VFR400 rebuild

[lizard821000]

about 6 ish today and again last fri. plus an email on the thurs..... sounds like he is just busy, just wanted to see if he was still about or off on hols or something mate. ill try again tommoz.

[lizard821000]

got hold of rick

question, i dont have a sub air filter fitted..... is it needed and what does it do? does/can it effect anything sinister.......or just filter air. lol

battery, should i replace with whats there? rick sells YTX7 or YTX9? whats the one i need?

many thanks lads

[porndoguk]

get a filter it prevents dust from going into the slide cylinders causing them to stick open or not open at all. For £1.50 worth it


Battery the 9ah is a better battery as it has a beyter starting power and will last slightly longer if you have problems starting on a cold day i have one on mine a varta one.

[lizard821000]

yeah the varta ones mate, ill get a 9 then.

the air filter, it wont effect jetting right!? is it a secondary direct air supply, or is it feed from after the main filter?

[porndoguk]

yeah the varta ones mate, ill get a 9 then.

the air filter, it wont effect jetting right!? is it a secondary direct air supply, or is it feed from after the main filter?

Read above, its just for the slides as they run on vacuum, wont affect jetting

[lizard821000]

ok lad, cheers for that!

all ordered

thanks rick

[lizard821000]

quick one for you guys,

the V shape piece that sits between the lower fairings, my old had a wire mesh insert but with a kink in the mesh, is this for a reson? like to go round something once its fitted coz of close contact? just need to know coz my panels aint on the bike and im going to replace it with new, just didnt know if i needed to add this center bend/kink.

many thanks :)

[bikemonkey]

Where abouts in the mesh do you mean?

Mine has a inwards curve at pretty much all the edges but it's nothing major. It's really just where it fits to the v-piece, and definitely not in the center if I am correct.

[lizard821000]

Just need to know if I fit the mesh flat that it won't foul anything, as my old one had like a inward buldge to it, didn't know if this was for a reason. It don't look like its just been kicked in either lol looks purposely there. Cheers

[speedy231278]

It just follows the shape of the v-piece, doesn't it? Amusingly, Honda want almost a hundred quid for that tiddle bit of mesh!! Just make sure there's no chance it can touch the rad. Been there, done that, had the rad worm through as a result...