This should help: http://www.vfrdiscussion.com/forum/index.php/files/download/228-vfr800-9801-servicemanual/
Google is your friend! http://www.andreanigroup.com/System/40124/Doc_HO%20801_1.pdf Mr Ohlin, he say:"12mm spring preload, 12 clicks on...
I should pay more attention when I refuel. The locking tabs stick out both sides of the cap so there's no way that unbolting the cap will work, sorry.
SOW, you have to promise to post your correspondence with Pipercross. It should make for an "interesting" exchange. While you're at it, you...
So Rooster, after all that did you need to replace the thermostat? I replaced the one in my VFR and it was jammed open, so at least I had a visual...
The trickiest bit IMO of the suspension upgrade is getting the hex head bolts out of the bottom of the fork. An air impact driver is the right...
I feel for you, I had to do this myself last year. I did not fully remove the throttle bodies from the bike, just sat them up on the frame rails...
Ha ha; haven't done that one yet (but there's still time). Here's a link to a service manual if you needed it:...
I have two bikes, a 99 VFR and a 97 VTR1000, collectively they are worth less than 1/3rd of a new VFR800! So as you say, absolutely fair game to...
Nope...it's a health and safety matter. [ATTACH]
I think I can speak for all here when I say "TOO MUCH INFORMATION"!
My guess is in SOW's refrigerator. Or just in SOW.
From 86 onwards, VFR700/750's have a pretty bulletproof engine. All of the cam wear and camchain tensioner faults with the 82-85 engines were...
Or...he could be an evil genius psychologist, and the rest of us are the subject of some giant experiment to study the response of a population to...
Good post and pics, Paradox. If you've been riding on stock 99000 mile suspension, you will be stunned at the difference some new suspension will...
You might have thought of this already, but can you just unscrew the cap mechanism off the tank? From memory 3 of the allen head fasteners...
I've though about doing that a few times, but I think my turbo Skoda car uses less fuel than the VFR! And the A/C and stereo system are superior....
Are you mixing up quarts with litres? The metric system is preferred the world over for good reason, maybe your oil bottles were 1 litre not 1...
Cracking photos Sir, thank you. Where's all the rainy photos??? The weather looked perfect!
49 for the lower and 23 N-m for the upper are the values specified in the 6th gen service manual which uses the same diameter forks. They're also...
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