2001 vfr800 hydraulic clutch

Hey everyone, I recently bought a vfr800 and it has a hydraulic clutch. I don't have much experience with a clutch of that type, and I was wondering if it is normal to hear the hydraulic fluid or noises of the such when you engage it. If that's not normal, would changing the fluid fix it? The bike shifts great and doesn't slip, those noises I heard are my only concern. Also, I want to flush my brake system, and I was wondering if there was a particular order I needed to bleed the front calipers, because there are two if them. Any suggestions and input would be appreciated!


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I also wanted to add, that my front brakes are a little tight, the tire moves, but not with a lot of ease. Any suggestions to fix that?


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Hello B1
Flusing the system would help. Not sure when is the last time the bike got all new fluid.
As for the front might want to check to see if the rotor is warp and the wheel is straight, move the wheel side to side if any plays.
Worn bearing can cause the wheel hard to spin.

 

When I opened up the reservoir, the fluid was dark brown for the clutch, I don't believe the previous owner changed it in a while


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Also, could anyone describe the process I should use to flush and bleed my brake system?


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With the linked brake system the brake bleeding process is a bit more involved than with a standard bike. It's not hard but takes a little bit of studying to figure it out.
The service manual does a good job with that detail. You should be able to find the manual on-line as a free download. It's worth the time to get it.

 

When I bought my 5 Gen last year the clutch/brake fluid looked like coffee! The rear brake was so hard to engage that I needed to rebuild the caliper as two of the pistons were nicked and causing the rubber seals to get damaged and actually gummed up the caliper. As mentioned the linked braking system is a little different than the traditional separate brake systems of most bikes, the Honda Service Manual would definitely be something to have on hand. As far as the front goes, like Scuba said, check the rotors and the wheel bearings, but my guess is that the calipers are probably very dirty, considering the state of the brake fluid. I thought there was a post here that showed how to bleed the brakes but either way, it's not too difficult, just time consuming IMO.

Here is a link to the HSM. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/30586170/98-01%20Honda%20VFR%20Interceptor%20Service%20Manual.pdf

 

Where R you located at? Some of the members closes by can lah a helping hands

 

I actually live in grand haven Michigan


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Get yourself a mighty vac
It will save you time and headache. Worse case post up a new threat asking for help. Peeps will come to you if you said free IPA

 

Awesome, thanks for the help!


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Having bled both 5 and 6 Gen lines, I can say that the Mity-vac comes in handy when flushing/filling the lines. I put speed bleeders on all my bleed points so bleeding is really simple now. Definitely grab some brake cleaner and clean the calipers/pistons with cleaner and old toothbrush, the brakes will work a lot better.