Hello, all.
David here, and I'm still not quite believing that I once again have a bike, and that it's a red VFR! My first sporty bike was an '87 VFR (which was after my first bike, an '82 Yamaha Seca 650). That '87 was cool, but the plastic was cracking and broken in spots, and eventually I moved on to a '93 CBR F2 in purple and yellow - not an official Joe Camel version, but something a previous owner had done, which was good enough. Had a low-speed accident with that one (forward flip at about 40 due to hitting the bottom of a bottle jack) which totaled it, and then got my last bike before the present one, an '87 CBR1000 Hurricane. That bike developed some starting issues, so after 3 years of having it not running in the garage, I sold it to a friend who wanted a bike to work on and resell.
Lately, I had been seeing more bikes at work, and after seeing some rides around $4K in price, I found an '04 VFR (with 38K miles) at a dealership and took it for a test ride. But I soon found an even better price on an '03 (with 34K miles) that I had to drive across the state for, but I really think it was worth it, even if I now have to do some maintenance on it, and today I was hearing an intermittent knocking-type noise (had only heard it when cold at point of purchase) that is a little disconcerting. (Thoughts from various friends are it might be a cam chain tensioner or valve adjustment needed -- any other ideas or warnings...? :-/ )
I had hoped to ride over to Daytona this weekend for Biketoberfest, but now I'm thinking it'd be better to change some fluids before riding too far with it--might go in a car instead.
Glad to be here and back on two (V4-powered) wheels!
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Hey buddy. What is a bottle jack?
How do you feel this bike compares to the Hurricane?
It's always good to be back on a V-4! Welcome aboard.
I don't know that I would say CCT issues are rampant, but they're not super rare, either. IMO that's a pretty likely source for the noise you're hearing. It's highly unlikely to be related to needing a valve adjustment. If you search around, there are some threads about replacing CCT's - not all that difficult or expensive to do.
It's always good to be back on a V-4! Welcome aboard.
I don't know that I would say CCT issues are rampant, but they're not super rare, either. IMO that's a pretty likely source for the noise you're hearing. It's highly unlikely to be related to needing a valve adjustment. If you search around, there are some threads about replacing CCT's - not all that difficult or expensive to do.
Cogswell,
How urgent of a fix is it if it is a CCT?
Hey buddy. What is a bottle jack?
How do you feel this bike compares to the Hurricane?
The one I hit is like a piston in a cylinder about a foot tall--you pull the piston up and it stays up, and it releases to return to a bottom position once it's pulled to the top. It was old and brown; I still have it around here somewhere.
You know, from what I can see, the specs between my VFR and the Hurricane are close, but the Viffer feels stronger and more solid. The seating position is less severe on the Viffer. And this bike has much better-looking and non-cracked fairings!
Hey buddy. What is a bottle jack?
How do you feel this bike compares to the Hurricane?
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Before presuming it's a CCT (or both), a check of the clutch basket isn't a bad idea - especially if you can tie the sound to clutch operation. There are quite a number of topics on the CCT issue. You can do some additional searches for more. Other Honda forums have threads as well, as Honda inlines can also suffer from the malady. Reading through these you'll start to see one reason why the gear driven cam engines up through 2001 are so beloved by owners - no CCT's!!
http://www.vfrdiscus...-removal/page-3
http://www.vfrdiscus...placement-vtec/
http://www.vfrdiscus...n-cct-question/
http://www.vfrdiscus...e-and-problems/
http://www.vfrdiscus...275mm-oil-port/
http://www.vfrdiscus...shims-and-ccts/
Hey buddy. What is a bottle jack?
How do you feel this bike compares to the Hurricane?
Thanks for this pic. A type of floor jack. Didn't know!
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