Chas, I'm glad this worked for you. Hope the fancy diagram helped. :-) That's why I like these boards: they're basically virtual shop notes that...
Chopper Boy, I had the same issue. Spent 2 years debugging the electrical, ignition, vacuum, PAIR, EGR, etc. systems. Dumped Techron into my tank...
Techron actually works Two years later - and I finally fixed my engine problem. About 2 months ago, the symptoms became noticeably worse. (To...
Well, turns out it's not been fixed. I've been putting up with it through the winter. Changing the boot helped, for about a week, and then it...
This is how my evap system looked when I purchased the bike.
OK everyone, it was a bad spark plug boot in the #3 cylinder. Y2Kviffer, you get the point! All four spark plug wires showed 0 ohms resistance;...
Long time, no post! I had a brake system issue in the spring that took weeks to diagnose, and then I sort of stopped caring about the stumbling...
After reading Bweiss' comment, I should also mention that mine's a '99 as well (though I doubt it's related) but more importantly, it only happens...
For what it's worth, I had this last fall. Not consistently, but around once a week (usually when pulling up to toll booths, that kind of thing)....
Yep, it works Took the VFR out for a 60 mile ride today. Works flawlessly. Thanks for all your help, everyone... you made me realize it must be...
If installed backwards, the brake rod pushes the piston in approx. 1mm, causing lock-up within a few minutes of riding. I doubt you'll normally...
I figured it out! You guys are going to laugh me off the board. :thumbsup: Pulled both the clutch and brake master cyls off the bike this...
Thanks for the replies, everyone. It's literally the only thing keeping me sane on this issue. I seem to have fallen into an alternate universe...
Dan's site is great. Really, really handy stuff. Each time I work on a new subsystem that I haven't dealt with, I check his site to see what kind...
I finally worked on my VFR's brakes tonight. The valuable postings here, combined with doing it at night, took away the pressure of "getting it...
Hey all! Steven113 PM'd me with his above message (he has the same issue and doesn't know where to look) so I thought I'd post my reply so we can...
Ah, thanks for clarifying! I guess "upper" could be seen as the one on the handlebar, or the one on the front left caliper (as it is higher than...
There's no "upper" master cylinder on the Gen 5. There's a front master cylinder by the brake lever, a front secondary master cylinder on the left...
I have a question about the VFR's horribly complex brake system; I'm having a hard time understanding Honda's manual, and I haven't found anything...
The beast is apart Given that this was the first non-rainy weekend in a while out here, I took advantage of the weather and spent most of today...
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