Last fall my 87 vfr700 started leaking from a fuel tube joint. They were last rebuilt in 2016 by mr. squirrels, so 7 years on a set of orings. An...
The wheels sent to a local shop for powder coating. Incidentally I went to order pivot works wheel bearings and found the part no's had changed to...
I thought I had posted something here last fall but maybe I didn't hit the save button. The frontend is back together. Forks rebuilt & new brake...
https://www.ebay.com/itm/386187417485?hash=item59ea90578d Of course now you got to polish up the wheels too. Attached photo of original sprocket...
A local character has a couple vfr700s up for auction with reserve around 5k. I've never seen a red one. https://www.ebay.com/itm/364458864859...
Man, takes me a lot longer than a hour. Those connecting fuel tubes are fragile. I guess leaving the intake plenum attached helps prevent...
You could also contact brakecrafters, I got some rubber caliper pin boots from them because they weren'y included in the K&L kit. Cheers
K&L 32-1125 some taiwanese guy on ebay
I had good luck using citrus based paint stripper removing the brown powdercoat from side cases. The results aren't nearly as pretty as media...
Problem solved. I replaced the SMC circlip with one from a K&L rebuild kit. This circlip it was obvious which was the flat side. Also I screwed...
I'm tempted by the moto-cnc bar risers but wasn't sure how to determine extra length for the brake & clutch lines.
Next steps, I'm thinking I should get a SMC rebuild kit and check if the rear caliper is seized.
Yeah, I think most circlips are stamped metal, and the flat side is supposed to take the force. Wasn't obvious which was the flat side when I...
I put new seals on the front brakes on my 5th gen last year. This year I added galfer SS brake lines. I also put speed bleeders on the calipers so...
The galfer lines are installed. I also rebuilt the front calipers using a brakecrafters kit. A line wrench is definitely recommended for the...
I had the fuel injectors cleaned by a local specialist when I replaced the thermostat. I did destroy the little injector orings while...
So I punted on repainting the brake calipers but decided to do the fork lowers. They had some corrosion and fair number of chips. [ATTACH] I...
Forks are WIP Here is detail from the lower race. You can see a small indentation, it doesn't look like much but you could feel it turning the...
86vfr lower bearing race removed
86vfr lower bearing race
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