help with this vf400?

If you want to do a race rep check out honeybee racing vf400rk! Very tasty!!!!!! Here is a link, or google vf400rk

http://www.bikebros.co.jp/vb_img/feature/magazine/zeppan/02_p93/ph39b.jpg

 

How goes the Build?

 

juist slowly slowly.... ive another project im building at the moment, a customhardtail nitrous injected 1200 suzuki. most my time goes int o that

spent today taking paint off the frame welding the subframe and mounting the tank.
Also may have this fir it... Never seen on before dunno what its off but looks very Honda.



i think wiring will be next for this one, then i need to get a front end forit. i have yokes and wheel no forks though

 

Very nice, tail looks to be a tz unit. Should look cool.

 

that looks Like the one. Cheers

 

im building one of these too big-d, o posted on your thread on gray bike i have the manual here will upload it if your still in need, mine was running when i got it but its been torn down to parts and everything will be cleaned or replaced.

 

subframe was pissing me off so ive cut it off and made new

 

sorry its taken a while big-d but i been busy as hell with this vf, here's the fuse box pic you needed

 

Hi guys..sorry to jump on your post mate...but I just got a vf400 this week..see pic in introduction..and I could also use a manual..my bike is mint original pipes and that...but the motor smokes when hot?...anyway does anybody know where I can get a motor? or do you guys know if the 500 lump fits? and once again apologies to the threadstarter.

 

1st two clips are switch gear?
the 4th clip i believe also switch gear?

what is the 3rd - with the brown wiring .... and the two on the end the red and blacks? i seem to be missing these

 

warn valves maybe. no worries ask away.

 

its ok - the brown wires and the black and red are ign switch

the otherblack and red are the live to the ign relay and a neg to the cdi

this bike must be the easiest thing to start without a key

 

well that didnt work maybe theres a problem with the loom .... sort it out another time

now to deal with these ugly wheels

 

i havent got the doing the loom yet sorry mate, ive been very busy painting and such.
i dont think you should have taken the wheels apart though it does say stamped on the wheel "DO NOT DISASSEMBLE" i just cleaned and polished mine and they came up tidy.

 

what can i say...im a rebel :biggrin:



no, seriously though, i only want the hubs the rest of the wheel went in the bin. ill be changing them to 17 inch front and back and lacing them.

the thing with honda's comstar wheels, is they didnt really catch on, and look dated.
ironically, Honda came up with the comstar in an attempt to move away from laced wheels which were what everyone was using at the time. they changed the design a few times to keep them appealing, the great thing to take advantage of, is that they do come appart. Honda used some odd shaped bolts to stop tampering, but an 11mm socket and a hammer fits overthe nut and you can easy remove them. the other end are rivetts and drill out easy as its soft alloy.
the thing is they are now over 25years old and as such most have had hard life, some have become dangerous anyway.

the fact they bolt together leaves you with a really good surface area to bolt to - two metal rings bolted to the hub with the outer edge of that ring drilled to thread the spokes to and a new rim and you have a laced wheel

 

Hi there,

I have seen a couple of posts here where folks have offered to upload a VF400 manual. I have just bought a running and MOT'd Y-reg 400FD and am going to (hopefully) restore it to stock. Luckily difficult items seem to be in good order and it is mostly cosmetic. I used to own one of these 20 years ago, but got rid due to worries over maintenance at the time as I had little money / time. One of my first jobs looks like sorting out front and rear inboard brakes. I need some form of manual to have a go at this. Can anyone help?

 

If you can't find one, look here its the CBX550F which has a dual disc version of the same inboard setup.

http://www.ierovante.it/01/a1/CBX 550 Four 82-86 Haynes Service Manual Eng.pdf

Hope that helps.

 

Hi there. Thanks for that. Thought about using a CBX one, but was struggling to find that in the threads also. Since then I have found a thread which had a working link right at the very end. Now have a workshop manual if it is a little fuzzy. Not a particularly good PDF, but its useable and beggars can't be choosers.

 

What MY cbr exactely? I'm after too.
Thanks
Pietro