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I think you might be confusing pessimistic with realistic. Nobody is discouraging you from doing it. We're just saying that what you want to do, simply put, isn't realistic. The Suzuki GSX-R 750 is a serious track weapon and is not to be taken lightly. Another thing to consider is the wheelbase on your VTEC is over 2" longer than the GSX-R 750's. That certainly doesn't work in your favor and, strictly speaking for myself, I don't know what in the world you could do about that. Personally, I've seen it all on a VFR. I've seen a supercharger and I've seen a turbocharger. I've seen a big bore kit and I've seen a nitrous kit. I've seen high dollar Ohlins rear suspensions, RC51 fork conversions, you name it. Sure, if you throw enough money at it, anything is possible. That goes without saying. However, without spending an exhorbitant amount of money, your VTEC simply can't come close to matching the Suzuki GXS-R 750's level of performance. If you think you can do it, then by all means go for it. I assure you we'd all be rooting for you. I know I would.

It would be cool if he could pull if off, though. :fing02: Maybe he's gonna bore out the cylinders and put in some higher compression pistons, put in some radical cams, do some head work, etc. What's cool about that is it certainly sounds doable.

I applaud your passion to conceptualize your idea and follow it through to fruition; however, in so doing, you're gonna have to shed about 100 lbs. off the bike and increase the engine's output by at least 30%. How do you intend to do this? Complete de-link is about 10 pounds saved, right? He's probably dropped a pound or pound and a half with the change in front wheel. Good titanium exhaust could save 15, and completely removing the PAIR system & a little work with a hole cutter to open up the airbox could be a couple pounds. What are we up to, 30 pounds? There's that lighter weight forged rear wheel for the 5th & 6th gens out now that saves a couple pounds, and then... uhm... I guess there's a swingarm swap to the Ducati stuff that's been talked about that can save a couple pounds. So if he throws a cubic yard of cash at this thing he might hit 40 pounds of weight reduction. That's an admittedly highly optimistic estimate on my part. And probably outside the lines drawn for this specific thread so I'll stop now. Removing the passenger footpeg assemblies, the chain guard, and centerstand might save another 15 lbs. He could also swap the steel sprockets for aluminum ones. Maybe he's gonna get CF bodywork all the way around. Maybe even fab an aluminum subframe.

I applaud your passion to conceptualize your idea and follow it through to fruition; however, in so doing, you're gonna have to shed about 100 lbs. off the bike and increase the engine's output by at least 30%. How do you intend to do this?

I don't see anything.

there's definitely no shortage of ideas out there. here's a guy that put a chainsaw motor on his bicycle: look at this POS hack job. it's got a weed wacker motor and a swingarm made of rebar:

Very, very nice! :fing02: 111 rwhp is now the highest credible rwhp figure I've seen for a VTEC. Congratulations. Since you've got a rearstand, have you considered removing the center stand? You could knock off an additional 3 lbs. by doing so. Not carrying around the tool kit would be yet another 3 or so lbs. I'm still waiting for somebody to modify the internals of the engine. I'm sure there are many people with the talent to bore out the cylinders (for a total displacement of 830-840 cc's) and then drop in higher compression pistons, cams with more duration and/or lift, etc. If you just got the big bore kit, that alone would probably put you near 120 rwhp. :fing02: Once again, job well done.

For starters, welcome to the forum. You'll find a lot of very knowledgeable people here. As crazy as you think your idea sounds, its all been done before. Some people have joined two Hayabusa engines at the crankshaft and put them in a car. Just last week I was watching a video on Youtube of a guy that custom made his own chopper with a turbocharged V4 Honda Sabre motorcycle engine. We all like to see pictures. So even though your project is far from completed, show us what you've got so far!

Am I the only one that doesn't have issues with the stock setup?

i don't mean to hijack the thread, but i just noticed you're building a RC211V replica??!! got pics? a work in progress is okay! i didn't see anything in your gallery.

:ohmy: :ohmy: :ohmy: You have no idea how much I liked what you did with that bike. It's always been one of my favorite ones on here. Always. I'm glad you're okay.

Coming from someone who's totaled a bike, I know the feeling. It's been over two years now and the accident is still fresh in my head. Don't let it get you down. Before you know it, you'll be back into the swing of things. :fing02:

Okay, since nobody's come out with it, I will. Was the HRC SSSA optional on the RC45? You said something about correcting Honda's error in trail. Is that the only real difference? Was the original HRC SSSA also aluminum? I noticed you put a 43t in the rear (the same as my 6th gen.). What did it have before? Is the hub assembly you've got on there now better?

I'm not crazy about the color. Dan painted the SSSA on his Torocharger (see pic below.) I prefer the stock look myself.

Hmm, I don't even want to hazard a guess on that one. If the 2 bikes are as similar as I think they are, not long. I'll just need to borrow someone's 6th-gen for a while. Let's see how the 5th-gen kit works out first. When I let your dad ride mine, I was trying to convince him to get the RWB he said he'd been thinking about. Maybe you ought to prod him a little more!

Okay, here are some pics taken outdoors with my digital camera. Although I think they came out good, if I could do it over again, I'd use medium and fine sandpaper not heavy, medium, and fine. The best thing to do is what Travis did and simply sandblast the parts. The only winter project I've got planned is to do something about the cheap paint Honda used on the subframe. I still haven't decided how to tackle it so I'm definitely gonna do a search on this forum to get some ideas. At that time, I might sand the shields one final time with ultra-fine sandpaper.

i took some pictures with my digital camera, but they didn't come out that great. i'll try again in a few days (maybe it was the lighting.)

here's something else i did with the same rattle can and sand paper. i repainted the heat shield next to the right foot peg assembly because some of the factory paint had started to flake off it. it was kind of tricky to remove and even trickier to reinstall, but i made out okay.

I've been meaning to do this mod for a long time because I've always thought chrome is for cruisers. Anyhow, I wanted to keep my stock cans because I don't like loud motorcycles. However, I never liked them being chrome (or stainless steel, whatever it is.) A can I always thought looked cool is the Two Bros. VALE can. Consequently, I decided to duplicate the look. After removing the heat shields and tips, I sanded them down to the bare metal. I left the shields alone and then painted the tips black using my trusty rattle can of high temperature paint (you can get a can of PJ1 engine and case paint from most dealerships for $10). Sanding the heat shields sort of gives them the brushed aluminum look you see on the shields of the RWB VFR. However, from a distance (or at quick glance), they can sort of pass for Ti. All these pics were taken with my cell phone (hence the poor picture quality.) Since I already had the rattle can, all this mod cost me was about a day's work and the cost of the sand paper. As usual, I welcome all comments, positive or negative. Before: sigs1.jpg Before: sigs2.jpg After: cans1.jpg After: cans2.jpg The Two Bros. VALE can: TwoBrosVALE.jpg

just kidding!!!

don't listen to this guy. dude's a turkey. and whatever he says back it's just because he's jealous that i can ride better than he can.

You California guys sure are comfortable with substituting (insert favorite inanimate object here) for women whenever you feel the need for...ummmm...shall we say..."adventure", aren't you? :dry: I'm working on one now and will post pics in a couple days when it's done. The total cost will be about $10.

First it was this... Then it was this... And now this: We did the swap at Dan's (the Torocharger guy's) house this weekend because I thought it was gonna be a lot of work. It turned out to be as simple as loosening the six nuts holding the sprocket, taking the sprocket off, putting the chain around the new sprocket, putting it in place, and then tightening the nuts. I always thought the stock sprocket looked big. While my new one is a 43t (the same as stock), I think it being black makes it blend in with the wheel giving the illusion of a smaller hub assembly: My new aluminum sprocket (in the packaging) weighed a whopping 10.1 oz: My stock steel sprocket weighed 1 lb., 6.8 oz. It's kind of hard to tell from this picture, but we were surprised at how good my stocker looked given it had almost 12k miles. I got to see Dan's Torocharged VFR and was impressed with what I saw. I don't think he's ever mentioned it, but he's also got a BMW M3 with a modded engine, suspension, and brakes. If you're ever in Philadelphia, think twice about instigating a race against an M3 because if its Dan's, be forewarned it's not stock. He let me drive it on the way back from lunch :fing02: (thanks Dan!) Dan's little neighbor called my bike the "Spider Man" motorcycle because it's red. Little did he know, a true Spider Man motorcycle already exists! Thanks again for all the help, Dan!

I like it. I went on a ride once with a guy on a CBR with the same setup. His lights were really powerful but not, in my opinion, too much. I don't think anybody in oncoming traffic could miss him (which, I think, is the whole point.) They looked good.