Honda VFR 750 XC Makeover

[Quacamole]

Originally Posted by mikejohn

De-cat them, might save some weight there

Thought about it, but as I understand the cat only weights 0,5kg as shown on thread below, so
I wont be touching them until I hear the sound.

http://www.ktm950.info/how/Farkels/a...v_exhaust.html

[Flanny]

Madness!!!

I'm so in!

[sakurama]

Wow, one of my favorite engines in one of my favorite bikes. Subscribed!

Buy some mandrel bends for your headers and cut and splice. Sand packing can work but might not be worth he time and energy. Try to keep your gas low as was mentioned - your using suspension from the tallest adventure bike so keeping weight low will help.

Great job so far! Looking forward to watching this.

Gregor

[Quacamole]

Originally Posted by Flanny

Madness!!!

I'm so in!

Madness?? This is...

[Quacamole]

Originally Posted by sakurama

Wow, one of my favorite engines in one of my favorite bikes. Subscribed!

Buy some mandrel bends for your headers and cut and splice. Sand packing can work but might not be worth he time and energy. Try to keep your gas low as was mentioned - your using suspension from the tallest adventure bike so keeping weight low will help.

Great job so far! Looking forward to watching this.

Gregor

Always good to get positive feedback - makes you work harder! Thanks guys!

About the mandrel bends, difficult to find, atleast in Estonia.

[JerryH]

Wow, this is an amazing project. You are literally building your own bike. Very few people would attempt that. I sure hope it works well, but even if it does not turn out to be exactly what you are hoping for, it is still mind blowing.

I notice the new Honda VFR1200X was designed for riders who "spend most of their time on pavement" If that is the case, then I totally don't get it. Look at that thing. Super tall, tiny little seat, almost like a sportbike, I sure don't see it being comfortable on a long trip. And for me, at my age and in my condition, comfort is everything on a long distance trip.

If you need some off road capability, then you will have to sacrifice some comfort. But that being the case, why not get a KLR650 for a fraction of the price of that Honda. If you don't need off road capability, a Goldwing is the only way to go on long road trips. I realize that a new one is a bit expensive for many, but you don't have to have a new one. Goldwings last forever. I have a '95 that I would not hesitate to take off for anywhere on. It can even be ridden on fairly smooth dirt roads. I think Honda is trying to sell a look (BMW GS maybe?) rather than a functional motorcycle. It will probably cost as much as a GS too.

[griffo1962]

Originally Posted by Quacamole

Just flushed the tank with high pressure water couple of times and left the water inside,

a better way is to run the exhaust from a petrol engine vehicle into the tank for a short while, this neutralises the petrol vapours.

[Quacamole]

Originally Posted by JerryH

Wow, this is an amazing project. You are literally building your own bike. Very few people would attempt that. I sure hope it works well, but even if it does not turn out to be exactly what you are hoping for, it is still mind blowing.

I notice the new Honda VFR1200X was designed for riders who "spend most of their time on pavement" If that is the case, then I totally don't get it. Look at that thing. Super tall, tiny little seat, almost like a sportbike, I sure don't see it being comfortable on a long trip. And for me, at my age and in my condition, comfort is everything on a long distance trip.

If you need some off road capability, then you will have to sacrifice some comfort. But that being the case, why not get a KLR650 for a fraction of the price of that Honda. If you don't need off road capability, a Goldwing is the only way to go on long road trips. I realize that a new one is a bit expensive for many, but you don't have to have a new one. Goldwings last forever. I have a '95 that I would not hesitate to take off for anywhere on. It can even be ridden on fairly smooth dirt roads. I think Honda is trying to sell a look (BMW GS maybe?) rather than a functional motorcycle. It will probably cost as much as a GS too.

About the VFR1200X it feels desperate solution from Honda to keep up with competitors, they should ressurect Africa Twin.

[Quacamole]

Chopped the tank little bit and will merge two tanks as mentioned before



Lower side for cheking



Inside of the tank

[gpmucci]

Fantastic job man!
I think would be easier build a new tank instead modify these.

[Quacamole]

Have been busy with other matters and was waiting for the company tig welder to arrive
to start with the tank building.

Sneak preview of riding position, still missing the saddle though,

[milzispete]

I thought you had given up on us. So glad you haven't

[Kennon]

any updates on this build?

Kennon

[mcperformance]

If you want to save weight on the mufflers, then the only way to go is after market sports mufflers, the pair will weigh less then 1 original. (Sound better as well).
Project is excellent work, looking forward to finished project.
Keep it up.
Chappy.

Originally Posted by Quacamole

Thought about it, but as I understand the cat only weights 0,5kg as shown on thread below, so
I wont be touching them until I hear the sound.

http://www.ktm950.info/how/Farkels/a...v_exhaust.html

[kellymac530]

Don't know how I missed this thread before, but WOW. Great work so far and very inspirational for me. Excellent frame work and nice looking tank work as well.

I bought a R1150 Rockster tank on ebay for $49 including free shipping. It has a bigger dent on the left side than yours does on the right, but I am just using the underside as a belly pan and fuel pump mount and will do something different for the outer shell, similar to your style...keep us posted PLEASE....mad skills man, mad...LOVE IT. Takes a pretty serious set of klackers to build your own frame from scratch... Do they make you walk funny?