VFR owners' thread, for VFRPS members and prospective members

[Scuba_Steve]

Hey Steve, where did you get the parts from. I still need tp organise a pulse generator assy to replace my home made jobbie that in mine at the mo to check the rest of motor. Found one exhaust was loose where it bolted to the head this morning. Tried to tighten without removing motor and finished up with a broken stud. So motor comes out tomorrow.
Hopefully you will find no more suprises after the cam is fitted

did alot of wreckers contacting & Googleing, ended up on ebay (Google search) & part coming from the US. Only other place I could find them was some wreckers in Oz but his price for cam alone was more than the US cam delivered to my door.

Got it off "art and motorcycles2" (dnparker1) he was good to deal with, gave him an offer rather than buy now next day he accepted I paid & from then the part just had to spend 2 weeks getting through shipping & customs. Part showed up as depicted in good cond.

Had tried "Mikes motorcycle parts" (yz12910rv) but after 2 weeks of trying to get a price shipped to NZ (closest he advertised was Oz) Gave up, checked his feedback seems he's in the habit of not replying (or sending) lately, So I wouldn't recommend going near him.

Nice, good stuff! I was wondering the other day what state the bike was in.

Did you end up pulling the sump off or anything?

Na left sump on, but drained oil. Can't see anything in it, it seems to be a pretty clean break but I have taped some neodymium magnets to the oil filter just incase. This should hopefully keep anything from floating round in there if there is anything.

Hopefully I can get the beast back up by end of day, but given my mechanic skill & knowledge, lets just say I hope Haynes is a good teacher

[gatch]

1.15 today

1.25-1.24 maybe ? Certainly going faster than ever, hitting speed limiter down the back straight.

Hey Gatch, how'd you do today?

(I was the guy with the rvf early in the day)

Was good man, had a few slides here and there, but nothing too major. My rear tire is damn near buggered now. It might last me through Taupo motoTT next weekend, but certainly no more..

How did you go ? I see you were in the medium group by the end of it ?

[Cam_Valk]

1.25-1.24 maybe ? Certainly going faster than ever, hitting speed limiter down the back straight.



Was good man, had a few slides here and there, but nothing too major. My rear tire is damn near buggered now. It might last me through Taupo motoTT next weekend, but certainly no more..

How did you go ? I see you were in the medium group by the end of it ?

First session in novice was good, but 2nd lap in and caught up with lead rider, and got a bit bored.
Jumped into intermediate, and just felt too crowded.
Oh well, might just have to wait for the next trackday in May.

[Scuba_Steve]

for a few minutes anyways, till I found her bleeding

Got the cam changed over & clearances remeasured yesterday. Which seemed easier than expected... a little to easy infact. Turns out I was right nothings that easy, so I fix one problem fill her up, she roars into life (love that sound ) only to discover a few min later she's bleeding from the floats? (I think that what they are, under the carbs). So in pieces she goes again I've just spent the morning ripping her apart & hopefully fixing the problem, but Honda don't make their bikes easy to get into I'm sure Nuns are easier to get into then these bikes.

Oh well have lunch & see if I have succeeded. At-least the Cams fixed thats something

[crazy man]

good one ! lm shore it wont take you much to stop her bleeding

[Scuba_Steve]

good one ! lm shore it wont take you much to stop her bleeding

well my attempted fix made one slightly better the other much worse
I think I just need to replace the float seals... at-least I'm hoping thats all it is

[HenryDorsetCase]

good one ! lm shore it wont take you much to stop her bleeding

some tampax, some tissues, some chocolate and afternoon TV, and about a week?

[ecko_nzed]

some tampax, some tissues, some chocolate and afternoon TV, and about a week?

at her age menopause will be along soon. that will sort the bleeding, but she may be prone to hot flushes

[gatch]

I won't get to ride my bike at all this weekend

[ecko_nzed]

I won't get to ride my bike at all this weekend

because?

[ecko_nzed]

Gearbox input and output shaft back together.
selector drum and forks back in.
external gearchange mechanism on.
New crank bearings in.
Engine case halves back together.
Pistons and conrods assembled.
pistons installed, new bearings.
oil pump back together and installed.
oil sump on.
Water pump back together and installed.
Starter motor installed.
coil pickup installed.
getting there...

[crazy man]

Gearbox input and output shaft back together.
selector drum and forks back in.
external gearchange mechanism on.
New crank bearings in.
Engine case halves back together.
Pistons and conrods assembled.
pistons installed, new bearings.
oil pump back together and installed.
oil sump on.
Water pump back together and installed.
Starter motor installed.
coil pickup installed.
getting there...

fun times a lol need to get mine together with some 2 mm oversize pistons in it

[ecko_nzed]

fun times a lol need to get mine together with some 2 mm oversize pistons in it

I thought about boring it out and porting the heads, but spent waaaaay too much coin on it as is. Maybe when the bank balance has recovered I'll build another trick motor from the 2 spares I've got

[ecko_nzed]

Clutch in ,although still have to torque up the clutch nut, as I don't have 3 hands!
Starter clutch in.
Heads on.
Cams in
just have to check the clearance on the shims and the valve covers can go back on.
getting there....

[jono035]

Nice, love the coated casings. Didn't do the heads for technical reasons or simply because they're mostly hidden?