VFR750 RC24 6X

Here is another great example of me uploading images to Blogger then not actually writing the blog. So one year later, here we go..... for 2019 I had a few jobs to do to rectify some issues I had found. First up was the subframe mod I had made to get the old Ragged edge racing fairing to fit. His was a copy of an FJ/K race fairing with a highly raked tail unit. Not a bad looking fairing at all but it wasn't a straight forward fit. The sheet metal I had used was only ever meant to be temporary and needed something a bit stronger. I chose to make a box section U shape using the one bit of box I had already cut and drilled. Two matching arms were then made and the ends cut int a sort of flap to rest on the cross piece I had previously welded in. The finished job isn't too heavy and has survived a season so far so plenty strong enough to take the weight of my back side. Uprated EBC discs and pads were a slightly more exciting bolt on modification. EBC discs are a str...

It's winter and it's time to get to work on the VFR750. What can we find to fiddle with this time? I really had very few plans for this winter work on the VFR. It had worked superbly all season but I was starting to find more of the bikes limits. The VFR took second place to the RD250  which had more work to do on it so aside from draining the water out, I didn't get to touch the VFR till mid January but back to the plan. What I would like is: More ground clearance. More brakes. Shocker The first point was very apparent at Donny and Mallory. As you can see from the image below, I have some serious ground clearance problems still, despite my best efforts to tidy things up before. Credit PJM photography for the shot and Ragged edge racing for the fairing I am currently destroying. As you can see on the left, the YSS shock is a bit of an upgrade on the standard 30 year old original. This shouldn't really come as a shock as that is its job! It is a ...