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  1. Keith. Looks like you have to find an axle that will fit into the 5th gen eccentric correctly. I know I sent pictures showing how the VFR and one of the ducati axles won't work (I'll have to look up which one I got). I can't be too much help checking my parts as they are all buried while we finish the flooring in the attic.
  2. You have to have a full drawing or they can't do anything. Just google search for a machine shop. And be warned that half of them do not know what they are doing.
  3. a custom set of triples, one off, should be between $400-$600, depending on how fancy you get.
  4. Yes, you can manually machine them. I actually designed mine with manual machining in mind. It just takes longer. Also have to be careful of who's doing it. Might find another shop who's going to miss machining the triples by 1mm.
  5. Well, you either have to adapt the wheels/rotors/calipers to the VFR spacing, or just change the location of the bores when you are machining. If you are manually machining it, it is a slight nuisiance since you have to keep the wall around the forks consistent for all spacing values. But the other way you have to space rotors differently and adjust wheel spacers.
  6. Wow. Just realized that I never measured the diameter of the eccentric. That was only a slight 'oops'. I'll have to see about getting that size today when I stop at the house. I did find a suggestion that the 1098/1198 eccentric is 112mm diameter. The 848 is smaller, maybe 98mm. http://www.ducati.ms/forums/56-superbikes/143980-eccentric-hub-dimensions-single-sided-swingarms-2.html From this CF post, it looks like the 4th gen VFR is 105mm diameter, triumph is the same, and the RC45 is 117mm. If the 5th gen is the same as the RC45, then there isn't a direct swap eccentric from what we have looked at so far. http://www.customfighters.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1610978
  7. Well, you could always put that shim in there like someone showed recently. Not my first choice of action though. Maybe the 1098/1198 eccentrics are larger diameter? The axles should be different diameters, so maybe the eccentrics are as well. They are a bit pricey on the ebay to just buy one and see, and it's more miss than hit on a seller that will give you dimensions.
  8. Wait. You're going to mail the entire frame to italy to have triples made? Sounds a bit excessive. Hell, I've had triples drawn up for a while and planned to machine them. Except the one small CNC mill needs a new screen before we can test it, the other small one was wired wrong by the electrician and doesn't work right either, and the two big ones always have work on them. What is the end goal? Steering stops correct, ignition mount, 50/54 bores, VFR offset, VFR spacing? I always thought it would make more sense to leave the fork spacing to whatever the donor forks were.
  9. Just thought about it. Do my 4th gen numbers line up with the 5th gen stuff? Are the eccentrics the same OD even?
  10. No. I just need to figure out a time when I can get into the shop and the machine is open. My last many visits to the shop have been actual work stuff and not personal project fun. I have a ducati axle to measure things up to, and the triumph axle to machine. Have to remember where I have the ducati nut and cone to check everything to. It's just a time issue. I might be able to sneak in something really early Saturday morning, but no idea what machines are going to be open or how long it will take to dig up the tooling. I think I figured a way to do the drive pins in one shot, but until I try there's no way to know. And I haven't seriously looked at how to hold the axle for machining. I'll call the one shop and see if they can do the drive pins that I asked them to do before November sometime soon.
  11. Version 1.0

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    This is the original service manual for the 1984-85 Honda VF500C. Some information may carry over to the VF500F.
  12. Not so much 'linked brakes cause mushy levers', but 'linked brakes are a PITA to bleed to get a firm lever'.
  13. Try Coremoto if the usual names don't have anything. I think you can get custom length lines from them as well. There probably aren't any kits because of the linked braking system. Not as easy as three lines running from point A to B.
  14. Bleeding the linked brake system isn't exactly easy either.
  15. The lever is mushy? Then you need to bleed your brakes. If it's still mushy, you still have air in the lines.
  16. This needs to be flagged as porn. :wub2: :wub2:
  17. No, they print. There are a ton of desktop average joe 3D printers out there now. The problem is that they still aren't fully reliable. A friend of mine had one, and because of the software, sometimes the printing would stop partway though and you would have to start over. 3D printing is also REALLY slow. It's good for simple, small things. For large parts it gets pretty costly from a time and equipment standpoint.
  18. If someone really wants that exhaust, the paint can always be removed.
  19. I didn't see pricing, but here's their old kickstarter page. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/otherfab/the-othermill-custom-circuits-at-your-fingertips I don't think I would want to do a whole lot of aluminum with that thing. It's more of a glorified router. Pretty cool though. A friend might be interested for making circuit boards.
  20. Definitely a sweet sounding ride. I remember when I got to follow you through kentucky those many years ago.
  21. That would probably be the smarter sounding thing to do. Have I checked that the 675 fits? No. I got it essentially for free with the Sato rearsets I bought for $100. I think that I will have to make a new brake caliper mount that has the same dimensions as the Triumph at the axle, and then whatever I need at the caliper end. Maybe I'll be able to get away with just machining some of the existing mount. The caliper mount is a part of how everything fits together on the axle, so we will see.
  22. Opera plays the video fine. The link just sends you to their VFRD video page.
  23. Over a year without an update. Well, not much of an update, but here are some parts so you don't think I've completely abandoned this. One more part to make. Think third week in October is my next free weekend. So hopefully I will have them finished by then. Already started making those parts a month ago, just need to finish. Also, here are some pictures comparing an 848 spindle to the Triumph spindle. You can see the triumph spindle (RIGHT) is way too long on the wheel side of things, but the Ducati is too different on the sprocket side.
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