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Hey, I've started converting my VFR to a naked bike and saw a front end from a 97' CBR900RR on the norwegian craigslist. I've ordered a top triple tree to convert to handlebars for a VFR800 (Moto-CNC) and so I wonder if those forks will fit the VFR triple tree or if there are minor differences? Any one had any experience with such a front end swap? Also need to relocate my oil cooler to another spot if anyone has done that before and know a neat way to do it. Thanks in advance!

First and foremost, want to thank Mrmatt for his post a while back that make me decide to do this for my project. Here's the link to his thread. Now that I am finally getting around to doing it, I can verify all the measurements he took. Lots of the pictures are just of measurements, but this way it can't be questioned in the future. *** Not finished yet. Still need to take measurements with the wheel on to get final info. Forewarning, you are going to need either a very large snap-ring plier, or you will need to modify a pair of needle nose pliers to get the snap ring off the eccentric. This is the hardest part of the disassembly. Snap ring pliers this size are $35-$50. Otherwise you can grind down the tips of the HF 90 degree needle nose pliers with the orange grips. The VFR ring is fairly easy. The triumph one is a dog. So lets begin. First things first. Injure yourself in such a way to make tool handling painful and difficult. As a side note, rags are not sufficient protection against 20ft long chips. - Next, find yourself a comfortable environment. 88F and 70% humidity will do nicely. Then find the mess that someone has left behind at your work area, and clean it up. - Wiped down and chip free surface. Grabbed some blocks, clamped the swingarm down, and got to taking measurements. - Measurement for inside of sprocket carrier for VFR - VFR sprocket carrier thickness. - VFR sprocket carrier surface to surface double check. - VFR swingarm surface to wheel mounting surface. - VFR wheel mounting surface thickness. - The hammer lies upon its prey. Triumph eccentric tapped out and removed. It came out nice and easy. I couldn't get the caliper hanger off, so I had to use the hammer to give it a couple of light taps to get it started. Once the caliper hanger was on the step, it came right off, so must have just been a little dirt keeping it from coming off. - So nice of triumph to add never-seize. Probably helped with the removal. - Either Honda didn't bother putting any grease on the eccentric, or it all dried up and washed away. The honda eccentric was pretty difficult to get out. Had to use the mallet to get it to the caliper hanger, but the eccentric kept getting stuck part of the way out. Turns out that there was so much dirt and debris in there that it would get stuck between the middle of the eccentric and the swingarm and bind everything. Took lots of shaking and blowing junk out to finally get it out. - Total height of the triumph eccentric - Triumph eccentric swingarm section. - VFR eccentric total height. - VFR eccentric swingarm section. - Just for giggles. Triumph eccentric weight. - Honda eccentric weight. - The VFR swingarm after removing the eccentric. You can see that the surfaces aren't very clean, and there's still some dirt in there. - Time to toss the Triumph goodies in there. Fresh new coat of never-seize on the triumph eccentric - Sitting nice and flush - Nice and flush on this end too - Somehow I feel like I have just made it heavier. Also, you need to use the triumph caliper bracket to have the eccentric sitting where it is supposed to. The VFR caliper bracket has the same ID, so if you really wanted to use the VFR hangar for whatever reason, you could possibly make a spacer for it. - Triumph rotor carrier thickness. - Thickness of sprocket carrier for triumph bit. - Triumph wheel mounting surface to swingarm surface - Triumph sprocket carrier surface to swingarm surface - VFR Wheel offset 848 Wheel Offset Weights are added to the chart. I don't think anyone wants pictures of all that. You can go in the photobucket album if you really want. So here's a chart of the differences in sizes and some weights End result is that I gain 0.5 lbs by doing the swap for the opportunity to run a single nut wheel. I have a VFR wheel with a tire and the 848 without, and still have to consider the caliper, caliper hanger, and the rotor, and the wheel nuts, so that's not the total weight just yet. Looks like everything is still pretty close to where it should be, unless someone finds a fault in my math and measurements.

Hello All, Does anyone know how the clutch space piston size of our VFRs (and other Hondas) changes over the years? I know a few numbers: - 5th gen clutch slave is 35.6mm - VTR1000 clutch slave is 35.6mm (I’m assuming as same part number) - 6th gen clutch slave is 33.5mm - Oberon clutch slave is 38mm Not sure if all 6th gens are same across the years? What about 8th gen? What about other Hondas with the same type of slave? CBRs, Blackbirds, Pan Europeans etc? I’d like to fit a bigger piston slave on my 5th gen but don’t know which one (other than Oberon). As as an aside, if you’d like a softer clutch on your 6th gen you may want to try a 5th gen slave. You’ll get longer lever travel and more modulation. Best, Stray

Hello All, I've stumbled over a very low mileage 8th gen parts bike right when I’m rebuilding my 5th gen. Got me thinking what new stuff I can transfer off the later bike to my poor old 5th gen. I know someone has transplanted 6th gen throttlebodies onto a 5th gen (although the thread doesn’t specify any benefits in doing so). So is the 8th gen compatible? Are there any different sensors or mounting issues? The injectors alone would be a great upgrade (12 holes vs single hole on 5th gen = mpg gains and better atomisation). Also, most 5th gen parts are now well used whereas 6th and 8th gen parts are fresher. Rubber parts are the worst-hit. Prices tend to be the same. Are the rubber intake boots interchangeable between generations? I’m even tempted to have the 8th gen airbox to play with. Don’t want to spend money and find nothing fits. Thanks in advance for for your help. Stray

I’m looking to install a MPH speedo face over my KPH speedo face. Converting from KPH to MPH in my head is driving me nuts! Does anyone know a good supplier of speedo faces for converting KPH to MPH? Stray

Hello! I was looking all around the forum to find any thread about the complete front end swap to a CBR 954 on a 5th gen...without success... I have now the opportunity the get a complete front end from a CBR 954 for a quite good price, inculding front wheel, both triples and brakes. The RC51 front end is almost impossible to get here, and the prices are sky high...so thats why I'm asking. What I did find though: -Wheel mismatch (I dont care much about it, as I would also change the wheel, and the brake disc is covering a lot...and my wheels gonna be white which also helps a bit.) -Helibar problems due to size mismatch (I have touring handlebars, so also not a problem, I know I will have to make some machining.) -According to an excel chart which I recently find on the forum, the CBR has 724mm fork length, and the RC51 is 730mm which I also find here. So I guess length should not be a problem, if i use the wing shaped upper triple. What else than? Are there any disadvantages? I have also read that the RC51 and the R1 quality is better, but as I have said before, the prices are horror... Please help me out in this case as I have limited time for this good offer. Many Thanks in advance! Regards, Pumee

Greatings VFRD Awesome forum this is ! - I am all new to the VFRD but impressed by the builds, topics, and people on this forum. Im am from Denmark and driving a 750 RC24 FK, 1989 I plan to make some changes to the bike because i found that another frontend would do the bike more justice and found a complete frontend from a CBR 900 sc33 that was cheap. After finding VFRD i was wondering if any of your guys have done a swap similar to this and have any ideer of which headbearings and changes that are needed to complete this swap? As the FK has the 3 spoked wheel i also wants to change the rearwheel and has been offered a wheel from a CBR 600 F2. any experience with this ? Does this wheel fit the shockcluch and chainwheel and so on ? The rear wheel is primarily optical I also wonder if any of your now where to get a kerker mufler like the Rainey bike use to have ? - To build a replica of his bike - just in the original red is a dream of mine :) Thanks Rasmus Bjerg, Denmark P.s i attached a pics of the bike with the frontwheel from the cbr 900 testfitted in the old fork

Howdy Riders, I'm new here and I recently bought myself a 1984 vf750 in fair condition with 23k miles for $1000. I don't have any photos on my computer of it, or i'd post them for yall. The bike needs some work and tlc and over this coming winter i'll be attempting to get it up and going full time. I'm fairly impressed with the bike given its age compared to my gz250. I can finally hit those highways! However lets get to my question. There is an advert for a 1985 vf700 for 500 dollars, and it was in a wreck. The ad states that the seller has all the parts for it, to get back together. I thought I might beable to get him down to $300 or so, especially so if I cant hear it run. My 1984 has the dreaded "second gear clutch slip" due to being abused by it's past rider. I know that It is more or less the Cog in the tranny that might have a chipped tooth. Sooooooo.... I was wondering it the gearbox for the 1985 vf700 would bolt straight up to my bike? Given the different engine size. And if Anyone knew of what parts wouldn't interchange with the two bikes, I'd wish to know. I'm just interested in having a parts bike. and hell maybe cover the cost it by parting it out after I get everything off that I need/want. Thank you.