Early fuel injected Blackbirds were prone to a harness plug corrosion issue that would cause things similar to this. Does anyone know if the VFR had any similar issues?
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if the brake light is causing this i'd guess on a short. if the draw of the brake light is enough to cause a stall and you want to prove out it's not the draw of the brake light pull out the front signal lights or possibly a head light and leave the brake light in. it's also easy enough to test the r/r with a multimeter.
if you need an r/r i recommend rrstator, they are a canadian company and their r/r is about 1/3 what honda charges. not as cheap as the ones out of china on ebay but you know where you're buying from. they have sales on ebay cheaper than their web site
Last edited by CruisnGrrl; 01-13-2012 at 10:21 AM.
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Early fuel injected Blackbirds were prone to a harness plug corrosion issue that would cause things similar to this. Does anyone know if the VFR had any similar issues?
-Matt
1997 VFR750F RC36
1986 VFR750F Honda Interceptor (sold)
1986 Honda Interceptor VF500 (sold)
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Pictures of some connectors mechanic found, also narrowed problem down to the running light circuit
*the cut small green wire was done by him, to ground that circuit elsewhere to see if that solved it*
Last edited by silverbullet132; 03-09-2012 at 04:12 PM.
1998 Honda VFR800 -Current
1982 Honda VF750S -Sold
I've had problems with those ground consolidation points (big orange connector) on other bikes, but yours doesn't look bad at all.
I don't "see" any problems in your pictures. Did the mechanic find (and solve) the problem?
1998 Honda VFR800 -Current
1982 Honda VF750S -Sold
That is a significant clue.
The problem is not in the lighting circuit. The problem is in the common ground. My guess would be that the ground has failed in another circuit and is grounding through the lighting circuit and that ground is overloaded. That orange connector you have could be the problem; check the Voltage at each pin with power on (use mV range) should be less that 100 mV (to battery -ve). If the Voltages are unequal, there is a problem in the connector. If the Voltages are high, but equal took towards the frame ground.
All of them are like 0.4-0.7mV he says, just checked them. Also cleaned all the grounds except the one at the back right corner of the bike, that is impossible to get to without disassembling the tail section.
Last edited by silverbullet132; 03-10-2012 at 12:10 PM.
1998 Honda VFR800 -Current
1982 Honda VF750S -Sold
Stator turned out to be bad...27v on one phase, 45v on another, and about 80v on the last one. Could this be what is causing the problems?
Ordering a Rick's stator Monday, unless RM stator is better?
1998 Honda VFR800 -Current
1982 Honda VF750S -Sold
K How many shops have you brought your bike at? 3? Why do you have it in your possession? Do you take the bike back broken? I dont understand.
Dont take this the wrong way but you need to find a shop and a good one and bring it there and let them find it. Your changing everything on that bike everytime you hit an issue. You went from a battery to an RR to an harness to plugs to switches and everything in between.
Bring it at a shop and leave it there till they fix it, I dont understand how you get it back from shops if it's not working? You towing it around to get different opinions? and trying stuff at home after?
The artist formely known as Frenchfry
It has been to two shops, rossy toes told me they could not fix it. Brought it home tried a few things, then towed it to the current shop where it has been since October-Ish. The wire harness has also not been swapped yet.
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1998 Honda VFR800 -Current
1982 Honda VF750S -Sold
God d*** man, It's amazing you still have hair on your head I would of lost it all by now lol
My guess is it's in the wiring harness. I mean you have way to many here and there problems. my guess is you cant notice it and it's shorting somewhere. like if it would only do one thing it would be simple but you have so many weird little issues that it's got to be in the harness somewhere.
make sure you stick a new set of plugs in when you try starting it after just in case it fouled them again. Running rich as it's dissadvantage lol
The artist formely known as Frenchfry
1998 Honda VFR800 -Current
1982 Honda VF750S -Sold
Stator replaced but he now discovered the cover had been well messed up by the last owner. Found weld fixup spots, and I think caulking too. Told me when he replaced the stator it was hitting off of the flywheel rotor? Ordering a new OEM cover/gasket tonight/tomorrow.
1998 Honda VFR800 -Current
1982 Honda VF750S -Sold
Cover replaced, waiting for final word Hopefully this bike has been fixed...
1998 Honda VFR800 -Current
1982 Honda VF750S -Sold
I got my fingers crossed for you.
-Matt
1997 VFR750F RC36
1986 VFR750F Honda Interceptor (sold)
1986 Honda Interceptor VF500 (sold)
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