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I have to share because at times I was really down on this project as I saw it in a million pieces under my covered porch all Winter! Bought a 98' VFR a few years ago. A bit higher mileage, but well cared for. It lived most of its days as a commuter in the bay area and had a few rusty nuts and bolts to say the least... and a sticky, rusty throttle valve assembly that was making it more and more difficult to have proper throttle control out of the corners! Last Fall on a ride the rear shock blew out and leaked shock oil everywhere too. I had a low, mileage CBR 929RR rear shock waiting to be installed. Started to tear everything apart and of course got busy with other projects (building a shop to work on all the bikes and cars). That took up most of my time this Winter which put this project on the burner. Finally, I realized Spring was here and I was missing my bike! So, the past two days I buckled down, installed the throttle bodies, air intake unit (That was the most complicated thing to 'figure' out where all the vaccum hoses went! FYI mark your hoses!!!). Also, I cleaned and dielectic greased every electrical connection I could find while I was in there. Also soldered the R/R to the stator bypassing the male/female plug that was begining to melt! Lastly, I installed the shock, cleaned everything really well and took it out for a nice ride this Summer like evening in the PNW!! It felt like a brand new bike!! The shock upgrade is unbelievably good!! And I haven't even fine tuned it yet! Man, I just love this VFR! Since I know I am blogging to 5th generation folks hear I appreciate you reading my plight to resurrect this machine, and sharing the enthusiasm of how good this bike really is! Cheers!