VFR400 rebuild
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Re: VFR400 rebuild
cool, did you have those decals made?? cos they must be rare as fook. i might do a mk1/2 build myself one day monkey cos i love the lines the old school mito has, all my spare cash at the mo is going on getting the vfr ready for the summer mate. so wont be buying yours lol i still kick myself for not buying your nsr250 though, i loved that bike!!
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Re: VFR400 rebuild
Image works do a decal set for the lawson so i ordered that then emailed them with pictures of what they've missed and eventually they made them, the carbon look trim i'll do myself.
I love the mk2, it was the quickest thing around when i was 17 and that 7 speed box was trick as, 2 stroke dayz RIP
Im going to build another one from the ground up but ive been trying to source the mega rare SP parts for years now but it seems collywog is hoarding them all. its easier to source honda RS125 mags and forks than it is the MITO SP parts.
I love the mk2, it was the quickest thing around when i was 17 and that 7 speed box was trick as, 2 stroke dayz RIP

Im going to build another one from the ground up but ive been trying to source the mega rare SP parts for years now but it seems collywog is hoarding them all. its easier to source honda RS125 mags and forks than it is the MITO SP parts.
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Re: VFR400 rebuild
image works is where i get all my costom decals too lol great lads, yeah coll does hord the sp stuff. i missed out on an old sp barrel for the mk2 on egay other day , the 65555E one. think he s selling his wheels mind!!! i also have a some sp stuff lined up mate lol in progress though so dont wanna talk to early. 

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Re: VFR400 rebuild
got my eye on a 160mm stroke damper , is that way over kill for the nc30, like bashing a hole through my nose fairing way!!?? if fitted reverse that is....id imagine fitted standard it would actually be touching my knee....
cheers guys
cheers guys
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Re: VFR400 rebuild
anyone?? ^^
cheers
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Re: VFR400 rebuild
Yep, overkill. It's pretty tight whichever way you mount the damper, and at that length you'll be fouling either your fairing, clocks or your knee. 140 mm is the norm. You can get away with 120 mm on a race bike with steering stops if you're up for the turning circle of a B-double (lorry)lizard821000 wrote:got my eye on a 160mm stroke damper , is that way over kill for the nc30, like bashing a hole through my nose fairing way!!??

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Re: VFR400 rebuild
cheers superlite mate, did think that too. jusy wanted to confirm. all the 140mm dampers on egay do tend to get snapped up pretty sharpish though, so a 130mm would prob do too. least that gives me 2 sizes to search for, cheers fella
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oh, link to the damper if anyone else is interested....
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWAX:IT
share the love n all that.
shaun
oh, link to the damper if anyone else is interested....
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWAX:IT
share the love n all that.
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Re: VFR400 rebuild
Drunkn Munky wrote:Image works do a decal set for the lawson so i ordered that then emailed them with pictures of what they've missed and eventually they made them, the carbon look trim i'll do myself.
I love the mk2, it was the quickest thing around when i was 17 and that 7 speed box was trick as, 2 stroke dayz RIP![]()
Im going to build another one from the ground up but ive been trying to source the mega rare SP parts for years now but it seems collywog is hoarding them all. its easier to source honda RS125 mags and forks than it is the MITO SP parts.
whoop, got myself an original SP mito cylinder , 81782 barrel , ported and tuned by Frank Wrathall, used in the superteens race series. happy bunny

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Re: VFR400 rebuild
okey dowky,
got some nice shiney stuff coming for the nc30. ordered up some new SBS brake pads, a Complete C&S kit with JT sprockets - 15/40 and EK SRX X ring chain (gold), front and rear HEL lines in black(of course!) stainless banjos.....whoop . next on the list is fork kit from rick and a screen and tyga levers from gavjap4.....depending how the original levers come up with some autosol that is, i do love the grey or silver tyga levers he does mind!!! mmm
pics to follow as n when i start the work lads.
ps. got hold of an original SP cylinder for my little cagiva too over the weekend!!! 81782 barrel which has also had tuning done to it.....PPPPOOWWWEEERRRZZZZ
got some nice shiney stuff coming for the nc30. ordered up some new SBS brake pads, a Complete C&S kit with JT sprockets - 15/40 and EK SRX X ring chain (gold), front and rear HEL lines in black(of course!) stainless banjos.....whoop . next on the list is fork kit from rick and a screen and tyga levers from gavjap4.....depending how the original levers come up with some autosol that is, i do love the grey or silver tyga levers he does mind!!! mmm
pics to follow as n when i start the work lads.

ps. got hold of an original SP cylinder for my little cagiva too over the weekend!!! 81782 barrel which has also had tuning done to it.....PPPPOOWWWEEERRRZZZZ

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Re: VFR400 rebuild
You know thats no good for you, i'll take it off your handslizard821000 wrote:ps. got hold of an original SP cylinder for my little cagiva too over the weekend!!! 81782 barrel which has also had tuning done to it.....PPPPOOWWWEEERRRZZZZ
