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All 48- VFR1200F DCT 2013 won't go in gear The bike came back today. Complete contrast from last time, the bike is gleaming, the brakes feel like they have just been serviced, the handbrake actually works (never bothered using it before anyway lol), and most…
- VFR1200F DCT 2013 won't go in gear Annnnd they didn't call me tonight as agreed. I suppose it was too much to hope for. I'm erring towards refund on this now. I honestly give up, and after over 3 months it's having a significant effect on my mental…
- VFR1200F DCT 2013 won't go in gear So, Superbike Factory called me yesterday and were very apologetic (although that doesn't change the fact that they took over 8 weeks to not repair my bike). The ECU has already been changed, new keys coded, no…
- VFR1200F DCT 2013 won't go in gear This guy seemed to have a similar issue, but it was never resolved....
- VFR1200F DCT 2013 won't go in gear Superbike factory's head of retail was supposed to call me today, of course I have heard nothing. Submitted the bike details to we buy any bike, as I mean, at this point what else am I supposed to do with it? Even Honda…
- VFR1200F DCT 2013 won't go in gear 3 hours ago, Skids I'd be tempted to ask for a full refund and go look for another one. ☹️ That's what I'm now asking for, but obviously I'd lose out on all the money I've spent on upgrades (Seat, suspension, etc) This…
- VFR1200F DCT 2013 won't go in gear 2 hours ago, Skids A Honda dealer or independant? Photograph/video everything ! 🤬 So, I bought it from Superbike Factory Ltd in Macclesfield. https://superbikefactory.co.uk/ It broke down on 23rd April. It went to…
- VFR1200F DCT 2013 won't go in gear Bike was finally returned to me this morning, after 8 weeks. The same fault is present. Some of the plastics are missing. The crash bungs are on backwards. None of the plastics are fitted correctly, some of the clips…
- VFR1200F DCT 2013 won't go in gear Bike should finally be being returned to me next week (this has been over 2 months now!!) I have a suspicion as the dealer have had to cut new keys (supposedly to match the old ones) rather than coding the old keys to…
- VFR1200F DCT 2013 won't go in gear So the bike was yesterday collected from Honda, and is going back to the selling dealership, who after much pushing are going to repair the fault at no cost to me. I'm only out the diagnostics cost, so all in all this…
- VFR1200F DCT 2013 won't go in gear Thumbs, 5/7/2021 at 1:04 PM Sorry about that .... these people are in the UK http://www.motomatrix.co.uk/ecu-repairs.html Thanks, I spoke to these guys who said they can't help, but they suggested I contact some people…
- VFR1200F DCT 2013 won't go in gear Hm, I have a diagnosis from the dealer which has convinced me moreso that it is indeed the ECU. Still annoying, obviously. I'm in liaison with the original purchasing dealer about it, as I don't think it's reasonable to…
- VFR1200F DCT 2013 won't go in gear Just spoke to Honda UK who are completely uninterested and unhelpful, and seem to think that the dealerships are nothing to do with them and not their problem as "they are independant!!"
- VFR1200F DCT 2013 won't go in gear 1 hour ago, RC1237V Figure out the part number and try to locate a used one. Also, I would inform them you will not pay for parts that don't fix your bike, as your complaint was not that you need a bunch of new parts,…
- VFR1200F DCT 2013 won't go in gear The annoying thing, now that I think about it, is that they wouldn't commit to a new ECU definitely fixing the issue, so potentially I pay £2300 and am no further forward. Which also means I'm not quite sure what I'm…
- VFR1200F DCT 2013 won't go in gear The dealer say the gearbox itself is fine, which to be fair is supported by the fact that when I eventually get it in D, it will ride normally and go up and down through gears as expected. It's the ECU throwing spurious…
- VFR1200F DCT 2013 won't go in gear Just been told they need to replace the "control unit", and quoted £2,300 for the *part* with no guarantee of a fix.
- VFR1200F DCT 2013 won't go in gear Still no news on it, which is wonderful. Guess I won't be going anywhere this weekend lol....
- What did you do with your VFR1200 today? It's definitely a nicer ride!! Very happy with it so far. I'm going to copy your brake changes next I think, sorry. I've spent the last 20 mins looking at everything on the probolt site!!
- What did you do with your VFR1200 today? Suspension day! MCT are awesome, would definitely recommend them to anyone. Quite excited for the ride home!!!
- What did you do with your VFR1200 today? Skids, 9/8/2020 at 11:48 AM Yes, bars went on last week and it is such an improvement for me. What suspension work are you having done? Pretty much same as you I think, MCT internals on the front and Wilbers shock with…
- What did you do with your VFR1200 today? 52 minutes ago, Skids The Helibars on mine are definitely worth it, they saved the bike for me as it was becoming increasingly difficult to ride for long periods with the strain on my wrists and back. Rather than decat…
- My first VFR! Forget the final drive oil... The garage saw fit not to bother replacing this bolt on the rear hugger, when I assume they had the plastic below off to check the final drive oil. [image: unknown.png?width=911&height=911]…
- My first VFR! Will speak to another dealer today. Managed to get new shoes cheap from black circles! [image: image.thumb.png.ddb1a34ddfd3a611bb0e154b3e52c918.png]
- My first VFR! Finally had my 24k mile service today, by a Honda dealership. They inspected, but did not replace, the final drive oil. The owners manual states this should be replaced at 24k, but their little sheet, which seems to be…
- My first VFR! 1 minute ago, Skids I take it no issues stretching the brake & clutch lines up to fit? None at all, the instructions are really good, really clear, I mean, I don't have a clutch but other than that!!! The non-DCT ones…
- My first VFR! https://www.sportsbikeshop.co.uk/motorcycle_parts/content_prod/341272 this is the one I had on my old bike, the split one I have on the VFR is the same but, well, split....…
- My first VFR! So I got the split Denali horn with the intention of putting the compressor on one side and the horn on the other. Got the compressor all fitted on the left side, screwed into a threaded hole in the frame, then took the…
- My first VFR! Not done much to it recently, but fitted Helibars today, and a denali soundbomb airhorn (there really isn't much room under the fairing is there???)[image: spacer.png]
- My first VFR! To be honest, while it seems to have a relatively comprehensive service history, most of it is not by Honda (although the last one at 21k was), and given that I've just got it, I'd rather go over the top on the…
- My first VFR! 5 hours ago, slowbird What exactly does the 24,000 mile service entail? I find most dealerships, both cars and bikes, like to charge for them to "inspect" things, which some techs just do a cursory glance. Basically all…
- My first VFR! Just booked it in for it's 24,000 mile service.... I knew this was a big one but £650!! fml 😞
- My first VFR! Givi screen fitted, which should keep the wind off me a bit more from all the reviews I have read. Getting the little centre upper cowl bit back on properly is an ass, it wants to lift slightly on the bottom, but I got…
- My first VFR! It seems like this ECU dump/write software is used: https://github.com/hendriono/HondaECU And then TunerPro to edit the ROM: http://www.tunerpro.net I might be able to do this myself....
- My first VFR! https://www.facebook.com/pg/sabsteef/posts/?ref=page_internal This guy seems to be able to do ECU flash remotely if you hook up a laptop meaning I don't have to pull the ECU out and send it to the US....
- My first VFR! Interesting, thanks for that. The issue with LEDs seems to be that there are so many different ones to choose from and it's hard to know which are actually good and which are marketing lies, but I will look at them…
- My first VFR! https://www.ledperf.co.uk/honda-vfr-1200-xenon-hid-conversion-kit-p-17912.html Looking at HID kits, if I go for this one it will be the 55W kit, because you know, if I'm going bright I might as well go all the bright.…
- My first VFR! Full MCT rebuild on the front forks and the wilbers shock, the guy was saying that the preload siezes in the OEM shock (which I think perhaps is why I seem to be struggling to harden mine up, I think initially it was…
- My first VFR! Thanks, I can't find the terminals I want so I think I'll just cut the existing ones off and put my own on. Powerbronze rear hugger turned up today, hopefully this keeps some mess off the back end. I was mooching at…
- My first VFR! [image: 1769482736_2020-07-0119_52_31.thumb.jpg.8fe9e3590de9714f75c057659c9a52bc.jpg]Anyone know where I can get connectors for this quad harness thing?
- My first VFR! The Givi E251 topplate turned up (the generic one) and I mounted it to the Honda bracket, and put my old topbox on. Seems pretty solid, if I shake it the bike moves not the box, box definitely isn't as pretty, but it…
- VFR1200 clutch MC size From the service manual: [image: image.png.2ca0dac70a34f3da538744f53ece50b0.png]
- My first VFR! Newest toys... R&G kickstand extender thing, easier than carrying a puck as it stays on, and came in handy parked on grass today while my friend hunted for random cans in the nearby bin to rest his fjr1300 on! R&G…
- My first VFR! Think I've sorted it. A couple of the tiny plastic clips holding that top section of inner fairing to the outer fairing had snapped, not sure if that was me or it was already liked that, but a slight application of…
- My first VFR! So the givi rack for the vfr1200f is a horrible one that replaces the stock 'arms' with the givi type ones that have a tendancy to rust and generally look crap, hence wanting to use the existing arms. I think I'm just…
- VFR1200 Project Bike I'd be more confident adapting the plastics with fibreglass etc than I would be cutting and welding a tank, in fact there is a composites bay at work that usually work on aircraft parts who I could probably bribe into…
- VFR1200 Project Bike Interesting, I didn't realise how close they were!
- VFR1200 Project Bike 10 hours ago, BiKenG But if you want more, a CrossTourer tank is bigger and an easy swap, Is it a drop in replacement?
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