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Marsman99
145 posts recovered 9 threads started First seen 16 Apr 2014 Last seen 30 Jan 2026
Threads started
9 in the archive- New donation from Marsman99 Marsman99 · 4 Jul 2022 – 4 Jul 2022
- Wrap or Paint? Marsman99 · 15 Sep 2018 – 16 Sep 2018
- brakes Stopping Minutiae (or 1200 Rear Brakes) Marsman99 · 15 May 2016 – 23 Jun 2016
- Dmr Sag Reference Marsman99 · 19 Jul 2015 – 19 Jul 2015
- Resonator Removal? Marsman99 · 21 Mar 2015 – 24 Mar 2015
- Film Protection For 1200 Oem Side Cases Marsman99 · 11 Jan 2015 – 14 Jan 2015
- Jmr Rear Shock Rebuild Marsman99 · 28 Jul 2014 – 30 Jul 2014
- Who's Coming To Wsbk And Ama At Laguna Seca? Marsman99 · 20 Jun 2014 – 15 Jul 2014
- Calling All Fuel Maps Marsman99 · 26 Apr 2014 – 2 Oct 2014
Recent posts
Last 50 of 145- Better late then never Ok, I’ll exercise some restraint and not show any pictures of the brutal winter we’re having here. I don’t think it got any warmer than 85F (29C) today. 😎
- Better late then never Customizing...fun phase of owning a bike. 😊 I see your tank propped up. Mind if ask what “tool” you’re using in the photo? I’m always looking for a better way to do this. Everything I’ve used to date has been sketchy.…
- 1200 Engine blown at 32000 miles??? 1996 Beeper, 4/15/2025 at 3:48 AM Ok so if what you said is true that means two things. I am extremely unlucky and its well worth putting in a used engine because it should go 100000? How many miles do you have on your…
- Recall alert on VFR1200 Damn, I just got the letter too. My bike is in Phoenix for a few months. Anybody know a reputable Honda dealer there?
- Recall alert on VFR1200 Strange the recall is listed on the NHTSA recall site, but not on Honda’s recall site. Maybe this is Honda's way of saying they’re not fixing it.
- New donation from Marsman99 Hi Marsman99, Thank you for your donation of 25.00 USD. We look forward to improving the forums with your donation. Thanks VFRDiscussion
- New (to me) 1200 New tires are great. OEM seat isn't. You'll need to go custom to make it comfortable for a passenger.
- New (to me) 1200 11 hours ago, brainwashed Thanks for the advice! I bought the bike off a friend, I have all the invoices for everything he did, most of the stuff was done at the dealership. The tires are not more than 2 years old, I…
- VFR1200F DCT - long time owners needed 1 hour ago, VishChips However Ghul is not the only option. I didn't want to be without the bike for weeks waiting for the ECU to get there and come back. For alot less money I found someone who remote logged into my…
- VFR1200F DCT - long time owners needed The cat is the rectangular can under the bike. See photo. Removing or altering it would almost certainly be detected during an emissions test...that's the point of a catalytic converter. No fuel controller such as the…
- VFR1200F DCT - long time owners needed Doc, The OEM rear tire is a 190/55. If you have a 190/50 on the rear you'll observe roughly 5% higher readings on the speedo. Add normal speedo error and you could be as high as 10% off. The 50 profile is probably going…
- VFR1200F DCT - long time owners needed 3 hours ago, eastbowl2 Re: the exhaust flapper. Another option is to simply disconnect the wire that goes from the motor to the exhaust. You can disconnect it at the motor (located in the right-side panel under the…
- VFR1200F DCT - long time owners needed Hey Doc, I like your choice in bikes. I've got 78K on my 2010 1200FD and believe it is one of the best bikes I've owned, though not without some idiosyncrasies. There is lot of content on this forum from 1200 owners…
- Help torquing up front cam covers Make sure you replace and position the PAIR o-rings properly. If you notice you're burning oil afterwards, that'll be the reason.
- Help torquing up front cam covers You basically have three options: 1. Use a box end wrench and estimate the torque. Torque spec is 9 lbs-ft...not much. 2. Use a torque adapter, which might not be long enough. 3. Use a Motion Pro adapter that allows use…
- The Crash 11 hours ago, choco If my crash serves as a reminder to other riders to reign it in, just a little, to intersperse lighter paced sight-seeing with high concentration canyon carving, then I’ll take solace in that. It did…
- The Crash West of Redding on July 9th...I'm guessing you were on Hwy 3 with a large group of other VFR riders. If so, we went past just as the first responders had you on the gurney at roadside. Either way, very glad to hear…
- new owner, need help with windscreen (it's too tall) Reading this with great interest. Can you post a pic of the edging underneath the headlight? Did you use the stick-on version, or the push on version? The noise level on this bike is indeed pretty high. Earplugs (33dB)…
- Wrap or Paint? 9 hours ago, Duc2V4 You can also look into Plasti-dip. Spray it on and peel it off. Duc2V4, I looked at PlastiDip and saw that some folks struggled with removal, even when applied thick enough. Scared me, don't want to…
- Wrap or Paint? I picked up some near pristine OEM fairings recently for next to nothing, and thought about using them to change the color of my bike. The paint is flawless on the fairings, and matches my bike's OEM color. I'm…
- VFR1200F Valve Inspection 3 hours ago, JoeVFR I got #1 and #2.... how do you do #3. #2 is at max, but #3 is at .24mm..... .01mm out of sink. [image: 20180912_165517.jpg] The manual provides the gaps spec's for either side of an exhaust rocker…
- VFR1200F Valve Inspection 9 hours ago, JoeVFR [image: 20180911_212907.jpg] Rocker arm is not removed. Start at the red circle and follow the rocker arm to the other end. There is a locknut and adjuster screw there...clearly visible in the photo.…
- VFR1200F Valve Inspection 8 hours ago, JoeVFR Got my vfr all apart...... I know how todo the shims, and I know how to ajust the tappets...... I know how to check the rollers and they have to big of a gap.... but it doesn't look like they have an…
- 4th gen Carb Vacuum Pistons Group Buy I'll be in for a set as well.
- Veefour Electronic Cruise Control, Installed And Tested 2017 at 5:59 PM, Normand, October 17 Got a response from Prez, simple, plug to oem connector and use the free connector for accessory quartet harness. PM sent.
- Fuel tank and level Great work BiKenG, thanks for quantifying it by actual measurements. And, of course thanks to Swimmer too with his relentless collection of fuel mileages. My puny contribution is I've heuristically determined that with…
- Handlebar Muffs I'm 100% with Mohawk and Stray on heated gear. Turn the knob to be as toasty warm as you like, and no bulky layers. Simple thermodynamics - insulation only slows the heat transfer. Sustained rides at low temp will…
- Mounting a GPS PM sent.
- Mounting a GPS 2 hours ago, DrSteve Thanks for this informations - saved me a lot of time. Marsmann99 - I got so excited, I immediately ordered the Ram stem mount. If it fails, I will be in touch about the one you fabricated. Is it…
- Mounting a GPS 4 hours ago, DrSteve Just picked up a Gen. 7 (1200F) and want to mount a Garmin. I can handle the wiring but can not find a place to mount it. What methods have you found? Pics would help. Thanks, Steve Doc, I found…
- The veefalo she is smoking. *valve cover oring* 2017 at 8:37 AM, c5ip, September 17 There are two o-ring seals on both head covers for the PAIR valve air joints. One of those on the back head cover fell off. To me, it seemed like it was burning oil vice leaking it.…
- The veefalo she is smoking. *valve cover oring* 2017 at 12:38 PM, c5ip, September 13 Same here...60K miles with no oil burn. I change oil and filter every 3K. Only time I had an issue was during a valve inspection when an o ring on the back valve cover fell off while…
- The veefalo she is smoking. *valve cover oring* 2 hours ago, swimmer @Marsman99 , do you think that might be your problem as well? That you are missing the o-ring seal on the valve cover after your valve inspection? Nope, there are no leaks anywhere that I can…
- The veefalo she is smoking. *valve cover oring* 9 hours ago, swimmer How many miles on your motorcycle and what is your standard oul change interval? That's a hell of a lot of oil to lose. Yeah, it is. My 1200 has roughly 46.5k miles on it. Oil/filters changed per…
- The veefalo she is smoking. *valve cover oring* Very interested in anything you've come up with Miguel. My 1200 has been puffing a small bit of oil smoke on start up. Been doing this over the last 2 oil changes. Oil level drops in the sight glass between changes but…
- This time it's for real Nicky Hayden has pasted away ! Sad indeed. But, might want to hold the outrage for the official police report which, according to this article, will be released mid-July. It's possible Nick may have been partially responsible.…
- Nicky Hayden in serious accident in Italy Still can't believe it. Such a loss to the racing community and humankind. First met the Kentucky Kid at Willow Springs when he was, well, a kid. Sixteen if I recall. Well mannered, polite young man...and fast. Remained…
- Opinion Request: 2nd bike to compliment the viffer +1 on the AT...the next bike I get to compliment my...um, bikes.
- Coming back to VFRs?? 12 hours ago, projectalpha What about the vfr1200 over the 800? Oh boy...here we go. 🙄
- Spiegler LSL vs Heli bars 2017 at 4:10 AM, Skids, April 13 I am starting to think I need to raise the bars on my 1200F edit: been doing some more reading. The LH side grip needs removing and refitting to the new bars. I have OEM Honda heated…
- OEM Windscreen Deflector with Aftermarket Windscreen? 9 hours ago, MarkinReno I don't think mine makes much difference. I've adjusted the height and angle. [image: 3635521849874b3f368ad1efcfe36d5e.jpg] Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk +1 Can't tell any diff in air…
- OEM wind deflectors 2016 at 2:15 PM, swimmer, September 19 [image: s-l300.jpg] Does anyone have these on their bike and if so do you find them effective in helping to block cold air and, are these something that be can be easily…
- New donation from 2k1GoneWild Hi Marsman99, Thank you for your donation of $25.00. We look forward to improving the forums with your donation. Thanks VFRDiscussion
- Tail section tab repair video Always interesting to see how others tackle similar tasks. One question, what the heck is Opeeche (sp?) wood?
- New shaft drive motorcycle land-speed record? I see you have the DCT, what shift mode did you use during your runs? As far as Veeefour's 188, the speed delta is likely due to speedo inaccuracy. Your time was measured independently, I recall his speed was read from…
- Ride to Laguna Seca with Dad Good read, thanks Lazyeye.
- K&N Oil Filter Failure 6 hours ago, JZH VFRD is a very odd place to hear Latin quoted, much less Latin associated with common law jurisprudence. Has this phrase somehow entered common usage? :wink: Cheers, Ipso facto it has...?
- brakes Stopping Minutiae (or 1200 Rear Brakes) 2 hours ago, Freddo I bought a set of rear pads for an 'F' Model that I haven't installed yet and they are a different part number again. 06435-MGE-D02 They don't have the small flange Those pads are for the 1200X model…
- brakes Stopping Minutiae (or 1200 Rear Brakes) 1 hour ago, ilprofessore There is a different layout between standard and DCT version. Standard has the brake caliper on bottom side, the DCT on top side. It means that brake caliper are different, then pad could be…
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