Not a Teaser! 1983 VF750F resto project

Good luck with it!

 

Here's some pics of the VF1000F side panels fitted.

 

I had my carbs rebuilt by BillyC of the V4Honda BBS.

Ain't they about the prettiest thing you've ever seen?







I had him change the jets to #40 slows and 132 mains while he was in there, to complement the K&N + Vance & Hines full exhaust.

 

I got the valve covers, stator cover, and clutch cover polished. I stripped the valve covers and stator cover with Aircraft stripper. Then I used a big buffer over at a friends' house to get them 90%, he used to have a polishing business and still has a couple of the big heavy duty buffers.

Then back at my place I used one of my small bench grinders to finish them up, also used a cylindrical buff chucked in a drill to get in the spark plug reliefs.

It sure does make a mess!


Valve/left side covers 90%, and the replacement stator cover on top of the old one:


All finished & shiny:


I had some gloss black PPG paint left over from spraying a body kit for a late model Cougar, and I used a toothpick to flow paint into the relieved "HONDA" areas on the left & right side covers:


I am waiting on a right side gasket and new valve cover gaskets, then I can mount all the covers permanently. I'm not going to clearcoat them, just some S100. I want to see how it holds up. I won't be riding this puppy much anyway, especially not in bad weather.

So for now, this is how it looks. I'm happy so far!




Also got the rest of the LED's in for the gauge cluster. These little ones need to be checked for polarity.

 

Oil mod is 80% complete, here's some pics!

There are other threads showing the steps, but I'll add mine anyway. More info never hurt anyone, right?

First step - remove clutch cover after draining oil(my motor hasn't had oil in it for three years, no worries here!)


Then remove this little cover, it pulls out by hand with a little wiggle, the above pic shows it out already.


Stuff a rag/paper towel/etc into the hole behind the cover to keep drill chips from falling down into the motor. Then look to the bootom of the engine case and find the cast in boss that Honda seems to have put there solely for this purpose...


Then make a drill start using a center punch/tip of a fresh drill/scribe, etc.

I did something a little different than most here; instead of drilling in the center of the boss, I offset my drill inboard as far as I could, to give myself the best chance of clearing the frame once installed.

To judge the hole center, I stuck a #16 drill through the NPT/AN adapter fitting and eyeballed center. Just make certain you leave enough material around the fitting.


Then I chucked up a #30 aircraft extension and drilled my pilot hole.


At the same time, I had a fortune cookie leftover from lunch. Even through the obvious Asian-American grammar, the point came across, and I thought it was fitting. Ah, that V4 song...


Here's the drill/tap assortment. From left to right, #30(.1285") aircraft extension(6"), #30 to #10(.1905") A.E. step drill, 1/4" jobber(3"), 11/32" jobber, 1/8-27 NPT tap.


I also took the time to remove the small step on the boss, just in case I ended up bottoming the fitting when threading it in, and also to help keep the drills & tap straight. I also made a few marks on the tap as a reference to keep checking.


Here's the finished hole:


Take a couple minutes and remove the burrs from both sides of the hole. I used a rattail file to get in and around both edges. Clean away all debris thoroughly. I used my Shop-Vac and a shop towel soaked with WD-40 to grab the little stuff. Then pull the stuffing back out of the oil gallery and reinsert the small cover.

Then add a few wraps of teflon tape to your fitting and install! Should look like this:


This is where I'm at now, I attached the -4 hose at the bottom, I need to cut it to length, and also cut 2 short pieces of -3 hose to go to the heads from the tee. Almost done!




And now for something completely different - this is one of the Rizoma mirrors I'm going to use!

 

love this post

 

Got the motor in this weekend!

Got things started by clearing off the lift(God, it's been a while!)



Then positioned the motor, and taped off a few spots on it, and on the frame.


Very gingerly lifted the frame up over and then down onto the block:




No powdercoat was harmed!

Fought with the mounting bolts for a little while, but we got'er dun!





Of course, there's no stopping there. To get the full effect, I had to toss the wheels & forks on!!



Later on in the afternoon, I fiddled with the oil mod some more. Added a clip to the little bracket, attached the 90deg fitting and hose to the NPT adapter, etc.



The -4 hose coming up from the case is not coated, so I slipped on a piece of heatshrink tubing to protect the starter, frame, and engine mount.


Here's the clearance gained by offsetting the hole:




Plenty of room in there, I can fit a #2 pencil between the frame and fitting easily!

 

And that's where I'm at now... should be done in a couple months!

Any comments welcome!

 

Wow lots of pictures and it looks great keep up the good work.

 

Thanks again for the tips on the LEDs Midias!

 

Awesome thread, keep us posted.

 

Intercepter Sweetness!!!

Wow,that bike is looking SWEET!!! I'm really liking your workshop too. Nothing more satisfying than seeing a project come together. Keep up the good work Sebspeed.

 

Dude! Why not clear them now? It looks great and I think a good clear would make it stay that way. I think you'll wish you had later. After seeing your motor done I know what I'm doing next winter:thumbsup:

 

Wait till you see what I do with my 86 700 motor! :wink: :thumbsup:

 

Sebspeed - Just an awesome project! Love what you are doing with the vf and your other projects too. Been wanting to thank you for all the photos since the first time I saw the post. Busy working on my own 84 interceptor. Wish I had taken a before shot because mine was the most clapped out pos most people will ever see. Hope you can appreciate my decision to lose the aftermarket full fairing, and solo tail, ditch the stock upper cowl, gauges, and headlight in favor of an older 7" round light custom gauges, lower radiator cowl and maybe a small windscreen maybe not red white and blue. What do you think?

 

Fine by me - mine won't be RW&B either! lol!!

I always thought the VF's looked good with no upper fairing + a round headlight. Actually, if I were to build one like that, I would keep all the fairings except the upper, and find a small version of the VTX1800F headlight to put on there, along with a set of low rise dirt bike bars.

 

Yeah! Cool
You would like the Carrillo I beam rods I got for the motor... Forged pistons on the way.

 

this is pretty sick man. im restoring an 83 also and i only hope mine looks as good as yours

 

Thanks again for all the comments!

As far as building the motor, I may take it back down next year to do cams/rockers/v.springs, also might add a set of 700 pistons to raise the compression a bit. We'll see how the finances are doing. For now I just want to finish what I started, and enjoy it for a while.

 

better then porn.