It was a pain to access and work on when it went on my bike however with a few alterations you can alter it to be a bit more accessible making it easier to keep a check on

Still have it?

@@edvinas4072 if you very carefully cut into the loom near the ground block you can extend the wires coming from the block itself and then wrap them up and form another branch loom. this will allow you to have the block somewhere you can access very quickly

I'm yet to find out what changes were made in the looms they placed in the bikes during recalls but I'm itching to find out. I do believe they kept this in there or something similar. Despise as much as we all do at the end of the day all them electrical items have a ground wire and they all have to go to ground and this is one of the ways of achieving that task. had it been designed a little better on their placement with some thicker wire then it should never have had an issue. having worked on multiple bikes and their looms ive learned that all the manufacturers seem to have their own ways of dealing with ground wires.

there is a second in the front loom section maybe your issue lies in that one

The worst part is the areas of concern on the loom are not only not mentioned by honda but in a terrible place to access. I've had that issue aswell it's common on most bikes as them cables are always moving around. You don't have to replace the barrel you can remove the ignition, strip it and the bottom piece with the wires connected can be swapped over from another barrel solong as all the connections are the same. You can also have the wires resoldered on or new wires used solong as the gauge of the wire is a match. It will save you from having to buy a whole new lock set

theres 2. one in the front harness just north of the blue connector, feel the loom its taped inside from the factory but youl know when you have found it. the green ground wire you speak of near the blue connector is for this block which carries the ground for everything front end of the bike. the second is on the main wire loom on the left side of the bike and its not easy to get to. if you remove the fairing and coolant overflow bottle you might be able to reach in and feel it but without a fair bit of disassembly you cant get at it to work on it.

I just finished rebuilding both grounding from scratch an hour ago, i removed those janky connettors and added two equipotential blocks, all ground cables end into these brass blocks and are screwed in. Also i bypassed the original group small wires by adding to 2.5 square mm cables one in the front and one in the back connected directly on the frame with the battery ground wire. Now the bike runs smoothly and the electricity consumption is much less. Before i had both plastic ground blocks burned...

@@barsa95 Nice one glad to hear another vfr is alive again. The bonus is when you go through the loom yourself you start to understand the true reasons for the vfrs renowned electric issues. Once these bits are addressed your left with whats actually a half decent system

Disguised in the main loom On the left side of the bike between the frame and the engine. It's not in an easy to reach place.

@@ABMotorbikes thanks, is the Mk5 the same?

@@marcosd999 Mk5? I'm sorry I'm not sure what your referring to

@@ABMotorbikes the '98 to 2001 VFR

@@marcosd999 oh right never heard them referred as Mk5 before. I believe it's the same on that model aswell however the connector may differ slightly as there are several different versions of this splice connector. If you look up 20 way sumitomo splice connectors they show the different versions and connection paths

They are made by a company called sumitomo. They are called Hm series splice connectors. There are several different colours each is a different version that splices the connections in different orders.

@@ABMotorbikes are u able to send a link of the one u got please

@@brettnew2247 www.automotiveconnectors.com/20-way-sumitomo-hm-series-female-23mm090-grey.html www.automotiveconnectors.com/sumitomo-hm-series-splice-connector-grey.html

It's generally down to the nature that these bikes get hot and Honda placed electrics next to the hottest parts along with cutting the budget on some connectors all of which can be easily rectified. other than that there is no more electrical trouble than the next bike

@@ABMotorbikes Only had my VFR 750 a few weeks, Yes it runs HOT. Do you think a larger / thicker radiator with more cores or even an extra (small of course) rad could be fitted ? Both from the point of the loom but just to have it a few degrees cooler all round. What's your opinion ?

The best thing to do is begin with a good thorough check over and service of the cooling system. Drain the system and flush it thoroughly several times. Before filling it back up check all your hoses as any leak will not only mean lost coolant but also lost pressure. I would also recommend replacing the thermostat even if your current one works It is quite a time consuming job as its under the throttle bodies but easy to do. you could also replace the rad cap with a new one. these parts do lose performance over time and play a huge role in the cooling systems operation however they are fairly cheap to replace. After all this refill your system but bleed it multiple times to get as much air out as possible. The final thing which i highly advise anyone with a vfr is to fit a manual switch for the fan. I have one on mine and it helps immensely in keeping the temp under control.