VFR owners' thread, for VFRPS members and prospective members

[willytheekid]

...My 929 shock just arrived!

...and my new foot pegs are on there way

...and I just heard from the Germans!...they have just started on my custom seat cover

so friggin happy!...bustin the bottle of jack out tonight



Have a great weekend Kbers

[sil3nt]

...My 929 shock just arrived!

...and my new foot pegs are on there way

...and I just heard from the Germans!...they have just started on my custom seat cover

so friggin happy!...bustin the bottle of jack out tonight



Have a great weekend Kbers

You have a 750 right?

[willytheekid]

You have a 750 right?

yup...96 VFR750 RC36-2 (and yes...getting the 39mm spacer for the rear shock fabricated soon)

[vifferman]

Hi, fellow VFR owners. I have a friend in OZ (also a VFR owner of many years), who asked if I could ask you a question about VFR400s, so here it is:

"A friend has a vfr400 trackbike, but she is complaining the shape isnt allowing her to slide off the seat and just isn't comfortable (compared to her other bike).
She wants to swap to a later tank, I've googled but nothing comes up? Anyone seen this done? Where does someone start that wants to do this other, than at a wreckers going though all their tanks to find the best base to start with?"

I just realised when I edited this for posting that it's a bit short on details (like model years), so I'll get back with those as soon as I have them.

[ecko_nzed]

Hi, fellow VFR owners. I have a friend in OZ (also a VFR owner of many years), who asked if I could ask you a question about VFR400s, so here it is:

"A friend has a vfr400 trackbike, but she is complaining the shape isnt allowing her to slide off the seat and just isn't comfortable (compared to her other bike).
She wants to swap to a later tank, I've googled but nothing comes up? Anyone seen this done? Where does someone start that wants to do this other, than at a wreckers going though all their tanks to find the best base to start with?"

I just realised when I edited this for posting that it's a bit short on details (like model years), so I'll get back with those as soon as I have them.

Hanging off..... You're doing it wrong

[ecko_nzed]

In my non-expert opinion, I think the tank has bugger all to do with it. When sliding off the seat (and I'm assuming we are talking about getting around corners quicker) I am using my legs to lift the weight off my ass, then using my legs and arms to slide said bottom to the left or right. I would look at the position of the rearsets and the clipons, sounds like rearsets are too low to allow her to take weight off her butt to slide.

[sil3nt]

Hanging off..... You're doing it wrong

That is my initial thought as well. Although I can't talk as I have no idea how to 'hang off'

[Madness]

I just realised when I edited this for posting that it's a bit short on details (like model years), so I'll get back with those as soon as I have them.

I think we need pics of the lady in questions arse as well. Just so the best advice can be given, of course.

[Scuba_Steve]

Hey people, I've got a problem with me VFR I'm about 80% sure is fuel pump related but can't concrete it. So before running out & splashing out moneys to replace the pump, would anyone happen to have 1 laying round they wouldn't mind loaning out for a week or 2 so I can prove my theory?

I've got a 86 VFR700F if that changes anything

[willytheekid]

Hey people, I've got a problem with me VFR I'm about 80% sure is fuel pump related but can't concrete it. So before running out & splashing out moneys to replace the pump, would anyone happen to have 1 laying round they wouldn't mind loaning out for a week or 2 so I can prove my theory?

I've got a 86 VFR700F if that changes anything

Ohh no's! (VFR's don't break!?!)

"There is an electronic relay that sends power to fuel pump, and i'd suggest that you use a jumper wire to bypass it for testing purposes.

With bypass installed, pump should click whenever key is on and fuel level runs low in carbs"

Taken from - http://vfrworld.com/forums/showthrea...-a-little-fuel

(hint...sign up to VFRworld.com and vfrdiscussion.com if your not already mate...every VFR question you could ever have....answer is there mate )

all the best

[Scuba_Steve]

Ohh no's! (VFR's don't break!?!)

Well technically it's the Mitsi pump I claim at fault... So I guess we're still good there

"There is an electronic relay that sends power to fuel pump, and i'd suggest that you use a jumper wire to bypass it for testing purposes.

With bypass installed, pump should click whenever key is on and fuel level runs low in carbs"

Taken from - http://vfrworld.com/forums/showthrea...-a-little-fuel

(hint...sign up to VFRworld.com and vfrdiscussion.com if your not already mate...every VFR question you could ever have....answer is there mate )

all the best

I've done the tests in the Haynes manual which suggests that shouldn't be the fault & in my mind the fuel pump isn't giving constant results like what I'd expect. I might spend more time bypassing the relay to see if by chance it is intermittently cutting out but I'm still 75% sure it's the fuel pump at fault

[vifferman]

In my non-expert opinion, I think the tank has bugger all to do with it. When sliding off the seat (and I'm assuming we are talking about getting around corners quicker) I am using my legs to lift the weight off my ass, then using my legs and arms to slide said bottom to the left or right. I would look at the position of the rearsets and the clipons, sounds like rearsets are too low to allow her to take weight off her butt to slide.

I suspect (and this is pure conjecture here), that being a bloke of the feminine variety, this person might be not very tall, and that when she's hangin off a lower profile and/or narrower tank might make it easier for her to hang off the side and still be attached to the handlebars and footlingpegs.

[vifferman]

Got me a new clear LED tail-light and (non-LED) front indicators, because I busted my taillight on the last day of work last year. (This is actually just a test post, because I've had my VFR nearly 10 years now, and thought I'd post summat about the changes I've made to it over the last decade.

[cleverchap]

I've made a couple of changes to my VFR as well

[vifferman]

CleverChap said: "I've made a couple of changes to my VFR as well"

Wow!. That's really awesome work! I love the blue frame.
Looks like you did a whole lot of big mods, all at once, instead of dribs'n'drabs over nearly 10 years like me.
The rear wheel looks familiar, what's that off - is it Triumph?