Here's some shots of the motor. It's going to get a scrubbing and a nice new coat of gloss black paint. I'm also going to be polishing the valve covers, stator cover, and the bare circle on the clutch cover. Not the parts that are on there now, I have spares that are close to perfect.
It's quite possible that this is only the second oil filter ever installed...
Only 2,997 miles on this lump, and it shows! Nice clean cams, only showing a teensy bit of wear:
I decided to install VF1000R forks on the bike. I have them all torn down at the moment, they need a
very thorough cleaning! They are getting RaceTech gold valve emulators, which requires removal of the TRAC anti-dive system, and Sonic springs. I'll also be welding shut the holes that line up with the air crossover under the upper triple. This will let me toss the crossover part and allow me to play with the height of the tubes in the forks. Lots of grease and grime removal, then a coat of black paint!
I can't really call this fluid, but this is the oily/goopy/grungy/yuck stuff that came out of the forks...
Another neat item on the mod list - I was inspired by this pic I found on the web to go on a hunt for a clear automotive head light to use, and well, I found out it's the same unit used in early '90s Chevy S-10s, H60-something or other.
More to come.