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Tightwad
834 posts recovered 23 threads started First seen 19 Jun 2007 Last seen 6 Nov 2018
Threads started
23 in the archive- Fan Control - Choose To Turn Fan On Or Off Or Allow The Bike To Control Tightwad · 10 May 2013 – 9 Jul 2014
- Euro riders: H7 sockets for low beams? Tightwad · 17 Apr 2011 – 18 Apr 2011
- VFRness + Fuse Panel - $65.00 + $7 shipping Tightwad · 7 Oct 2010 – 7 Oct 2010
- Completed....Custom HID Conversion Kit Tightwad · 26 Jun 2010 – 30 Mar 2012
- Install bar end weights Tightwad · 6 Apr 2010 – 7 Apr 2010
- Bike won't rev past 8,000 RPM when cold Tightwad · 1 Apr 2010 – 3 Apr 2010
- Exhaust pipe temps Tightwad · 14 Mar 2010 – 14 Mar 2010
- Cam holder bolts breaking Tightwad · 10 Mar 2010 – 11 Mar 2010
- Possible Engine Damage Tightwad · 5 Feb 2010 – 9 Apr 2010
- I see smoke when I blip the throttle Tightwad · 29 Dec 2009 – 29 Dec 2009
- What Is This Apparantly Optional Hole? Tightwad · 15 Sep 2009 – 3 Nov 2009
- 6th Gen Datel Mounting Options Tightwad · 28 Jun 2009 – 28 Jun 2009
- Bikebolts Colored Hardware Install And Review Tightwad · 1 Jun 2009 – 2 Jun 2009
- Low Rpm 6th Gen Engine Noise Tightwad · 14 May 2009 – 15 May 2009
- Tomtom Motorcycle Image Help Needed Tightwad · 19 Apr 2009 – 22 Apr 2009
- How To Upgrade (change?) Your 2002+ Vfr Headlight Settingsq Tightwad · 14 Apr 2009 – 16 Apr 2009
- R/r Wiring Fix For 1990-1997 Vfrs Tightwad · 22 Mar 2009 – 21 Dec 2009
- Cam Chain Tensioner, Without Throttle Body Removal Tightwad · 6 Jan 2009 – 5 Aug 2020
- Cool Voltmeter Alternative Tightwad · 20 Nov 2008 – 7 Oct 2011
- Battery Just....dead....nice Tightwad · 12 Aug 2008 – 14 Aug 2008
- Catalytic Converter Removal Tightwad · 15 May 2008 – 6 Oct 2012
- Volt Gauge Choices Tightwad · 5 Oct 2007 – 15 Jun 2008
- Producing A Fix For The Regulator/rectifier Wiring Issue Tightwad · 1 Aug 2007 – 2 May 2015
Recent posts
Last 50 of 834- New Battery? VideoGuy, 11/5/2018 at 7:00 AM Just wondering.... if the Lithium batteries require different chargers, how is it ok to use them in a bike with a "standard" charging system? Both are basically applying the same kind of…
- How To: Replace 30amp Fuse Wires WalkThisWhey, 4/23/2017 at 7:56 PM OK so I am trying to get the main positive battery terminal off using a soldering iron and pliers and this thing is not cooperating - there has got to be a better way. Can I just buy a…
- Gsxr Mirrors On 6th Gen I love the spacer idea....simplicity at it's best. I am currently test printing the original adapter to see how it works out. The first print was good even at medium resolution and in PLA. I am trying a different…
- Cooked starter wire? You can get a replacement connector from eBay but the wires are too small so you will want bigger wires on the red wires. Sent from my XT1635-02 using Tapatalk
- Wheel balancer advice I have a couple extra cones that will work from the Harbor Freight kits if you need one...I am sure I could ship it to you cheap.
- Gsxr Mirrors On 6th Gen If anyone has the cad file I would love to try printing it on my 3D printer just because I can. I haven't printed any ABS yet, this would be a good candidate and my ABS filament is feeling left out. Email it to me if…
- VF500F2 Aka MBD Incubation Period At Least 52 Years Did you lose a gear from your custom keychain?
- Big engine repair! I made a similar mistake when adjusting the valves on mine...missed a torque spec and the front cam gear came loose...I kept the bent valves as a reminder. I was able to swap in a used head for minimal expense.
- VF500F2 Aka MBD Incubation Period At Least 52 Years Dutchy, 1/12/2017 at 0:10 PM RC36? RC51? GDC baby!!!! :beer: [image: gdc.jpg] Biased but I like it...and bike/tank friendly too! viva la gear driven cams!
- Help with VFRness, after install no fuel pump and dash buzz I am sorry you are having troubles. I didn't see your email but I will respond here in case it helps you and anyone else who is reading this. For testing the installation it is important to understand what the VFRness…
- VF500F2 Aka MBD Incubation Period At Least 52 Years Such a beautiful bike! Good luck with it and I hope you have a short winter so you can properly enjoy it soon. Jealous you are in Luxembourg!
- Gsxr Mirrors On 6th Gen Polarbear Thanks Tightwad. Interesting suggestion. Would it be doable to print let's say 3-5 pairs each in case of tip overs and how much would that be??? Just trying to look at all options people. Don't mean to…
- Gsxr Mirrors On 6th Gen I have these mirrors/mounts from the origianl buy on my bike. I get a lot of questions (or used to) via my site on where to buy them as the mirrors were visible in the HID Headlight video for the HID kit that I no…
- 2002 With Charging Issues - How High Is Too High? mk2davis My wiring looks good. My connectors look good, and I am not getting any change the longer I ride. I would a assume that a symptom of bad wiring could be a decline in voltage as questionable areas become more…
- 2002 With Charging Issues - How High Is Too High? mk2davis After riding around for 45 minutes yesterday, mostly freeway . . . 13.3 idle, 13.7 at 5k low beams, 13.4 at 5k high beans. Requesting RMA. How is your wiring? I have had quite a few riders report that the…
- 2002 With Charging Issues - How High Is Too High? Not like it's a fun job, but I'd plan on pulling the stator cover offer, and visually examining the unit. If it looks pretty well burned I'd replace it as a maintenance item. Gasket for the stator cover may be a long…
- Wiring Upgrade Question? Where did you get a MOSFET that uses a sensor wire? The VFRness is pretty universal, as long as the connectors match.
- My Local Dealership Quit On Shoria/ballistic/all Lithium Batteries.... I too built my own Headway cell battery and it was great...until i didn't ride for a few months and a power drain killed one of the cells. After this happened a couple time (I don't learn the first time apparently) I…
- The "egg On Your Face" Thread Leon...your story is similar to mine... I had a 1990 Yamaha Radian. I decided to take my first ever long ride (500 miles in one day) from Provo, UT to Denio, NV. I was meeting a friend who was driving there from Oregon…
- Headlights Not Coming On As Usual I doubt it is the relay, most likely it is the starter switch which cuts out the lights. Next time the lights are working, kill the engine with the key and turn it back on...the lights should come right on. I do find it…
- Help With 1997' Vfr750F Solenoid Starter Typically the issue is just the plug, they like to melt like that on the older bikes. The connector is the most expensive part, so I just use a modified 4 pin instead of paying $8 more for the connector. I would suggest…
- 5Th Gen Electric Calamity I had a yuasa battery just die like that on me
- 6Th Gen Getting ~30Mpg...? Hmmm, my bike gets terrible mileage when commuting (like 30-32 mpg) but i put that down to long idle times at lights. I will have to try a full tank ride to see what it does when not commuting.
- Short Circuit? It has to be either your meter (unlikely imo) or you are pushing the wire against the frame to probe it and the probe is touching the frame after piercing the wire....thus causing a short to ground.
- New Cct With Enlarged 2.75Mm Oil Port This was the easiest way I found to change the CCT without throttle body removal....trying to cut corners just took more time:…
- Fully Charged Battery - Dies On Starter Switch only 10W (.83 amps as 12V) shouldn't be enough to lower the cranking power but since it sounds like the battery is/was on it's last life it could be all it took. Of course the light should be off when the starter is…
- Going Mosfet And Delphi Metri Pack - Thoughts? Switchblade mello dude JZH Switchblade Never had a shunt type to fail, have had a OEM to fail. OEM is shunt-type. And I've had two fail. :wacko: Ciao, I'm def a series R/R convert and running the CF. My bike noticably…
- What To Do When Voltage Is Too High Or Low? Brad - I believe you have two portions of your stator tests reversed. You should get no continuity to ground and small resistance between pairings of yellow wires. If voltage is too high, run the high beams. If voltage…
- Electrical Problem I agree with Miguel, it sounds like a bad ground. What year is the bike?
- Fan Control - Choose To Turn Fan On Or Off Or Allow The Bike To Control CandyRedRC46 Tamworth There's no davantage to turning a fan on earlier than it would be turned on by the stock temp. switch, and there's absolutely no advantage to turning it off before the temp. switch would. It does…
- Fan Control - Choose To Turn Fan On Or Off Or Allow The Bike To Control I have been approached about the idea of a manual fan control that would allow you to: Turn the fan on early turn the fan off (to reduce power draw) allow normal mode Another feature requested would be indicator lights…
- Quick 1999 Vfr800 Stator Question If your Stator or R/R are bad no amount of wiring will fix them. If however they are good then the VFRness is a great addition and can (usually will) improve things. As far as which R/R....I prefer the OEM fit to an…
- Hid Projector Headlights Did you use my HID wiring kit with the projectors to get the Latch and Delay functionality? I don't recall sending any to Romania but I have mailed them all over. I am not keen on the LED strip...the rest looks good and…
- Quick 1999 Vfr800 Stator Question Sounds like your stator is working ok...unless when it gets hot the wires short internally...sometimes that happens because the lacquer they are coated with fails at high temps and comes off.
- Quick 1999 Vfr800 Stator Question The Ricks Stator is wound differently from the OEM stator. The OEM stators are Delta wound while many of the aftermarket stators are Wye wound. Delta winding results in higher amps but lower voltage. WYE winding results…
- Possible deaddying battery voltage questions I am betting on the battery as well. Since you can get it to start, check the voltages with the bike running...most likely you will have voltages in the 13.x range.
- 1986 Vfr700 Conversion To Electric frodus I'm still a little bummed as well... but another member bought it and restored it, so that's good. I still have like 40 cells I'm going to make a nice big 12V 100Ah battery that I can hook up to an inverter and…
- Help With Identifying Wire Looks like am OEM R/R to me. I agree that it appears someone tried to give the monitor wire a better source to read from. This was/is an issue with non-recall fixed 6th gens. Without the right monitor voltage source you…
- R / R Question The R/R is way too easy to do to pay someone else. The Stator is only marginally more difficult. I would encourage you to do it yourself! If you aren't up for it you can bring the bike up to my place in Little Elm and…
- (R/r's) Mosfet + Shunt + Series + Compu-Fire + Factory + Aftermarket + Where To Buy = Overwhelming Confusion ! The R/R I sell (that Ricks makes) is a MOSFET style R/R. This is the same technology the R1 R/R uses (fh020aa, fh011). The oem is a shunt style using a less efficient method than the MOSFETs and thus they tend to…
- Plastic Conduit / Tubing...where To Source? That is the braided stuff...pretty neat as it expands quite a bit like chinese finger cuffs. I like to use it with a bright color underneath to get a dual-color look when building headphone cables etc.
- (R/r's) Mosfet + Shunt + Series + Compu-Fire + Factory + Aftermarket + Where To Buy = Overwhelming Confusion ! If you want a direct replacement (plugs in no muss no fuss) but you want an upgraded unit, buy the Ricks Motorsports High Output R/R. This is available on their site directly at www.ricksmotorsports.com or you can…
- Replacement R/r Kits He has some nice goodies! I prefer to stick with the OEM plugs and the MOSFET R/R from Ricks myself but this is a slightly cheaper option!
- 1986 Vfr700 Conversion To Electric Congrats on the new toy! I am bummed to see your other project stop, I loved the engineering going into it. It was due to your contacts that I bought the Headway cells I used on my VFR and my Seadoo as replacement…
- Plastic Conduit / Tubing...where To Source? The braided stuff won't give the same oil/abrasion resistance although I love the braid for some applications. Be sure to post back when you get the stuff from McMaster Carr...I have been lightly looking for a source as…
- Waterproof Volt meter I still love my classic Datel meter. I tried a couple other options but waterproof was a rather subjective term it seems. Never had an issue with the Datel except the cost...but it was worth it to me.
- MOTY battery durability I bought a MOTY on a group buy deal a year or so go. Worked fine for a few weeks, then one day it was just dead. Would not recharge. Now it's an expensive paper weight. Never again. I had one cell in my battery go bad.…
- 7Th Gen - Direct Wire To Battery Question/problem Did you solve this? It sounds like an intriguing puzzle! btw...I can cook and I can do electrical but my valve adjustment went WAY bad....
- Electrickery Those are indeed a common failing point. For the 3rd-4th gen VFRness I include the repair kit as more often than not it is needed! Luckily it is a simple fix and not expensive either.
- JUST PUSHED MY BIKE 3 MILES!!! DAG!!! I have towing on my insurance...I think it cost me an additional $18 a year. I have used it once when the came chain came off and caused all sorts of havok. I have it on my cars as well...includes lock out service…
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