Member Contributer Kel Posted January 12, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted January 12, 2017 A friend of mine decided he was not going to get to his R for a refresh any time soon, his time was going into his '69 Mustang. So he calls me and asks if there is room in the barn for one more project. Of course there isn't so of course I said yes. He wanted it to go to a home where it will be loved so he thought of me. All the body panel are there and the price was right....free! Couldn't argue with that. Even came with this never opened OEM collector in the Honda box. Cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Dutchy Posted January 12, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted January 12, 2017 A free vf1000r is never bad..... Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer 3dcycle Posted January 12, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted January 12, 2017 if you run out of room for it I can make space for it, and im just next door in VT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer FromMaine Posted January 13, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted January 13, 2017 Nice pickup! Glad it ended up with a true enthusiast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Kel Posted January 13, 2017 Author Member Contributer Share Posted January 13, 2017 I hope to have it back to original and let him ride it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDutchy Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 Nice one Kel.. Even a brand new collector... Kel is going to do a rebuild to original ?.. SUBSCRIBED !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Dutchy Posted January 13, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted January 13, 2017 Come on The Dutchy, post a teaser of what it should look like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDutchy Posted January 13, 2017 Share Posted January 13, 2017 3 hours ago, Dutchy said: Come on The Dutchy, post a teaser of what it should look like Not what it should look like, but what could look like... Mine is (far) from Original too.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Kel Posted January 13, 2017 Author Member Contributer Share Posted January 13, 2017 3 hours ago, TheDutchy said: Nice one Kel.. Even a brand new collector... Kel is going to do a rebuild to original ?.. SUBSCRIBED !!!! Ha...yes...believe it or not, I will actually "try" to do an original resto. It will be hard , I admit. When I was driving it home, I had all kinds of crazy ideas but thought better of it when I parked it next to the RVF. This one will be close to original for the most part. Probably won't have stock turn signals, brake lines, fuel pump, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer tomk1960 Posted February 18, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted February 18, 2017 Free is always awesome, especially when it's an R. Can't wait to see this one come back to life! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer VF1000RS Posted February 23, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted February 23, 2017 How many do you have so far? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Kel Posted February 24, 2017 Author Member Contributer Share Posted February 24, 2017 12 hours ago, VF1000RS said: How many do you have so far? That makes 5 R's Tom. That sounds great and all...but really...if you're going to have a bunch of bikes, there should be a nice variety. I've been woefully inactive on doing anything with them but I am in the process now of preparing the '86 fairings for paint. The PO had painted white over flat black over stock colors and stickers. A real treat to get them stripped. Of course they have the usual broken tabs, broken mirror openings, rashed down vent corners, etc. Hopefully I will have something to show here soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Captain 80s Posted February 24, 2017 Member Contributer Share Posted February 24, 2017 5 hours ago, Kel said: That makes 5 R's Tom. That sounds great and all...but really...if you're going to have a bunch of bikes, there should be a nice variety. I've been woefully inactive on doing anything with them but I am in the process now of preparing the '86 fairings for paint. The PO had painted white over flat black over stock colors and stickers. A real treat to get them stripped. Of course they have the usual broken tabs, broken mirror openings, rashed down vent corners, etc. Hopefully I will have something to show here soon. Please show some work and strategies on the vent corners. I've got a pretty decent set that need some work in that area I need to get crackin on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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