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VF500F2 Aka MBD Incubation Period At Least 52 Years


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“The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, / Gang aft agley,” 

 

 

 

The plan was too keep the 4th gen stock....

 

 

 

Watch this space..... :tongue:

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No, the plan was to recommission and sell.

In earlier post you can see what was done and replaced.

 

When it came to selling, nothing but BS.

"Nobody wants a fully faired bike anymore. I do you a favour by offering 1k..."

 

Having secured employment again, I thought "wtf  I give the bike to my brother".... the smile on his face was worth it...

 

I just took her out for a couple of days.

 

Parcel due from abroad any day now....

 

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2 hours ago, Gebruiker said:

 

...does your brother know that?

 

Well, since I parked my RC51 in his garage, he does :laugh:

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Not neglecting my VF either.....

 

I had to remove some sheet of ice from the bike cover this morning for my ride into the office...

 

 

but what a glorious ride it was :fing02:

 

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With 2nd hand huggers scarce and new ones silly money.....

 

Still want to keep the new YSS free from muck..

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Plenty doormat left to fine tune shape/position... :tongue:

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Building the refurbed engine of my 1st Gikera together again. This the engine with the matching (to the frame's) #.

3-speed Turismo 150.

 

New bearings inside, cilinder honed, valve seat and guides...

 

 

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Clocking to measure play

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TIME WARP!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

1997

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2021

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Took the long, winding road home from work today...

Will hit 85,000km this weekend....

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The high-mount muffler meant loosing the passenger peg on the RHS.   

Thus equilibrium was distorted in the Universe. And we cannae have that now can we?!

 

 

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Continuing..

 

 

 

Geen fotobeschrijving beschikbaar.

 

 

 

Having a stash of spare parts/engines does come in handy

Geen fotobeschrijving beschikbaar.

 

 

As is having proper tools for the job

Geen fotobeschrijving beschikbaar.

 

 

Geen fotobeschrijving beschikbaar.

 

 

 

 

What is wrong in this picture :laugh:

Geen fotobeschrijving beschikbaar.

 

 

 

Geen fotobeschrijving beschikbaar.

 

 

 

The channel for the clutch pushrod was filled with crud... See-sawed it clean

Geen fotobeschrijving beschikbaar.

 

 

Nespresso, what else?

Geen fotobeschrijving beschikbaar.

 

Next.....  spoon in the engine

Kan een afbeelding zijn van motor en buitenshuis

 

 

 

Geen fotobeschrijving beschikbaar.

 

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Hey Dutchy,

The VFR look sharp. What does the BOS exhaust sound like? I have a V&H high mounted one but based on the sound of my friends Ducati 750SS with a BOS system, the BOS should sound better than the V&H. BTW, mine is high mount with passenger foot pegs on (came this way to me)

 

PS: I hope the Gilera is red!1364584125_Wald07VFR750-2.thumb.jpg.9697b71c6297a82f92315abdd8a6e5a3.jpg

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Well, the BOS is EU-approved and has a db-killer.  Sound a bit deeper that the 6.1kg OEM boat anchor....

Sound-wise though, it looses big time to the twin BOS exhausts on my RC51 :laugh:

 

 

Both my Gilera 150's are red...

 

The 150 Sport in the correct factory red

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The 'bastadino'Turismo has the tank of the 175 model. The jury is still out on it being period correct or not. I do not care really...

I had decals made to comemmorate the 110th anniversary 1909 - 2019. (and hide some damage to the paint..)  Purists balk...

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added a decal to the top of the tank for good measure...

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Thanks Dutchy. Who cares if period correct, it is a awesome bike!

I kind of like to looks of the VFR without the passenger pegs, I think I will remove mine.

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For the LHS pegholder, I used a bit tired looking one and chopped the lower bit off.

As to keep tge grabrail and seat latch lock.

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Fitted the remaining auxilirary parts like steering, fender, chain, seat, oil..

Set the gap for the points. 

1st kick the rebuild engine fired up :beer:

 

Short shake down run to check for leaks. So far so good..

 

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Happy chappy :tongue:

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This is one "cool" machine. I love the ignition key (my uncles used to have old Jawa's with this type of key in the headlight)

As for pegs, yes, you a right, in order to keep the grab rail, I will have to do the same thing. I will have to get a used pair on ebay and modify it. Also, my muffler is mounted to the peg on the right site (I will need to talk to my welder to perhaps find a different solution. Now, it becomes a project!

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