I'm keeping the 8 Spoke for purely selfish reasons. On later VFRs, the spindle is counter-bored so the rotor hardware is flush. So I needed to...
I have an extra good stock 1000R exhaust willing to loan provided I get it back. They are not the easiest (or cheapest) thing to find. Shipping...
[ATTACH] Foxectomy done. That's one dirty, leaking shock. [ATTACH] 1993 shock installed. Damping responds to adjustments, so that's cool. It...
Jesus Christ. Or leave it outside for 4 years. Fucking people.
Finished machining the reliefs for the rotor studs and nuts. Came out pretty good. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Thats what I used.
I've seen that one too... nope. Don't know how a nut spot welded to the casing makes it "race".
Results from a oil filter comparison by some bored engineer, when disassembling a genuine Honda Oil Filter and comparing build style and quality...
"Spring" mounted to prevent fatigue cracks. Good eye.
Here's the first version of the slip on adapter I put together. [ATTACH] You can see the right passenger peg delete that retains the bodywork...
In reference to straycat's saga...
I have a Full Hindle on of the 1000R and I like it a lot. Sounds great, looks cool, it's light and makes good power without a huge midrange hole....
Ok... let's go over the list so far: 1. Don't buy a Suzuki GSXR. 2. Don't leave cap plugs on critical vents after washing bike.
Hah!!
Idiot ALERT! So I created the oil leak on the valve covers. I fucking left the cap plug on the crankcase breather from when I was washing the...
It might be hard to find fork tubes that aren't all pitted up on a VF750/700F. And they are 39mm, so they are unique to those bikes only, making...
Still haven't popped the valve cover. I know... low %. But I wouldn't buy shit until I knew everything was fine on the valve train.
I thought those were damaged during removal. But I don't think I looked REAL close as to the nature of the damage.
It keeps getting smaller! [ATTACH] [ATTACH] Subframe off for Foxectomy and to tighten up all the rear exhaust hardware. Brought the hacked...
I've already been repeating it like a mantra for months.
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