hooligans vfr 800 [Archive] - Page 4

hooligan

19-11-2017, 07:33 PM

I got some time on the bike this weekend.
My big airox didn't quite work- it was stopping the tank from sitting properly, so back to the normal airbox lid.
I did a few laps of the neighbourhood, maybe 20ks. No leaks for anywhere, so that's a bonus.
The smoking header wrap got me some interesting looks. A raucous V4 and so much smoke the bike should have been on fire. Pretty fucking cool.

High beam stopped working, may just be a loose connection.
and the program for the rapidbike just finished downloading, so I am hoping I can do some average mapping before Friday, but I may have to finish making the map as I ride down.

LKC73

20-11-2017, 09:40 AM

Good news you got it going and ride-able. Look forward to seeing it on Friday.

Gitzy

21-11-2017, 12:06 PM

No leaks for anywhere, so that's a bonus.

I like this bit I was getting worried.

hooligan

21-11-2017, 01:28 PM

Your welding is beautiful, Gitz.
Apart from Gitzy's welding, if anyone needs braided hoses or fittings, Auto One in Castle hill is awesome.
A wall full of raceworks fittings, hose, and the right cutting tools.
I went in last Saturday, they cut a new piece of hose (under $10) and helped me fit it back together. They have some specialised tools from raceworks that means they will be able to sell all the gear as well as "officially" assemble it, too.
Nice change from buying random shit from ebay.

And I will be extending my headlight wiring. It's just a teensy bit short. Joy.

JimZXR

21-11-2017, 06:21 PM

Cheers for the tip Hooligan, come in handy when I upgrade

hooligan

22-11-2017, 12:18 PM

I may have to go to bed early on Friday night in cooma.
I seem to find little things that I need to do before I can get to the big things, but I'll put in a couple late night.
Intermittent problem with the front right indicators, so removed the connectors and soldered.
Then the same thing with the headlights. Broken wire, no new connectors to replace the H4 plug, which meant I had to use a random 4 pin plug I had, and cut/solder/crimps new ends. Female side done, will do the male side tonight. On the plus side uit meant that since the airbox was back out to get to the harness, I thought I would reroute it a bit better.
Then I noticed that one of the screw holes to screw the airbox lid on is threaded, so I will fix that with plastic epoxy tonight and use a self tapper.

I cant wait to ride this fucking thing.

hooligan

08-02-2018, 07:29 PM

Ive given up on my custom rad and bought a new ebay TLR1000 top rad.
Why?
the custom one was good enough for high speed, but below average for traffic. And no room for more fans/better fans. Since its a 42mm core, the front of it just touched the new MT09 front guard. No room to move it up or back.
So a choice between changing the rad and fork extensions.
extensions would have solved clearance (and more ground clearance is always good) but wouldn't have solved the cooling.
so new rad because it solves both.
SV650 or TLR?
SV650 is 10mm narrower, but isn't curved. And I KNOW the TLR works on my bike, with my forks, etc. And it usually has a lower rad, so I could do a water/oil heat exchanger down the track.
So the TLR rad won. it got delivered today, and I'm getting the inlet side switched over (like I did for the last one) tomorrow.

anyone want a fairly small radiator?

Gix11

09-02-2018, 07:56 AM

Ha. You live and learn, and now we have another radiator fact for the forum.

GammaBoy

09-02-2018, 09:54 AM

anyone want a fairly small radiator?
Dimensions?
Timing is shit - I just bought a RSV4 rad for my project... lol.

hooligan

14-02-2018, 08:03 PM

Ha. You live and learn, and now we have another radiator fact for the forum.
and double thick core is not always better. At high speed, very good.
commuting speeds its a bit shit because the air doesn't make it all the way through the rad, if you know what I mean.

hooligan

14-02-2018, 08:06 PM

Dimensions?
Timing is shit - I just bought a RSV4 rad for my project... lol.

I'll measure it in the morning- my garage is outside and down a few sets of stairs. its about 350W x 140H x 42mm deep.
25mm inlet on the right, 19mm outlet bottom left, bung for a thermo fan switch, etc etc. and M6 bosses on the sides of the tanks for... whatever.

hooligan

13-06-2018, 01:58 PM

Sooo, time for an update.
As mish has her L's, and the MT09 gets moved on for a LAMS/commuter bike, the VFR has gotten some love. And Rego, it also needs rego.

So, TL Rad and fan is one. I changed the Orings in the water joints - when I took them off, the orings were a part of the cast ally. They were perfectly flat, ands I had to scrape them out.
I cleaned the throttle bodies as well, and took of 17.5 years out of the 18 years of gunk. Just out of the inlets, I didn't worry about the outside, really. Not quite perfect, but much, much nicer.
Cleaned up/shortened some wiring.
With the airbox and throttle bodies out, it exposed some "hanging on by a strand" connections. Tried a 6 pin mini molex connector for my dash. Twice. Gave up and used a 6pin deutsche connector, much better.
Not perfect, but better than it was.
Waiting on 1 hose from Honda before I can refill the coolant system.
Airbox back on tonight, hopefully.

Gix11

14-06-2018, 08:07 AM

Sounds like she's nearly ready to hit the road?

hooligan

20-06-2018, 08:36 PM

It made vroom vroom noises tonight. Need to bleed/burp/top up the coolant, then i should be able to take it for a lap around the block, and either be very happy, or very, very, pissed off.

wackyrider

21-06-2018, 11:30 AM

It made vroom vroom noises tonight. Need to bleed/burp/top up the coolant, then i should be able to take it for a lap around the block, and either be very happy, or very, very, pissed off.

Hopefully the first...

hooligan

22-06-2018, 07:35 PM

Yep. I bought some start ya bastard, and charged up a sacraficial spare battery- it wouldnt quite catch, but i havent started it since last november.

hooligan

24-06-2018, 09:17 PM

So, 4 new sparkugs later, and we are good to go.
And i was followed by an unmarked cop bike while i was taking it for a test ride. Since he didnt pull me over, it must be legal enough.

GammaBoy

25-06-2018, 08:08 AM

Is it rego'd? I guess the bikes don't have Automatic plate recognition like the cop cars do...

Gix11

25-06-2018, 08:22 AM

Rock N Roll.

hooligan

25-06-2018, 05:12 PM

Rego expires on the 28th, so I was OK.
black unmarked beemer K1600 or 1800, big tourer thing, but in a police black jacket and white shoei with blue iridium visor.
Now its pink slipped (inspected), so I can pay rego on line, and I am legal. Ish.

Who wants to buy an MT09?

hooligan

26-06-2018, 01:56 PM

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latheboy

27-06-2018, 08:06 AM

Why for you have the loop in the exhaust going to the can?

hooligan

27-06-2018, 01:35 PM

Longer pipe, more top end, apparently. It also seems to quieten it down a bit. Considering its open, its pretty civilised until you really rev it.
It's also partly a "fuck you I'm a streetfighter" kinda deal.
Its an MT09 pipe, so I already had the can and the loop the loop.
On the MT09 and MT07, the loop takes up the space of the cat converter. I don't think it will affect clearance, but time will tell.

rod185651

27-06-2018, 05:55 PM

It's also partly a "fuck you I'm a streetfighter" kinda deal.

Works for me

latheboy

28-06-2018, 08:23 AM

"fuck you I'm a streetfighter"

Yeah I'm with Rod, if you had just said that it would have been the perfect answer.

I like that the exhaust gases have a moment of acceleration then decel then accelerate again causing a scavenging effect which makes it work like a 2 stroke, so it has a power band. you can talk the dickheads something to that effect anyway haha

Gix11

02-07-2018, 06:02 PM

Rock and / or Roll.

hooligan

19-07-2018, 12:08 PM

I had been having problems with the rapidbike module not reading the RPMs properly.
Turns out that when you dont properly plug in the crank position sensor harness, the RB doesn't sense the crank position properly, so doesn't pick up revs properly.
Spoke to the aus distributor (Quicklap performance) who passed me on to RB Australia. Gilles from RB Australia called me yesterday at about 4pm, and sent the instructions (or resent, I've had the RB for 8 months or so), and I noticed I had plugged it in wrong.

Texted him the good news at 930pm last night, and said respond when he is back at work. He texted straight back anyway.
And Kevin from Quicklap called this morning to let me know RB would contact me, which they already had.
Rapid bike customer service is brilliant.

And compared to the stock ECU map that the bike had been using, it is fucking smooth, and will only get smoother as it writes its own map to match the coil on plug steup, filter and pipe, and short and super short velocity stacks I have. Plus anything else I change.

If you have an injected bike, rapidbike is the future. They made the VFR800 harness based off a group buy on a vfr forum. I cant wait for NFR.

I0seb

19-07-2018, 02:15 PM

hooligan

21-07-2018, 01:47 PM

Went for a quick ride with my bro th her this morning. We swapped bikes for a bit, my vfr and his tuono. I'll have to change the loop the loop link pipe as my brother dragged it going through a couple of corners, but he is 20kgs heavier.

Gix11

23-07-2018, 09:09 AM

dragged it going through a couple of corners
Which part hits? The bit nearest the tyre edge?

hooligan

24-07-2018, 11:36 AM

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No, its the outside edge at the bottom of the loop.
I've spoken to an exhaust place in surry hills (city) who can make me a link pipe for a couple hundred bucks. They do MC exhausts as well as cars, and they said I can drop it off tomorrow and leave it for a couple days, so weds morning, and pick up Thursday afternoon. I'll have ground clearance this weekend.

Gix11

25-07-2018, 08:27 AM

Nice of your brother to do an exhaust test for you.....

hooligan

25-07-2018, 10:31 AM

Well, he has also lent me his tuono for a month before, so I cant complain.
I am lighter, and hang off more. He is heavier, and moves less, so leans the bike more. And he is good enough to feel it touch down a couple times and back off. I always thought it may be a problem, but hoped it wasn't. Oh well.

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hooligan

25-07-2018, 04:51 PM

and done. Goodbye, loop the loop, hello ground clearance.
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Gix11

26-07-2018, 07:07 AM

Sweet. Job done.

hooligan

03-09-2018, 03:36 PM

A few weeks ago, after i had teh fueling sorted, i started paying attaention to teh suspension. Zip tied the leg, and noticed that i was using all the fork travel just commuting.
Went to set sag and adjust preload, and it was already on full preload.
Called trooper Lu's who did the suspension for me a couple years ago. Explained that although it was done 2 years ago, I had only done 1000ks on it or so, and it was too soft.
Dropped it off on a Saturday.
No idea what was missed, and I don't care, because they just fixed it. Forks out, stripped, double checked, and rebuilt, and I went and picked it up a few days later, no charge.

I did a lap of the old pac highway early yesterday morning (7am) with my brother again. Only used half the travel, and my forks are only using half the preload. Now I can set the sag and start twiddling.

Very happy with Troopers standing behind their work. Justin just said don't wait 2 years next time.

GammaBoy

04-09-2018, 08:39 AM

Might be able to get away with re-fitting the loop now!

hooligan

05-10-2018, 03:10 PM

With NFR coming, the water pump decided it didn't want to go to cooma. Not leaking while I was riding, but I'd lose a table spoon of coolant after I parked up out of the weep hole. I got a used one in the post yesterday.
I've also bought a dual USB charger with built in voltmeter display. Voltmeter is handing with vfr's world renowned shit wiring.
And I loved having a USB charger on my MT09, so why not.
Also some ram mounts for my camera. With a mic running behind the bodywork to near the exhaust. Or, as weasel suggested, near the airbox.

Bring on November.

LKC73

05-10-2018, 06:18 PM

Sounds awesome! So looking forward to NFR this year.

GammaBoy

08-10-2018, 08:03 AM

Should have posted about the water pump, I've got a second handy here you could have had for postage, came with a thermostat housing I bought.

hooligan

09-10-2018, 11:20 AM

Shit, oh well. Any idea how old yours is? I might take it anyway if you don't want it? Nice to have a backup.
When i pulled the pump, i noticed a big part of the problem was an O ring that was a C ring because it had split.
My generic Oring from repco is close but not quite, so I have a honda one on the way by Thursday.
Once that's done, I'll be able to test my ram mount camera mount and mics near the airbox and exhaust. Garage test pics up the whine of the gear driven cams nicely. Keen to see what its like at speed.

GammaBoy

11-10-2018, 08:48 AM

NFI how old it is, happy to punt it your way though.

hooligan

29-10-2018, 10:06 AM

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so, up on supersized jackstands, swingarm bolt out, old pegs off, Sebspeed rearset adaptors on, china rearsets on, a 2mm shim for the rear shock, and done.
I haven't done final adjustments yet, but holy shit, the gear shifting is quick and clean. I didn't think it was bad before, but I was wrong.
Pegs are about as high as my brothers Tuono, but not quite as far back (we both checked by sitting on both bikes while stationary).
well pleased, and I can't believe I have had them for about a year before I fitted them.

LKC73

29-10-2018, 10:38 AM

Looks good Chris, but i cant believe the effort you go through to change them.

hooligan

29-10-2018, 06:52 PM

If I had left the centre stand in it would have been easier. Still need to take the swingarm bolt out, but no jackstands. The model after mine went to normal reasets instead of bolted through the swingarm.

Gix11

30-10-2018, 01:31 PM

They look the business as well.

hooligan

25-07-2019, 08:37 PM

Instead of waiting until a week before nfr, i started earlier.
Biggest hanges are swapping the fatbars for a set of apex manufcturing clipons, which meant a new set of shorter throttle cables from a cb500r.
I did a big airbox mod which moves the air filter from the middle of the airbox to the lid of the airbox. Its gone from having 30mm above the v stacks to 80mm above the v stacks, and yes, it is peppier.
New bars meant new grips, so i got one with a bigger throttle wheel, added quick action.

Commuted on it today, and it is quite spritely for a bike with 160000ks on the clock

Bob

26-07-2019, 03:28 PM

I Like them, they blend with the bike nicely

hooligan

15-05-2020, 07:43 PM

Well, the forum is alive again, but the vfr is gone.
i sold it a month or 2 ago to a seth african guy who sold his speed triple before he moved out here 7 months ago. He got a lot of bike for not much, but said he'd buy it after looking at it for 2 minutes. Didn't even start it. Seems to have gone to a good home. hard to watch him ride off.
Down to one bike, another MT09. This time a black 2017 model. I spent some of the vfr money on an ohlins nix 30 cartridge kit and a tfx rear shock which should be arriving in the next week or so.
Ben has already flashed it.
Last pic of the vortex.
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