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gstanfield
63 posts recovered 5 threads started First seen 12 Jun 2009 Last seen 3 Jan 2010
Threads started
5 in the archive- How would an 86 VFR700 compare to my 2007? gstanfield · 2 Jan 2010 – 11 Mar 2011
- Handguard Options? gstanfield · 10 Sep 2009 – 22 Sep 2009
- Brake Surging On Non-abs Rwb gstanfield · 26 Jul 2009 – 31 Jul 2009
- Wind Screen Options? gstanfield · 12 Jun 2009 – 12 Jun 2009
- Bought Mine Today, Not The Best Ride Home Though. gstanfield · 12 Jun 2009 – 12 Jun 2009
Recent posts
Last 50 of 63- How would an 86 VFR700 compare to my 2007? Cool, thanks for the replies. I'm still considering it, just gotta make it happen. I dug around enough to find some old cycle world tests and from what I found the new bike has 13 more horsepower at the rear wheel, the…
- How would an 86 VFR700 compare to my 2007? So..Does anyone here know any specs on the 700? How about the same year range of 750's? Should I hold out for a 750 or is the difference marginal? Anyone? Thanks, George
- How would an 86 VFR700 compare to my 2007? Well, I've ben working on my '78 Honda CB400TII "scrambler conversion project" and in browsing for different parts I have been bit by the old bike bug. I found a pretty nice '86VFR700 in RWB that would look nice sitting…
- Good sound clips of VFR1200FA Not bad sounding for a stock bike. George
- A New Way To Gut Your 6th Gen Exhaust Just completed this mod. It took me about an hour start to finish and I used a 1-1/2" hole saw for a nice big hole and ended up using 16 cutoff disks including the ones I broke before they went in the hole. It took 3…
- CW's Best Bargian 07 VFR I guess that means I have no choice but to keep mine now. Even with my trade in I owe slightly more than that on it and it's collecting miles pretty fast when the weather is cooperative. Oh well, makes good deals for…
- new 6th gen owner with a question The engine will smooth out some as it breaks it, but also keep in mind that these thigns like to rev. The VTEC bikes just aren't made to lug around like a V-twin or detuned inlines. It took me a while to get used to it,…
- Hossackviffer Mkii Bike looks like a really nice concept. I agree on solidworks being great. I've been out of that stuff for about 5 yrs, but even back then Solidworks and surfcam were my most used programs when I was a design engineer. I…
- Spec Compare Honestly, the first thing I noticed about my VFR was that it seemed to handle "heavy" compared to my ST1300. I'm not complaining about the VFR, but for it being about 200lbs lighter I would expect there to be a huge…
- Spec Compare Not to be picky, but rake and trail are also mixed. Rake is measured in degrees, trail is the one measured in inches. Good job putting together a list though, while you can't ride a spec sheet it does give you a good…
- Unexpected Vfr Sighting [image: View Post]crazybrother, on Oct 17 2009, 05:31 PM, said: On a DirtBike trip to the Sequoia National Forest (Kennedy Meadows). Near Bakersfield... Don't ya know that VFR's fit in perfectly on dirt rides? ;) Just…
- Will You Buy Without A Test Ride? Most other brands have demo days or take part in rallies with demo rides, Honda seems to stuck up to offer free rides, at least at the rallies I've been to. It doesn't really matter though as my next bike will not be a…
- Looking Down On 6th Gen Nice pics, and Ditto on the saddlebags. I could use somthing like that. George
- Vfr1200 Engine Sound Sure thing Pete, I had hoped that none were offended, and it was meant as a light hearted "fun rant" I have since deicded that it is not right to use the term "gay" in a negative way. From now on instead of saying…
- Vfr1200 Engine Sound True that I could smoke them in every situation and go for over 300 miles comfortably on each tank of fuel, I went 620 miles one time and only put my feet down once, just long enough to fuel up! The thing is I myself…
- Vfr1200 Engine Sound Let me just say that I am sorry if my remarks made anyone uncomfortable about their chosen sexual preference, it was not meant to. It's just a possibly bad habit I have that sometimes I am too vocal with. Let me take…
- Vfr1200 Engine Sound Actually Pete, I AM from NE Georgia. I lived the first 23 yrs of my life in Toccoa, GA. As to me thinking ill of folks on ST's, rest assured that I liked the bike very much with only a few small exceptions. The thing I…
- The First Offical Pic With drive by wire it is just plain stupid for it not to have cruise control. With a drive by wire system it only takes a few minor components and some programming in the ecu to make it work, the cruise would have cost…
- Safety And Color Coordination... I'm pretty OCD about matching gear with not only the same brand, but same color as well. I run a silver helmet, silver/white/black jacket and silver/black pants. Having good gear and increaseing visability is a…
- The First Offical Pic I think I get what you are saying. To me the VFR has always been a "compromise" there are faster bike, better handling bikes, better touring bikes, more comfortable bikes, etc. The thing is the VFR is an awsome ALL…
- From A Honda Dealer's Lips To Your Ears! My dealer said he wouldn't order one without cash up front seeing as how the 2007 I bought had been sitting on his floor for 27 months collecting dust before I bought it. Doesn't matter to me anyway if it has a shaft…
- Wind Buffeting- 2007 The insane wind noise is the biggest dissapointment to me with my '07. I have tried the stock shield (sucked) the Zero gravity touring shield (ugly and still sucked) and a stock shield cut down even with the "arms",…
- Time For Another Oil Change/.. I run repsol full synth in my '07 as well as my race quad and utility ATV and 1978 CB400. I like it, it works fine as will most every oil and they have cool looking race bikes so there ya go :) George
- Fuel Range I use fuelly as well, take a look at my sig. George
- Vfr1200 Engine Sound The ST sounded good when on the throttle, which is why I rev'd the piss out of it constantly. My opint was that sitting at idle it sounds horrible. I even tried taking the mufflers off to drown out the "turkey gobble"…
- Vfr1200 Engine Sound In all honesty the sound is the main reason I sold my ST1300. I even had to make the dealer fire up the VFR before I would buy it as I refused to ride around on something sounding like George Jetson's flying car.…
- Vfr 1200. 1st Road Shots.. Oh well, I'll be keeping my 6th gen for now, then trading later on something else, but not this new thing. If I wanted shaft drive, factory bags, etc, etc I would have kept my ST1300 or went with a BMW. What I have been…
- My Season Is Officially Over. Pictures Added. Dang bro, sorry about you joining the club. I'll second what Timmay said about your gear. The insurance company is resonsible for all damages incurred in the incident, and that includes not just your bike and medical,…
- What Is This Apparantly Optional Hole? It can't be a Canadian thing as everyone knows Canadians don't really exist. They're just a figment of Minnesota's imagination. George
- Handguard Options? seeing as how it doesn't attact to the bars, unless you use the bar end parts, it should work fine. Clearance may be an issue, but I can work around that for the winter and take them off when the lakes start to melt.…
- 4000 Miles And My 1000th Post! Congrats on the one year anniversary, here's hoping that next year you can get out and ride that bike some and rack up some serious miles :beer: Today actually marks three months that I've had my RWB and it'll turn over…
- Handguard Options? OK, here in WY it gets really cold, but doesn't always snow a lot. I have developed the habit of riding to work as long as the roads are clear, even when the temps are below zero. There have been a few days I ended up…
- Do Some Of You Guys Ride Cruisers? Sweet! I have tried and tried to get our sheriff to buy into the idea of a moto, but it's not really practical here with the long winters and over half our roads are dirt, but I still try. I told him I woudl get one of…
- Thinking About A Sprocket Change..... I am running +2 on the rear with the stock chain, changed it over at about 1,200 miles so I know it fits with a non-stretched out chain. It is much more peppy, however i am now abotu 11% off with my speedo so I cruise…
- Speedo Compensation My 07 is running at about 5-6% too fast, not as bad as my VTx was, but still wrong. Fortunately for me I try not to get too worried abotu what the speedo says, I just ride how I want most of the time as out here I go…
- Do Some Of You Guys Ride Cruisers? Had a VTX and a ST1300, sold the ST and bought some dirt bikes. Big mistake. I liked the VTX and all, but I am more comfy on a sport tour bike than a cruiser on long trips so I traded the VTX on the VFR and now I see no…
- Trading In Bikes When I traded my VTX on my VFR I asked the salesman how much more he would give me on trade if I included all the aftermarket stuff and he told me that they'd probably give me another $250 or so, but that I'd be better…
- Gloves Or Grips: Something's Gotta Give. Spider grips I run the full thickness MX grips, but they make thin ones as well. George
- Gloves Or Grips: Something's Gotta Give. What he said about posture is very correct and true. As an added though I really really love spider grips. I started using them riding dirt bikes and found they also make a good grip for street bikes as well. They are…
- Pics Of New Honda V4 In This Week's Mcn I still want a bike that can openly compete with the Busa and ZX-14 as next year I will be in the market to get back into racing and as of right now it's pretty much down to one of those two. George
- Holding Our Helmet I just carry mine in with me. I have the Axio tail bag on my seat and it's a bit of a pain to get the seat re-latched due to the thickness of the straps so I just forget my bike has a helmet lock. George
- Brake Surging On Non-abs Rwb Thanks, I figured it was something wrong, just needed confirmation and hoping to find that someone else had experienced it and the answer was........ i will post my results tomorrow when I measure run-out on the rotors.…
- Brake Surging On Non-abs Rwb I never once said it was coming from the rear rotor, that was the assumption of folks on here since I forgot to specify that I knew it was in the front rotor somehow. I highly doubt that the front tire is out of round…
- Brake Surging On Non-abs Rwb I'll measure the rotor run-out and take it to the dealer if necessary. I guess my biggest brain fart was not specifying that it happens ONLY with front brake and that I feel it in the bars mostly. I may or may-not…
- Brake Surging On Non-abs Rwb After 2000+ miles on the VFR I have decided there are two issues with the bike that I need to either get used to or get rid of to enjoy it for years to come. One of those is the way the brakes fell. When stopping I feel…
- Will Someone In La Help Me Setup My Suspension The video link posted is really good. I've never seen such a complete how to video for free. George
- Gear Position Indicator I'm not so much concerned with accidental 1st gear downshifts, but I'd love it if more bikes came equipped with a high gear indicator like on some of the touring bikes. This keeps you from looking stupid while searching…
- Vfr Won't Make Lights Change I wait about 30 seconds and then proceed with caution. This is copletely legal in WY. (I'm a deputy so wouldn't get harrased local, but still...) The thing is that the law is phased as such that if the light is…
- 6th Gen..real Cheap That'll buff out. ;)
- Leo Vince Mystery Cans Any chance of finding a couple of LV cans on fleabay for reasonable an dpiecing together a system? Also, What is this Hindle midpipe I hear of? I'm a hotrod builder and have no issue fabbing up somthing and if I could…
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