Post by colinlinz on Dec 20, 2014 12:21:50 GMT 10
I finally have a direction for the VTR rebuild. It has been apart for a year, but I had no real idea of what I was going to do with it. I have the MT now, so the VTR is going to my son. He probably will never wash it, so expedience is the theme. I've rebuilt the forks, and fuel system, and about to replace the wheel bearings. Other than that it is just getting a service and fluid change. The motor had some corrosion stains and so forth from sitting around untouched for the last few years. So one thing lead to another, and the end result is it now has a semi gloss black engine (the paint was lying around), and semi gloss callipers. I bought some two pack gloss black last week, so that will do the bodywork and wheels.
Over the year I have accumulated LED blinkers, the front ones are the mirrors; LED tail light in a clear lens; billet levers, longer carbon fibre belly pan; SS laser cut Firestorm chain guard; and a billet brake fluid reservoir. The levers have red span adjusters on them, so I might run with red highlights in other places.
The open Staintunes are pretty loud, the stainless wool packing they use has started falling apart. We will have to see how that goes when I get the inspection. I might need to get a couple DB killer inserts from Staintune.
Over the year I have accumulated LED blinkers, the front ones are the mirrors; LED tail light in a clear lens; billet levers, longer carbon fibre belly pan; SS laser cut Firestorm chain guard; and a billet brake fluid reservoir. The levers have red span adjusters on them, so I might run with red highlights in other places.
The open Staintunes are pretty loud, the stainless wool packing they use has started falling apart. We will have to see how that goes when I get the inspection. I might need to get a couple DB killer inserts from Staintune.
