Evening All. New guy here.

Just road home on my new to me 99 VFR. Wow trtaded my st1300 for it and I really like this bike. I know Ill miss the luggage, but I will not miss the weight. I figured well Im goin from a 1300 to an 800 the might be less hwy speed. Ha!! was I wrong. I came home faster than I went down there. Holy cow this bike want's to fly. I got at wow.com in ga. Nice people down there. I don't think I will ever buy a new bike again. You guys have an impressive website here,I like it. Well Ive said enough for now I look forward to talking with you all soon.
Thanks Toy

 

Oh darn!! bagged allready. Sorry, now I have to go back and remember how to do that. Ill figure it out and hit you back.

 

Welcome aboard!

 

Toy,

Welcome aboard. Now type in "Regulator" in the upper right corner "Advanced Search" box,

then you will be an official member of the 5th Generation Batallion. eep:

Carry on ~

 

welcome!

always good to hear input from riders of other models

 

Welcome to the madness.

 

Thank you all. Glad to be here. Hey Porshebob!! Please explain afore mentioned text sir.

 

Welcome! I'm interested to see how you like the bike over time, especially on a longer multi-day trip, compared to the ST.

 

Hey Toy - welcome aboard and congrats!

What Porsche was saying:

Your year bike - aka the 5th gen - was notorious for having problems with the regulator/rectifier (r/r). By using the "advanced search" field in the upper right section of this forum, you will uncover about 487,296 posts (just on this forum) on the R/R, but that's a low estimate.

Bottom line is that you probably want to make sure you either have a spare R/R, of that you're current one has been updated.

 

welcome to the madness!

 

Oh great!!! Not what I wanted to hear. R+R huh. I will reserch this and whip it. I don't scare that easy. I like to work on my bikes. I still have not figured out how to post pixs on your site , I can't find the browse images cliky thingy. Im not as good with the computer as I am with a wrench. And I can't spell worth a darn. Oh well, It does'nt matter.Oh there is an after market box under my seat, wired into my bike. Im gonna take a closer look at that thing maybe its the r+r fix you spoke of. Ok I just looked at the box under the seat. It is a dynojet power comander. Is that part of the fix or something else?

 

The luggage isn't a problem, add a Givi rack and you can pop luggage on-off with ease, at least as much as the ST.







Need pics of your bike now! :biggrin:

 

how far from richmond, va do u live?

 

Hey Toy.
Welcome aboard!
I looked at an ST B4 I bought my Gen 4. 3 gen5's later, i have never owned an ST. your comparison will be interesting.
keep us posted with what you find. re the RR....pffffffft......just buy a spare & keep it under the seat. you'll never need it.

 

Welcome aboard and we're still waiting on pics!!!

 

The R/R is a relatively easy fix. if you're good with a wrench (I'm not) you can easily do this. A lot of people swear by this site as well:

Wire My Bike

Your Power Commander - or PC for short - has nothing to do with the R/R. This is an aftermarket "chip" in simple terms. You can either download certain maps (fuel/air ratio mixes) from Dynojet, or, if you want to, you can bring the bike to a shop and they will provide you with a custom tune (map).

And lastly, to post a pic, try this.

http://vfrworld.com/forums/suggestion-box/18021-how-upload-pictures-vfrworld.html

 

aaahhh!! Thank ya Pliskin. You rock!!!!! I will check this out right now. Oh and thank you every one for you responce.

 

ok I downloaded all my bike shots to the site. So where are they,How do I pull them up,and how do I post them with a thread.Help!!!