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You are using the kR axle I assume. Odd, is the speedo drive pushing it too far? The axle goes a certain way. If I remember correctly, the axle head is on the speedo side with the "nut" on the right side of the bike. The "nut" has a small lip, this obviouly goes outside the quick release lever. I've noticed some aftermarket bearings can be wider/narrower than stock, maybe check there. How far off is it? Nut is on the clutch side, opposite the speedo drive which has the solid end of the axle on the left side of the bike. No spacer on the right, there is maybe .030" of play, and rotor to fork leg clearance on the clutch(right) side is almost non existent. This is without the caliper brackets attached, by the way. I'm sure there would be interference there. I remember vfrcapn had the same problem with his Jamie D kit, but he was able to fit the spacer on the right. I already pm'ed Mike to try and spur his memory. Not sure if he worked it out or gave up trying to make it work and went with the '51 front end. I've got way too much time and money in these R forks to give up on them, so I'm going to have to find a way!

Speaking of wheel swaps, I have a nice tight fit in the rear, and all looks like it's lining up well. Won't know 100% until I get a chain & sprockets in, but it's looking good. I'm using a Jamie D machined F2 hub along with 3 spacers I made from 6061 T6 aluminum, and a CBR600F4i rear brake caliper & bracket(1000RR brake rotor on the F2 wheel). During a long conference over the phone, VF1000RS & I worked out the spacer dimensions, so big thanks to him for that. Once I know for sure that this lines up 100% as-is, I will stick my VF500 hub in there and see how the dimensions work out. In the front, on the other hand, I need to do some work. I'm using the 1000R forks with a custom brace and F2 wheel, combined with Jamie's machined speedo drive. As it's put together now, the wheel is off to the right side of the bike. There is a process defined in the 1kR manual for wheel installation that I need to go look up, to see if that makes a difference.

Alright, pics are loaded. AND SO IS THE MOTOR!!!! :fing02: Tom (motorhead) lives closeby, and being a good sport and all around nice guy, he came over to lend a helping hand. We got things started by clearing off the lift(God, it's been a while!) Then positioned the motor, and taped off a few spots on it, and on the frame. Very gingerly lifted the frame up over and then down onto the block: No powdercoat was harmed! :cool: Then we fought with the mounting bolts for a little while, but we got'er dun :beer: Of course, there's no stopping there. To get the full effect, we had to toss the wheels & forks on!! I think Tom was about as excited as I was! :cool: Later on in the afternoon, I fiddled with the oil mod some more. Added a clip to the little bracket, attached the 90deg fitting and hose to the NPT adapter, etc. The -4 hose coming up from the case is not coated, so I slipped on a piece of heatshrink tubing to protect the starter, frame, and engine mount. Here's the clearance gained by offsetting the hole: Plenty of room in there, I can fit a #2 pencil between the frame and fitting easily! :cool:

Couldn't you just bolt one of these on? :fing02: :cool:

Oil mod is 80% complete, here's some pics! There are other threads showing the steps, but I'll add mine anyway. More info never hurt anyone, right? First step - remove clutch cover after draining oil(my motor hasn't had oil in it for three years, no worries here!) Then remove this little cover, it pulls out by hand with a little wiggle, the above pic shows it out already. Stuff a rag/paper towel/etc into the hole behind the cover to keep drill chips from falling down into the motor. Then look to the bootom of the engine case and find the cast in boss that Honda seems to have put there solely for this purpose... Then make a drill start using a center punch/tip of a fresh drill/scribe, etc. I did something a little different than most here; instead of drilling in the center of the boss, I offset my drill inboard as far as I could, to give myself the best chance of clearing the frame once installed. To judge the hole center, I stuck a #16 drill through the NPT/AN adapter fitting and eyeballed center. Just make certain you leave enough material around the fitting. Then I chucked up a #30 aircraft extension and drilled my pilot hole. At the same time, I had a fortune cookie leftover from lunch. Even through the obvious Asian-American grammar, the point came across, and I thought it was fitting. Ah, that V4 song... :biggrin: Here's the drill/tap assortment. From left to right, #30(.1285") aircraft extension(6"), #30 to #10(.1905") A.E. step drill, 1/4" jobber(3"), 11/32" jobber, 1/8-27 NPT tap. I also took the time to remove the small step on the boss, just in case I ended up bottoming the fitting when threading it in, and also to help keep the drills & tap straight. I also made a few marks on the tap as a reference to keep checking. Here's the finished hole: Take a couple minutes and remove the burrs from both sides of the hole. I used a rattail file to get in and around both edges. Clean away all debris thoroughly. I used my Shop-Vac and a shop towel soaked with WD-40 to grab the little stuff. Then pull the stuffing back out of the oil gallery and reinsert the small cover. Then add a few wraps of teflon tape to your fitting and install! Should look like this: This is where I'm at now, I attached the -4 hose at the bottom, I need to cut it to length, and also cut 2 short pieces of -3 hose to go to the heads from the tee. Almost done! :fing02: And now for something completely different - this is one of the Rizoma mirrors I'm going to use! :goofy:

That had to be great. I can't wait to feel that feeling again!

Looks super Doug! Lemme know if you change your mind on the forks!

Wow. It's done! Awesome! :goofy: Maybe I'll win the lottery before the 6th gen kit comes out! :cool:

As promised, progress! I got the valve covers, stator cover, and clutch cover polished. I stripped the valve covers and stator cover with Aircraft stripper. Then I used a big buffer over at a friends' house to get them 90%, he used to have a polishing business and still has a couple of the big heavy duty buffers. Then back at my place I used one of my small bench grinders to finish them up, also used a cylindrical buff chucked in a drill to get in the spark plug reliefs. It sure does make a mess! Valve/left side covers 90%, and the replacement stator cover on top of the old one: All finished & shiny: I had some gloss black PPG paint left over from spraying a body kit for a late model Cougar, and I used a toothpick to flow paint into the relieved "HONDA" areas on the left & right side covers: I am waiting on a right side gasket and new valve cover gaskets, then I can mount all the covers permanently. I'm not going to clearcoat them, just some S100. I want to see how it holds up. I won't be riding this puppy much anyway, especially not in bad weather. So for now, this is how it looks. I'm happy so far! Also got the rest of the LED's in for the gauge cluster. These little ones need to be checked for polarity, so I'll be paying motorhead's garage a visit soon... :pissed:

Awesome! Let me be the first to ask for a vid of the first ride! :biggrin:

Nice job Doug! Dibs on the F4i forks, if they are available and the price is right! :fing02: I mean, you're not putting them on the RC, are you? :mad:

Sweet, just in time for tax return season! :biggrin:

Good work, keep it up! :biggrin:

Drilled the hole out today, and it's tapped and ready for an M10x1.25 bolt! I need to determine the right length and get my hands on one. Got my parts cut to fit the 1kF side panels also! I am also going to pull the diaphragm covers back off that pretty set of carbs and sandblast them, then paint with black textured engine paint. They have a little bit of rust pitting going on - can't have that, now can we? :cool: Busy, busy, as far as the eye can see!

And then there's always the kickstand switch and the kill switch... you did turn that on right? :biggrin: I don't mean to poke fun, I'm really just hoping it's something simple for your sake so you can ride! :fing02:

Nice progress!! This is going to be a cool bike, can't wait to see it done! (neither can you, I bet!) I'm sure you've thought of this already, but - do you have the bank angle sensor connected and placed properly?

Thanks redmarque! :fing02: I made a template from the 750 panel mount tabs on the tank, and drew them up in Cadkey today. Going to try and cut them this weekend from stainless; 4 pieces, spotwelded together in pairs and then riveted to the tank seam in the right place.

Between this project and the 86 project, I sure could go broke real quick! I got word today that my carbs are on the way back to me. Billy Carr of the V4HondaBBS forum runs a carb rebuilding service, and he's got nice pricing for members of the board. Ain't they about the prettiest thing you've ever seen? :cool: :goofy: I had him change the jets to #40 slows and 132 mains while he was in there, to complement the K&N + Vance & Hines full exhaust. Motorhead1977 also had his 750 carbs rebuilt by Billy last year. I rode the bike, and I gotta say that is what swayed me to send them away. It ran/runs awesome!:wheel:

WOOHOO SUCCESS!!!!!!!!!! The broken extractor & bolt are no more!!! Got the rest of it out just a little while ago, I didn't take the motor anywhere, I decided to have one last go at it, and I got it!! YAY! Now I just need to make a drill bushing so I can drill the rest of the crap out and retap for an M10 bolt. I feel some progress coming!

Thanks again. I'm glad I finally got around to fitting them. It's amazing sometimes how these parts cross-fit! I'm going to attach new tabs to the tank for the stock 1kF nubs to locate in; if I use the 750F attach points on the tank, I don't think there will be enough hold on the panel. The wind might take one off, had that happen with a panel from my 700 once while wheelieing over a hill...

Thanks guys. Here's some pics.

I needed to take a break again from the motor headache. Right now I'm working on fitting the VF1000F side panels. Fit, mark, cut, check. Mark, cut, check, repeat. Just about done with both, gotta do some finish sanding, that will take care of the fit part. There are 3 mounting nubs on these panels just like on the 750 parts - 2 of them fit exactly where the 750 parts do(at the tail fairing and the lower mount), but the gas tank mount is not the same. I have extra panels, I think I will cut the nubs off one that already has a broken tab, and plastic weld them to the newly fitted panels. Gonna go see now if that'll work. I've been taking pics and will post them tonight or tomorrow morning. Stay tuned.

I found an EDM shop about 20 mins away that said they could get this POS extractor out for me. Just got off the phone with them, they're motorcycle friendly guys! I am sending them pics and they're going to get back to me with a quote... I need to get the ball rolling on this puppy again. In other news, I secured some carbon fiber sleeves for the exhuast project. :ohmy:

Yowza! :ph34r: :laugh:

Looking good!