The RC46 story

Image credit  gabitzu79 We get used to our bikes letting us know they have a problem when they vomit their guts up over the back tire so when the dash board starts blinking at you, you are faced with a mix of annoyance at a new problem but relief that you aren't pushing a dead bike back home just yet. The PGM FI unit lets you know it is having bother by leaving the FI light on when the ignition is switched on. To find out the problem you just flick the side stand out and it will blink a code at you in a series of dashes and dots (long and short blinks). The dots are worth 1 and the longer dashes are worth more (I don't have my Haynes manual to hand to give you values, I had a look online and there is allot of bad advice on there from VTEC owners who have a different setup). With this information at hand you can refer to your trusty Haynes manual and pointing you in the general direction of the fault. I initially misread this error code as an injector not working pr...

Pipe Dreams One down side of the mighty Viffer is that due to some boring laws, Honda had to muffle her voice rather more than I'd like. A new can is the obvious answer to this with the added bonus of additional ponies, maybe. Having recently looked at the exhaust system as a whole, I was also in the market for a new system as the old one looked a little suspect in some places. The cost of a system is not cheap. In addition to this I wanted stainless which would make it a bit more and it's for a V4 remember, so that is not going to be a cheap stainless steel octopus I was looking to buy. Well you might think that but as it happens a top individual posted up  a Motad stainless system for a VFR800 with no pictures or further description so with me as the only person daft enough to bid, I won it for £149. Bargain! As you probably expected, I went to my trusted motorcycle pats specialist; eBay. I was however in need of the end can bit and annoyingly other people had th...