REUNITED! Honda VFR Comes Home
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Merry Christmas everyone. Thank you for a great year on the channel, long may it continue.
A nice little sign off to the Picos saga with my bike issues. So, almost 11 weeks ago I called for breakdown assistance in Biarritz, France. Today, She finally comes home, fixed and raring to go. Find out what happened, why she let me down, and what was needed to fix her.
All the very best. Have a lovely, safe and happy Christmas!
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You are so very fortunate to have a guy like Steve locally, you can tell just by listening to him how genuine and passionate he is, what a top fella
Old school bike mechanic... Brillant👍👍👍
Steve's a proper technician. I love it when someone has actually has put in the time to know the systems rather than just changing parts. That's worth it's weight in gold. I appreciate this more than most people because most of my career has been with electrical and electronic systems, and when a mechanic has taken the time to gains such knowledge it's very impressive. Ten years ago, I would have said the same thing about battery chargers, but I think he's lumping all brands together just to be on the safe side. Optimate's monitoring system is so good that it really does know when the battery needs charged, when to shut off and when the batt needs conditioning. The are actually easier on the battery then the MC charging system and prolong its life. I'm pretty sure Steve is still thinking about thing like old Deltrans chargers that advertised themselves as something you could keep connected, but actually dried up batteries and damaged the plates if you left them connected for too long. Same with the old trickle chargers. **PS, Steve stated that the extra draw from the starter motor caused the regulator to try to compensate, which also put more strain on the battery, and a starter motor being constantly on is a LOT of strain. That lead to him showing you the shape of the battery, which the strain from that starter motor can cause in short order. He didn't say it was from your charger. You volunteered that info and he said he generally didn't think it was a good idea.
Hey Richy from the US. Agreed! There is nothing worse than waiting for your bike to be returned to you from the shop. I have an older Interceptor. Love her. Since I bought her she's been in twice. The first time was for inspection to get tags/title etc. Needed a fair amount of work. 6 Weeks! Was completed the weekend before Christmas! 2019. She just went in for rotors, pads, tune up, wheel bearings etc. Been a week and half. Waiting for the call to go pick her up. It's like missing a loved one. Take care. Maybe I can get to the UK for a Wildbad tour. Love the videos and the genuine appreciation you have for your friends!!
Hard to beat a great mechanic you can trust. Have my vfr nearly 3yrs. Do a few miles. Over to France, Germany, Belgium. Not a days trouble. I love it. It's a 2009 model and I bought it because I found richie and the lads channel 4yrs ago and just had to try a vfr 800vtec. No regrets. Only thing for me now is to try the wildbad weekender 😛..keep up the great work rich and lads.
Merry Christmas to you and your family, Rich! Glad the Silver Beast is home safe and sound for the holidays! Thank you for everything you've taken the time to edit and share with all of us this year!! :)
Great 2019 finale vid Richy, pleased you have her back. Looking forward to many more for 2020. Happy Christmas👍
Great to see you reunited mate.
Great vlogs throughout 2019, I hope you & the family have a fantastic Christmas & a Biketastic 2020. 🎄🎄🍺🍺🍺🏍🏍
So proud you have her back! Merry Christmas and have a happy New Year!
So glad you got her home safe mate I know how much she means to you and glad she’s all sorted , happy Christmas to you and your family,thanks for all the videos mate 👍
Great you've got your lady back. Merry Christmas to you and the family and all the best for the new year.
Thank you for sharing so many great videos in 2019 and a happy new year to you. I look forward to follow your channel here in 2020.
Great stuff Richy👍.... glad youve git the old girl back in the garage. Merry christmas and a happy new year to you and your family.
All's well that ends well. Glad everything worked out for you in the end. Happy Xmas & all the best for 2020.
Delighted she is back up and running Richy , merry Christmas to you and yours . Roll on 2020.
Glad you got bike back Richy all in one piece! Hope you, your family and the rest of the Widbad team have a fantastic Christmas. Looking forward to some more excellent video's in the new year!
So happy you have got her home for Christmas Richy and well done again Steve.
Quite a nice Christmas gift to have the lady back home. ;-)
Thank YOU Richy for this one more year of sharing your adventures. Best wishes and Merry Christmas to you and the WBT !
Thanks for sharing the full story Richie, glad it has a happy ending!! Merry Christmas to you and yours, all the best 👍🏻
Great watch,so happy for you to get her back finally.All the best👍
Glad you’ve got the lady back and all is fine and wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas and new year 👍
Great news, that finally you have your bike back Richy. Steve has done a great job for you. Looking forward to your 2020 trips now.
Merry Xmas Richy and the family, great to see you reunited with the Vfr..
Glad you have the bike back on the road again, Steve certainly knows his stuff. Hope you have a great Christmas and look forward to watching your 2020 adventures.
Merry Christmas !! Thanks for this years Entertainment.Glade you've got the old girl back.Looking forward to 2020. !! cheers.
Rich just a fantastic result fella. What a fantastic discovery Steve is and great to see the VFR smiling again. Heres to 2020 and a great festive period to you and your family, the Wildbad Family and all your subscribers.
And you, Paul. Merry Christmas 👍
Glad you’ve got her back - and Merry Christmas to you and yours! Thanks for the entertainment throughout the year.
What a nice Xmas present for you. Good that you haven't suffered the dreaded VFR reg/reg issue. Great comment from Steve re: battery conditioners. I have always thought the intelligent chargers were taking the battery through charge/discharge cycles. Just unplugged my optimate, and on my sons bike. Have a great Christmas and looking forward to your vlogs next year.
Glad to see you back on the road m8, hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas!
Great to have your bike back and running sweet as a nut like it was. Merry Christmas to you and yours Rich, looking forward to 2020’s videos. All the best mate.
Great follow up vid Rich, glad we have a happy ending, well done. Have a great Christmas buddy to you and your family, health and happiness for 2020, look forward to next year 👍🏍
So happy you have the bike back and Steve is an awesome technician. Just look at his shop, you can literally eat off the floors! He is proud of his work and it shows. You are lucky to have him!
Great to see her back Rich. A great end to the year. I've watched every single video at this stage and I'll honestly say that your uploads are the best without a doubt on RUclips and an inspiration to me and no doubt others when it comes to touring. Looking forward to 2020. Merry Christmas.
Wow. Thanks so much, Michael. For your comments and your time!
Steve Scott - what a top bloke. Happy Christmas Richy and all the best for the new year.
Great result and great old school mechanic.
Super years entertainment
Many thanks happy travels. 👍
God job Steve. Nice to see the bike up and running. Happy Christmas mate.
Hi Richy - This vid demonstrates exactly what the biking community is all about. Brilliant! Reunited and able to just pop into the garage for a quick stroke! Merry Christmas to you and yours. Yours aye, Alan
A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your family Richy, 👍😎🇬🇧.
Very good shout Rich, sounds like you made the right call taking it to Steve.
Glad you’re back on the road on that gorgeous VFR! 👍🏻
Great to see you had you beloved Bike back and here is to see you on many adventures next year. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and your Family.
Merry Christmas to you, too, Lyn.
Glad you got her back. It turned out to be a simple thing like that. Happy Christmas mate . NEIL A VFR750 owner.
Glad you have your bike back. Marry Christmas to you to Richy al the way from Granada. Tomorrow is of to Algeciras to catch the ferry to Morocco. 20-22°C all day long and deserted roads. Bloody brilliant 🤘
Glad you got her back pal .great story.. felt your pain and frustration. Happy Christmas to you and your family rich 🥳
Glad to see the vfr back where it belongs, have a great Christmas and New year to all the wildbad crew
I’m watching this 2020-01-01 = Happy New Year 🎆 All the best to you & family and the Wildbad Community !!
Richy,Steve is an absolutely first class mechanic as you are finding out,cant fault him,I ll be going on the Sunday morning ride outs in 2020 so hopefully get the chance to ride with you.
Happy all turned out well in the end with the Picos tour,but can I say the tour videos were great,obviously up until the breakdown.
Keep the brilliant videos rolling and merry Christmas to you and your family.👊👊.
got a tear in my eye Rich, absolutley made up she's back. great ending Richy, for a great couple. all the best lad.
Good to see the vfr is back where she belongs, hope you all have a lovely Christmas, hopefully catch you out and about next year when your over in Wales merry Christmas all 🎄
Well it has been a brill year for all use Wildbad disciples too mate, theses videos you give us are so good. Think I’ll go and have a glass of wine as well and go and stare at my bike too! I get that completely! I hope your Christmas is going well and I hope to see you in 2020 as your channel grows and as always, kind regards and I wish you well.
"Cheers Steve see you soon" ... Hopefully not too soon hey! Great to see her back. Merry Christmas
Lovely video Richy and a perfect xmas present get your beloved VFR back , have a great xmas .
Excellent to see the old girl back! I don’t know how you managed 10 weeks without, I only had to wait 3 weeks to get mine sorted and can’t stop riding her since getting her back! Recovery companies like to try and blame the reg/rec. I had a similar diagnosis when mine broke down but when it was checked and repaired by my mechanic we found it was actually the stator that had burned out and the reg/rec was fine. Good tip about using the optimate too. Have a merry Christmas and all the best for the New Year 🍷👍
I think I will definitely be paying this guy a visit in the future What a guy Steve is ... really glad you got the bike back and running richy 👍
That’s a bit random eh.....anyway glad she’s fixed and back home with you. Have a great Xmas mate and looking forward to more adventures in 2020. All the best from the burnt Southern land.
great news Richy probably the only present you longed for this christmas keep her rubber side down for many years to come ,wishing you and your family a lovely festive period
Thank you for sharing your stories with us. Bloody fantastic stuff. Merry Christmas to you and the fellow Wildbad followers.
VFR800 for ever ye ha.
Time for another Uncle Jack.
Glad you got her back home, your lucky you have a guy like Steve to look after her...top bloke...😁
Here’s looking to a great new year for you and back to what you do best...touring 🏍🏍 and provide all the great vids for us..👍
Have a good one 🍺🍷
Thankyou for a year of great content. Merry Christmas and a fantastic New Year .
The sentiment you have toward your bike is exactly how I feel toward mine 👍
So glad to see you got the bike sorted, here's to many more miles. Merry Christmas mate
Merry Christmas to you, too! 👍
Well done Steve sounds like a mechanic we all need in our toolbox, lesson learnt for all of us, if in doubt just get your bike returned and get it fixed with your usual mechanic who knows your bike and TRUST
Having someone like Steve is invaluable, what a top bloke. Have a wonderful Christmas and New Year with your family and friends. Adam
And you, Adam. All the best, mate
Hi davy in northern ireland here love ur videos cracking job on them so professional u have really inspired me to get off my ass and get on my bike more so thanks man and keep up the good work
Happy Xmas Richy. What a nice Xmas present to get the VFR back. I'm very happy for you.
It was good to meet up with you and the lads at the Pondarosa this year, Merry Christmas
Glad she is ok and back with you m8 but Steve is the second one to ride her so you take it easy m8 and brake her it to fit you well again and hope you and the family have a nice Christmas and a great new year 🙏🏻
What a Christmas present, getting the vfr back. What a top man Steve is. Merry Christmas and all the best for the coming year. 🍺
And you, Stuart. All the very best.
Hi great vid as always. Glad to see you've got her back. Merry Xmas and look forward to more vids in the new year.
With regards to battery charger/trickle charging, a
I've been told it's only necessary for over the winter, or when out of season riding.
I recently went 5wks without going for a ride on my bike and started up no problem without any trickle charger in between. It's a new battery to be fair.
Thanks for this video Richy, excellent info for all of us, especially us noob riders.
Saw that you had gone to Steve for that refresh a little while back. Didn’t know he was in the area. I am from Mansfield so happily gave him a try. I needed a set of tyres which he did a good price on. And my vfr needed a service before a wales trip. Phoned up late one day, dropped it off the next morning and picked it up that evening. Couldn’t fault him.
Richy, I've just subscribed and have enjoyed your escapades to date, long may they continue. Glad you've and your VFR have been reunited. I have viewed with interest your PM with Steve. He seems like he knows his subject and he may well be right re the advisability of keeping your battery hooked up permanently to a charger. I can only offer my own experience, I've got an original VFR VTEC bought new May 2002. I bought an Optimate III at the same time which I keep hooked up permanently, I'm now a 'butterfly biker' only out when the sun is shining, so the bike is off road mostly from Oct to Feb. It's still on the original battery, seventeen years and counting. Maybe I've just been lucky or possibly the optimate is worth a look. On their site they say:
Can my OptiMate be left connected to my vehicle for long periods of time unattended?
Yes. This is exactly what Optimate is designed to do. OptiMate’s gentle charging algorithm will never overcharge or undercharge your battery.
Anyway, thanks again for providing an enjoyable entertaining alternative to Television, have a good Chistmas and a Happy New Year
Merry Christmas my friend. Glad the girl is back home.
You are very lucky to have a mechanic like Steve, finding someone like that is like finding a needle in a haystack - Just finding someone that you have confidence in to do the job right makes all the difference. Great video too, good to see it is all sorted. You have not abused your battery, you would not get 7 years if it was abused. I use a CTEK charger here, where batteries die frequently from the heat. If I use the CTEK I get 3-4 years out of a YUASA and if I do not use the CTEK two years max!
Glad the girls back, I hope to meet the wild bad team in 2020 with my VFR.
So pleased to see that you have got your old girl home and fixed. You did the right thing getting it repatriated and then to some one who knows a thing or two about bikes. Thanks for giving Steve a shout out. I'm a couple of hours south of Mansfield but would consider taking my VFR to him on the strength of your vid and recommendation which is enough for me. I know it would be in good hands.
Hope you had a good Christmas.
Liking your new big man cave. You have space for another bike, or two!
What an end to 2019. Bet you're looking forward to 2020. Suffice to say Wales and the Picos are certainties where else are you planning, back to Croatia? Hopefully this year will really bring the success and subs that your channel deserves after all your years of hard work. TMF watch out!
The world needs more Steve Scotts. Happy to see the VFR firing up - and instantly, at that - and you back in the saddle.
Merry Christmas Richy and the rest of the Wildbad family 👍🏼💯❤
Glad she’s back.
Merry Christmas 👋👋👋
Good to c the viffer back so not 2 much damage done i do the same put the battery on charge once a week keep checking the volt meter to c what charge is in the battery i bet that made your xmas getting the viffer back would mine you can not beat the sound and feel of that v4 motor . Next season will it click over the 100,000 miles been a honda it will do that 3 times over roll on spring will be out again clicking miles up and putting a smile on my face listening to the v4 growl.
Very pleased you got your bike back!! I have to say I leave my bike plugged in all the time and my battery is 5-6 years old. Whatever!! I am off to the Picos again next October, lot's of good riding between now and next October including Scotland, but I love Northern Spain.
Good to see her back on the road, there is no substitute for your own bike. Have a great Christmas Wildbad boys.
Merry Christmas
Excellent Christmas present! Nice to see her back again 👍
Hey Richy! Only a year late here! Greeting from Florida USA. I am also a 6th gen VFR owner, and have had my share of issues. I actually had this very issue twice on mine, and I would have to believe it is a more common issue than most would like to admit. I had the wiring redone since I worked at a Honda dealership at the time, and no more cooked starter solenoids. I do not have the vfrness but have been thinking about it. I totally get the sick feeling of trust issues after this. Love the vids and keep the rubber side down.
Richy, genuine smiling whilst listening to you talk about getting bike back. Think we are all guilty of getting a optimiser and thinking awk just plug it in and that's it done. I too will be changing my ways.
Love that bit at the end too, shows how much effort you genuinely put into each vid. Cheers pal
Thanks Mr Highland! ;-)
Steve TOP BLOKE 👍
as always a cracking year for vid's, here's to necxt year's, happy crimbo to you all.
happy xmas man . I owen a vfr800f with not so many tchs as other bikes have, but I feel the VFR is a great decent and legendary bike . Cheers
What a nightmare Rich, for your own peace of mind it was best that you had it repaired by someone you trust with your pride and joy. No point having a potential botch repair carried out for it to come back and bite you in the backside on another road trip.....
All the best matey and looking forward to see what you get up to next!!
Happy for you Rich, Merry Christmas.
You really do LOVE that bike don't you Rich. I understand. I've got a very clean example of a Bandit 1200 that I'll never get rid of. It's like a family member.
All the best and Merry Christmas fella🍺🍺
Hiya just like to say Merry Christmas to Richy and your family and a good new year. Top bloke Steve great mechanic took my bike there just to check steering head and was ok. In then end was the tyre on the front. Yes used to work with him years ago when was at Two wheel many years ago. And great to know what it was as think i will check mine out too as you never know whats happening with your electrics. And be nice to have a ride out some time lol. good luck and cant wait for more videos.
I wired a take off to the battery for easy popping a battery charger on in May '19. With the mild winter last year and this one looking good up to now I have never needed to use it because it has not been too bad to keep using the bike.
HI Richy, Don't let the electrical problem put you off the VFR, its still one of the very best bikes on the road. I have known people to have four times as many electrical problems with relatively new BMWs, with their cam bus system when they go wrong boy to they go wrong. Lots of £££££ and you cant fix them with a few connectors and some new wire. Great series.
Never got into the Optimiser idea from day one. Good to see you back with the bike.
truly a real blessing to have a good wrench you have faith in Rich.. I had a guy who raced professionally for 10+yrs factory for Honda etc in the 80'/90s off and on, then retired and wrenched for 20+ with Honda dealer before her retired.. he had his own private shop at his house and as you say " Top Bloke"- best mechanic I've ever had, could sort anything, trouble shoot on the phone if something happened on the road and saved my A** more than once, Loved working on Honda's and many other makes, Hated working on Kawi's LOL- but NEVER once did I feel uneasy with any bike of mine he ever touched after picking her up, and best of all He loved just working on bikes in his retirement. VERY fortunate to have found him for 7yrs .. before he moved to Arizona permanently.
Happy days, merry Christmas, looking forward to next years video’s 👍🥃🏴
Great advice from an expert - thanks mate
I too was always keeping my batter plugged in to my optimale ..
Happy new year to all, safe riding.
Merry Christmas Rich. Have a wonderful time.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Cold frigid foggy Alberta,Canada. Love following your adventures.