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fatshoutybloke
198 posts recovered 2 threads started First seen 1 Jun 2014 Last seen 24 Aug 2021
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Last 50 of 198- What did you do to your VFR Today? Just rode it some more, 51,500 and counting...
- What did you do to your VFR Today? Not today but Sunday - rode it (in the rain!) to the the famous Ace Cafe in North London for the Honda Owner's Club UK's 60th Anniversary Honda Day. Quite a few bikes there of all sizes and ages from Cubs to Gold Wings.…
- ABS Rotors Presson, 3/12/2021 at 10:12 PM Got a problem gents, need some advice. The UK winter roads and salt have taken their toll. ABS rotors are showing surface rusting. The sensors are presumably 'Hall effect', so should 'see'…
- 8 th Generation tail tidy If you mean this one, these were made by NZCam in Australia but I don't believe he's doing any more production runs now he's sold out. The reflector was simply a piece of reflective tape with the VFR overprint but after…
- Picture Thread Misty Sunday morning.
- Picture Thread Cruising the shires yesterday with the Honda Owners Club. Bike's not looking bad for six years old and 46,000 miles. [image: 2020-09-20 BikerPics.jpg]
- What did you do to your VFR Today? Rode it to the picturesque village of Finchingfield, well known to bikers in the East of England, with the Honda Owners Club Essex Branch in the Sunday sun! Photo by Toni Teuntje Harris [image: 2020-08-09_7.1 Essex HOC…
- What did you do to your VFR Today? Stopped on the way home to mark a milestone...
- Eighth gen headlight 17 hours ago, Thumbs Are those the R&G covers? No, Pyramid Plastics. https://pyramid-plastics.co.uk/collections/headlight-protection/products/honda-vfr-800-f-headlight-cover-clear-2014
- Eighth gen headlight Well it certainly feels like glass to me! I too have spent £20 on protectors, on the sites I've seen in UK they're over £1200 for the unit and it would only take one stone...
- 8th Gen comfort for 6"4 gangly guy The only difference I found is that the seat is slightly lower and narrower at the front, even on the higher setting, and the pegs are exactly the same so your knees have to bend a little more.
- Tail Seat Cowl - rattling Can't say I've noticed mine rattling but your picture of the cowl underside above has made me realise I've lost the front two rubber things (no.6 on the parts diagram)!
- White or black wheels on 2014 VFR 800 I think the white wheels look great (would look even better on a red one!) but after owning two 1990s CBR600Fs with white wheels I know what an utter bastard they are to get and keep anywhere near clean on a bike that's…
- Mileage Let's Rock'em 'til the wheels fall off... Mine just passed 44,300 miles... [image: 2020-05-29_Stansted_in_lockdown.jpg]
- What did you do to your VFR Today? Dropped the bloody thing wheeling it back into the garage, caught the back of my shirt on the handlebar of my mountain bike and it pulled me off balance. Fortunately it went towards me not away and I managed to stop it…
- What did you do to your VFR Today? Replaced this... [image: 2020-06-10 Bridgestone T31 front 4139 miles.JPG] with this...
- Gutted muffler The tapered bit under the shield looks original, so does the join to the body of the can so what I think they've done is left the front alone, cut off the back section just after the bracket, then cut off the end where…
- What did you do to your VFR Today? Rode it to work, first time this month I've actually been on site since we were locked down. It was a bit weird in the normally full staff car park...
- How do you have your pillion configured? None of the extra bits, making plans for the footrests... [image: 2020-04-14 43,579 miles.JPG]
- What did you do to your VFR Today? fatshoutybloke, 2/16/2020 at 1:21 PM Bought a Michelin Road5 for the back end after coming home from work on Friday, wheeling it back into the garage and noticing this. Couldn't get it plugged because the screw hadn't…
- What did you do to your VFR Today? Bought a Michelin Road5 for the back end after coming home from work on Friday, wheeling it back into the garage and noticing this. Couldn't get it plugged because the screw hadn't gone in straight so it was more of a…
- What did you do to your VFR Today? laurie, 11/11/2019 at 4:46 AM Filled the bike and car with fuel. Catastrophic bushfire conditions predicted tomorrow so preparing to get the viffer,car and valuables packed ready to evacuate. That puts a bit of…
- New bike! Congrats on the new bike! Black ones do indeed look good. Re the light on the heated grips, they've been replaced, maybe because the rubbers wore out and exposed the heating element (like mine) or maybe because they…
- Bike stolen, steering lock broken 3 hours ago, HareBrain Pheasants are the big problem round here. Every year gamekeepers release millions of the brain-free pie-fillings into the countryside so half can be shot and half can be run over. They're big…
- Passenger seat cowling standard? Grum, 10/5/2019 at 11:46 PM Hi All. Just for info. My bike arrives at the dealership early August 2014. Pillion seat and grab handles fitted. That's how they're all delivered as far as I know, seat and handles fitted…
- Bike stolen, steering lock broken Bent, 9/28/2019 at 2:31 PM Insurance is one of those "damned if you do and damned if you don't" propositions. I'm not lucky enough to not have it. A minimum of third-party insurance is compulsory in the UK so you're…
- Picture Thread On the annual Essex Air Ambulance charity ride yesterday, Mr Honda not looking bad for 5 years and 40,000 miles. Shame the same can't be said for the bloke up top who is considerably older and higher mileage than that.…
- Handlebar-Grip slips Yes, my left one does that too.
- Brand new to the VFR world :) 20 hours ago, jens74 Hello, made very good experiences with the bagster: tank pad, luggage (easy fill up) and protection. OK, looks prob. a little bit „square“. greetings Jens [image:…
- Anybody finding the bronze wheels a little tame? Bronze is just fine for me. After living with two of these for 18 years I'll never have white wheels again until I'm not riding to work every day. They only ever looked clean when I'd just washed it, as soon as it dried…
- Making the VFR Better for 2up Touring I'm like Marvelicious, I don't do two-up either but I'm a huge fan of chain oilers, Scottoiler on my previous two VFRs and a Tutoro Automatic on the '14 (no cutting vacuum pipes). Original chain and sprockets going…
- Loss of Power during VTEC transition Marvelicious, 7/30/2019 at 5:46 AM Absolutely... They could have, and I would be willing to bet that money made the decision, not engine noise. Still, in the end, they didn't... As long as we're way off the OP's topic,…
- What did you do to your VFR Today? Put back all the brake line brackets and bits I've taken off, de-rusted and resprayed black, then washed it. Looking OK for nearly 5 years old. [image: 37,529 miles .JPG]
- Arrow Exhaust installation I've had Arrow (not the same as yours), Scorpion and now Remus, all were a close fit over the collector and none of them needed the gasket. Never seen any drips but I'm guessing once you've been out and your engine is…
- DIY tail tidy/fender eliminator 18 hours ago, Whiplash316 Don’t know what happened with the text. I think something on the forum went wrong. Did you copy and paste from VFRWorld? 😉
- DIY tail tidy/fender eliminator Neat but illegal over here due to the lack of a reflector. Odd isn't it? You have to have orange ones on the sides and forks, we don't but still have to have a red rear one (despite now having enormous reflective yellow…
- Exhaust ohwhell, 6/8/2019 at 7:19 PM Never thought of that. Thx. That's a better idea. Alternatively might there be a way to attach it to the leg of the stand instead of the pipe?
- What did you do to your VFR Today? Thumbs, 5/31/2019 at 5:18 PM That’s the step isn’t it? Much involved in getting it off? I’ve been looking at mine and thinking I might take it off and either get it plated or make a carbon fibre one as I’ll have it to…
- What did you do to your VFR Today? Had this off. Not too bad considering it's been through four salty British winters and the inside face is no worse. I've seen others which are much worse but I did cover it in ACF50 when it was new. I'll get it cleaned…
- Gear selector indicator... Mine does that if there's slight pressure on the gear lever, like you've changed up and left your boot underneath it lifting it slightly rather than releasing it completely. As Grum says, it always sorts itself out…
- Picture Thread Two is just greedy.
- Parking garage sensors I used to have a similar problem in the car park at my previous job if I didn't stop with my engine over the sensor.
- Picture Thread MooseMoose, 4/25/2019 at 8:15 PM I have a friend that claims Yellow is the fastest color, even on a Ferrari. His logic is "You see a yellow light, what do you do? You speed up!" I have no argument to refute that. Try...…
- Picture Thread 17 hours ago, MooseMoose I think it's Victory Red now. Ever so slightly darker. You can only really tell when they're side by side in the sunlight. I have a friend that claims Yellow is the fastest color, even on a…
- Any VFR 8th gen with different color wheels out there 8 hours ago, drivinfast 2014 of mine came with painted black wheels, I changed them to gold If it had black I think they were possibly from a Crossrunner, I'm not aware that VFRs ever came with black wheels anywhere.…
- Any VFR 8th gen with different color wheels out there Orange! [image: VFR800FE Repsol.jpg]
- if you went from a owning a 6th Gen to an 8th gen which do you prefer? What Grum said, improvements everywhere. 34000 miles came up on my way in to work this morning and I don't regret changing up at all. Narrower, lighter, better handling, fixed electrics, more gadgets, lower fuel…
- Any VFR 8th gen with different color wheels out there Seen a couple of pics of other guys bikes on the web... [image: 2014 VFR800F white-red wheels_1.jpg] [image: VFR800FE HRC_1.jpg]
- Just my luck. T-Rex no cut frame slider FAIL I've posted before that I've 'tested' these on gravel at 10-15mph and they worked exactly as you'd hope they would, I needed a new slider obviously but the mount didn't move at all (and there's only a couple of mm…
- What did you do to your VFR Today? Replaced the front calipers which had been suffering from tinfoil piston rot syndrome going into their 5th British winter of road salt. Bought a pair secondhand on eBay off a 2014 Fireblade which are identical and had…
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