mello dude

Cant go wrong with ProGrip 719s or 699s. I havent used any thing else in quite a few years and multiple bikes.

It's purty..... What kind of maintenance does it need since your at 80k?

Waaay easy corner..... Oh look, there's a pond.....

Dude - as a newbie rider you have to understand you must develop skills. And for the moment you have zero. Practice, practice, practice. - Lose the damn cell phone, put it in your pocket. You need all your attention on your surroundings. The moment you look at your cell phone could be the moment you need ALL your focus to save your ass. - Look where you want to go! I notice several times in the video you fixated on something. Well guess what? The object your fixate on is the object you wlll hit.- Look thru a line in the corners. Imagine it and point the bike exactly on that line. - Look where you want to go! - Lastly I saw you purchased a womens jacket. I hope you are not planning to ride your GF on you bike yet. You are way far from being skill enuff to be safe two up. Best wishes, you have a long ways to go.

Vasectomy candidate

Gotta ride one of those..........

Wow, that's nice!

OUCH!

Sounds like a great ride.... but dude- give it up on the k&n filter. Way too many leak.

nice job

Its nice.. would love a road burner like that.. but timing for me is terrible.....

Typically you can do an overnite charge with a battery tender and get it load tested to see if its good, but 5 years old, screw it, replace it. If you have a multimeter (they are cheap) you can check the stator and R/R. Also, Honda's are notorious for frying the stator/RR connector, look at that.

Thanks for the heads up on this, just ordered a bunch of stuff today......

Looking on NADA... http://www.nadaguides.com/Motorcycles/2006/Honda/VFR8006-INTERCEPTOR-781cc/Values Ave price is $5090, for a bike in slightly more worn shape than yours. Yours is very cherry, so $5500 is fair. Just a note, the bike market seems somewhat soft.....

Hilarious...

http://www.originalbikespirits.com/products/spray-cleaner-polish/

Aw, cmon doc, tell us..... ST1300?

Another Vfr

Good luck on your resto..... I used to toy with old brit cars, but fact is still true --- Joe Lucas says dont drive at night. I dont have the patience to deal with that stuff....

I got a good laugh outta Crank......

Jon, mailbox is full. --I'm kinda interested in the Dainese Jacket. I saw in one of your photos a Dainese label with a 52 on it. Is that the same jacket? I'm up to come to Columbus and try it on if its a 54. https://www.flickr.com/photos/betstack/16503694563/in/photostream/

Good luck,Doc.Best wishes!

I'm from the keep it simple stupid school of thought. If you knock out and write down the numbers from the list below, 95% of the time, if there is a problem, it will be obvious. It got named the drill, when someone asked, --"Whats that drill you use to test the charging system?" Use it, it works..... Sorry for your electrical troubles. Well, looks like you gotta do…. “The Drill.” Go through all your connectors for burnt leads, dig deep. Crispy wires? Not good. Your gonna have to fix that! Then---Go through this starting point quick list. You will need a multimeter too. Steps: - Recharge battery overnite - then to take it to Autozone, Batterys Plus or similar to load test. -- Good? Bad? – An iffy battery can fake you out and act like a bad R/R. Buy new if needed. - With good battery fire it up, warm up for a minute or two. These are R/R quick checks--- --- With voltmeter at battery get voltages -- idle volts? 5000 rpm volts? What’s the numbers? Should be in 13ish min idle and in 14s at revs. If in the 12s at idle, try at 1900 rpm. (It’s not unusual for the system to be in discharge or no charge at idle.) - Check stator - 1. Pull connector apart. Set meter to resistance. Check pin to pin stator side, 3 yellow wires, A to B, B to C, C to A. What’s the numbers? 3 separate readings --Should be less than 1.0 ohms. (Engine off) - 2. Check continuity from each A,B,C pin stator side to ground, -- -should be infinity - nada nothing. no continuity. -- 3 separate checks. (Engine off, again connector is apart) - 3. Crank it back up. Do another pin to pin thing, but set meter on AC volts. idle and 5000 rpms. What's da numbers? Should start 15 -20ish and climb 50ish and more. Again – 3 readings stator side connector and still apart. - Repeat hot. ---- You would need to do this if you bike seems fine for awhile, but once getting on the hot side, the charging goes south. Ususally its stator insulation effing up when hot. This quick list will catch the obvious stuff, but if you need to dig deeper check this chart. (Some guys like this chart, my taste, I don’t care for it.) http://www.electrosport.com/media/pdf/fault-finding-diagram.pdf

My next battery for the Valky http://www.motobatt.com/

Most bike shops have it in stock. If you ask for it, they should know what it is.............