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Hello Everyone. Firstly i would like to say i am new to VFRD, & although i have found very helpful information on this site, this will be my first post. So let’s get right to. I fist bought my RC36 in October of 2010, & i instantly fell in love with the V4 Honda, i have always respected the VFR's, but now it was my turn, to own a VFR. The bike needed some TLC but it was an awesome bike to ride. This is what she looked like After a month or two, one of the side fairings blew off while I was riding, & i could not match up the color, so i decaide to respray her. Bike after the respray

Support the front of the bike, then loosen the fork caps until they are free of the tube. lift the front wheel and see if it hits anything while lifted and turned, in both directions. Now is a good time to add stiffer springs, if your weight calls for them. You should also flip your eccentric or shim the top of the shock to gain some ride height and retain/improve the handling.

Springs out of the forks is the way to do it

If by "winter projects" you mean projects to undertake during winter on a frozen lake with at least 3 feet of ice, then I'd say it would (just) be fine.

Wow, there are two threads on this forum that seem to never want to come to completion, this one and the 2Bros Headers thread...The anticipation is killing me and I'm not even planning on doing either mod!

Please make sure you check the clearance of the forks under full compression. I had to make a number of modifications to the set I used on my 1996.

Before I started fitting my CBR suspension I wanted to make sure that the rear suspension / shock was in a good condition, & with my luck it was not, the seals were leaking & all the bearings & linkages were worn & old, & this is what they ended up looking like after the refurbishing. After the rear had been refurbished, I began work on the front end. CBR front Rim Before CBR front Rim after My VFR with the CBR fork fitted I just need to fit the set of ACEWELL digital Guages that i purchased & take her for her first test run. Wish me Luck.

But then in February of 2013 i have a very serious accident, & the bike was almost beyond repair. So after i have recovered from my injuries i pulled the bike apart to see the extent of the damage. I was very lucky that there was no damage to the frame, engine or suspension, however every single piece of fairing was broken plus the clocks, the sub frame, all the lights, the oil cooler & radiator all needed to be replaced. The bike was in a very bad state, but i decide it could be repaired. & that is exactly what I did, I got her up & running again, although it took me a year & 8 months to source the finance & all the parts, but i finally got her up & running in August 2014. In my search to find all the parts i needed i stumbled onto VFRD, & found some very insightful information, with regards to upgrading the brakes & front suspension on various VFR models, such as FotoMoto's Rcbvfr Frankenviffer Texas Style or VIFFER93's, VFR 2000 R1 Fork Conversion. So i decieded to look into this sort of modification for my VFR & found that honda use the same steering stem bearings in most of thier bikes. O6 stem(left) VFR stem(right) After searching the interweb i found a supplier that could sell me a complete front suspension for a 2006 CBR1000.