Problems with 2006 abs vfr!

I had a rough trip today due to my 30 inch inseam of my leg. I came as close to droping the bike today at the gas station, got a small dent in the heat shield, my right foot is just too short. On the way back I stoped at the seat repair man and he is going to shave a inch off my 4.oem seat. I don't think I want to ride it again tell he does this, I did adj the chain today- what is the torque on that 1. adj nut? and found one more problem-the axle nut has a 2. hole on the top that looks like its missing and what type of grease goes in there 3.? So that's four things-I need to fix right away! Thanks for any idea's !:help::noidea:

 

Slow down grasshopper ound:
Flip the triangle that will give you an inch lower
http://www.vfrworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14909
The torque I believe is 54 lpf ft I am not sure
What hole are you talking about Willy....? Picture with question would help
I used Honda dry lube

 

Here it is

 

Ok, that pinch bolt has a hole in it-isn't that where you add bearing oil-why is there a open hole there?-it looks like I got the nut tight enogh-I will torque it to 54 pds. I will check the chain slack too. I think I will go with a custom lowering Kit maybe.:faint:

 

Hey is that pinch bolt with a hole it-is that how you grease the axle bearing? Or is the axle bearing a sealed unit. Is it normal to have a hole on top of the pinch bolt or is there something missing? something is a bit strange here?:mechanic:

 

I am not sure about the hole........Is it on top of the Pinch bolt?
I don't think it is for you to add lube, I can be wrong :noidea:

 

It is a sealed unit that requires zero maintenance. It is either good or bad. The hole I believe is there for the casting process.

As far as lowering, I bought a Sargent seat and it was plenty for me. I've got a 30" inseam as well. Make sure your preload isn't set to high on the rear shock as that will jack up the rear a little bit as well if you aren't heavy enough.

I would take Scuba's advice on flipping the triangle. It may be enough to do what you need it to do and it is FREE.

 

Yes there is a hole in the middle of the pinch bolt that you tighten to keep the chain adj from movin-I thought it was strange-not a good place for a hole-junk could get inside the hub. I thought that might be where you add gear oil? Maybe there is supposed to be a cap there that fell off or something else-! It looks like the rear axle might be a sealed unit-could that hole actually suppose to be there as maybe a water drain off hole?

 

I think a picture is worth a thousand words here because I don't have any such holes on my bike.

 

How much of a drop did you get with the sargent seat? I believe your right-about the preload being too much too-the old owner must have weight more and have longer legs. I will have to be more carefull sometimes I try too hard. Do you think adj the preload and a sargent seat maybe give me a 1/2 inch drop? Its not just a 30 inseam problem, I have a old barn with uneven floors-I need to lower the center of gravity by either having a very low amount of gas like no more than 3-4 bars or take some weight off the bike like getting some light weight slip -ons-those oem mufflers weigh a ton.:scared:

 

I take a pic of the pinch nut with a hole in it-it does look like it belongs thwere-but I would think some plastic cap might have been on there-that's a guess? Or perhaps it might be there as some sort of water drain off hole

 

I think, I will try two things to adj the bike-first adj 1. the preload then have the 2.seat custom fitted-shaved down 1 inch-! Later on I will try to turn the triangle to lower the bike 3/4 a inch-that should be all most 2 inches-lower seat height when I finish ! The axle hole pinch bolt-was most likely-just a water drain hole-put there to make sure water doesn't stay in the hubotstir: and screw up the sealed bearing- if you look at the pic in chain adj-looks like its normal. I just got a new helmet that's a bit lighter shoie rf1100 in blue/white size small-believe it or not a heavy helmet adds to the top heavy ness. I sent back a m size-too loose and loosy color-black white gray-ug, but has the same shell size just more padding inside.

 

Holy Pinchbolt Batperson!

No hole in mine... What it might be is a replacement. Stock on mine has a shoulder. Sonofwolf needs mostly to get ahold of a factory manual, look up on UTube on how to get that bike up on the centerstand and always look for alternatives if inseemely challenged.

This should offer some alternatives as well as some form over function:

https://www.google.com/search?q=pla...AKK3YDoAw&ved=0CFEQsAQ&biw=1680&bih=923&dpr=1

 

I did get the bike up on the center stand with some help from another biker-who never even trys to adj a chain himself-kind of funny-he really was a good rider too-zx11 rider, I never adj the chain on a vfr before-does work much better-clunking sound gone. Perhaps different vfr's had a hole in the pitch bolt-maybe some do some don't-I don't know. But the pic in the manual all ready posted-it looks like a hole is there-? This is not a easy bike to ride-at least the one I got. It needed a oil change-did that, chain loose-did that, bar end all most fell off-fixed that too. No air in tires -fix that. I am guessing the pre-load in back is way too much -got to turn that knob- Helmet to old and loose-got new one today-it fits-RF1100 sheio -that takes 1 pound high up top. If this stuff isn't working-well I fall down and can't get up!:boink:

 

:horn:I google vfr 800 pitch axle bolt and saw a hole in that bolt in the pic! So maybe some do and some don't-my guess is it there to empty and water that gets in the hub so it doesn't ruin the sealed bearing by letting water sit there!

 

Depending on what one believes, as in believing in or not about reincarnation, I am wondering if possible that with the untimely demise of "go for a ride", we have some evidence that reincarnation does indeed occur.

 

I think you may have something the pinch bolt may have not had a hole in it before Honda came to find out water collects in the hub-! I have to wonder if a plastic cap might have gone it the whole-but fell out . But in any case I am lowering the air pressure in the tires to 33 front and 35 rear-to soften the ride and also to flatten the tire, so it won't tip over as easy! I did that on my r6 and it worked.:jaw:

 

I had a look through my picture archives and found these, perhaps they could help?

 

I guess that hole in pinch bolt is nothing to worry about-just odd-since the bearing is a sealed type-just thought it was strange!

 

Mine has it too. I have no idea why its there other than maybe to lessen the weight, however much that would be. But I guess every bit helps. That hole goes right through and opens at the bottom of the bolt. So the bolt is actually hollow.