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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?

Glad you're OK. At least your gear kept you from being knocked out and cooking to death in the summer heat wave.

You know you enjoy the building ALMOST as much as the riding anyway.

Larry

VFRrider

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.

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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.

How long aprox 'till we see a 6th Gen ToroCharger?. If you don't mind me asking?. I'll have about $6000 at the end of January

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.

Keystone,

I dig the pipes. Can you take a better shot and post it for us?

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.

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Before:

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After:

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The Two Bros. VALE can:

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just kidding!!!

Chopped spare set of pegs and painted satin black:

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Beauty shot

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.

My 6th gen, being a proper lady... she certainly does not have balls. I want to ride her hard and fast, not throw my leg over a he-beast with giant black balls.

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.

TO ALL BE CARE FULL!!!!

I put my new "SEB FENDER" on and moved the bike to the driveway to get ready to ride (this would be the first ride in 3 months since I was deployed) as soon as I put my helmet on the bike just fell to the left. I was not touching it and it was on the kick stand for about 10 min before it fell. I broke the clutch lever, broke the side view mirror and bent my throttle meister, as well as a lot of scratches to the side of the bike. But nothing to the new fender:) I hope this new mod was not bad luck for me!

Dude, that really blows. The good news is it shouldn't be difficult to replace the parts inexpensively (not if you use eBay, anyway.) My right mirror has a few scratches. If you can only find a set, let me know and I'll buy the right one from you. Best of luck to you (and if it makes you feel any better, things like that happen to all of us sooner or later.)

THANKS for serving our country.

Not compromising the structural integrity of the SSSA was my utmost concern. I spoke with our resident genius (Dan; the Torocharger guy) to see what his thoughts were. He told me that so long as the hole is small, on the bottom, and isn't on a bend, I needn't worry. Dan is an engineer and I trust his opinion.

Edit: I was just going through all the pictures I took while I was up at Seb's and noticed there was one I never downloaded. Here's a quick pic I took of Seb while he was on his break.

Tha braided line is definitely the go... whoever it was looking at using the standar rubbe lines... don't do it... you want to avoid kinking at all costs.

I want to do this mod, but don't want to spend the money on new brake lines just yet. Would it be safe to perform this mod using stock brake lines or not?

I know the holes would have to be made bigger than for the braided lines, but is kinking really going to be a problem with the stock lines put through the swingarm?

If so, what are some prices out there you guys have paid for new lines if I were to break down and actually buy some.

The total cost of the parts was less than $75. The stock brake lines not only necessitate larger holes (something you want to avoid) but how are you going to re-attach the banjo bolts? Seb told me it can be done, but only with expensive tools most people don't have (and trust me, Seb's got a lot.)

You're far better off getting braided brake lines. For this particular mod, not only would it cost less, but braided brake lines provide better braking, too. You can also get them in an assortment of colors to suit your tastes. Whatever you decide, best of luck to you.

Clean looking bike Keystone I thought about going with the black/red wheels...but I think I'm going to spray them a dark bronze

Bronze isn't a bad choice (but neither is keeping them silver; they give the bike a Ferrari-like look.) Here are a couple bikes whose wheels you might like.

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I got sick of wind buffeting right in my face...it was either go with a taller screen or a shorter one. Since I prefer a sportier look, I opted to chop mine down with an air saw. I masked off the area and went at it. The wind buffets at my chest now and my ears like it a LOT better! Looks a lot sharper too!

Here's a pic :P

You have a sharp-looking bike! The windshield I've got on mine came off an '06 (notice it's gradient black). I had Seb cut it because I, too, wanted a sportier look. I don't recall experiencing buffeting with my stock windshield. I definitely don't have it now. I'm 5'11''.

I don't tell anybody what to do with their bike but having Seb give your front fender the "super sport" look (the way he did mine) is a great improvement when going for a sportier look.

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