CharlieFoxtrot

A few decades ago, a friend had a "rain bike", but it was a Chevy Beretta.

Oh, you're right. I'll check them out. By the time I search CL and FB, I'm usually too aggravated to look at anything else... eBay? Fuggedaboudit! Only if I have a part number! I got a complete RC24 750 engine with carbs (sitting for years, haven't tried to turn the crank) for $20 recently on FB... Included a furniture dolly and a milk crate, so I'm WAY ahead!

Offer-up is the real bottom-feeder of sale sites or apps or whatever it is. I need to start looking there again. They had the TV commercials with somebody parachuting in to buy your crap, etc. When you post items for sale, all you need is a picture and a price, you don't have to write a single word! The app will look at the picture of your VFR for sale and title it "red motorcycle for sale" if you can't be bothered to create your own description.

How did you wire the Brembo front brake light switch? I'm planning to make a connector block out of epoxy on the Brembo switch to connect the stock Honda wires to, unless I find something else tidy. Is your master cylinder lever hitting the edge of the windshield frame at full left lock? I have a little room to move the MC toward the throttle, which might help.

Yup, they bolt into the original mirror holes.

I guess the million times I typed those numbers into the Yahoo group or the Wisc.edu listserv have firmly embedded them in my brain. You need to make up a bushing to locate the upper fairing, or make the mirror nut fit inside the original barrel that serves that function. I think I just put some hose around mine, intending to do better later. Here's the view:

I used Bikemaster 601122 and 601123, if I correctly remember part numbers from 30 years ago. Not replicas but the style and attachment worked pretty well and the view in the mirrors was better.

Here's a conversation I had with Marc Salvisberg earlier this year, FWIW: Me: Hi! Do y'all still do ignition advance modifications for VFRs? I have a 1990 VFR750. Marc: Not anymore. Try Ignitec Me: Thanks, I just emailed them. Is the modification complicated for a machine shop to do? Would you be willing to tell me the procedure? Marc: The way I did it involves a lathe, an oxy/acetylene torch, high nickel content brazing rod, a specially shaped punch, some math and a hammer. The Ignitec is nicer. Me: Super, thanks! Marc: Keep in touch! The VFR liked about 4 degrees more advance.

I heard the guy you got your rotors from is a super good guy! 🙂

Unlikely, and if he is, he has a reputation for not delivering. YMMV.

ROFL! Albums: https://public.fotki.com/vfr700f2/car_truck_motorcycl/current-rides/1990-vfr750/ https://public.fotki.com/vfr700f2/car_truck_motorcycl/current-rides/87-vfr700f2/ https://public.fotki.com/vfr700f2/car_truck_motorcycl/former-rides/vfrs/ https://public.fotki.com/vfr700f2/car_truck_motorcycl/current-rides/other-vfrs/ Edit: the 87 is in Florida, and I'm in Connecticut. Plus, I told my wife I'd sell the 87 when I bought the 90, but I haven't, and then I took the 90 apart! Though not as _far_ apart... If this virus crap ever goes away, and after I finish the 90, I'll see if I can sneak putting the 87 together and keep it, but that'll be tricky! Now back to Danno's thread!

I'm pretty sure we're all dying for a pic of your new ride, even though you don't have it yet...

I think I didn’t see the link. Says they’re 10mm up and 10mm back. Sorry for the stupid question.

The Hurricane wheels are too skinny to run radials. http://www.one-ring.net/vfrfaq/WheelFAQ.htm

The 17" Hurricane wheels were a fairly common swap back in the day. Basically a bolt-in, though you still need to fix the rear ride height with a 1/2" taller shock. IDK what's available anymore, but most anything would be better than stock. Might be tough to find those wheels now...