1985 VF1000R... Getting close...

you have a lovely pair Cap'n....VF1kR's I mean

 

Nice muffler looks brand new. Beautiful build

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DAMN that looks great! Nice job

 

Womp-womp.

Lowers down to drain carbs for winter.



Did the Hawk last night and the CB-1 this morning.

 

Love that CB1 cap


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Well the Big V4 is gorgeous as well


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Yes, lovely machines !!

 

New tires, exhaust change, bling and some upgrades coming.

 

I've always wondered about that point. The hoses are made to withstand high hydraulic pressures and the constant flexing from suspension movements, and the calipers aren't that heavy. Is there really any risk of damaging the hoses by letting them dangle?

 

Short term... No. Not at all imo. But the conservative HSM says otherwise. I think it has more to do where the lines (rubber or otherwise) are swaged into the fittings. Not ideal for that connection.

Your empty arms aren't that heavy. Hold them out to the sides for 5 minutes and report back how light they feel.

Just like a warning label, there's a reason why it's there. Something has failed and possibly someone has been hurt already. And insurance had to pay.

 

CB-1....A dream bike for me. They never come up for sale here in TX. I guess they just did not sell back in the day.

 

Cap
Your CB1 looks in great shape, in fact I would think it was a restored bike considering how clean it is
Maybe the time gods will be nice to me in the spring and allow me to get mine out , it must be nearly 10 years, god

 

Resto. Frame up. Crashed pretty heavily and bought it off the customer at the shop. Built it for my wife.

Motor, wheels and brakes are original. Oh and the lower fork legs. Bought new crankcase covers from Honda. Everything else refinished. I'll snap some pics when I get the bodywork back on. 1994 VFR Pure Red with extra gold pearl along with factory decals. It pops, but looks like Honda made it that way.

 

UGg, CB1 is still the main bike I regret selling. Taugh me how to ride like a SOB!

 

The one I have was slid down the road as well, had to replace one of the lower fork tubes and gauge housing also replaced the seat and rear cowling with a fiberglass one piece that looks like the RC30, had it painted red and silver, looked different and sounded great with a Kerker exhaust
They were only brought into Canada two years, 1989 and 1990 I believe, mine is a 89 number 39 if memory service me

 

Dig that sucker out. Yeah, same 2 years for the US.

Had a Sudco 4-1 on it when I first built it. Because I bought the two LAST new systems from them, the kits had been robbed a bit while sitting in inventtory, so they shipped them with large diameter un-rebuildable race cans. Sounded great at first but got pretty damn loud. Swapped to a full Kerker for a bit. Looked and sounded good, but LOUD AS FUCK. Currently has stock headers mated to a CBR600F2 Yosh slip on. Sounds good. LOUD AS FUCK. I'm sure the muffler needs re-packing, but getting Yosh slip-ons apart is a challenge without damaging the unit. Finally got a slide hammer and am going make a bolt on bracket to take some yanks. I sourced a rebuildable 2" Sudco muffler, so the Sudco systme is going back on. Might sell the Stock/Yosh set-up when I'm done.

 

Well, the right hand handle switch finally gave it up. The old style, fragile start button has had one broken pin for years and the other one finally broke. The headlight wouldn't stay on unless it was manipulated in just the right spot. And I had to "pull" the button out with my thumb after starting too.



Kinda a bummer because the housing was really nice. Briefly thought about looking thru the stash and replacing the button, but why. It's just gonna do the same thing eventually. So time for another throttle housing and start switch conversion.



Decided to take the easy path and just cut the lead of the old switch off. The lead on the new switch isn't anywhere near long enough to get to the factory plug location on the harness anyway. I'll make the old switch lead into a subharness to make any future work easier by having better access to the plug. And I don't have to take apart the world to do this mod. New female connectors to go into a harness side plug I scavenged at the factory locations.




And re-pin the new start switch to match.



Figured out the clocking for the new throttle housing and drilled the new hole. You can't just drill 180 degrees from the old one or your cables will interfere with the brake lever. Learned that one a few conversions ago.

And here we are.



Just need to safety wire my grips, the throttle side was "migrating" a bit over the years. This start switch still had the plastic locating post (RARE) and I was able to use the original hole surprisingly. I usually don't care about the post. I just bond a little 220 grit paper to the inside diameter of the switch. It takes up a bit of space for a good clamp and they don't slip at all, allowing me to put it where ever I want. Done that on 5 other ones now. It works so good I almost removed the pin on this one, but when everything lines up... why not.

 

That is the one thing that separates all of the builds of the same machine by multiple people. The unseen details.

 

The devil, as everyone knows, is in the details


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