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  1. ^ + 1 for the Fuzeblock, great bit of gear that has been well designed.
  2. TBH 2&3, I'm in the camp of not believing that these cables need lubrication. My old VFR ended up with 146,000km when I sold it, never lubricated the cables, never noticed any changes. I actually have never lubricated throttle cables on any bike I've ever owned (dirt bikes don't count), and when I was younger I use to do serious miles on all my bikes. They're practically sealed at the top, and not much gets at the end as they are pretty well hidden. There might be a reason why the lube aids don't work maybe.
  3. I have this one with a Quadlock and an iPhone 12. I have no problems with it and often do long dirt roads.
  4. Sorry Dazz, just saw this. yes I have the this exact one. LFP14H-BS. 4 years now and still great. Last started the bike in December as I’ve been flat out with work. Left for SBK at Phillip Island last Wednesday, started instantly.
  5. As I’ve just performed maintenance on the bike for my yearly Phillip Island pilgrimage , I updated all my service records and checked this info. When I bought the bike with 7000km on it I thought of going to a 520 like I always used on my VFR, but I decided against it as the 525 was close enough. Bought the top EK from Sprocketcentre in gold, and kept the stock sprockets as they looked fine, they still do at 30,000km. I only adjusted the chain at around 500km from installation, and again at around 15,000km. It now has around 23,000km and still holding at my original's 30mm slop. I’m also not a fastidious chain maintenance maniac. It gets a spray every now and then and a clean every year whether it needs it or not. And a funny thing i noticed was that last year I also performed maintenance on exactly the same date. I will probably do the valves after I get back. The bike will be on around 33,000km then.
  6. I can vouch for the RPHA 70, around 18,000km on it now. It's very well made, fit and finish is excellent and internals are quality feel. The visor is great, the ventilation is not as good as my old Shark Spartan carbon but it's acceptable, it is quieter than the Shark. The sun visor on the other hand has a very soft finish and had very fine swirl marks after my first clean which was a disappointment. Not terminal but annoying just the same. The old Shark sun visor had around 70,000km on it and was still unmarked. AMX were having a clearance sale and they priced matched AU$490 from Chromeburner (which is my go to for gear), the new RPHA71 is a lot more expensive now. Everything is a lot more expensive now.
  7. Check that your thermostat is opening properly. And never use water on most modern bikes. They need 50/50 coolant only as it will boil out easily with just water or a weak mix.
  8. Not sure on the later models, but my 15 turned out to be very sensitive to tyre choice more than pressure. I bought it with the original tyres (bike only had 7000km on it) and absolutely hated them. Replaced them with my favourite tyre which I had been using for a few years, the Rosso III’s. it was still crap even though I’ve loved these tyres on my past 2 bikes (VFR800 and 1050 Sprint). Decided to replace all the suspension as stock was dreadful thinking that was the cause, but they still felt crap on the Tracer. After 2 sets of Rosso’s and 1 set of 01 SE’s (better but not great) I swapped to Road 6. What a difference. The feed back from the front is now good (not perfect as I think the Tracer doesn’t place enough weight on the front), turn in and corner hold is excellent, they’re heavier to direction change but in a good way. As a bonus they’re also not bad on dirt roads I will be sticking with these for a while I think.
  9. Never quite understood why the VFR1200 didn’t get a huge following. It is an outright awesome machine built to the legendary Honda V4 standards, absolute weapon on the highway or the canyons, while still able to cover long distances. Sad to say but no comparison to the FJ, even though the Tracer is an awesome bike in its own right. I guess it could be compared to the VFR being 007, and the Tracer Axle Rose.
  10. All Tracers have springs in both sides, early ones only have one cartridge. If you have one cartridge, oil levels are different, otherwise the same level on twin cartridges.
  11. Agree with Betoney, no Japanese bike has anything but metric bolts.
  12. Bloody hell, I complain here if a winters day gets below 15*C.
  13. I think the 520 to 525 chain wear might have more to do with the 520 sprockets as they have a lot less surface area to work with. So maybe wear on the sprockets even though they look good, might be stuffing the chain. Again, I had no problem going to a 520 on my VFR which had comparable HP with more weight. Or it might just be a 2and3 thing, wearing out due to extreme maintenance 😆 Anyway, we have hijacked this thread I think.
  14. Did you string line the bike to check alignment or did you use swingarm markers Only ask because I found my one was half a marking out. A straight edge on the rear sprocket would also show if your sprockets are out of alignment as opposed to the wheels. I also had a 520 on my VFR with no ill effect.
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