seat cowl that I was able to find in town.... was a beautiful day and went for a ride.

 

Okay, bike is wrapped up for the night. Tomorrow I have to clean and Lube the chain and just double check everything. A new chain is definitely in order. When I was adjusting it, it would randomly loosen and tighten, by a much as 3/8". To the cloud!

 

Blue locktite!

 

Can't wait to ride tomorrow afternoon!! For now it's sleeps with dreams of long twisty roads, canyons, mountains and good friends riding up highway 33 for the first time!!!

 

Must be throttle fun day today. I jumped on my VTR to try out my new T30 Evo tyres, and all of a sudden had no power! The bike would idle fine but just would not rev out. After some confusion and panic, it dawned on me that the throttle felt really weird, and then I realised that the rubber was slipping on the plastic tube, so I wasn't actually opening the throttle at all. I had used silicone grease on the handlebar/throttle interface, and I think this has reacted with the incredible humidity at present (we had a month's rainfall last night!) to dissolve the glue. Certainly made it easy to remove the grip for cleaning (ethanol) and re-gluing (Ados F2).

The conditions were a bit iffy so didn't really get a good feel for the T30 tyres, as we had extensive flooding and slips in the area so the roads were not in good shape. But it was nice to be back on some decently round tyres. I got a little under 7000km out of the Metzeler Z8's that were on there, the front probably had a few thousand more left, but the back tyre was on the wear bars and starting to slide when provoked.

 

Made adjustments to the suspension this afternoon, full hard pre-load set for forks and shock strut, full hard for rebound dampening. Cleaned out beginnings of a mouse nest, under seat, from barley hay they collected from the bales. So, then I had to check in the air box but no nest there. Washed the blue beauty and she's ready to ride tomorrow morning.