Terry Smith's Recent Activity
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Terry Smith liked Captain 80s's post in the thread Random photos.
Goddam, that's a good looking bike. [ATTACH] Oh... Fun as fuck too.
May 28, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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Terry Smith replied to the thread New User recently purchased 7th Gen.
Honda shot themselves in the foot by hyping up the 1200 far too much. I think their original plan was to maximise the platform and...
May 28, 2026 at 2:43 PM -
Terry Smith replied to the thread New shock day!.
My lovely yellow VFR800 already has a lovely Nitron R3 shock (courtesy of the PO) and my former ST1300 had a similar shock to the one...
May 28, 2026 at 12:49 PM -
Terry Smith attached a file to the thread New shock day!.
I'd have to say the 1200 was one of the easier shock swap jobs that I have done, the only downside being that to get the rear of the...
May 28, 2026 at 11:19 AM
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Terry Smith replied to the thread A little VFR Maintenance.
Penetrating oil and a little "percussive maintenance" got them free. I assumed they got stuck on old dry fuel residue or something. When...
May 28, 2026 at 10:04 AM -
Terry Smith replied to the thread RC46 front right brake caliper - bolts snapping!.
That makes no sense. I have had the front end apart on all my VFRs multiple times and never an issue with bolts snapping. Are you using...
May 28, 2026 at 10:02 AM -
Terry Smith attached a file to the thread Random photos.
I was surprised to find the diode on my ST1300 hiding in plain sight in one of the fuse boxes. It looked just like a fuse but with three...
May 27, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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Terry Smith attached a file to the thread Random photos.
Where's Grum when we need him? This is the starter circuit for my 800 but they're all basically the same. Apologies if you already know...
May 27, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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Terry Smith replied to the thread 6th Gen Average Fuel Mileage.
The best I've seen on my stock 09 is 17.9km/L or 42 mpUSg, open road riding having a little fun but not going silly.
May 27, 2026 at 4:14 PM -
Terry Smith liked Rumblestrip's post in the thread VFRDiscussion Fini.
While not exactly ideal, pretty certain us VFR owners gonna be ok. Similar happened to the main FZ1 forum not too long ago and most of...
May 27, 2026 at 4:11 PM -
Terry Smith replied to the thread Rant on Purchasing Parts Outside the US.
That will work for me. The weather looks good this weekend, let me know when you have paid for it and I will go and collect...
May 27, 2026 at 3:28 PM -
Terry Smith attached a file to the thread New User recently purchased 7th Gen.
Welcome Mark, 2000 miles since April is good going. The 1200 is pretty different to the ST, did you know that Honda had planned to...
May 27, 2026 at 3:26 PM
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Terry Smith posted a new thread.
New shock day!
Who doesn't love a shiny new shock? I ordered this at the end of March and it has arrived from the UK today. Looking forward to skinning...
Forum: 7th Generation 2010-Present
May 27, 2026 at 2:36 PM -
Terry Smith replied to the thread Fork swap. Any surprises?.
I agree with Mike's suggested straight-rate spring weights. Emulators are great devices and (in my view) a must-have on any damper rod...
May 27, 2026 at 2:23 PM -
Terry Smith liked RogueRC24's post in the thread VTR 2fiddy parts bike.
HeLl yeah! She lives! [ATTACH]
May 27, 2026 at 12:09 PM