mrmatt

Ouch, sorry to hear that. Hope you have a quick recovery, maybe some carefully cultivated enthanol and motoGP highlights can keep your spirits up (pun intended)

Very nice, those 10 spoke rims are getting more abundant on ebay (I've been watching... :)). Any updates? keep up the good work

Very cool, keep it up And more pics are always welcome!

One thing I'm concerned about is the area where the tail comes into the tank/frame and matching that angle, I haven't really gotten that far yet to see how close it is on the 4th gen

That's Gav, will dig up his topic(s) and post links here. Found it http://www.vfrdiscussion.com/forum/index.php/topic/63024-rc36rr-rvf-clone/ It's actually a 3rd gen...

Hey Sandy I also share your ambition, love the RC45 but don't have the cash to buy one. Maybe when I become rich and famous... (not likely) I've been taking it in a couple of stages so bear with me So I started with a 4th gen since the frame is pretty close in appearance to the RC45 and doesn't have the frame vents that the 3rd gen has. I put a CBR954 front end on it, TBR headers for the left side exhaust, CBR900 gauges (the VFR ones can't fit), Ducati rear wheel (single nut), and planning to put a CBR900 subframe on as well since it's so much lighter. This is how far I got: I have a few more in my gallery The headlights are from aztec8 (or some such name), and I haven't fitted the subframe on it. The body is from Beasley Composites and does a pretty good job of fitting except for these places: Belly pan: needed to trim a lot of this to get around the exhaust, may need to do more to raise it up for ground clearance Clutch cover: had a lot of problems with the interference here, finally got tired of it and decided to cut it away Mounting brackets are tricky, I have a small hobby end mill so I've been able to make my own brackets out of aluminum, also made the headlight mounting bracket. I got tired of not having a bike to ride, so I put this one back together with the original body work and stock exhaust (with a Staintune high mount) and kept the fork and wheel upgrades to it. Then I found an engine and frame and have been building up a second bike that will eventually sport the RC45 bodywork. Only thing I changed for this build is I'm using a 04-06 R1 front end. Then I bought a house (that doesn't have a very good garage), and got married, and started working on a Honda Hawk, so the only progress I've made in the last year is to put some wheels on it so I could move it to my new place. So eventually I'll finish, but its been slow. And kind of expensive (more than I initially thought at least), but I love to tinker and build stuff so I'm having much more fun than I would if I just went out and bought one. Plus there's the fame and riches part... Good luck, let us know how you fare, and if you have any questions just ask

I think that was flyguyeddy, not sure if he got it worked out though

Very nice, I have the same dream of putting an RC45 body on a 4th gen. This is as far as I made it though: DSC02149.JPG The subframe I'm planning to go with a CBR900 which is a much lighter aluminum one (not pictured) I was having some problems with the clutch cover hitting the body, I finally got tired and chopped it out. I'll have to revisit that area to clean it up DSC02150.JPG Headlights are from Aztec8, I tried some CBR900 ones but they looked too small for the opening then I switched back to the stock body so I could have something to ride... Hopefully I can get back on it this fall, maybe do a couple engine mods too (hmm, scissor gears?)

Just saw the latest Motorcyclist has a blurb on the 1200 and VFRD got an honorable mention on the power derestriction of 1st and 2nd

(that just made me cry a little) Welcome, there are a lot of threads on the subject, I think the complete Fireblade (CBR929/954) front end are the most common and are a direct bolt on since the steering head bearings are the same as the VFR, you just have to think about the position of the fork tubes in the triples to account for trail. This is what I used on my '95 and was fairly straight forward. For my next project I'm fitting a 954 triple with a '06 R1 forks/wheel/brakes but for this I'm having to space the wheel 2mm on each side because the triple is 4mm wider than the R1 triple Good luck