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Keep plugging away, you'll have a lovely, unique VFR when it's finished.

Enjoy the miles!!

Hello everybody ! Some well due updates ! I have painted the wheels today, and I'm very glad on how it turned out. The back end is coming back together nicely now, finally got the bearings sorted out as well as the caliper and master cylinder which I have rebuilt. I got the forks back last weekend, they've been refurbished and cerakoted. And I change the steering stem bearings while I was at it (not easy !) I also fitted a voltemeter to the dashboard and changed the lighting. Front calipers have been rebuilt and painted too. I should soon start to fit the front end back together. I can't believe it has been already a year since I started this 😅

Use a jump lead to bypass the starter relay direct from battery to the starter with ignition on. If the bike cranks & starts its the starter relay !

I like the UK tax disc! Sounds like a great ride, another country I'd like to ride a bike in!

Hope you get it sorted. Let us know how you get on and what was wrong.

awesome bike

I love the Titanium colour. A smoked screen will hide those impossible to clean pockets. Fantastic and rapid job sorting her out there, nice one

You are correct, crazy weather for this time of year, so when I finished family obligations on Sunday, i chatted with my wife, i headed out early Monday, I'll post a proper next report later as I'm pretty used up at the moment. But will leave you with this. And thanks, we think alike. View from my room in Perce, Quebec

Any recommendations for bike shippers on the left coast, going Northern California to Phoenix? The place I used before is out of business.

Well, that explains it 😄

VID-20251007-WA0011.mp4 Formally no VFRs in this rally; they are too young...

Fall/Autumn is here, some trees are really colorfull, really beautiful! It's just to enjoy!

Hi Guys. Just came across this Honda history site, some real interesting stuff on all models. http://www.simonevans.co.uk/v-four/index.htm

Hope you get the weather we are getting on the 6th and today, almost 80F yesterday, mid 70F today, but be prepared this is crazy temps up here for this time of year and when this warm front is done so is the warm weather, big time This was the full moon at the farm in Nova Scotia an hour after sunset on the 6th and still 70F

With family obligations checked off., and a few days of nice weather to start off I decided to head north. I do usually do a solo trip in Oct. but it's only for a nite or two as it often in the mid 30's when I leave my house, topping out at maybe 50 during the afternoon. This year is different as it way warmer. Left the house at 7 am and headed up rt. 52 to Belfast, jumped on rt 1 on the outskirts of Bangor, and jumped on rt 95. Yes, that rt 95, the rt I refuse to use south of Bangor. Just above Bangor traffic does not thin out, it disappears. Speed limit is a respectful 75 mph, and well you are on your own to Houlton. I got off before that at the Millinocket exit and turned onto rt. 11, one of my favorite roads. Not white knuckle twisties, but a curvy, quiet road along a river for about 30 miles. Just outside of Patten I took a photo of the bike with Mount Katahdin in the background. Katahdin is in Baxter State Park. The benefactor of the park, Mr Baxter stipulated that motorcycles were to be prohibited. This was in the 1920's. Sheesh. Stopped in Patten to gas up. Thete is no reliable gas for about the next 80 miles to Ashland. From there it's up to Fort Kent. From Patten to Fort Kent is about 114 miles of single lane, no breakdown lane, and more logging trucks than you will ever see again, so no stopping for beauty pics. Shame as the colors on the trees are peak. Got to Madawaska to find my motel was deserted. Had a message on my phone that they had staffing issues, but I could have a room 2 miles out of town at another place. I was a bit disappointed as I usually like to park the bike and walk to dinner. Turned out 2 of the places I would usually go to were out of business, the other 2 are no longer open on Monday's. Madawaska was going through hard times when the timber industry moved on, but Edmunston across the river in Canada is about 20 times larger and was a huge user of goods and services here as everything was cheaper,gas groceries, whatever, and that kept a lot of people going on this side. Not now, as I stopped at the "new" border crossing to see where I needed to go tomorrow am. and did not see a single car in either direction for about 10 minutes. There used to be a line of cars each way waiting to cross. Shame, as I do like This area, hate to see it suffer. Have a room booked in Perce, on the Gaspe tomor row. Weather, like today supposed to be nice. Rain on Wenesday and the temps might fall off the cliff. Will see if I can make it around the Gaspe one more time (#7) See if I get the order right. 1. 80 ish miles north of Bangor. 2. Mount Katahdin in the distance. Never to be defiled by a motorcycle. 3. Fort Kent, the end of rt 11. 4. Full moon over St. Agatha Maine. Next door to my motel.

Sweet looking bike. I like the black/silver more that the red/silver that first came out.

Already looks better than 90% of the 1200's on the road--not that I see many on the road. Nice work Terry.

Information on the 1200 suspension seems a little sparse so thanks for that. I have been in contact with the esteemed Mr Daugherty and he confirmed that the CBR600F4 shock that I have being rebuilt (new spring, piston, shims etc) should be a a straight swap if I choose to do so, i.e. I can use it interchangeably with my VFR800 VTEC or 1200. He wasn't 100% on the upper shock mount being the same but I note YSS list the exact same shock for either the 800 or 1200 so that tells me the clevis must be the same dimensions. I'm quite looking forward to taking a decent ride on this now, but I have the recertification hurdle to overcome first. A few more pictures of the (nearly) finished project. But are they ever really finished??? I still need to diassemble the nose cowl and pull the screen out for a proper clean and polish, but the rest is looking pretty good now. A lick of paint and you will never know it has had a few lie downs...

I believe that is where the suspension wire was that supported the rear when they put it hanging from the roof of Joey's bar. I remember seeing it there a couple of years ago. It was just a useless old 750 race bike once 1K's were allowed! They just hacked a hole in it to run the wire through to the subframe 😳 OK it was worse than that they used a chain 🤷‍♀️

Got this part back from the anodizer...... funny how giddy I am about it. More assembly coming...yay!

The "while you're there" syndrome. Or "Now is the time to do it, everything is out of the way." Been there way too many times. All of a sudden it's a frame, an engine and a limp wire harness hanging from each end. But it feels so good when it starts going back together and getting "big" again. Nice!!

I wonder what happened. Stone chip?