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Honda VFR750 Interceptor Five Stars and Givi The Five Stars racks are very nice. Good price too. There are weird rumors that Five Stars (or the distributor) are having trouble shipping orders. I hope they are still in business. I'm trying to get more info.

Installation isn't too hard, although the instructions are in German.

Start by removing the seat and rear body work. I've already removed the seat in this photo.
Honda VFR750 Interceptor Five Stars and Givi The passenger grab handles have to come off.
Honda VFR750 Interceptor Five Stars and Givi The grab handles have a single bolt, and a bushing. Save both. Tilt the handle up, and slide inwards off the mounting bar.
Honda VFR750 Interceptor Five Stars and Givi Here is a close up of the handle, bolt and washer/bushing.
Honda VFR750 Interceptor Five Stars and Givi The handle tilts and slides off.
Honda VFR750 Interceptor Five Stars and Givi There is another metal bushing underneath. Save it.
Honda VFR750 Interceptor seat handle removal With everything removed, but with the rubber grommet in place.
Five Stars and Givi Another view.
Honda VFR750 Interceptor seat rear faring The light yellow connector needs to be unplugged.
Honda VFR750 Interceptor seat rear faring Still plugged in...
Honda VFR750 Interceptor seat rear faring The plug is on the left side, inside the rear body work. It is a little tricky to get to.
Honda VFR750 Interceptor seat rear faring Overview of the plug and rear frame.
Honda VFR750 Interceptor seat rear faring Finally, the plug is undone. It took some wiggling to get it off.
Honda VFR750 Interceptor seat rear faring You have to remove the front mounting bolts on the outside of the body, and pop the body out of some clips. All carefully. With that done, gently spread the body work open at the front, and lift off.

Honda VFR750 Interceptor seat rear faring Gently bending.
Honda VFR750 Interceptor seat rear faring The entire tail light/rear cowling comes off.
Honda VFR750 Interceptor rear frame The naked rear frame.
Honda VFR750 Interceptor rear frame Yep, that's the rear brake reservoir. Check it before putting the body work on. The VFR takes DOT 4 brake fluid, which is special stuff. Don't use DOT 3.


Honda VFR750 Interceptor rear frame The level is fine. This is really hard to see. I opened my up, only to discover that the lid gasket was pushing the fluid completely to the top. That's good.

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