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DaveM
46 posts recovered 4 threads started First seen 6 Feb 2007 Last seen 7 Nov 2014
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All 46- On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter Folks, The following is an excerpt of an Email I recieved yesterday for the Indianapolis area releae of the movie. Any other area VFR riders want to tag along? I just wanted to check in with you regarding the Friday…
- Shinko Verge Experiment Always happy to share any learnings. The ability to do so here without fear of critiiscism is a significant part of what makes this forum light years better than almost any other interest group on the net. Seems like…
- Shinko Verge Experiment So after two sets of Conti Road Attacks, a set of Avon Storms and two sets of Road Attack 2s, I've decided to try something different - Shinko 016 Verge. Why? I hate to admit it, but primarily price - nearly $100 bucks…
- Throttle Hand Technique Your MSF class should have taught: cover the clutch with all fingers at all times in level 1. Never cover the front brake unless you are stopping or slowing and then use all four fingers. The intent is to fully seperate…
- Omni-Cruise Throttle Lock - Review Other than the machined billit lookes nice, what advantage does it have over a $15.00 NEP? Looks to be a bit awkard in use.
- Centerstand Hitting Midpipe After Swap Rotate the clamp to the bottom. Split a piece of 3/4" heater hose and glue it to the centerstand cross bar with 3M trim adhesive. Align the clamp with the hose covered bar to achieve the centerstand drop desired and…
- Cleaning Techniques? In addition to the kero, pick up some Gunk concentrate at the auto parts store. Mix it in the Kero according to the directions and it will basically act as a soap allowing you to wash away the crud with water.
- I Dropped Her! Bummer! Do something often enough and the odds of an incident have to increase - even though your overall rate will be much lower than someone less skilled/practiced. I do my rider coach certification in May and did my…
- Painted my helmet RWB scheme Looks good!
- Brake caliper mounting bolt "Replace with new ones or not" FJ12Ryder Saying all bolts stretch and that is how they clamp is... uh...stretching it. :smile: Steel bolts in an aluminum threaded part are not really going to stretch. The threads in the aluminum may deform, but I…
- Hi ya from Newbe ( just bought 03 ) Welcome from another '03 owner!
- CBR929 Shock fitment, '02 non-ABS It's been done but requires the mounting brackets for the brake components to be modified. Use the search function. You'll find a comple discussion along with a sketch of t he modified bracket. Most folks fit F4i shocks…
- Generic Fuel Pump I think the hose on the back of the F4 pump is a breather tube for the pressure switch mechanisim. Did you happen to see these on ebay? http://www.ebay.com/...ba32d6f&vxp=mtr Brand new for $60
- Generic Fuel Pump If it's made like the old Hurricane/CBR pumps there is a pressure switch built into the end of the pump housing. If you still had the old pump you could probably bring it back to life by pulling the cover and lightly…
- Any benefit to O2 bypass without a Power Commander or exhaust? Depends on the bike. If your is one of the ones prone to surging at steady throttle in the 4-5k range it very well could help.
- VERY odd odometer issue Oooo. Making kind of a guess here without a schematic, but it sounds like the prom (memory chip that holds the permanent odo count) has died. I was originally thinking display driver, but then again the trip meters and…
- Help With 2003 VFR800 I don't think you can lower the front enough to compensate for a 30mm drop in the rear. The tradeoff for being able to "flat foot" at stop lights will be slowed steering response and potential ground clearence problems.…
- Help With 2003 VFR800 I'm 6' 1" with a really long inseam, and find the fit nearly perfect. I'll concede on the replacement seat, but I think I'd also give it a thousand miles before I started changing the egos. As Bad Boy said, you may just…
- zip tie mod And your not concerned that might come loose in there and cause a jam - most likely at the least opportune moment?
- I stripped an allen bolt. Go to Harbor Freight and pick up an impact driver and a 5mm impact bit. Make sure you grind the end of the bit off so ther is no chamfer - square and sharp. I'm betting three good whacks and it will come right out.…
- Oil change 6th gen Nice write-up, but I have to say I couldn't disagree more with your assessment of the 6th gen plastic body pins. Once you know how to use them they beat any of the screw types for ease of use and reuse.
- Motorcycle GPS Certainly a M/C specific unit isn't necessary, but there are several features on units like the Zumo that are pretty handy. The things that are important to me include the ability to program custom routes with a tool…
- POSSIBLY THE UGLIEST VFR EVER Lowers the credibility for all of us in the Indianapolis area. We should take up a collection so we can buy it just to take it out of public view.
- A&A PAIR block off plates special run Put me down for a set please.
- Member Down and in ICU Prayers for a speedy recovery!
- 40,000 great miles and then this.... Yup - it's totaled (no big surprise). Progressive will give me $5,246 to total it and $4,591 if I keep it and rebuild it. If I choose to rebuild myself it won't be a "salvage" title - evidently they don't claim the…
- 40,000 great miles and then this.... [image: View Post]Dmitry, on 10 November 2011 - 09:13 AM, said: One thing that does not add up [image: View Post]DaveM, on 09 November 2011 - 02:41 PM, said: speed probably wasn't over 25 or 30 miles per hour. (snip) I…
- 40,000 great miles and then this.... [image: View Post]Baileyrock, on 09 November 2011 - 03:28 PM, said: Sorry it happened, but it's Awesome You Walked Away!!!!!!!!!!!! Especially a High Side, my only high side ended in two broken legs! :ohmy: If you still…
- 40,000 great miles and then this.... It happened like lightning! Very slight left hander with a transition from asphalt to chip-n-seal on a road I take almost every day. The road was wet so I was already being cautious, speed probably wasn't over 25 or 30…
- What's your day job? General Manager for an ESCo (Energy Services Company).
- Square brake rotors? [image: gallery_3721_1985_9538.jpg] Square Rotor Na. Looks like bling as opposed to function. I don't like the low pad contact at the low areas :blink:
- Soft Luggage & Exhaust Heat Understand the concern, but I believe it to be unwarranted. I've put thousands of miles on my Motopaks with stock sixth gen pipes and no problem what so ever - and the Motopaks have raw neoprene backings that lay…
- 6th Gen brake lever adjustment I think you're saying it's not the reach, but the angle? You can't rotate the assembly far enough forward so that your wrists are in line with your forearms in a normal riding position? I can see where that could…
- 6th Gen brake lever adjustment I think you're saying it's not the reach, but the angle? You can't rotate the assembly far enough forward so that your wrists are in line with your forearms in a normal riding position? I can see where that could…
- Jerks when left off the clutch when holding rev [image: View Post]mechdziner714, on 29 October 2010 - 10:47 AM, said: This is why you dont see hydraulic clutches on drag bikes. Not quite as true as 5 or 6 years ago. Now there are supposed to be some pretty good, drag…
- Jerks when left off the clutch when holding rev My experience is the VFR ( 5th and 6th gen, can't speak to the others) just has poor clutch "feel" - very difficult to get much feedback through the lever, and this really shows when you're trying to launch it hard. it…
- Not another wind buffeting thread?! Makes sense to me. I'm always amazed at how quiet my helmet gets when I stand up and stretch - all that clean air. Let us know how far you have to cut for a good result.
- '02 Rough /low Idle On Cold Start I had spare time last night so I dug in to find out how the WAX unit and Idle control works. I really wish the manual had functional descriptions of these systems - it would make troubleshooting much easier. The WAX…
- '02 Rough /low Idle On Cold Start bump your idle speed to 1300 RPM. That should help. Thanks for the response. Already in that range when warmed, and turning it up doesn't seem to help the cold start problem.
- '02 Rough /low Idle On Cold Start Evening all. My '02 has recently started to run really rough on a cold start. It's not hard to start, and it doesn't die, but for the first couple of minutes the idle speed hangs around 1000rpm and and just sounds…
- Magic Cct Noise Fix? Don't know if it's the difference between M/C specific and regular Valvoline, but I can confirm that my '02 with 25k miles Klacks and rattles on Valvoline 20/50 M/C oil, but is quiet as a kitten on 10/40 conventional…
- Mist Buster Very creative reapplication of products manufactured for other purposes! smile.gif I too believe myself to be a cheep bastage (as evidenced by the build yer own exhaust), but you do know that most wet weather gloves…
- Surging Surging Surging! Wow. This is starting to sound familiar. I just posted a fix under the vtech electrical problems that sounds a lot like this. Temperature sensitive surging/ poor steady state throttle response. I put in o2 eliminators…
- Vtec electrical problems info post I know there are a lot of posts on this topic, but my experience was a little different and I wanted to throw it out for consideration. Over the past couple of months my 02 had developed some really serious drivability…
- Soft Bags? Motopak. Good price and great people. Check ebay. You can often get them below the on line store price. These are the 60s and I am very happy with them.…
- Helmet Cams - Spydereye [image: View Post]Synaptic Misfire, on Feb 6 2007, 12:45 PM, said: Now it is a $100 less and this rig will produce 10 times the quality of the hard drive based rig and leave you the flexibility to edit and compress as…
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