2004 Honda VFR800
On March 23rd, 2008, I finally picked up the bike I had been looking for - a 2004 Honda VFR in Asphalt Black (only year that color was available) with ABS.
I purchased it with Pazzo short black levers, ProGrip dual sport grips, ProGrip Carbon Fiber Tank & Gas Cap Protectors.
- Puig dark smoke touring windscreen
- Pazzo levers
- Full OEM luggage set
- 06+ VFR clear turn signal + rear lenses
- Eagle Eye LED turn signal bulbs with Custom Dyamics relay
- O2 Sensor Eliminators
- NEP Cruise Control
- Garmin Zumo 550 Motorcycle GPS
- Sargent seat
- Speedo Healer (speedometer calibrator)
- Power Commander III USB (fuel injection remapper) w/ Coyze's map
- PAIR valve and vacuum lines removed and TKO block off plates installed
- Starcom1 Advance Motorcycle Communicator
- Gutted stock exhaust [Youtube]
More pictures can be found here:
| Date | Miles | Work performed | Performed by... |
| 03-23-2008 | 11251 | Purchased! Oil and tires only about ~1000 miles old. | |
| 05-22-2008 | 12056 | Hit a pothole & bent front wheel beyond repair. Ordered new wheel, got two Michelin Pilot Road 2 tires installed. | me |
| 05-22-2008 | 12056 | Replaced air filter | me |
| 05-22-2008 | 12056 | Installed O2 sensor eliminators (330 ohm resistors) and VFRness wiring harness. | me |
| 06-10-2008 | 12368 | Changed oil with Shell Rotella T Syn | me |
| 08-24-2008 | 14484 | Flushed brake fluid with ATE Blue and installed EBC HH brake pads front and rear | me |
| 10-01-2008 | 15408 | Changed oil with Rotella T Syn | me |
| 01-21-2009 | 17567 | Thermostat was stuck open - replaced thermostat & flushed coolant. | me |
| 03-26-2009 | 17599 | ABS system repaired. 2 new modulators + a new controller | Honda Peninsula |
| 04-03-2009 | 17730 | Replaced rear tire (Michelin Pilot Road 2) | me |
| 04-13-2009 | 18466 | Changed oil with Rotella T Syn | me |
| 06-27-2009 | 19869 | Installed new Michelin Pilot Road 2 front tire | Santa Clara Cycle Accessories |
| 09-01-2009 | 21457 | Changed oil with Rotella Syn Replaced chain (preventative) Replaced battery (preventative) | me |
| 09-09-2009 | 22023 | Replaced rear tire with Michelin Pilot Road 2 | Santa Clara Cycle Accessories |
| 05-17-2010 | 24619 | Changed oil with Shell Rotella T syn | me |
| 05-17-2010 | 24619 | Replaced front tire with Michelin Pilot Road 2 | Santa Clara Cycle Accesories |
| 07-01-2010 | 25763 | Got new rear tire mounted (Michelin Pilot Road 2) | Santa Clara Cycle Accesories |
MPG Log
| Date | Miles | Gallons | Price | MPG |
| 2008-10-21 08:42:17 | 16781 | 4.456 | $3.159 | (N/C) |
| 2008-10-26 08:50:52 | 16841 | 1.609 | $3.239 | (N/C) |
| 2008-10-28 09:02:46 | 16969 | 3.667 | $2.639 | 35.633 |
| 2008-11-13 17:30:29 | 17106 | 3.88 | $2.269 | 35.309 |
| 2008-11-24 13:45:58 | 17277 | 4.765 | $2.059 | 35.887 |
| 2009-01-17 10:50:59 | 17431 | 3.002 | $2.139 | (N/C) |
| 2009-01-18 16:21:38 | 17523 | 2.018 | $2.069 | (N/C) |
| 2009-03-26 18:31:47 | 17599* | 4.391 | $2.279 | 37.6365 |
| 2009-04-05 08:47:00 | 17748* | 4.277 | $2.249 | 34.7204 |
| 2009-04-05 12:14:47 | 17831* | 2.975 | $2.339 | 28.1006 |
| 2009-04-19 18:14:44 | 17939* | 3.083 | $2.299 | 34.9657 |
| 2009-04-25 08:16:27 | 18025* | 2.25 | $2.419 | 38.1414 |
| 2009-04-25 10:57:27 | 18095* | 2.245 | $2.499 | 31.3588 |
| 2009-04-25 13:57:27 | 18195* | 2.983 | $2.649 | 33.5566 |
| 2009-04-25 16:10:43 | 18268* | 2.54 | $2.499 | 28.5824 |
| 2009-05-06 09:07:49 | 18438* | 4.626 | $2.259 | 36.8566 |
| 2009-05-16 08:29:07 | 18617* | 4.653 | $2.479 | 38.2976 |
| 2009-05-21 20:31:44 | 18799* | 4.722 | $2.639 | 38.6705 |
| 2009-05-22 16:34:24 | 18939* | 3.046 | $2.699 | 45.8634 |
| 2009-05-25 07:49:31 | 19170* | 5.265 | $2.239 | 43.8746 |
| 2009-05-25 11:26:46 | 19326* | 3.94 | $2.659 | 39.6451 |
| 2009-05-31 08:13:49 | 19420* | 2.249 | $2.759 | 41.5745 |
| 2009-05-31 11:37:15 | 19501* | 2.866 | $2.799 | 28.402 |
| 2009-06-13 10:49:50 | 19597* | 2.748 | $3.079 | 34.8249 |
| Lifetime Average MPG: | 36.095 | |||
MPG data captured by the iPhone application 'AccuFuel' and automatically imported by my custom PHP script from AccuFuel's email export.
* = Actual mileage & MPG. At odometer 17599, I installed a speedohealer which pulls the speedometer down 9.1% (it was optimistic). Unfortunately the odometer is not optimistic, but the speedohealer also pulls the odometer down. This information has been corrected to be accurate.