1992 VFR750F Rescue / Refresh

I leave mine where they can be adjusted too..but why do we do that? They rarely get adjusted once they're set!

 

Like Terry said... So everyone can see that we are awesome.

 

I love the look of the whole thing.


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Oh yea! Proud member!

 

Cap...so where's the exhaust on this '92?

 

The original headers and collector has been removed. You can't access the suspension linkage with it in place and I wanted to service and paint the pieces when installing the Fox. It will not be going back on, but I will still be using a version of my custom Sudco slip-on. Nothing radical, but it will definitely save some weight, maybe make a some more power and be a much cleaner looking install. I've got a little more work to do and then I'll show what I'm up to.

 

So the rear mounts of the panels that normally hide some of the ugly original exhaust chamber actually mount directly to the exhaust. Well, that's not gonna be an option moving forward. Well shit. I do want to keep them to maintain the same look and the lower cowls mount to them as well.



So I dug thru a box of extra 1992 brackets and found a couple that I could use for a mounting point. They were perfect, I just removed a little extra material that wasn't needed. Not 100% sure what they were, perhaps the PAIR valve mounts. Then I created some stainless struts to reach the cover.



Fucking worked great. Very solid. Figuring out the rotation and angles for the two flats I pressed in was the hardest part, but not bad. The material was some Boeing tubing from an obsolete part



Everything will be media blasted and painted black to help blend in. Pretty happy. Now I better get to prepping the "new" exhaust.

 

Excellent work Cap… looks pro


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Thanks. I started on a different route, but when I found those brackets I figured it out in my head before falling asleep. Simple, but effective.



It was the double bracket that was the difference. It gives you the adjustability to get the back mount in the correct spot and then tighten everything into place. And like I said, it is SOLID.

 

Kind of looks like brackets from my Charmglo bbq



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Once painted it will look professional


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I was gonna wait until they were all refinished, but I wanted to show some of the process.

 

Highly recommend some kind of locking mechanism (nut/washer?). It'd suck to lose/damage it.

 

The final mount to the covers will probably get a captured nut and properly tightened.



I have several years and thousands of miles on the RC26 with CBR900RR fairings using the same bracket and attachment style with ZERO issues. Not my first foray into making and utilizing custom mounts.

Oh... those covers are metal. So it's not like mounting a plastic piece and crushing it. Which I also don't do. Plastic bodywork always get shouldered bolts or rubber damped thru-collars so mounts can be properly torqued.

 

Super work dude! Making me elevate my game. Agreed on plastic. Shoulder Bolt or rubber in between.

 

Nice work Captain

 

Spent over an hour with an old friend before heading down to the neighbors to watch some football.



Love / Hate relationship with ol' Sand Blast Cabinet. The crankcase covers were BAD. A few more pieces left and then I can set up the paint booth.

 

Looks ready to go
Nice work Cap


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Yeah, they're all scrubbed and clean. Quick check to make sure I got all the sand dust residue cleaned out of crevices and threads. My compressor JUST keeps up on most stuff, but I have to let it catch up on bigger covers.

Next big project I might pay and let a local guy do them. It is very time consuming. I think it might have close to an hour and a half.

 

I get you on the compressor. I had to buy a high CFM gas compressor to run my Vapor blast machine. Still takes a bit of time to get a solid blast going on, but once it hits it works really well. Oh and my compressor is run by a Honda..lol