VFR owners' thread, for VFRPS members and prospective members

[Vinz0r]

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Okay sweet. Had any good bites yet? I'm not such a massive fan of the rwb scheme but do like the sound of a nice stocker given I can't get my hands on an rvf. :-)


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Hah, I'm reasonably keen, but the damn thing is in Wellington. I'm trying to come up with a creative (cheap) way of getting it to Hamilton without blowing my already blown budget.

[HenryDorsetCase]

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Hah, I'm reasonably keen, but the damn thing is in Wellington. I'm trying to come up with a creative (cheap) way of getting it to Hamilton without blowing my already blown budget.

hitchhike down ride back

[Icemaestro]

I did a 10$ nakedbus down to bulls to pick up a cbr600 a few years back..was late nov though and still freezing through the desert road!ive definitely considered buying it! What puts me off is the work I've up into this on the carbs, fork seals, that it has the bmw shock, cartridge emulators and a half system...feel like is be making a mistake to go to a stocker...



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[Vinz0r]

I did a 10$ nakedbus down to bulls to pick up a cbr600 a few years back..was late nov though and still freezing through the desert road!ive definitely considered buying it! What puts me off is the work I've up into this on the carbs, fork seals, that it has the bmw shock, cartridge emulators and a half system...feel like is be making a mistake to go to a stocker...



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Yeah I bussed to palmy to pick up my last bike. Rode back through a bloody gale. Storms on the desert road are not fun.
'Spose I could do that again, just need to pay more attention to the forecast.
theoretically speaking, if you were to sell yours, how much would you want for it?

[Icemaestro]

Id have to sit down and work out what I've spent, probably between 3 and 3.5k


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[vifferman]

If they had put the reg/rec in the right place it would have been even more reliable

True dat.
On my VFR750, the R/R went, so I rewired everything in the circuit from the alternator, through the R/R and to the battery, with thicker gauge wires, then mounted the R/R where the horn goes, on a thick piece of aluminium plate, in the breeze. Can't remember where the horn went to; prolly under the front fairing.
Bought the VTR1000 shortly afterwards, and despite having been through the drama of having the R/R fail on the VFR, AND having mounted a voltmeter on the VTR's dashboard, I entirely missed the fact the R/R was throwing a spazz. Faffed around, bought a new battery, then finally twigged and replaced the R/R. Well, at least I eventually worked it out.

On the VFR800, all I did when I first got the bike was fit a PC fan on top of the R/R. There's vents in the rear side cowl, so it seems to get plenty of cooling. Been like that for nearly 10 years, and (as far as I know) it's the original R/R still. If so, it's now 13 years old, without a hint of misbehaviour.
So it will probably fuckout next week now...

[badlieutenant]

True dat.
On my VFR750, the R/R went, so I rewired everything in the circuit from the alternator, through the R/R and to the battery, with thicker gauge wires, then mounted the R/R where the horn goes, on a thick piece of aluminium plate, in the breeze. Can't remember where the horn went to; prolly under the front fairing.
Bought the VTR1000 shortly afterwards, and despite having been through the drama of having the R/R fail on the VFR, AND having mounted a voltmeter on the VTR's dashboard, I entirely missed the fact the R/R was throwing a spazz. Faffed around, bought a new battery, then finally twigged and replaced the R/R. Well, at least I eventually worked it out.

On the VFR800, all I did when I first got the bike was fit a PC fan on top of the R/R. There's vents in the rear side cowl, so it seems to get plenty of cooling. Been like that for nearly 10 years, and (as far as I know) it's the original R/R still. If so, it's now 13 years old, without a hint of misbehaviour.
So it will probably fuckout next week now...

the one where the R/R fails thermally (looks good under load but get her warm and woops, there's a boiled battery) was the 2nd R/R for me. I did the same pc fan trick on top of the R/R heat sink, hooked up to the petrol pump and always rode with the lights on (I figured this lessens the load on the R/R, but I dont know for a fact if this helps). 10 years no problems either.
Oh except for the fuel pump. Apparently once you've done alot of kays the points start to die. Brian Bernard and a few others thought it was a sticky float. Behaved like it was. Random loss of power/fuel. Wait for a while and there wouldn't be a problem. If ever your pump fails due to points go on wemoto and buy replacements. New they were 33$. Waaay cheaper than a new fuel pump. (300$ ?) Some soldering required

[Vinz0r]

I bought Luke's NC30 that's on trademe at the moment, just need to get it shipped from Wellington now!

[sil3nt]

I bought Luke's NC30 that's on trademe at the moment, just need to get it shipped from Wellington now!

Sweet Get it here quick so we can go for a ride

[Vinz0r]

Sweet Get it here quick so we can go for a ride

Should be here next week some time, I'll let ya know! Keen for another Raglan ride, I've got another learner mate who got an EX250 awhile back who should be able to tag along by now.

[mark247]

I bought Luke's NC30 that's on trademe at the moment, just need to get it shipped from Wellington now!

Nice one! You should ride it back, I did Tauranga - Wellington today.. I wont lie, I'm sore

[ecko_nzed]

I find about 60 mins stints to break up a long trip work best for me on the RVF

[ecko_nzed]

So word to the wise, when rebuilding your motor, pay special attention to bearing selection. But on the brighter side, spare motor seems to have a viable crank

[koba]

So word to the wise, when rebuilding your motor, pay special attention to bearing selection. But on the brighter side, spare motor seems to have a viable crank

Spill......

[ecko_nzed]

Rebuilt my motor about 15,000 Kms ago. Didn't realize that there are different bearings for front and rear conrods. That caused a wee knocking noise to start. Result is fucked journals.