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DrErgal
61 posts recovered 7 threads started First seen 3 Sep 2024 Last seen 16 Feb 2026
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7 in the archive- Garda Lake ride aug. 31st DrErgal · 1 Sep 2025 – 3 Sep 2025
- - Dr. Ergal's VTR - from old wreck to Infinity (and beyond) 😁 DrErgal · 22 Jul 2025 – 16 Feb 2026
- I think it's the right section for a farewell DrErgal · 21 Jul 2025 – 22 Jul 2025
- [Mitas SportForce+] Testride DrErgal · 2 May 2025 – 6 May 2025
- North Italy pics DrErgal · 17 Apr 2025 – 27 Apr 2025
- First impression after frontend swap DrErgal · 17 Feb 2025 – 19 Feb 2025
- Dr. Ergal's G5 DrErgal · 14 Jan 2025 – 18 Feb 2025
Recent posts
Last 50 of 61- - Dr. Ergal's VTR - from old wreck to Infinity (and beyond) 😁 Gentlemen, here I am with some upgrade! I wanted to make one post only resuming the entire job, but you know... time available for staying in in garage is always little, so I'm progressing slowly and intermittently. So…
- In Dutch, it's called a "Garage" Terry, 11/9/2025 at 11:36 PM [image: top gun maverick's house] That's the garage of every man's dream 😎 NO, what am I saying? That's the main residence of every man's dream; if you have that, why moving elsewhere? 😁
- Ain't She a Beauty? 7 hours ago, 2VFRsandCounting Funny...because I'm Italian, born in Australia and I love Japanese Hondas! [image: My 2nd VFR800.jpg] Your bike is an absolute beauty, man! And... jus for my curiosity... since you're born…
- - Dr. Ergal's VTR - from old wreck to Infinity (and beyond) 😁 Yesterday evening I attempted to install the new muffler brackets. It was a trial, I knew it was, but in my mind I've been hoping it could work: the brackets are 3D printed in PA12 enhanced with carbonfibre In theory,…
- And so for my next trick... Bourbon brings wisdom 😎 Nice move 🤘
- Garda Lake ride aug. 31st Hi V4! I see you're from NL: there's plenty of Dutchmen here from Pentecost to September 🙂 And you're right :it get hot sometimes, but generally the weather is lovely (warm, but not hot) and yes, sceneries are…
- Garda Lake ride aug. 31st 1 hour ago, Gaz66 enjoy your jerkomatic Firestorm 🤣 That's the damn right word 😂
- Garda Lake ride aug. 31st Hi folks, since I'm convinced that success must be celebrated, here's a post to show the happy face of my wife at her first ride after a VEEEEERY long pause in riding. We met almost 20 years ago due to a common friend…
- - Dr. Ergal's VTR - from old wreck to Infinity (and beyond) 😁 22 hours ago, St. Stephen apologies to DrErgal for this hijack of his thread you're more than welcome 😊
- - Dr. Ergal's VTR - from old wreck to Infinity (and beyond) 😁 2 hours ago, Ughandi I'm slowly learning that clocking the levers down is a huge ergo win Indeed. It's the very first thing I do on a bike. The triangle seat-footpegs-bars is a vital geometry to set. Then, levers angle.…
- - Dr. Ergal's VTR - from old wreck to Infinity (and beyond) 😁 Just a little operation, these days; transplanting brake and clutch levers. [image: 20250823_172525.jpg] [image: 20250823_172456.jpg] A stupid thing, I know; but these levers are important to me, since they come from my…
- - Dr. Ergal's VTR - from old wreck to Infinity (and beyond) 😁 FromMaine, 7/30/2025 at 8:26 PM Well Dr. It seems we have a few things in common...........👍 (cut) That's spectacular! The mountains at my backyard are higher, indeed (around 2200m)... [image: IMG_20220227_121858.jpg]…
- - Dr. Ergal's VTR - from old wreck to Infinity (and beyond) 😁 8 hours ago, Terry Maybe I need some extra long snorkels in the VFR? Well, my last mod on the VFR before exchanging it for the Storm was exactly this: I put a couple of washers (total thickness 3mm) underneath the…
- - Dr. Ergal's VTR - from old wreck to Infinity (and beyond) 😁 40€ (shipping included) well spent 😎
- - Dr. Ergal's VTR - from old wreck to Infinity (and beyond) 😁 250806 UPDATE Today I had the chance to make a ride to test the last modification: the long inlet snorkel at front cylinder. Maybe you don't know that (oddly) Honda equipped the VTR with 2 completely different snorkels:…
- Air box lid flapper , this is sort of funny Ughandi, 8/2/2025 at 6:55 AM I have this curse as well... It's a formidable condition to suffer from. Me too, dude! 😁 I think we're many, here inside 😅
- - Dr. Ergal's VTR - from old wreck to Infinity (and beyond) 😁 Smart eye, Maine. Every summer I'm used to store about 50 hundreds of wood cords in the box for the winter: [image: 20250727_182934.jpg] I live in a mountain area of northern Italy (close to Dolomites). Winters are…
- - Dr. Ergal's VTR - from old wreck to Infinity (and beyond) 😁 250725 - SMALL UPGRADE Some beautiful pieces of engineering came into my garage, today 😎 [image: image.thumb.jpeg.b3bfedbce4e091ac48c011652fc267f4.jpeg] One is the forkbrace plate I was waiting for, machined by my good…
- - Dr. Ergal's VTR - from old wreck to Infinity (and beyond) 😁 Hi folks, as written here , I betrayed my country 😁 keeping the V but halving the cylinders. The bike was in bad conditions, witnessing very poor maintenance and one fall; the owner told about just a small tip-over but…
- I think it's the right section for a farewell Guys, you move me ❤️ Thanks, really thanks! I enjoyed this place, I like to stay here, and it will be a pleasure to keep bothering you with my rants 😁 I must confess: this exchange is the reason of my silence of the…
- I think it's the right section for a farewell jim v, 7/21/2025 at 2:58 PM Hope it treats you well and gives you many smiles. That's exactly the key: the "smiles-per-gallon" ratio 🙂 I'm going to take possession of the non-VFR section, then 😎
- I think it's the right section for a farewell Hello folks, I do apologize for what I'm about to write. I betrayed the cause 😁 Yes, I did. I knew it deeper in my gut, but I never wanted to admit: VFR G5 is a fantastic machine, indeed, and it's probably one of the…
- Gotta Ride! St. Stephen, 7/13/2025 at 2:31 AM Well, I guess I have chugged the Italian Koolaid. It's well known: Italians do it better 😎 😆
- New Member… Cap, I noticed the Civic logo. but I opted to "fly over" it 😁
- New Member… Welcome! And congratulations for the bike: it's the VFR with the best wheels set ever ❤️
- Bumblebee from Croatia :) Welcome Denis! We're nearly neighbor: I live in Trento, and Croatia is pretty close In fact, the first race of my life was in Rijeka, a quarter of century ago (what a memory ❤️) [image:…
- Always room for one more 5th Gen Ehi Max! Silver is still missing... 😏 😁
- New bike... Welcome, and congratulation for the bike. The high-mount muffler is one of the most indicated upgrade on a G5 🤙
- Introducing my new (old) VFR800FI Shit happens 💀 Once restored the tank, consider "Tankerite" treatment 👍 [OT] yesterday I've been passing close to you; from Trento to Lucca, then Prato, via secondary roads. From Modena to Lucca I got a AWFUL SHOWER;…
- [Mitas SportForce+] Testride 15 hours ago, Wald stiff, warm up fast and turn in quickly In few words you summarized these tires perfectly 👍 Much better than I did with my POEM 😅 I Just add one observation I forgot to mention. Unlike the Dunlop…
- What is your prefered air filter? K&N Because its name sounds EPIC 😎 😁
- [Mitas SportForce+] Testride Thanks. The mirrors come from Amazon. I just searched for "mirrors with led indicators" and I got them. If you're interested in this, I could dig into my Amazon order list to get the exact code
- [Mitas SportForce+] Testride Howdy folks. Finally I had the chance to replace the old worn tires of my VFR. After the renovation made this winter, I was really curious to test the bike with good tires, since the worn and mismatched tires set (Mitas…
- Hello VFRworld Welcome to you all! This is not a simple "hints archive" for fault remedies. I found a lot of advices and even inspirations for mods and improvements. Enjoy your staying 😊
- North Italy pics Hi All here some pics from my rides in north part of Italy, close to Austrian border Gavia (behind me with my beloved XX, my wife with her SV 650) [image: Gavia.jpg] Pordoi with my glorious Africa Twin [image:…
- How does your workshop look like? Hi. I resume this old post to add my cave's pics. [image: IMG_20200919_115355.jpg] [image: IMG_20201122_204145.jpg] [image: IMG_20201122_204227.jpg] [image: IMG_20201122_204135.jpg] [image: IMG_20220910_165851.jpg]
- Rear Wheel Stand for 5th Gen While I'm waiting for affording it, I'm using a standard stand for double arm bikes. By using a robust steel rod passing through the central hole, I grab it with the stand's fork. [image:…
- Drop-Pegs & Adapters Research Aggregation | Knight Designs Footpegs - Quickie review Just as a first experiment, I've made a set of risers to offset the position keeping the standard supports. [image: large.20250315_131907.jpg.2c96255314e3c1b4cf4ba53fbbc4b5e4.jpg][image:…
- Drop-Pegs & Adapters Research Aggregation | Knight Designs Footpegs - Quickie review SEBSPEED, 3/7/2025 at 9:55 PM So, actually, my adapters are designed to be used with race style CBR929/954 rearsets I'm planning to do the same thing, but aiming to fit CBR/XX rear sets. Once back from business trip I'm…
- Drop-Pegs & Adapters Research Aggregation | Knight Designs Footpegs - Quickie review 1 hour ago, Ughandi Also I cant deny the bling factor 😄 Who am I to deny it? 😎 😁
- Drop-Pegs & Adapters Research Aggregation | Knight Designs Footpegs - Quickie review Very nice! But there's something odd to my eyes... 🙄 I mean... I think these rear set adapter by Sebspeed (❤️) are supposed to rise up the footpegs, but then you lower them with these new components. Why don't keep the…
- First impression after frontend swap 2 hours ago, Ughandi I had thought that was a concept completely missed by the production motorcycle world! Now I know that this had existed in years past! Thanks! and now I want a set 😆 Oh, there's A LOT a "man in the…
- First impression after frontend swap 25 minutes ago, Ughandi I have not heard of a forkbrace before, and you appear to be an excellent machinist judging by the photos of it. Is this a common custom bit on other motos? It's a common trick used in the past,…
- First impression after frontend swap 14 minutes ago, Ughandi Agreed with the coil mod. IIRC (cut). Improvement was subtle, but the main victory was cleaning up all the wiring under the tank. [image: image.png.16e29eeb2cd343b50d7eb42cb2498dc1.png]
- Dr. Ergal's G5 2 hours ago, Ziffer All that, but you still have the stock exhaust can. That was one of the first things to go on my 5th gen. What made you keep the stock can? 3 things made, essentially. 1) I DO LOVE the whining sound…
- First impression after frontend swap It's a well know modification in there. If you search "coil conversion" you'll find a plethora of exhaustive posts (mine also) In short, you replace the old big coils (and high voltage cables) with a new dedicated low…
- First impression after frontend swap Hi All, here's a brief report of the first ride after the mods on my VFR. Mods here: Well, as well as reported in the post, I didn't do extravagant or exotic modifications; it's something that most of you have already…
- another brake delinking (approach for the front) Ughandi, 2/12/2025 at 7:16 PM Did you change springs, valves or any bits inside the forks (or just raw-dogged the OEM fork internals)? Internal OEM equipment, just renewed (new oil, bushings and seals) As you can figure…
- another brake delinking (approach for the front) As a mechanical design engineer I must only applaud to your effort and ability. But I also must agree with Cap: a VTR upgrade (even the fork lowers only) would be a much better, leaner and more efficient job. And last…
- Dr. Ergal's G5 MBrane, 1/18/2025 at 12:03 AM That said I'm one of those weirdos that actually likes the DCBS. It works awesome if you know how to work it. Ridden many a wet dirt road, and track days . Never a problem. Really? 😲 I've…
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