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Check the vacuum hose / fuel tap diaphragm for splits - maybe also up the idle a tad to avoid it stalling from carb farts >1200-1300rpm.

Search for CBR coil mod

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though pics are missing....

https://www.superhawkforum.com/forums/m ... ils-22773/

You caan drop an inch with a comfort kit adjusters - though rear brake needs a bit of foot lifting to apply. Gear lever can be adjusted to suit.

Varadero

Use this - to compare bikes and modify the ergonomics using the options http://cycle-ergo.com https://p198.p4.n0.cdn.getcloudapp.com/items/WnuJ5XX5/Image%202020-09-09%20at%207.59.05%20pm.png?v=696e5ad52ac8c120a8694ce7a9d0985d Get a transalp - comfy as an arm chair, slippers & pipe - N02 optional...

I can see the attraction. They don't take up much space carried on the train, and small enough to stick under your desk in the office, so nil chance of it being nicked. And the office lunchtime gp would be a laugh.......once round Accounts, left at the water cooler and first into the canteen wins. ...

Concur on the bus lanes In my town you can ride a bike in bus lanes - in Ipswich you can't. Wish there was some consistency. Not keen on the leccy scooters flitting about like Mayflys - illegal except if you hire them in town where they are being tested. But if they become widespread which is likely...

They must have travelled! I bought them originally secondhand from nr Bishops Stortford / Gt Dunmow way sometime around 2001.

https://p198.p4.n0.cdn.getcloudapp.com/items/Qwu0w2vP/vtr-R-R-small.jpg?v=a555fc1d1138b703f8567952bcfcf838 Early models 97-01 are very prone self cooking, later ones 01-05 came with upgraded finned R/Rs but better still... Fit a mosfet FH020A as fitted to some Yamahas MOSFET Regulator/Rectifiers - ...

If it hasn't already got an aftermarket can / or you want a bit more of a burble* then this is a good value SS replacement with removeable baffle and fits with the pannier racks. *with the baffle in sounds stock and without not VTR loud! but a bit more burbly. https://delkevic.co.uk/Honda/XL650V%20T...

Snap!

vipfto wrote: ↑Mon Aug 24, 2020 12:23 pm Hmm I'll find out when I do ccts I guess

http://www.vtr1000.org/phpBB3/viewtopic ... 165133d5d4

vipfto wrote: ↑Mon Aug 24, 2020 12:01 pm Cheers for the ccts
It's not a jdm model already unrestricted and full power version. The Japanese version has 92hp and eu version. 109 c

It might still have carb intake restrictors depending on which EU country it came from.

Greetings You should be able to find Moriwaki cans locally for a good price :cool2 and for manual CCTs order in a set from Mark Krieger in the US :thumbup: http://www.clems-garage.com/CCT/vtr1000_sprhwk_frstrm.htm Also check for Japanese market 180 to 190km/h speed restrictor which can be bypasssed ...