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Parker

18 posts recovered 0 threads started First seen 14 Nov 2008 Last seen 29 Apr 2012

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  1. REBUILDING MY '96 29 Apr 2012 09:41 [image: View Post]RCDekker, on 26 April 2012 - 04:42 AM, said: [image: View Post]nedhills, on 25 April 2012 - 02:41 PM, said: [image: View Post]RCDekker, on 12 April 2012 - 03:42 AM, said: Really??? Nobody??? What I do…
  2. Front end wobbles and can't figure out why 20 Apr 2012 03:26 Is this wobble only there with hands off the bars? Or there with hands on but more pronounced with hands off? Apart from tyres and wheel balance the hands-off 40-50mph bar wobble was frequently noted some years back,…
  3. fairings for 90 to 97 vfrs 20 Mar 2012 06:12 [image: View Post]kgsmotorcycles, on 18 March 2012 - 04:28 AM, said: Hi Chris.... Did think about splitting it all.. but because of the silly postage costs for overseas its a little impractical for a replacement part…
  4. mounting question for staintune high mount on 4th gen 13 Mar 2012 22:46 mcrwt644 I believe that is the mounting point. I don't believe it mounts to the rear peg. Anyone else? On mine it does so there's the 2-piece clamp at the collector box pipe, then the pillion peg, then the rearmost…
  5. The Basket Case (CAUTION PIC HEAVY) 26 Jan 2012 00:21 @ New2This, looks like a total strip down job. Get all the crap off, if you've got new wiring coming you don't have to worry too much about what's on there. R/R and the connector block is forked, get shot of it then go…
  6. The Basket Case (CAUTION PIC HEAVY) 25 Jan 2012 07:04 [image: View Post]New2This, on 24 January 2012 - 09:22 PM, said: Ok I got the tank off, the rear fairing and that black "pos" on the front. There is no snorkel for the air box and the R/R is melted (isn't that the black…
  7. Front end conversion - was yours worth it ?? 25 Jan 2012 01:24 I see Roy's (zRoyZ) chimed in, so here's where the first USD coversion he did on his VTEC ended up when he sold the bike: [image: post-1160-0-28685000-1327453551.jpg] Here's the spec sheet for the original VFR1…
  8. The Basket Case (CAUTION PIC HEAVY) 23 Jan 2012 22:26 I get the arguments about spending $$$ on something like this vs. spending the same or less on one that's reasonably intact, but I'm not sure that's the point. Tearing this thing down and fixing it up might give you…
  9. Vfr1 :-) 13 Nov 2010 05:54 [image: View Post]BaileyRock, on 12 November 2010 - 06:28 PM, said: Picture Parker Please! :fing02: A few HERE, and a couple more HERE, including a shot from a beach somewhere in Tasmania of three bikes (a 750, a 99 800…
  10. Vfr1 :-) 12 Nov 2010 22:41 [image: View Post]raoulduke, on 12 November 2010 - 05:11 PM, said: In my research I found these bore sizes: R1 = 14mm 954 = 17mm 929 = 19mm SP1 = 19mm SP2 = 17.5mm Wondering what folks have used? If I use R1 calipers,…
  11. Thermal grease will do no good for a rectifier 12 Sep 2010 06:00 [image: View Post]mobikie, on 11 September 2010 - 11:54 PM, said: I have a Gen 3 and explained here http://www.vfrdiscus...__1#entry716234 how I moved my R/R to the front between the forks, just below the oil radiator…
  12. Hell for Leather review of the VFR1200F (spoiler: it's harsh) 12 Sep 2010 02:01 [image: View Post]phobe, on 27 July 2010 - 09:48 AM, said: I too owned a 5th gen VFR (2000) and put a lot of miles on a 4th gen (1995) and those are not in the same league as the 1200. You're right, they're not, but…
  13. Thermal grease will do no good for a rectifier 11 Sep 2010 23:26 [image: View Post]btl68, on 11 September 2010 - 05:49 PM, said: ]How many miles (or kilometers) in that 5 year span? Probly about 50 000km.
  14. Thermal grease will do no good for a rectifier 11 Sep 2010 22:09 I re-wired the entire charging system and moved the r/r years ago on my '96 750. The r/r now lives up the front of the bike, below the LHS of the instrument cluster (opposite whre the fuse box is). I re-wired everything…
  15. VFR1200 trip around Australia 2 Mar 2010 09:46 [image: View Post]kirbster, on 02 March 2010 - 01:29 AM, said: I like the quote from twitter "Last night in the rain this tank had nearly 100km of easy going, today same tank had 140km of hard going... The result, 240km…
  16. Rc-37 19 Oct 2009 10:26 [image: View Post]Kel, on Oct 19 2009, 05:19 AM, said: Well...Um..I guess it just goes to show, you can put racing stripes on a station wagon but ultimately it's still a wagon? Tactfully put ;p
  17. The High Mileage Thread... What Do You Have On Your Vfr? 7 Aug 2009 11:59 106 000km (~65,000miles) on my '96 VFR750. Just about run-in then :huh:
  18. Honda V4 Website 14 Nov 2008 05:54 [image: View Post]Rice, on Nov 10 2008, 12:27 AM, said: The survey is very poor though. Poor? It's appalling... [image: View Post]Rice, on Nov 10 2008, 12:27 AM, said: Also, they don't appear to care for the comments…

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