my vfr 400 nc30 project

[marcus57]

Decided to get properly stuck into it on the underneath of the bike today, and i was greeted with this lovely looking radiator





Got all the grot off and masked up ready to be sprayed tomorrow, luckily the top rad is in great condition.

The centre of the front disc's dont look much better so iv rubbed them all down and cleaned them up. im now spendin the rest of the night masking them up.

I need some advice tho as my fork legs a quite badly pitted and i dont want to rebuild them and them just destroy some new seal's, know what to do.

repair,replace , upgrade?

[ibby4585]

Decided to get properly stuck into it on the underneath of the bike today, and i was greeted with this lovely looking radiator





Got all the grot off and masked up ready to be sprayed tomorrow, luckily the top rad is in great condition.

The centre of the front disc's dont look much better so iv rubbed them all down and cleaned them up. im now spendin the rest of the night masking them up.

I need some advice tho as my fork legs a quite badly pitted and i dont want to rebuild them and them just destroy some new seal's, know what to do.

repair,replace , upgrade?

Yeah bottom rads take a hammering

where is the pitting on the forks is it within the travel of the forks?? What i would do id get them off the bike and get some very fine emery cloth and rub over the pitting if its not tto bad they will be fine. Then replace the fork oil and mudguard brackets. And if needed give the lowers a spray or rub them down and polish for a silver finish!!

Kris

[marcus57]

Yeah bottom rads take a hammering

where is the pitting on the forks is it within the travel of the forks?? What i would do id get them off the bike and get some very fine emery cloth and rub over the pitting if its not tto bad they will be fine. Then replace the fork oil and mudguard brackets. And if needed give the lowers a spray or rub them down and polish for a silver finish!!

Kris

iv already got some new springs for the forks and the legs will be getting powdercoated when the wheels are done , theres quite alot of it and it starts around halfway up the travel area.

[marcus57]

The weather was half decent today so i decided to give the bits i took off yesterday a spray

How the discs started (what a shit job masking them up is)



After about 10 coats



lower rad and other bits



Also i have loads of shiny new bits coming this week, my bank account is alot lighter now

[marcus57]

still waiting for all my bits to arrive, typical that im on a week off from work and i dont have anything else to do on the bike.
i made the fatal mistake of addidng up what iv spent already and what i have left to buy . wont be doing that again

[ibby4585]

Yeah I did that once, had to sit down for a while!

Kris

Full systems are around, you just need to hunt them down, very rarely are they on eBay!

[marcus57]

Yeah I did that once, had to sit down for a while!

Kris

Full systems are around, you just need to hunt them down, very rarely are they on eBay!

i also made the mistake of doing it when the other half was around, got someone collecting my car at the weekend so i should have nearly all the money together to finnish it.

[ibby4585]

U crazy!!

So what's the plan to finish your bike what do you need?
Kris

[marcus57]

U crazy!!

So what's the plan to finish your bike what do you need?
Kris

of the top of my head

rear shock,tyres,podwdercoating,clutch,bearings all round,plugs,filter,paint and decals. plus the other things that you forget about.

[marcus57]

spent some time out in the garage today, it looked like a bomb had hit it



after a few hours



tyga rear hanger (bargin from ebay)



just got to decide which one to use



Q/A throttle



and a bloody expensive parts order.