The Phantom

Not sure if this has been posted on VFRD but long time VFR specialty product company Tyga Performance is now selling full RC30 conversion kits to suit 4th Gen VFR750. All bodywork, subframes, infill panels, exhaust system... the works. Even a replacement fuel tank. They look incredible and are literally plug and play.

Bodywork Set 1, GRP, Painted RC30, RC36-2 RC30 Style, Street | TYGA-Performance

 The interest in this kit on the Facebook "RC/RVF Replica Group" is immense and a lot of bikes are going to be converted, so now's the time to grab a 4th Gen. Especially a cosmetically challenged one.

Sad to hear, this place has been one of if not the best automotive site on the net.

I took The Phantom off the road in 2003, joined here in 2005 (after 7 years on the Big List) and The Phantom is still not back on the road 😆

But in that time have acquired three more VFRs, one of which does actually get ridden.

Thanks Miguel and everyone else for everything... I'm Murray Duncan on the FB groups.

Great to see this build documented in one place 👌

Some of the OzVFR guys were running a communal 4th Gen trackbike a few years ago, and decided to experiment with ram air - using the ducts above each front indicator. Around Eastern Creek (now Sydney Motorsport Park) the bike simply would not rev past 6-7k, so they ripped it all out and went back to keeping the litre bikes honest.

If you look at Kawasaki ram air you'll see that they include pitot tubes to tune the intake, so that the carb runs at the same air pressure as the airbox, I imagine that without adding something like that you will not do much better than the OzVFR guys.

Yep funny title, I approve 🤣

Hey only three and a half years later to the next update.

Not much has changed going by the pic. But lots of things have changed. A 2015 R1 front wheel is now resident in the workshop, nearest thing to the 848 10Y rear wheel I could find that was an easy fit - straight bolt-on, 2004 R1 discs fit, axle fits.

The SebSpeed c;lear clutch cover has received a couple of additions to spruce it up.

All other work not shown in pic, but the bodywork is seriously underway at the moment.

A member here was looking into doing this some years back, pretty sure they were trying to fit GSX-R throttle bodies to a 4th Gen. IIRC the topic petered out without the motor ever firing up.

On 11/16/2017 at 4:46 PM, keef said:

an 848 only gives you a girly 5.5 inches.

a 1098 gives you a manly 6 inches.

 

6 inches is manly, right?

It's not what you've got, it's what you do with it, Chris...

My trick is to fit smaller bodywork, which makes it look bigger

On 11/15/2017 at 5:50 AM, JZH said:

The M38 x 1.5 LHS nut is shared only with the Triumph Speed Triple and the like; Ducatis use a different thread pitch--1.25, I think.  This is actually my current headache, because I cannot find anything remotely affordable to replace this nut and retain the lock-wire or locking features of my corroded OEM nut.

 

 

Hi John

I have a Triumph eccentric in my 4th Gen swingarm, with an 848 Marchesini. I had the axle shortened and re-threaded as it was around 30mm too long for the Duc wheel.

The original Triumph two-piece nut/collar fits, and so does the aftermarket alloy Ducati one-piece nut/collar I bought for about $50 off ebay. They are the same thread.

No thanks, I'll wait till you tell me which ones actually work and then buy those

Great choice Rob! One of those rare motorcycles where form really does follow function.

Nice score - it has some good stuff on it. And nice work with Photoshop too, what you've envisaged is realistic and you're already well on your way.

WackenSS mentioned some performance mod ideas - the reality is that those ideas are almost all you can do unless money is no object. But he also did throw 'weight' into the equation and the very nature of a SF VFR means that a lot of weight is ditched - and that's where you get your additional performance.

OMFG

Still slowly chipping away at this, recent pic with 848 wheel fitted (but with further work to do).

Post #137 details the mods to the bike. Well, most of them. I always forget stuff.

http://www.vfrdiscussion.com/forum/index.php/topic/28369-the-phantom-meets-frankenstein/?p=936855

What sub frame you using? Bitsnpieces from the 98-> R1?

2002 R6, the four frame spars come close to the VFR main frame subframe mounts but need to be shortened and modified. At some point I'll put a pic up showing the mods required. The seat matches the VFR tank shape perfectly and the entire tail unit complete with battery weighs less than just the bare VFR subframe...

I hope Ray was ok about wiping my drool off it

So, did you raise the possibility of Ray making it two from two?

Wow, that rear brake system is beautiful.

It's from my 1994 4th Gen.

Hi Shaun, is it the one at Western Motorcycles?

regards Murray

Width = 430mm

Height = 180mm

Depth = 45mm

Distance between upper mounting tabs = 270mm

Front view of radiator:

Rear view of radiator:

Mate you are out of control

Love the GSX-Rs!

Yoshi, my 848 wheel just went right onto the Triumph mounting flange - I have both the Triumph 2-piece cone/nut, and an aftermarket one-piece nut, and the latter works perfectly as far as locking the wheel to the flange.

I'll have a good look at it this week and get some pics and measurements.

Hey Leon, sometimes even I don't see it for months at a time.. years, even

Couple more pics.

The fuel tank on it is off my 'stock' 4th Gen, the actual tank is away being modified. But in this pic you can see why I switched the rear valve cover. And how the CBR600F4 fairing works around the stator cover, and the exhaust (like it was made for it!).

You can also see the CBR600F4i dash - new old stock from a closing down Honda dealer, $50! It does that cool tacho sweep to redline when you power it up

The little 'intakes' on either side of the nose are actually from under the headlight on a CBR1100XX, I cut the original 'ram air' scoops off the CBR600F4 nosecone. Test fitted with CBR600RR mirrors but it will have CBR1100XX (aka Honda NR) mirrors when done. Dual HID projector headlights in the F4 headlight housing, each is bi-xenon (so dual HID low beam and dual HID high beam).

I'll fill you in in my usually-dormant build topic, here http://www.vfrdiscussion.com/forum/index.php/topic/28369-the-phantom-meets-frankenstein/page-16

Still slowly chipping away at this, recent pic with 848 wheel fitted (but with further work to do).

Post #137 details the mods to the bike. Well, most of them. I always forget stuff.

http://www.vfrdiscussion.com/forum/index.php/topic/28369-the-phantom-meets-frankenstein/?p=936855