Good to know. Thanks. Does the VFR have a linked brake system with SMC as well?
He made me do it.
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Good to know. Thanks. Does the VFR have a linked brake system with SMC as well?
mello dude
Half genius, half dumazz whackjob foole
'98 thru '09 has the linked brakes.... Plenty of us (including me) rip those out and replace with different forks, standard style separate brakes with the separate rear...
Simplifies everything...
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The 1200 is completely different to everything else! I just bought one as a do-up project so can speak with authority.
It is a shaft drive but uses a single-sided swingarm that has no commonality with the 1300 shaft system. It is also ride-by-wire so has no wax unit for cold fast idle or starter valves. The engine architecture is unlike any other V4 with a 76 degree V-angle and offset crank pins, and uses the Unicam SOHC valve system for compactness. It does have linked brakes but only a rear-to-front connection, no front-to-rear link so no SMC (and I'm not missing it!).
The general arrangement is practically identical; the VFR forums aren't awash with a lot of tales of seized SMCs like the ST forum but that may be due to less "all weather" riding on the VFR. The 6th gen VFRs (02-13) have simplified LBS with the right calliper being driven solely from the hand lever, but the left middle piston doing the same as the ST. The 5th gen VFR LBS configuration is identical to the ST.
Mello speaks the truth about VFR owners and deleting the linked brakes, I was guilty of this myself on my first 99 VFR (which had quite a few mods) but have kept my current 99 and 09 stock. When kept well-maintained, they are a terrific braking system with good idiot-proofing. The usual sequence for a delink is to replace the fork lowers with those from the VTR1000F Superhawk, then fit opposed 4-piston callipers from say a CBR600F4 and matching master, and then get a larger master for the back brakes to keep the hydraulic ratio correct when you actuate all 3 pistons. The wheel, discs, axle, spacers, fork uppers and fork damper bits remain unchanged, just some fender brackets need to be fabricated. I went a step further and swapped in a complete set of CBR600F4 forks for their beefier dimensions and adjustability.
I forgot that one but yes you are right, the centre rear piston is driven from the SMC on the VFR, where it is the outer rears on the ST.
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