It's entirely possible that the shock has blue oil in it. It's basically the same as fork oil, and I have seen blue fork oil. If it's pogo-ing,...
I would expect the replacement to last a lot longer. The new ones are supposed to be upgraded. One of the things that messes them up, is grungy...
It will probably need fork seals, brake work, and carb work. None of this is a deal killer, just something to be prepared for. If your friend is...
Is there oil in the airbox?
A good site to buy gear is www.newenough.com.
I am very picky, I want a pad material that will provide good stopping power in a variety of conditions, without putting excessive wear on the...
Last night at the supermarket, the kid bringing in the carts from the parking lot asked me "Is that your bike?" I admitted that yes, indeed, it...
Well, I have no first hand experience of this, but I have heard that it's bad juju to try to remove the emissions stuff from these bikes. There's...
IIRC, you also have a lot of basic mechanical stuff you need to go over before you consider investing in upgrades, anyway. But once you get...
They connect directly to the atmosphere. :smile:
I see a lot of guys who want their wives to ride, but what they want is for their wives to be the same kind of riders they are. That doesn't...
Usually with a head gasket it goes the other way, coolant into the oil. I'd change the oil right away, and look closely at the oil that comes...
Those connectors melt all the time. There's an upgraded one available from Honda, but the upgraded ones melt too. Some people just solder in...
Probably more than half the irritation of going through V4 carbs is just getting the dumb things out. :smash: And the remaining irritation is...
http://vfrworld.com/forums/suspension-articles/7700-fork-seal-replacement.html
I've been thinking of doing it to the stock pipes on some of my bikes, just to keep them from rusting away, and who cares about any performance gains?
Are they going to take the carbs out for you, or do you have to pull them and bring them in?
My new-to-me VFR, April 2007
It might be worth upgrading the suspension, with that kind of load the right suspension would help a lot.
Look at part #8. According to the fiche the part is called SPRING, PAD and the part number is 45108-MA3-006. (Note my fiche is kinda old, so the...
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