For daily use we have a much modified Benz 3 litre Turbo Diesel as a daily driver. It has a lot of original E500 parts incl: full brakes, full...
I picked up a rare but very good condition RC45 17 x 6.0 rear wheel yesterday here in Japan. Getting closer to my plan to make the rear a centre...
Took the VFR out for a ride on a sunny day today and it ran great. Saw a little local Japanese shrine on the way to town, so I stopped and shot a...
We have earthquakes in Japan almost as regularly as rain. Wardrobes are built into the structure or screwed into the walls. Our expensive stuff is...
Thanks ridervfr. The new throttle cables arrived today from convertibars so they should be the right ones.... will fit them tonight, it'll only...
Welcome & congratulations, looks a nice bike. Rare exhaust too!
Did a bit more work on the bike Saturday morning... She now runs again. Fitted a used TSR clutch slave cylinder I picked up from a CBR1000, to...
Go touring in a different country. Rent a big GS with enduro luggage equipment in Cape Town (South Africa) and enjoy exploring the every changing...
I like classics too. I have a forged engined BMW E30 M3, 2 x FD3S RX-7's (both above 450 bhp, one for road, one for track), AE86 lightweight hill...
...Or just buy Dymag CA5's - now also available for the VFR1200. Nicer 5 spoke design. Under $3000 - delivered. http://www.dymag.com/ca5.html
I've been using http://www.maxtonsuspension.co.uk/ for about 20 years on various bikes. Their fork re-work and shock made a considerable mess of...
I'm English but sometimes I write like in the US on forums. Stuff like "Tires" instead of "Tyres". There are lots of words where American English...
I love my VFR750 (Owned 21 years) but I'd never sell my RC51. They're only going to go up in value from now on, so it's not like it's a bad bike...
It's possible to get all new linings for Shoei helmets. I have an X-11 I particularly like as it almost perfectly matches my RC51's colours and is...
Sadly - You made a mistake and paid for it with pain, a broken bike, etc. It's a hard pill to swallow, but you already know now - to blame it on...
I was in Japan the first time in 1993, to see my then girlfriend of 2 years who I'd met in England whilst she was there... I spent the summer in...
The next Helmet I'll be buying is a Shoei GT Air. Great design with lots of ventilation available and a built-in tinted screen. Ideal so it can be...
The VFR750 RC36-1 was designed and built just before Soichiro Honda passed away (Ironically his grave is at the Gotemba cemetery which neighbors...
The original bolts & fasteners lost their lustre over time, so I bought a complete polished stainless fairing kit from Pro-Bolt, which is...
Ah, that sounds like a ridiculous Ebay scammer price. I'm sure I've seen RC30 tail cowls a lot cheaper than that. A few hundred bucks would be the...
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