Since Honda has discontinued a water pump design that fits about 500 of their motorcycles, and I went though hell finding one for a friends '97 vfr. After that 3 month crusade, I decided to look into replacing the Honda pump with something without a mechanical shaft seal.
I found that bosch makes a pump called the PAD pump that uses a mag coupled drive and only draws a few amps (less than the Craig pump). Its on my list of things to try on the HHO VFR, but its not at the top of the list.