Smoking

[fastdruid]

Originally Posted by Spanner Man

Good afternoon all.

VFR's don't smoke as a rule. Give it an oil & filter change, & change the coolant, give it a good run & see how it goes. Also check for an oil in the airbox.

Hmmm, you'll always get a touch in there but a lot is either a sign of something major or the bike has been on its side/upside down. I'd expect more blueish smoke if it was oil too.

Carb balancing is a little tricky on VFR's, it helps to have the correct tools to get at the adjustment screws. Having the engine configuration they have, any imbalance seems more noticeable than on in line 4's. Hence, they can sound & feel very rough if the balance is out.

Not tried it on the RC36 but the RC24 isn't too bad, you can actually reach into the V and adjust without too much grief. Use something over the coolent pipe otherwise you get burnt though.

Far better with a long right angle driver though

Druid

Again lies my problem temp gauge aint working so im going in to clean contacts and trace wires about once ive got the fairing off friday.

[Edit] bike has deinatly been on its side due to the fact their fairing damage

[fastdruid]

Ah ok then, disconnect the connector from the temp sensor, you can just about see the temp sensor lead in this picture (the RC36 is very similar) where it goes into the thermostat 'bottle' in between the tube to the thermostat and front engine mounting.


Now turn on the ign and connect the connector to earth, the temp gauge should flick to max temp, if it does not then you either have a wiring or gauge fault. If it does then you have a faulty sensor or not enough coolant!

Druid

oooo thankyou druid.
much better than haynes for a more outward shot.

ill keep the camera close and keep this going as a project thread from now on.
should hopefully go well.

well starting from now....this is it jus before a nice wash as i only just got it.


friday will be breaks sorted and lower fairings taken off with coolant changed and trying to sort out the temp sensor.

[fastdruid]

Same brakes as mine then, bit of TLC and they work a treat, use genuine honda pads, part no 45105-ML7-405 make sure you grease the slider pins, use red rubber grease.

Guttingly pads used to be £12.50 a set, now they are £17

http://www.davidsilverspares.co.uk are good for bits, not sure exactly which year that one is, 91? Anyway something like http://www.davidsilverspares.co.uk/parts/part_80967/

Druid

You have everything vfr dont you!
My plan as the front discs are pretty warn is to replace with some of the nice ol blade ones as they are all interchangeable, but that can wait as the pads are fine for now just need to stop the binding then tis rideable.

[fastdruid]

£89 per disk for new genuine ones.

IIRC the blade ones are *not* interchangable, that's the later VFR with floating discs where you can fit the 17" wheel to the blade.

Druid

ah again im going into it all abit missinformed but most of those bits are a far way off.
once engine and fairing are sound i can focus on making it pretty!

[fastdruid]

Very nice looking, of course you bought the lardy slow touring version rather than the best version.


Looking at that it has a motad silencer, does it have the downpipes too?

Its expensive if they rot but the motad ones are stainless and last for ever, figure on ~£300 + labour for new downpipes at some point if they haven't been replaced.

Druid