VFR750 RC24 6X

Last year we managed to make some off the shelf foot rest hangers fit the RC24 igving a raised peg thus better riding position and ground clearance. Unfortunately to achieve this; the design of the hangers themselves and the way the adaptors pushed them out meant the fit was a bit untidy and wide. The worst of it was the way the rear brake master and reservoir were outside of the fairing which is untidy and made removing the tail unit a bit of a pain in the ass. What we know Both overlayed OEM 2018 rearset You can see from the images above that the original footrest clears the subframe comfortably at the cost of a low peg whereas my 2018 rearset raises the peg at cost of clearance. Note the access tot he Dzus fastener is now obscured. Overlaying both rearsets, lined up at the bolt holes, you can see the difference in peg height. The original 6X It is also worth noting how the rear brake master is mounted to the reverse side (not pictured her...

The VFR was in need of some clothes and those old plastics were not going to do the job. I had sold them anyway which surprised me but people really want original plastics no matter how grotty they might be. New bodywork was needed and Ragged edge racing were to be my supplier. After a brief conversation with Spike, he had agreed to provide the fairings with the correct shade of blue added as a pigment to the fibreglass giving them a rugged, great finish right from the start. Fitting the fairings is fairly straight forward. They are designed for an F J/K Rc24 so if you have one of those they are very straight forward but my FH was going to need some custom brackets to enable fitment of these fairings. Most of the fasteners between the panels and some holding it on are Dzus fasteners. These are versatile, quick to remove and tidy. If you want to know how to fit them, I did a bit of a write up on the NSR250 MC28 build. First to go on was the nose fairing. I wasn't planni...

Fitting new exhaust systems to my motorcycles is nothing new to me. I even mix it up a little like what I ended up with on my RC46  but this one was always going to be a bit trickier. My VFR750 RC25 GH had the standard four into two exhaust which was now mostly made of oxides of metals long since departed and exhaust repair tape.  I very briefly toyed with the idea of making this into a four into two into one system but thankfully a stainless Motad system for a FJ/K came up on ebay. Looking online told me that nobody was saying this could be done, neither were they saying it couldn't and knowing the engine hadn't changed, I went a head with the idea of fitting it. The can that the system came with however was too heavy, restrictive, low and on the wrong side. Something would need to be made to sort that out. Off with her head[ers] The first job was to get the old system off. This involved lots of heat and penetrating oils. Hammers and swearing also got into the m...