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8200rpm
48 posts recovered 9 threads started First seen 11 Nov 2019 Last seen 31 May 2020
Threads started
9 in the archive- Rear brake locking up... rear center piston... FIXED! 8200rpm · 10 May 2020 – 28 Feb 2026
- Switch pod (high beam, turn signal, horn) loose. Any fixes? 8200rpm · 16 Mar 2020 – 18 Mar 2020
- Rear brake woes... air in the system AGAIN?! 8200rpm · 6 Mar 2020 – 6 Mar 2020
- Thermostat replacement - hope to never do this again 8200rpm · 19 Feb 2020 – 30 Mar 2020
- Rebuilt my brakes. CBS is a maintenance nightmare! 8200rpm · 29 Dec 2019 – 11 Feb 2020
- New bike, mystery regulator. Please help ID. 8200rpm · 28 Dec 2019 – 14 Jan 2020
- My $2000 Craigslist 5th Gen [pic]... 8200rpm · 16 Dec 2019 – 23 Dec 2019
- Radiator Clamp OE Substitutes? 8200rpm · 2 Dec 2019 – 3 Dec 2019
- Do these foot controls (shifter and rear brake levers) look okay to you? 8200rpm · 11 Nov 2019 – 19 Nov 2019
Recent posts
All 48- New Potential Owner; could use some input That's a good price. If I was in the market for that specific model, I would buy it. Make sure it wasn't in any accidents or has any damage from being dropped. You can probably talk him down to $7k flat. I would talk…
- Rear brake locking up... rear center piston... FIXED! 9 hours ago, Marooncobra Looking at your old SMC is that crud or rust? That reddish brown stuff is old brake fluid that turns to paste. DOT 4 should be yellow straw color like crappy light beer. Any shade of brown is…
- Rear brake locking up... rear center piston... FIXED! So recently, I had the oh-so-common Honda (Goldwing, CBR1100XX, ST1300 and VFR800 combined braking system) rear brake lock up, dragging issue. The rear brake pedal felt mushy like there was air in the lines, and the…
- Expert on 5th gen linked brakes/slave master cylinder needed Seems like the SMC compensating port blockage has been an issue for Honda for a while. https://ridermagazine.com/2011/12/02/honda-gold-wing-gl1800-brake-recall/…
- Expert on 5th gen linked brakes/slave master cylinder needed Here's some recent info from Igofar (he recommends just replacing the SMC): https://www.st-owners.com/forums/threads/st1300-secondary-master-cylinder-rebuild-smc.133460/page-3#post-2208421 Look at the size of the two…
- Thermostat replacement - hope to never do this again 16 hours ago, YosemiteVFR The other memorable aspect of this job was I performed a valve clearance check/adjustment concurrently so that added some time. Good stuff - I think you’ll enjoy the piece of mind knowing the…
- Thermostat replacement - hope to never do this again Fritzer, 3/24/2020 at 8:43 PM So 8200rpm, where did you finally get all your hoses from and at what cost? Partzilla. Around $235 including a new radiator cap, thermostat and 5 o-rings... Description Price Diagram #…
- Multiple Bike Disorder (MBD) Officially diagnosed with MBD this week when I added my “wild card” ride: [image: IMG_2944-1.thumb.jpg.c24703b8090f67ff0741e58c45c45e43.jpg] 2004 Dyna Super Glide Sport EFI aka FXDX/I Factory Showas adjustable for PL, C…
- Switch pod (high beam, turn signal, horn) loose. Any fixes? 22 minutes ago, MaxSwell Replace it with a metal pin with threads into the housing? This might be the most elegant fix. I gotta find a small Allen set screw that’s about the same diameter as the hole in the clip on.…
- Switch pod (high beam, turn signal, horn) loose. Any fixes? 17 hours ago, ChrisBezz Hi, 8200 - just wondering, how did it happen? Chris B. It might have weakened over time from the resistance of the choke lever. More likely, the nub wasn’t lined up to the recess when I installed…
- Switch pod (high beam, turn signal, horn) loose. Any fixes? So the little plastic nub on inside of the switch pod housing that fits into the clip-on recess hole broke off. So the entire housing free spins on the clip-on. It's especially annoying when I'm trying to open and close…
- Rear brake woes... air in the system AGAIN?! I rebuilt all the calipers, flushed/bled the system once. It felt okay, but got really spongy over a few weeks... full pedal travel and nothing happens spongy. Figured I didn't bleed the system properly. So, I bought…
- Help me tell her no . . . You came to the wrong place if you’re looking for reasons NOT to buy another bike. If it’s so similar to your 6th gen, sell the 6th gen to fund the 8th gen. That way you have the 5th gen (pinnacle of gear driven cam…
- Thermostat replacement - hope to never do this again 1 hour ago, Gebruiker Another good tip. Thanks for the thread. Sorry my third generation questions sidetracked your project. That wasn't my intention. Once folks started helping me out it was a little late to change to…
- Say it isn't so! 9 hours ago, flya750 The 8G is NOT a repackaged 6G.. come on man....you must own a 6G.. ...LOL!! They are different bikes but with the same frame and same engine. Virtually every generation of VFRs were a significant…
- Thermostat replacement - hope to never do this again It’s coming together now... For anyone replacing hoses, please remember to replace the o-rings in the water joints to the head in between the V and the two on the port side. Inside channels look great! [image:…
- Thermostat replacement - hope to never do this again 2 hours ago, Thumbs Samco do silicone hose kits for the bike https://www.samcosport.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/GBP-BIKE-HONDA-2020.pdf For 98-01 bikes they list 15 hoses The 00-01 bikes should have two more going to…
- Thermostat replacement - hope to never do this again Gebruiker, 2/22/2020 at 4:24 AM 8200rpm reports replacing all 10 hoses. Ten? More words I don't want to read. Thanks for the heads up. I've been warned. 🙂 There are actually 14 hoses total. 😵 The upper middle radiator…
- Say it isn't so! 6 hours ago, Shinigami I’m wistful over the departure of the VFR from the USA market, but as long as they keep building them in Kumamoto, there’s still hope. Unfortunately the Japanese domestic bike market has virtually…
- White love... 4 hours ago, TheDutchy Yes. There is enough clearance to keep the exhaust in place. That’s golden! I hate wrestling with my exhaust to remove the rear wheel.
- White love... Can you remove the rear wheel without dismounting the exhaust pipe?
- Thermostat replacement - hope to never do this again Bought this awesome ‘98 49-state model with a weeping thermostat hose. Level in the reservoir drops about 1/4” every 1k miles or so. Just enough to make a stench every ride but not enough to drip on the ground. Major…
- Say it isn't so! 3 hours ago, 4corsa Agreed, but I still want that V4 engine in my sport touring bike. If you could put the VFR V4 in the Ducati SS that would be Nirvana! I’d rather spend my money on Honda reliability and refinement.…
- Say it isn't so! For those of us who fell in love with motorcycles in the 80’s and 90’s, we’re living in a bizzaro world. There’s much more variety in makes and models available today with more technology and reliability than ever…
- Rebuilt my brakes. CBS is a maintenance nightmare! Okay, it’s been a few weeks since the rebuild, and the rear brake pedal started to feel spongy. Even at full pedal travel, there would be virtually no braking power for the rear. Pumping the pedal did help, but rear…
- Multiple Bike Disorder (MBD) I’m suffering a strong compulsion to add a second bike to the garage. Maybe something naked to complement my ‘98 5th Gen, or maybe something racier. I have several prospects in mind, and I have paralysis by analysis.…
- Rebuilt my brakes. CBS is a maintenance nightmare! They are not angled but square. Doesn’t matter which way they go in. The square also functions to retract the pistons once pressure is relieved by the master cylinder retracting.
- Rebuilt my brakes. CBS is a maintenance nightmare! I rebuilt the clutch master cylinder and slave a couple weeks ago as a warm up exercise for the brakes. It was actually in worse condition than the brakes. Clutch MC was leaking fluid at the lever. The slave piston…
- Rebuilt my brakes. CBS is a maintenance nightmare! 30 minutes ago, Cogswell I'm impressed by how methodically you organized all the parts - looks good. Sounds like you have it sorted. Your bike is lucky to have a new owner that's giving it the respect it deserves.…
- Rebuilt my brakes. CBS is a maintenance nightmare! Well, the good news is that the brakes work. Took her to an open parking lot and did a bunch of emergency stops from 25mph. Both lever and pedal are initially “gentle” and progressively “firm”. Rear brake is good enough…
- New bike, mystery regulator. Please help ID. mello dude, 12/27/2019 at 5:57 PM Looks like a Rick's........that wire install job looks terrible.....redo it before it strands you on the side of the road.... Search for a charging test ...the drill.......and get a…
- Rebuilt my brakes. CBS is a maintenance nightmare! I cheaped out on the speedbleeders. In retrospect, speed bleeders would have been money better spent than the generic vacuum bleeder from Amazon. What a clumsy mess that was.
- Rebuilt my brakes. CBS is a maintenance nightmare! The engineer at Honda who green lighted the combined braking system must have been a masochist, didn’t do his own maintenance or sold his personal motorcycles prior to a brake system tear down. I rebuilt all three…
- New bike, mystery regulator. Please help ID. Bought a used 1998 with 33k. I think an aftermarket R/R was installed but not sure which one (resembles a Rick’s) or if the wiring is kosher. Help a rider out? Am I good to go for now, leave good enough alone, or does…
- My $2000 Craigslist 5th Gen [pic]... 9 hours ago, ducnut The problem is weight. You’re looking at 500+ pounds, when looking at the 800+cc bikes. Plus, they’re much taller than the 500X, KLR, 300-X, 390 Adventure, and other smaller displacement bikes. There…
- My $2000 Craigslist 5th Gen [pic]... My last bike was an ‘88 Honda Hawk GT (647cc twin). Got her on Craigslist for $1900. The specs (58hp claimed, 39 ft-lbs) are similar to the CB500 series, but even lighter at 410 lbs full of fluids. ELF designed ProArm…
- My $2000 Craigslist 5th Gen [pic]... 3 hours ago, ducnut CB500X, might be worth a look. The newer bikes have 19” front wheel and bit longer travel suspension. 49 hp, 39 ft-lbs 😞 beginner bike specs. They should have made it a 700 twin with ~70 hp to…
- My $2000 Craigslist 5th Gen [pic]... I’m sure the Tiger XCx is a great bike. But, I’m an unabashed Honda fanboy and will wait for the Africa Twin 800... until 2040 when they’re $2000 on Craigslist. 🙃
- My $2000 Craigslist 5th Gen [pic]... Cogswell, 12/15/2019 at 7:10 PM Nice find. With the declining interest in motorcycling in the U.S. and especially this time of year, there are definitely bargains to be had. I'm not familiar with the can on it - what…
- My $2000 Craigslist 5th Gen [pic]... I use Craigslist for my motorcycle shopping. I love buying “old” bikes for pennies on the dollar! Meet “Lea”. A 49-state 1998 with a hard-wired R/R. Just under 33k when I bought her about a month ago. [image:…
- Radiator Clamp OE Substitutes? The OE 30-37mm hose clamps (19516-GAG-003) are almost $10 each! I know there are generic worm drive hose clamps available through various sources but the bands seem much wider than the OE bands (~8mm). Anyone have…
- AS3 Silicone Coolant Hoses I thought Samco was the only player in town. The Samco Gen 5 silicons kit is $468!!! $135 for the AS3 kit is about the same as Honda OE (98-99) hoses a la carte (without the NLA upper middle radiator hose…
- Do these foot controls (shifter and rear brake levers) look okay to you? The exhaust didn’t pose a clearance issue on my ‘98. Once I unhooked the springs, pedal slipped right off. 😮 Yep. The washer and circlip was missing! It’s amazing all the little parts I find missing on this bike.
- Do these foot controls (shifter and rear brake levers) look okay to you? 6 hours ago, Grum Looking good, just like new again, well done. :fing02: I wouldn’t go that far, but it’s good enough. Can’t let perfect be the enemy of good. My wallet can’t afford perfect. I have to constantly remind…
- Do these foot controls (shifter and rear brake levers) look okay to you? Stuck them in a vise and bent them straight. Shifter was easy. Put the toe piece in the vise and applied leverage from the open clamp end that attaches to the gearshift spindle. Brake pedal was a bit more stubborn. Put…
- Do these foot controls (shifter and rear brake levers) look okay to you? 3 minutes ago, RobF A similar discussion with a tip from MaxSwell on how you might straighten the levers: https://www.vfrdiscussion.com/index.php?/forums/topic/88276-is-my-brake-pedal-bent/ Thank you for sharing! I’ll…
- Do these foot controls (shifter and rear brake levers) look okay to you? Thanks guys. Shame on me for buying a bike in the dark at night. I brought a bright work light but missed this one. I knew that the fairings had some tip over damage, but did’t think it would be enough to bend the…
- Do these foot controls (shifter and rear brake levers) look okay to you? 1998 VFR800FI Are these bent, or are they normally like this? [image: FBE65B68-8092-4F70-8FF8-0E8661D732BB.jpeg] [image: E37DAD67-2CAB-4045-9AB2-8BAE6110764E.jpeg]
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