slowly taking the fk apart-

should clean up well. usual 30 yr old rust on the steal parts, chrome parts . It is an FK but somewhere along its life it must have had a front end replacement, to the older FG/H. The differences in gh to K, fuel tank level, rear sub frame, ignition unit, fairing changes. Ill have to do some digging about the engine. I remember my cbr600 fh to fk engine had changes such as inlet diameter were slightly reduced on the fk, side stand cut out switch...have to check.

This looks like a fk but isn’t, it’s got the wrong fairing, has 16 inch wheel. I do have a cbr600 fh front wheel so could use that. Needs totally taking apart like my other. Brakes completely seized.

I saw this poor and unfortunate vfr and had to take it in and care for it

This is very bad state, but I can’t leave these things to rot

Rolling chassis

Engine out, nearly finished

 Crummy exhaust studs, one broken. The exhaust clamps have completely disintegrated. Probably sea air the caus. Not looking forward to tackling the broken stud. The engine bolts came out easily just the bottom bar bolt with extra large threaded screw had to heat it then quickly cool it and then impact screwdriver with an Allen key  attachment shocked the bolt into moving. The next were the two swingarm bolts.
The last owner plied so much exhaust wrap and sealant Imhad to chisel it off to reveal perfectly good end pipes. The 2into one flange were thrown away. I don’t understand why one would spend all the time !

More off

 Only have a few hours at a time. Removed oil, filter, oil cooler lines, front fairing frame, clocks, rear sub frame. Writing loom, coils.

Quick look round! Should have it mostly apart tomorrow. Still can’t believe that the last owner looked after this bike. Looks like Honda’s paint can’t take 30years of English weather and UV.
Ports look very rough, the valve stems look caked up as,expected,for 65k miles, not from engine oil leaks but from the oil vent breather going into the Airbox usual stuff.

Another VFR blog to add to my collection

I have decided to create a new blog following on from my others. I have come by a vfr750 f g the first gen model through luck on eBay. It was local to me so I bid on it, not expecting to win it but I did. It is a real heap, corrosion everywhere, but expected from a bike that has been left outside to rot for years. It’s a shame thst it has been treated like this. I took pity on it and will turn this into my next project. The first gen vfr is widely known as tough cooky, lighter and more pokey than the gen 2 which I have in my other blog. I haven’t decided what to do with it yet but looking it’s current state of repair will need to be completely rebuilt. The previous owner said it has run a few weeks ago, It even has an MOT, but I doubt it could have passed properly. Apart from the corrosion on the steel, the aluminium looks in good shape. The engine turns over and would cough to life but I didn’t peruse it any further. There was no coolant left in the system, the battery was dry( lead acid- non sealed type, ) the starter solenoid was fried too. Exhaust is rotten by the links as expected, where years of moisture collected inside and has just rotted through. The previous owner has simply wrapped heat foil wrap around the joints and used jubilee clips to hold it together.

My first thoughts are use my gen 2 yokes and forks and wheels, or my complete Trx front end. Junk the tank and use something else , Create  a rear subframe, use spare lying around that I have. could my cbr929 swingarm fir in the space, the width looks similar. Just thoughts. I’m not sure even to restore It to original but I like tinker too much. Look how I changed my other bikes!