vf1000r wheel swap????????

I've been all over this forum and have found a lot of threads on wheel swaps for everything but a vf1000r. I have a 1985
vf1000r and I would like to know the best way to go about making a wheel swap. What wheels are best to use, not looking for a lot of machining would like to find the easiest way to put a matching set of wheels on this bike so I can get a better tire selection. I don't mean to sound like a broken recorded on here but I don't know if the set up on a vf750 or a vf500. So before i start buying stuff I could really use some advise form some one with some experacne on this matter. Once again looking for the easiest wheel swap with the best out come. Thanks to all that takes the time to inform me on this matter!!!!!

 

Tom, oh Tom, tales of the mutant needed.

If you don't get him soon, go over to VFRD and ask.

Yes, its been done several times, and looks great.

Larry

 

You can go with a CBR F2/F3 front swap. Jamie(he'll be along shortly) can set you up with spacers if you're not able to make your own. You will loose the speedo drive if you use an F3 front though. An F2 rear is easy. Again Jamie has spacers and a caliper solution for that as well. Some have put CBR900RR rears on but that will take some shimming of the front sprocket as well. VFRcapn did a nice job on his R with the 900 rear. I did the F2 swap and it made a huge difference. I did something a little different for the rear caliper. Bike handled great with good rubber. Of course you can swap swing arms and forks to open up other wheel choices but the F2 swap is the best bang for the buck!!

My R with F2's


VFRcapn's with 900 rear.


My R with Rc51 front and RC30 rear

 

I'm also do for a new chian and sporcket kit so is that going to change? Should I wait to get the wheel swap done before I put money into that?

 

I've been selling kits to adapt CBR600F2 wheels to all models of early VF for years. It's more than just spacers, but the kit makes this swap a bolt-on-and-go affair. Go out to my site for details!

Daugherty Motorsports - Motorcycle Suspension Performance and Modification

 

Well the f2 caliper make this an easrier swap or is it best to use the original?

 

The F2 caliper and bracket must be used, the VF1000R part will not. This is because the R's caliper has two opposing pistons which puts one piston on the inside of the rotor. That makes the caliper extra big on that side and it interferes with the F2 wheel's center hub. The kit that I make works in conjunction with the F2 caliper and bracket.

 

So I need the f2 caliper and bracket as well, do I need anything else of the bike to help make this work. And jamie i have a friend with a machine shop in fact we made are own parts to make a vfr800 shock work on the bike so if a order my parts through you well you help me firgure this out with out having to send the wheel to you. I'm sure you do wonderful work but moneys tight and I just trying to improve my old bike. I would sell it and just get something newer but I cant get my self to sell the old girl. I just love the style to much.

 

You will need the F2 wheel, sprocket carrier, rear caliper and caliper bracket. The wheel itself does not need machined, just the sprocket carrier, so shipping should not be an issue. Shoot me a call or e-mail if you need more details.

 

Thanks jamie i'll get ahold of you when i get my wheels!

 

Hey jamie got my wheels today talk to me whats next.

 

You'll need to send me the CBR600 sprocket carrier and the VF's speedometer drive gear. I'll take care of the rest. Shoot me an e-mail when you get a chance. Thanks!

 

Jamie, I was wondering if you had ever mounted up a F3 wheel? The carriers look to be the same with the F2 wheel. Do you know if they widened the wheel hub or just the rim hoop with the F3? The F3 lists a 160 tire like the F2 but I assume that being a 5" rim it would take a 170 tire like the 4th gen VFR?

 

Absolutely. On the large frame VF's (everything except the 500) the wheel fits just like the F2. There are no changes to the spacers or anything. Besides the hoop width they are dimensionally identical. You can only run a 160 tire though as a 170 would be too wide.

I suggest sticking with an F2 part. The F3 wheels have thinner walls which makes them lighter but much more prone to bending. You might have problems with the big 600lb beast bending the F3 wheel. No worries with an F2 part - I've yet to hear of anyone bending one of those.