Hi Guys, I've recently bought a 97 VFR that has passed through some careless owners and been ridden year round in road salt for several years. As you'd expect there's some surface corrosion and I've spent a couple of weeks attending to a rotten silencer, seized callipers, a seized hub that needed stripping, new chain and sprockets, plus a full and long overdue fluids change and a full service. Throw in a new front tyre, new brake pads and some serious derusting and painting of black bits and cleaning of electrical connections and you get the picture!:smile-new: The bike is now starting to show its potential but there are a couple of things I'd appreciate advice on. First is what sort of fixings should be holding on the lower part of the front fairing? It's a bit of a mess with PO using big fat coach bolts. Second is I can't see where the wire for the pilot/parking light that comes out of the headlight plugs into the loom. Minor niggles but sure would appreciate any information. Cheers:smile-new: 750
Welcome aboard, I like hagis and scotch and milk. Like Shirley Manson too. Wish I could help you oot on your questions, but I am a Generation 3 slum lord. Don't know much aboot the gen4 fixings etc. Went through all the stuff you mentioned and got "it" running well. Saw 150 mph so its good, no two bikes ever ride the same btw. Did you remove your rear hub? I did, and made the mistake of greasing the bearing, well now, I get grease flung oot on my new rotor :frusty: Anyway, good luck and post pictures
Thanks for the reply. Yeah I took off the hub and applied grease; from memory I greased the axle not the bearings but hey, my memory for detail is not always the best! It was the bracket that supports the rotor arm that was seized, the hub moved - although it was a miracle it did given it had a sack of sand in there. Pics below :glee: Cheers Dave
I wish I had photos of the chain, it was the worst I've ever seem with seized links, no trace of any oil and dangerously loose (well you couldn't adjust !) Crazy because the thing has a Scotoiler (what a mess that thing's made,; spoonfulls of gunk!) but he said it was broken - I took a look and the vacuum pipe had just come off the carb spigot. It had also had a stationary drop so the forks were out and upper fairing on one side had been replaced with the wrong colour. PO had sprayed the front 3 fairing sections with a rattle can which looked bad, Fortunately he hadn't prepared the surface at all so I spent a day scraping the paint off with the back of a knife , T-Cut and polished up the original panels and bought a RHS upper in the right colour from a breakers.
Thanks Oz, it'll never be a beauty queen but a sound useable bike is the aim and it's getting close. Cheers
Nice pictures! Maybe the po did the Paris Dakar rally on it? Jeez what a mess in that hub! Far out clean up for sure :thumbsup: My latest bike won't ever be cosmetically sound as my 91, but it is as reliable. Thats the goal, a reliable bike that you can park somewhere without sweating it. Wish I could have gotten some givi luggage off an Ebay auction a few days ago. I think I need a larger tank bag if I take my significant other anywhere on it. That rear hub you cleaned up, you did'nt replace the big bearing that has to be pressed in, did you? I may take off the rear hub again and clean oot some of the grease, will take oot the bike today and see if extended 125mph cruising will expell it :loco: Its not germany but the roads are autobahn like ound: Cheers
Awesome!! Another VFR has been rescued!! mine was not winter driven but was a MESS when I bough it the chain was the original one form 99!!!!! so much more fun to ride when it does what its supposed to
Hey ridevfr, no I left the bearings and just gave them a light smear of grease. Mind you I haven't done anything like the speeds you mention. Thanks troyster, yeah hopping to get some good shake down miles in the next week or two. Cheers
:wave: Dave :welcome: to the zoo lad :wave: Glad to have you and kudo for bringing the Ole girl back to life :thumb: Good luck and keep the report coming.
Cool bananas! I was able to beat the rain and :flip: the rain gods off and rode to a local flea market today (50 or so miles round trip.) I pay 50 cents an axle to ride on the toll rode. Its like your personal landing strip. I hold the bike wide open for a while, minutes? Just wana run it in a bit, being new to me and all. Still acclimating myself to the suspension, as it does not have the parts my other bikes have. Getting some fork springs and going to swap oot the fork oil. Some other little bits but for the most part, it will be an underestimated bike in looks, but not in performance or reliability. Cheers
