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Pretty sure Rod will do just about anything if you're willing to pay for it. Like Yoshi said, his prices are reasonable for a one off system. Come to think of it, I have a super rare two brothers full system on my NC30!

Another option for VFR headers might be Rod at Hi-perform in Southern California. He has made full exhaust systems for the VFR/RVF 400 in the past which were very nice. I contacted him about doing a full system for one of my VFR projects a few years ago, and he seemed interested. The price he quoted me wasn't too bad either considering it was going to be a one-off system. He also said he can make a jig for the exhaust to produce more than one. May be worth looking into http://www.hiperform.com/new_page_3.htm

I have bolted a 6th gen frame to a 5th gen engine without issue(and that's as far as I got!). If I were to do this project I would try to keep the 5th gen engine management with the 5th gen engine, and leave everything else 6th gen. You could always convert the ignition to the Denso stick coils to avoid trying to find a place to mount the bulky 5th gen coils. Here's a link to my discontinued project bike. I would love to start another one of these days! http://www.vfrdiscussion.com/forum/index.php/topic/64414-vfr800-track-project/#entry755336

Head on over to http://400greybike.com/, you'll find lots of help there!

Total opposite down here at the Long Beach show. No VFR whatsoever! The 500's were getting plenty of attention, but the new CB1100 got the lion's share. That bike was very impressive in person. The price is right too at a Herman Cain + 9!

Well, I guess there are people regularly paying over 30K for a Harley bagger... I know its apples and oranges, but it sure makes the VFR look like a hell of a bargain!

The black looks good, now they just need to drop the MSRP to get the bikes back into showrooms. How many people paid full pop for the 2010? 13K USD seems like a far more realistic MSRP for the basic model. For 16K that thing should have every factory farkle installed!

Looking good!

No problem. See if you can find an angle finder like this one http://roofgenius.com/roofangle.htm locally. Set it flat on your top triple clamp to find out what your rake degree is currently. If you know what your rake and triple clamp offsets are, you can calculate your trail.

That's because you have increased the trail quite a bit with the 900RR triple clamps. If they're the late fireblade triples(98/99) they should have a 30mm offset, I believe the earlier ones had around 35mm, both shorter than the VFR clamps which I believe are around 40mm. The only way you can get your trail back to(or close to) VFR spec would be to decrease the rake angle. Lowering the front of the bike will do this to a certain degree, but you start running into clearance issues if you go that way. I would recommend raising the rear of the bike instead, either by installing a longer shock(or sticking a spacer under the upper mount) a shorter shock linkage dogbone, or flipping your eccentric hub so that it raises the rear axle in relation to the swingarm. I would try getting your rake in the same ballpark as a stock fireblade(whichever year the triples came from) and go from there. These are just suggestions, modify your bike at your own risk of course! ;)

Looks great! I sold my 5th gen engine/vtec frame a while back, otherwise I'd have measurements for you. IIRC they were around 28-30mm, but I'm sure someone on here can give you the exact dimensions. A machinist with a 5 axis CNC would be able to make short work of those holes, and they'd be perfectly centered. I watched my friends father in-law do something similar to the bore of his top triple ignition switch hole with his CNC machine.

What is the OD of the 954 swing arm pivot "nuts"? Those are the only pieces that need to fit into the VTEC bracket IIRC. I would try to use the VTEC lower bracket, then either bore out the holes the pivot nuts slide through, or cut that portion off and weld a new ring on in the correct ID for the 954 nuts.

Very nice. Are you going to use the Vtec lower bracket so you can mount "normal" rearsets?

This thing looks amazing! Makes me want to start another 800 project! The Fireblade swingarm looks perfect, what's the length difference vs. the stock swingarm?

C'mon Seb, how long do we have to wait for you to unveil your "little secret"?

I have a brand new set meant for a 900RR on my 750 track bike project. PM me if you're interested.

Yeah impact, irrelevant now but I have a bad habit of calling an impact an air rachet, even after working on cars professionally for almost 10 years!

I'd try the air ratchet just to break it loose a little, then try your PB blaster again and let it soak overnight. This is the method we use at work to remove the plugs that like to break the electrode off in the head on the Ford 5.4's. Make sure you plug the drain hole so the penetrant will soak into the threads.

Thanks for being the guinea pig! My wiring harness is all stripped down to the basics for ignition/starter, just waiting to see if the cop's are going to work before I finish it up!

I may be interested in a slipper eventually, I remember my 5th gen having a lot of engine braking. Good to know that there's one that fits and that I can buy it from you! I like the oil cooler setup as well, I'll probably be running the stock cooler for now until I get more of the bike sorted. Really jealous of your 2 bros. full system!

If this is in fact the case, shouldn't this mean this mod is possible on the VFR, and should be fairly easy??? Thats what im hoping! Soon as oil cooler pipes come back shortened and rewelded to help fit different shape oil cooler, can get these COPs tested. Let see some pics of your oil cooler setup, I'm nearly at that point with mine as well.

It won't fit, the lower mount is an eyelet on the 4th gen shock, while the RC30 uses a clevis as shown in your pic.