Checking in from JC, TN

Picked up my new to me '98 VFR800 in much need of love after the P/O neglected it. Currently collecting parts and getting her back on the road. I hail from Johnson City, TN.

 

Welcome and congrats on the new ride. There is no shortage of help here, if you need some just ask. Keep us updated on her recovery and we wouldn't mind a few pics. as it comes along. :biggrin:

 

Ask and you shall receive! LOL! Here ya go (copy pasted from one of my other forums):

10-9-10

I literally just returned home from a 12 hour round trip from JC, TN to Colonial Heights, VA and back. I picked up a '98 Honda VFR800 that is in desperate need of TLC, but since it is a bike I've always wanted........I snagged it. This thread will be a long/gradual updated thread of bringing this bike back to life. Here a few pics to get it started:

My copilot for this 12 hour journey:


And some shots of the new ride........I have the seat (torn up pretty badly) and the lowers along with the front fender and front turn signals, they are just not mounted in the pics. I'm not even going to unload it till the morning as I'm so tired. Here you have it:

 

The copilot when we returned home :biggrin:


Finally unloaded:

 

You'd never guess what I found under the crappy paint/bedliner........


Here are a few more after wire brushing with the Dewalt and spraying off with the hose..........all the while disassembling it and throwing out the crappy mirrors........





I LOVE this pic:


My helper of course.....

 

Blood and sweat so far.........tears have yet to come. LOL!


One of the happy new owner:

 

My best bud helpin me drain the tank...........funny thing was that today was a "work on the porch and not touch the bike" day........oops :biggrin:

 

My fiance took the camera with her over the weekend, but in that time I have removed the crappy pairs system, removed the old tires and put new Continental Road Attacks on, pulled off the "custom" undertail in favor of a stock unit, drained the oil and coolant, pulled the old air filter and I'm waiting on my K&N, and today the VFRness and new R/R will be installed. I'm sure I missed a couple things, but it's coming along.

 

Sounds like you got this one under control.
Welcome aboard

 

lookin good man. Keep your eyes open next spring about the annual "Get Together" (G2g) at Deals Gap. We are thinking April this time around.


And welcome aboard!

 

Sounds good. I'm 2.5 hours out

 

welcome to the forum, and the viffer maddness.

we always like seeing a bike being brought back to its former glory.
you have plenty to time to have her nicely restored for the spring G2G.

i have the factory manual if you need a copy in anything for the bike.

im a ET hillbilly origionally from knox-vegas, and was up there last week on the bike.

PS- at the upcoming G2G, DO NOT go anywhere even NEAR a tent with MiddleTBabb,
we still have yet to be published incriminating pics of that nancy-boy from the fall G2G

 

is that a delkevic can on your new bike?

if so, i would be really interested to hear how it sounds on the 5th gen,
as i have been thinking about getting one, but have not hear one live.

 

Thanks for the offer, I'll let you know if I need anything from the manual. I plan on making the G2G in April.....need to get her sorted LOL!

Yes it is a Delkevic, but the P/O drilled out the rivets and removed ALL of the internals and then riveted it back up. It's a hollow can that will be replaced. I can show you what they sounded like on my old 919 I built a while back (now mind you this was with the baffles in): YouTube - 05 Honda 919 Custom

 

Another little update...........I got a bit carried away and decided to go crazy with the bike just a bit.....so I removed the front end and the linked braking system along with pulling the engine covers to address the bad gasket work on the stator side along with fix the charging issue on the bike and pulled the clutch cover to clean the surfaces of the case and put a new gasket there as well just to avoid any possible oil misting issues due to the p/o not doing things correctly last time around. I drained the oil and radiator fluid to replace with new fluids (as you should always do when you buy a used bike). You should have seen the sludge that came out of the brake lines :mmph:

Let her breathe!!!


Cleaning off the covers to repaint:





Please excuse my mess........LOL!

 

Welcome and keep the project and pics coming!

 

Welcome aboard. I cant believe the p/O painted over the original paintwork. It looked like a midnight drunken graffiti job.

 

Thank you! You can count on that:thumb:

Yeah, it blew my mind.........still don't know what he was thinking:crazy:

 

I got my RC51 front end on.........along with many other things, but I've been not keeping up on it with the cold weather rolling in....

 

Looking good so far. These are great bikes and you won't be sorry for all your hard work. FYI, I have a perfect seat for it since I have a Sargent on my 2001.
If your interested, email me at r_nancy@bellsouth.net
Thanks
Tom