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haha red rubber grease ranks right up there too... My sons is a submariner so of course he had to taste it. He said its not that bad...

Ok so I'm not ready to "Archive" this thread this bike or me for that matter and I'm sure tired of looking at this every time I run to the garage... So when the bike got parked last and sitting on her side stand, we had an isolated incident; the clutch master dribbled onto my nice in-fill panel!! ! Oh no no no... I think I can doctor the panel to look good again but this won't do. So my Christmas present for myself was a new set of "stock" caps, plastic things and boots!(boots on the way) (screws are amazon stock) Just a little bling. I know I'm just a caretaker now...but its my bike..! Next I want to try to replace this thing!

The stock 86 forks look so flippin spindly compared to the ZX9!

Damn Kenny, wish I could help you! Is that lower fork tube broken? Regardless, the forks don't look like they ever been touched. Do you think the oil pans' fatal and if so, how deep do you have to go to get that out of there? Good luck Dude!

Nice work! It sounds so sweet! So is that spring preload adjustment on the wing-nuts front and rear or is that friction damping?

What a flippin gorgeous machine Dutchy!

I miss those days...I could so do a project engine...except for that money thing...

Wow Mike, the old girl sure has come a long way sense 2019ish. To you, rc and everybody that participated in this therapy project; thanks for all the help, comments, criticisms, advise and giftings along the way. I sure wish I could have rode with you guys but thank God you all took this journey with me. I think the bike runs and handles well, at least that's what my son tells me, and sense this the only VFR I've ever riden I would sure welcome an evaluation run from the Captain! (Whenever you can schedule that in...) As for the replicable skid pad...it got the bracket welded on there and then I realized 1/4 inch too short... drill and tap time! haha Too many memories to share for a two finger typer like myself. I hope I've preserved this bike to a point where it won't get pushed out back and let waste away. I hope when I'm dead and gone the family will look and smile at Grampa's old bike...

But really, that was just some of the stuff that was done years ago.

What a gorgeous bike, still gives me chill as the day I brought it home. Beat up a little now but still so fucking Hot! Thank you Captian80s, what a touch of class the In-Fill panels gave her...just can't express my gratitude... I have a stripe for the tank but as you can see the blue/white transition on the tank is way off location. So thats an expensive project for another day. Through the winter I'll try to make some turn signal mounts for the rear, the mounts on the grab rails were hacked off and my son was going to put some pointy LED things sticking out of the fender...!the holes are already drilled..! (I'm weeping inside right now) But hell no! I refuse to stick anything out of the fender! I'll make something, hell there's enough of my home made shit hanging off this thing. haha

What are everyones thoughts on using Sta-bil fuel stabilizer?

Man! Tell me about it! I'm so glad I got it as close as I did. My rear turn signal tabs got hacked off... I'll cross that bridge later... I have a lot of "cross that bridge later's" on this thing. ha I will do that Caption, I have a lay-out board in the basement where I can work on that thru the winter. Today I'll get things ready for headlight mounting and front flush mount turn signals, there's sure enough holes to choose from up there.

Cowl issues: Top headlight mount to create. If needed? Cowl to windscreen fit is farkle! The fit was bad but seems much worse after hanging on the wall for a year. Do these things curl in on themselves? Is this reversible?

Thanks! A good friend found those, they're perfect! The right panel had a crack that I repaired with the cloth stuff I spoke of earlier and I manipulated the mounts and panel holes as respectively as I could so they both go on with no twists at all. Thank God and Bless friends. The cowl is aftermarket fiberglass with the original paint, I think. I has the two lower mount holes for the headlight but no top mount, I'm sure the decal/paint is off location and the turn signal locations look like swiss cheese. Solvoset is the name of the fabric stuff. Got this stuff a while ago 2007 looks like. I don't plan any top cote other than cleaning conditioner.

Trying... The cowl's a little crooked...I don't think I can get it out...

Thanks bmart and Captain, I'll take out the gauges and start fresh tomorrow.

I got the lowers to match up, the cowl looks close but its jacked up at the sub frame, it was all bent up before, so now there is an interference with the clutch lever and top of the cowl by the mirror area, with about an inch on the brake lever side. feeling overwhelmed... Time to step back, take a break and regroup...

Hell yea! Great idea! The location of those two mounts seem to be non adjustable and constant other than rotation: am I overthink this or is that a major factor in the position of the Cowl? Did that make any sense.....

I thought something like that was the case, that thing looks like shit...my opinion. If I ever get a Harbor Freight Lathe that is my first project.

need a hot plate...mama says my VFR budget is wiped... lol

I don't know man ...all flippin new to me! But thanks. I'll start seeing if everything still fits in place. WTF is this? Please tell this aint stock! I don't remember this thing. This is what I have for lower stand-offs. The bottom one kinda resembles it current owner; bent up and scared up but still willin...lol

Well here's how the lowers went. I'm using this plastic repair kit and its molding blocks. A hot plate wasn't in the budget so an old halogen light warmed up the molding material enough. Both the lowers have been repaired and repainted in the past by PO's so I'm just doing a patch up and hopefully some prettifying. The Right Lower has relatively little damage and was used to make the molds for two spots for left side repairs. Left side sucked. I had a interference fit with my radiator savers I never saw before at the intake snorkel mounting screw and the just got compounded by my rectifier mount bolt. Top middle Duz receiver was all busted up along with the trailing lower screw hole. The cloth on the back there is some stuff I got 15 years ago its like a ABS impreginated cloth i got from a theatrical supply for some model ship building; you soak the stuff in Acitone and put it on your plastic and it hardens and becomes one with the plastic, I used it hereto just to add some support. I also used it to build the side cover arrowhead stand-off.

The tail was done a while back and the side covers got done last week. The each had a button (don't know what to call them) broken off. This is where I started playing with Plastex and molding parts. On the one arrowhead was savable and used to mold for the other side cover with no arrowhead and vise versa for the button looking ones. The Left side had the arrowhead and standoff wiped off and thats where i built up the standoff and used the Plastex molded arrowhead.

No it seems to be gone and thanks for the tip. It was cool last night and probably could be a bit leaner...:) But it fires right up with very little choke, the sync will have to stay as is from the bench. The garage even smelled like a warm VFR! Ok... The Plastic... I don't want to repaint any exterior surfaces, actually the exterior cracks are fine, I just want to arrest the cracking on the inside. The tail piece and side covers are original with original paint and signage (i think). The tail had 3 out of 4 of the mounts broken off and repaired with safety wire. There was a crack at the light I fixed with Plastex and a piece of fiber. cloth. Wired and fitted to the stock rubbers and collars and i think it will outlast me, and no one will see it.

It was a beautiful cool night in Ohio last night, so I asked my son Jay to take the bike out for a mildly aggressive shake down ride, no turn signals, plates (aledigedly) but who cares, it won't be my ticket! I wanted a 2nd gear roll-on to an easy shift into 3rd. at about red. Jay said she preformed well, the engine was strong. He had a big smile on his face, and the old girl sounded very nice. Would have rather had one of the seasoned VFR qualified guys here do about an 80% shakedown... Anyways...lets get her clothes back on...