Been lurking here for a while and I figured it was time to introduce myself. My name is Allen and I recently acquired my dream bike, a 2007 VFR800 25th Anniversary. I have had it for about 6 months now, but just made my 1st(complete) ride on it yesterday. I will explain.. I traded for the bike with a friend who wanted my R1150GS, as bad as I wanted his VFR. I got it home, unloaded it, made a quick call to Dairyland to put insurance on it and I was off. I was riding along and hit VTEC for the 1st time when the bike shut off. I coasted to a stop and started troubleshooting the problem. I noticed the main fuse beside the battery was blown, so I called my wife and had her run me to the parts store for a 20amp fuse. I replaced the fuse and turned the key on.... nothing happened, until smoke started pouring out of the front fairing. It had become dark and I was frustrated enough to call it a night. We towed it back to my house. Upon further investigation, I found that the main harness had COMPLETELY melted in two different areas. I ended up replacing the harness and ECU, adding a VFRness and Rick's Rec/Reg while I was at it. I had to basically disassemble the entire bike to remove and replace the main harness. While I was working on it, I came across a great deal on a set of Remus pipes from member "vcyclenut" here on the forum. After all that work, I was finally able to ride it yesterday. Boy was it worth the wait(and cost). What an amazing machine!! I plan on this being my touring(light) bike, track bike, commuting bike and so much more. I look forward to learning from the vast knowledge on this forum and hopefully being able to add to it.
Wow your buddy couldn’t of traded any sooner. Glad ya got her up and running now with no worries lurking in your brain. Enjoy the crap out of it like I know you will. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Yeah, I wanted to think he did it on purpose, but there is not way in Hell anyone could have known that was going to happen.
