Member Contributer gig Posted April 9, 2018 Member Contributer Share Posted April 9, 2018 My winter project was a front delink that turned into a delink and 848 rear conversion. I had help from the forum, Rush, Mohawk, Keef, Mellow, and others, Thank you! Below is the "VFR 848" build I have notes of exact weights but will give it my best recollection for this. -9.5lb for front and rear delink Removed Replaced CBRF4I front wheel, front calipers, master, new VTR lowers. Lowers need a bit of grinding and TI washers to center calipers Kit from Extremecreations they did "Keef's 1098 conversion, shim and spacer worked the same for 848 eccentric The 848 brake hanger is open vs 1098, so milled flat for clearance and used TI domed bolts to secure. The brembo master i had to open up the VFR holes a bit and use smaller 5m TI bolt and nut to secure. Used a pressure switch which cleaned up the right peg. Routed the 33mm long brake line through the Swing arm, enlarged the rear hole in swingarm The first wheel and swingarm I bought off ebay were bent which was a nightmare to return a get credit for, found a new wheel for $600. ended up sourcing all of the parts needed separately Sprocket on a 848 is a 525, so a 520 conversion is required, got 520 vfr front, 848 rear from sprocket center, chain was almost new Front brake line length if needed is 28 and 31 inch, i know because i had to reorder, i got the bend on the top and bottom the same, 20 degrees i think, comes with 90" bend for a CBR, ask me how i know that I think thats it. i checked offsets from a set point on swingarm was between .58mm straight wheel to 1.78mm measured with bent wheel unknowingly. Within spec of 2mm variance. Total cost was $500 for delink $1,500 for 848 mod. Weight savings from stock; Wheel -3.2lbs The marchesini wheel. FYI Brembo/enki make the same wheel the bent one i got, it was heavier by more then 1lbs Sprocket w/carirer etc.. 5 lbs Rear Rotor 2lbs Delink front and rear 9.5lbs I had light weight rotor and sprocket already, so saved -16.5 lbs, added to my already 42 lbs = 58.5 - 458 stock dry = 399.5 lbs Yes i can feel a difference, all unsprung and rotation weight loss. If i think of anything else i will post. Thanks again for all the help from the forum, as always !! Gig sorry for the repeditive pics, i tryed to switch pics it adds them but wont let me delete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lint Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Wow!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Skids Posted April 9, 2018 Member Contributer Share Posted April 9, 2018 Outstanding job, well done. Envious of the skills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Grum Posted April 9, 2018 Member Contributer Share Posted April 9, 2018 Bloody Beautiful Gig. Outstanding job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer shaynus Posted April 9, 2018 Member Contributer Share Posted April 9, 2018 Looks awesome, great job, you should be proud of a job well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer KevCarver Posted April 9, 2018 Member Contributer Share Posted April 9, 2018 Looks great, like it could've should've come from the factory! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer shaynus Posted April 9, 2018 Member Contributer Share Posted April 9, 2018 On a side note, what rear hugger is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEBSPEED Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 Looks good, front wheel next? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Knute Posted April 9, 2018 Member Contributer Share Posted April 9, 2018 Nicely done Gig! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lint Posted April 9, 2018 Share Posted April 9, 2018 I'd like to do this with a CBR tail section. So sexy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer mello dude Posted April 9, 2018 Member Contributer Share Posted April 9, 2018 Very nice! Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer RDMcD Posted April 10, 2018 Member Contributer Share Posted April 10, 2018 You already had the nicest 5th gen around, now you just suck :) Beautiful work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer gig Posted April 10, 2018 Author Member Contributer Share Posted April 10, 2018 12 hours ago, shaynus said: On a side note, what rear hugger is that? Thank you all very much, I could not wait to show it to you guys. I had wanted to do a 17 5.5 conversion for years, but any that had been done were large axle 6.0 wheels. Tight twisties is what i ride for, so realy wanted to do a 17 5.5 conversion, but didn't know if i would be able to do it, or get the wife's blessing to spend the $ necessary to try. I researched and found that a couple of 848 riders had done a 1098 conversion so knew it was possible, but could not get a confirmation on the offset. So, Happy, and Relieved, it worked out. The Hugger is Harris performance hugger that i cut up pretty well to open up the look, but even with that and not being connected on the outside of the swingarm, it is very stable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer rangemaster Posted April 10, 2018 Member Contributer Share Posted April 10, 2018 Beautiful bike. Cool Dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Mohawk Posted April 10, 2018 Member Contributer Share Posted April 10, 2018 Sweeeeeeet good job, I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Switchblade Posted April 10, 2018 Member Contributer Share Posted April 10, 2018 Awesome bike and she's a good dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer gig Posted April 10, 2018 Author Member Contributer Share Posted April 10, 2018 20 hours ago, SEBSPEED said: Looks good, front wheel next? Its an F4I front wheel, but a forged 5 spoke F4I Marchesini to match would be nice. I guess i should start stashing $ now, for next winters projects?? Thanks Seb?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer TheJay Posted April 10, 2018 Member Contributer Share Posted April 10, 2018 1st- I guess that’ll do. 2nd- Your workbench is too dang clean. 3rd- Hopefully we’ll get to stand around and gawk at it in about a month. Awesome job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limiter Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 Now, You Know ............................this means you are committed to showing this creation to all of us at TMAC in May. No work excuses or other such rubbish . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer gig Posted April 11, 2018 Author Member Contributer Share Posted April 11, 2018 When I had spent months researching and buying parts, and then had $1,000 worth of bent ebay parts on the bike, getting to TMAC with a finished project got me through. I would not miss it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Rush2112 Posted April 11, 2018 Member Contributer Share Posted April 11, 2018 Well done, Griff! Best looking 5th gen out there just got even better! You'll leave me in the dust in the twisties on my porker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer VFR Capt.Bob Posted April 21, 2018 Member Contributer Share Posted April 21, 2018 Very very nice. I have a very similarly modded VFR. I was thinking where is the big bore kit then realized the 848 designates the rear hub mod. Love this bike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer MaxSwell Posted April 21, 2018 Member Contributer Share Posted April 21, 2018 Fabulous. You're quite a craftsman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Stray Posted April 21, 2018 Member Contributer Share Posted April 21, 2018 Gig, that bike is AWESOME! Credit to you, mate. Hard work and well-deserved top result. Stray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer sfdownhill Posted May 1, 2018 Member Contributer Share Posted May 1, 2018 Gig, +1 for all the positive comments above! Did you get a number for the weight saved by the F4i front wheel? Does the F4i front wheel drop right in, or need spacers/adapters? Which headers do you have on that beautiful bike? They appear to be very well-finished stainless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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