Possible FIRST VFR Help.

Mostly the connectors and wiring are at fault. Norm has good advice on this.

I recently ran redundant 2x charging, 2x ground, and 1 monitor lead directly from the RR to the battery. I also replaced the main 30A fuse housing and the dinky undersized wire attached to it. By doing so, I scavenged almost a full volt from the the system and the reading stays solid under load. I also replaced some connectors with 5mm bullets (they take a 160A continuous load)

 

I just paid $4400 out the door from a dealer for a spectacularly mint 17k mile 98. Yours seems like a great deal!

(granted mine had just gotten full 16k service, all fluids changed, new chain, new tires, and preventative electrical upgrade)

 

Just did the 2nd or third oil change this bikes ever had. Can anyone point me in the direction of a good set of frame sliders/ guards for this bike? I also thought this year had Linked brakes.

 

You got a great deal on a really clean, low mileage, bike! Congratulations!
Hopefully, with the age, the oil has been changed more than that! I'm sure it has by the condition in the photos. No suggestion on frame sliders but you should be able to find lots of posts on it. And the bike does have linked brakes!

 

Front brake only works te front. Rear brake I've noticed is a bit stuff to push but activates both the front and rear brakes. And this bike only had 7800 miles when I got it so that's why so few oil changes. Going to put new plugs soon to replace factory plugs and probably add a k&n air filter as I ha positive results with one on my ex500 with airbox mod

 

Good luck with it.

 

You'll have to read up on the link brake function to understand how it works. Down load a copy of the maintenance manual if you haven't done that yet. You do have linked brakes - both front and rear.
Quite a few folks don't like k&n air filters. I - for one - just use OEM or very similar to avoid a lean condition. Look into that before you decide on that and air box mods.
You'll love the bike!

 

If you look at the left calliper you'll see it is mounted on a pivot and pushes on a secondary master cylinder. When the bike is moving and you apply the front brakes, that left calliper rotates and pushes on the secondary master cylinder and that applies brake pressure to the middle piston on the rear calliper. The rear brake just uses a delay valve and proportionating valve to drive the middle pistons in both front brake callipers.

I agree with the maintenance suggestions above: change all the fluids, replace the oil and air filters. At that mileage I wouldn't bother looking at the valve clearance, but it might be worthwhile balancing the starter valves which helps with a smooth idle and pick-up. One overlooked area of maintenance is the sliding pins in all three brake callipers, you'll see the callipers only have pistons on one side, and so the whole calliper slides sideways a little when you activate the brakes. The slide pins can suffer from corrosion and then the brakes won't slide freely and you end up with uneven pad wear.

 

This is my first fuel injected bike. I've adjusted the valves on my ninja 500 several times. Can you explain more about the starter valves and adjusting them.

 

Starter valves are used to synchronise the airflow through the 4 throttle bodies. You can see them on the RHS of the air box below the fuel pressure regulator. There's one fixed valve (#1) and then the other three valves are adjusted relative to that. You need a set of vacuum gauges for this job.


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Good thing I have a set of vaccum gauges then ;P

 

You connect those to 4 hoses that get parked on stubs at either side of the air box. Be warned that on the 5th gen VFR the synch is deliberately uneven. Download the service manual! My recall is #2 matches #1, #3 is 20mm Hg below 1 and #4 is 10mm below 1, at 1200 rpm and normal operating temp.


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P/o gave me a cD with a PDF of the honda factory workshop manual. Mine is only 2 gauges.

 

2 gauges is ok, you just leave one attached to #1 as reference and work through the other 3 valves one at a time. The other 3 all get set relative to #1.


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Finally got my account to confirm. Here's a few pics.