My 89' NC30 VFR400R-K
Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2011 3:44 pm
Thought i'd post up a thread.
Will add some photos when I charge the camera.
Bikes covered just over 30000km, all standard factory spec.
Had the bike about 2 months i'd imagine, don't keep that great a track of time.
Since owning it.
Replace all for carb rubbers, vaccum hose and increase the jets from 110's to 115/118.
New pads on the front [Daytona Gold's]
New Brake Fluid and calipers [Originals were manky red painted]
Replaced both fork seals and new fork oil.
Replaced engine oil and filter. [Honda G2 oil I think it was, and genuine filter]
Put a couple of anime decals on as the bodywork is a little scratched on the one side-panel as it was dropped over at some point, waiting for some mint panels to come up cheap.
Plan is to clean it up and get all the gunk off it but otherwise leave it standard.
Still to do.
Find mint panels to replace broken ones.
Clean up nice and shiny.
Replace brake lever as it's a little banana shaped after somebody dropped it (no doubt the same drop that caused the scuff on the lower panel.
Remove and clean up heat-shield. Going to paint the outside black and line the inside with some heat-tape... the bike gets toasty enough.
Panels that arnt upto 'mint' standard:
Both mid-section fronts and right lower. The two mid-sections are a different shade of grey to the rest of the bike.. noticeable if looking and the left hand side one has a small crack by the 'force-v4' logo (presumably from the crash' if you look at the picture below you'll just about see the scuffed 'H' of the HONDA logo. I've removed the H and put this decal there.. good enough till I find a new panel.

It's running a Yamamoto 1/2 system and end-can but i've actually brought a full OE Honda standard system today for the tidy price of 12gbp that seems to be in good condition.
Will decide which one I like better. Probably leave the standard system on so the Yamamoto system might be up forsale soon.

Hopefully take some pictures tomorrow of the bike as it is today (that is if I get chance to clean it first.. wheels look black!)
Will add some photos when I charge the camera.
Bikes covered just over 30000km, all standard factory spec.
Had the bike about 2 months i'd imagine, don't keep that great a track of time.
Since owning it.
Replace all for carb rubbers, vaccum hose and increase the jets from 110's to 115/118.
New pads on the front [Daytona Gold's]
New Brake Fluid and calipers [Originals were manky red painted]
Replaced both fork seals and new fork oil.
Replaced engine oil and filter. [Honda G2 oil I think it was, and genuine filter]
Put a couple of anime decals on as the bodywork is a little scratched on the one side-panel as it was dropped over at some point, waiting for some mint panels to come up cheap.
Plan is to clean it up and get all the gunk off it but otherwise leave it standard.
Still to do.
Find mint panels to replace broken ones.
Clean up nice and shiny.
Replace brake lever as it's a little banana shaped after somebody dropped it (no doubt the same drop that caused the scuff on the lower panel.
Remove and clean up heat-shield. Going to paint the outside black and line the inside with some heat-tape... the bike gets toasty enough.
Panels that arnt upto 'mint' standard:
Both mid-section fronts and right lower. The two mid-sections are a different shade of grey to the rest of the bike.. noticeable if looking and the left hand side one has a small crack by the 'force-v4' logo (presumably from the crash' if you look at the picture below you'll just about see the scuffed 'H' of the HONDA logo. I've removed the H and put this decal there.. good enough till I find a new panel.

It's running a Yamamoto 1/2 system and end-can but i've actually brought a full OE Honda standard system today for the tidy price of 12gbp that seems to be in good condition.
Will decide which one I like better. Probably leave the standard system on so the Yamamoto system might be up forsale soon.

Hopefully take some pictures tomorrow of the bike as it is today (that is if I get chance to clean it first.. wheels look black!)