Different carb set up on VF1000R engine

Sorry bud,

A VF1000R Motor in a chopper frame??

Just wrong.... wrong......

 

Want some?

Got a new Benjamin says he is just fine and will have to lean out the mixture.

 

There are lots of choppers built with metric engines.
Look at this one!

 

Don, don't get me wrong man, I love the customs. I'm just not much of a chopper guy, and I positively HATE Harley's. I live in a town where theres a half a dozen jokers with Harley's and open pipes and thats all you can hear on the weekends, and I'm not kidding!

Not to mention the jerks screaming past your house at 3am.

Having said that, I commend you for your skills man. I work on cars for a living and even though you may not like the brand, you can surely have respect for the talent that goes into building it.

It's obvious that you know what you're doing! Keep on truckin, my friend!

 

I understand.
Most of my life I only had Japanese motorcycles. My first job was working in a motorcycle shop when I was 16. I worked on the first Honda 50's, I stayed until the Honda 450 came out. Later after the VietNam war I worked at the same Honda shop while I was going to the University of Arizona and Raced TT dirt track motorcycles I got a Masters degree in Sculpture. I had a lot of success when I got an OSSA TT special. I hated Harleys too. Then I was thinking of getting a Big cruiser and bought a Kawasaki 1500 V twin instead of a Harley Davidson because of the cost. But later I built a chopper and tried to understand the whole HD thing. Looks as opposed to performance. When I learned about HD I started to understand the devotion. It was a bike that you can get parts for (serious parts) at many places in the United States. Also if you wanted to, you can get ALL the parts to put together a 1936 HD if you wanted to ! With the Japanese bikes they have a marketing system like the US auto makers. They make new models and after a few years you cannot get the parts anymore.The junk yards are full. There are a few exceptions. But if you need a brand new crankshaft for an older Japanese motorcycle you may be out of luck.
So the HD world is old fashioned ,simple and the parts are EVERYWHERE and at very reasonable prices. The price for instance for a new Kawasaki 1500 headlight is astronomical.

So I can understand both sides now.
I like some things about HD parts and I like some things about the Japanese bikes too. The HD's use Keihin carbs now. But the old HD's had carbs with adjustable mainjets!!! Just turn a screw. Very cool.

After driving a chopper with 42º rake I felt very secure and it even seemed normal. I am not in a hurry like when I was 19 years old. Now I just sit back cruise down the road (Styl'n) and let the sportbikes blast by me and suck in the castrol fumes Mmmmmmm.

Try this....Just walk into a HD dealer some time and look at the bikes and how they are made. Look at the quality of the parts. It is different than the high tech Japanese parts.
Both companies use modern technology but they have a different way of doing things.

Forget about the jerks. They are everywhere. I WAS one when I was young. But I lived to think back about what a jerk I was.

 

Latest photo.

 

looking like something....... great job

 

I like what you are doing with the exhaust. Keep up the good work!

 

Today I mounted the custom fender I made and fabricated a battery box with stainless.
The battery box will be on the right side to counterbalance the fact the engine is offset just a tiny bit. The the 7mm off set counter shaft sprocket DOES require just a little bit of sanding on the inside of the case to let the chain clear, but the sanding does not go through the slave cylinder opening.
I also installed the front fork bearing cups. As soon as the rear brake gets here (holiday shipping schedule), I will be able to put the front end on and put the whole thing on the ground and see how it all sits ,then comes foot peg location,gas tank mounts and then disassemble everything to paint the frame.

 

that is some wicked exhaust!




no doubt donald keep up the good work!!!

 

Looking good. If I ever end up with a cruiser, bought or self made, it will be a metric. By the time I get around to it the VFR1200 motors should be plentiful on eBay.

 

Based on your first few posts, I had you penned as a hack.

But I, as well as many others, have taken a keen interest in your very inspiring project.

Keep it up, and regular posts with pictures are a must!

 

More progress

Here is another photo and the arrows point to one of the coils mounted,ignition switch and on the left side out of view is the rectifier.
Since the photo was taken fender mounts and gas tank mounts have been installed. Steering head bearings also installed.

 

And when you get it running a video would be appreciated!

 

Now do you want that with the sound of the bike, Or like all the videos I see where there is just loud heavy duty music but you cannot even hear the motorcycle? HAHHHhhahhahhahha

 

Has to be a Harley-Davidson V twin... right?

 

I want to hear that V4 through those pipes!

 

Makes sense to me.

 

Next week the paint will be dry on the frame and I can start final assembly.
I will start a new thread for the ASSEMBLY PHASE.