Bulletproofing the '07 VFR

My latest project involves bulletproofing my '07 VFR by replacing/upgrading any parts known to be problematic and to make maintenance easier. The bike has 22k (mostly highway cruising) miles on her.

Already have a Scottoiler and stiffer clutch springs installed.
I'll soon be changing the stock CCT's with manual ones and replacing the vac lines with red silicone tubing. I'll be adding speed-bleeders when I change the brake fluid soon. I'm thinking of picking up a thermostat and wax unit and replacing those if I ever end up under the throttle bodies.

Did that 30A wire harness get fixed before '07?
Apart from obvious preventative maintenance, what are some other issues particular to this model that I could get ahead of?

 

A manual cct adds to maintenance and is easy to over tighten, the funny thing about a vfr is it all ready has maintenance done. the stock parts are all ready very good.

 

Except for all the parts that I already mentioned...
And I'd rather tighten a manual CCT every 20k miles than replace it every 30k. Oh, and my cam chains have already been rattling/ticking for a while.

 

must be beating on it-no maintence will work then

 

Underoath, do you honestly think ignoring sows' advice is a wise thing to do:biggrin-new:

 

Ok, lets please try to get back on topic. What about electrical issues? Any inherent weaknesses?

 

Yessir.

1. Battery to R/R connector - I actually ran redundant wires back to the battery and also replaced the connectors with high quality ones, and sealed them with di-electric grease / heatshrink. Even better yet, you can solder and heatshrink them.

2. Replace the wire on the main fuse. I believe this to be the weakest point of failure as it's undersized on a lot of 6th gens. No idea what Honda was thinking on that one.

3. Stator to R/R connectors - bypass the connector and solder / heatshrink these directly.

Once you do this, it's nearly bulletproof.

There's a post on here called "the drill" that should have additional information about these and tell you how to test your electrical system.

 

add volt meter

 

Thanks! Are you sure these flaws still apply to the 2006+ models? I recall reading that they changed a lot of the wiring then.

 

Getting rid of the connectors certainly is applicable and running a redundant set of wires from the R/R to the battery ... as for the wire going to the main fuse ... that I'm not sure about.

6th gen is 6th gen ... and connectors are ALWAYS a failure point on any model.

 

As Jeff says remove the connector, solder and heatshrink the wires, gets rid of potential failure point, too late afterwards