what did you do to your vfr today?

Looking good there Aimbot-- fun getting that old casket off huh?


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Found out just how much easier it is to get back there with the shock out the way

Now i need new gaskets

This one is done...

A work of art

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Didn't have to, whoever was in there before me never reinstalled one. Cant complain tho they put in an aftermarket clutch that is still in great shape

 

Oh yeah, I've got the stator being upgraded and asked for longer wires so i can go straight to the reg/rec connector. The reg/rec dc wires are going straight to the battery with a fuse to take some stress off of the original wires/fuse. I might end up still bypassing the original main fuse and installing something fresh, we'll see.

My new side cover bolt came in, had to buy an entire panel with it to get one though... For the life of me i couldn't fine anyone to sell me just the damn bolt. Ah well, $25 shipped and i can quit snipping zip ties every time i want to take a peak at the battery or fuel filter or whichever side i felt was least likely to act up on me

 

While staring at my old seat cover tied on with fishing line awaiting me to finish stitching the new cover pieces together, I wonder why I ever decided to pattern, cut and build my own seat cover.
Finally got the second of two possible seals to stop oil from leaking into my stator cover, pulled the rotor and what do I find but no seal and a quarter sized hold cast into the case allowing a view of my two left most rods. Apparently it is designed to sling a little cooling oil into the stator cover. Boy do feel like an idiot, only option now is to replace or reseal the little grommet that goes over the stator wires as that's where oil is seeping from.
Oh well you live you learn, should have took what I spent on seat cover material, flywheel puller, and seals and just bought a pre-made seat cover.
It goes without saying that this is my first V4, also my first street bike.

 

Little bit of silicone sealant will fix that right up. Shove the wires up through the grommet a bit and clean and dry em, clean and dry the grommet, then coat the wires with sealant where the grommet is supposed to go and put it back in place with a little sealant around the outside of the grommet too. Should fix you right up, just don't use so much that it is falling off into the case. While you're at it take a peak at the connector between those 3 wires and the reg/rec, take a look at the crispy one from mine i posted yesterday... and strongly consider snipping that connector off and directly soldering the wires together. Mine looked good a year ago so i left it alone, wish i ahd just soldered it then.

 

Nope... dont miss that stuff

 

^ nice pipe compared to the stock gen 3 stuff! Glad your enjoying that bike, they last forever yah know. I lucked into a used Penske shock for my newer gen3 bike I got. Had it overhauled and am happy with it. The bike with the Fox shock rides better all around though, not fair to compare them though, as the 91 I had for 22 years and has some other stuff the 93 doesnt have on it. Keep us posted on the zx14 shock eace:

 

I bought mine a new gold chain ..............and new sprockets D.I.D chain and JT sprockets stock 16-43 gearing

Fitted chain and sprockets and cleaned all the gunk out from the cover and flushed the clutch fluid and gave her a drink of new oil and a clean filter

SSOOOooooooo much smoother to ride now

 

Mmm no shiet, care to give the details? that is looking like a 2bro?

 

And a left exit at that!

 

Did absolutely nothing.

BUT: Ammunition arrived in the mail!

 

Are you going to leave the pressure plate bare aluminum? Perhaps something like this might be in order.



Easy enough to do the polishing yourself if you like the look. I used 400, 800 then 1500 to even out the pits from the casting process and then used some Tripoli (Brown and then Red) in order to bring up the shine. I've got a buffer motor on a stand but you could easily get some cotton buffs and use a drill.

 

I looked at the bikes in the garage, slumbering away under their winter covers, and then went out to shovel the 6 inches of snow off the driveway before going to work. LOL

 

Road to work and beautiful 58° clear weather.

 

Yup... its a TBR left side

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I take it your instruments are back to normal? Temps OK?

 

Great photo, AM!

(We got 5" of snow last night.... )