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The Phantom
778 posts recovered 7 threads started First seen 20 Dec 2005 Last seen 10 Jul 2025
Threads started
7 in the archive- Tyga Performance RC30 conversion kit for 4th Gen The Phantom · 14 Apr 2024 – 14 Apr 2024
- RIP Bruce Wilson (aka Bruce in Tucson) The Phantom · 5 Apr 2017 – 6 Jul 2017
- A Look Inside The Britten The Phantom · 16 Apr 2015 – 17 Apr 2015
- Best 8Th Gen Vfr Review Ever - Hell No, Best Bike Review Ever The Phantom · 28 Oct 2014 – 4 Nov 2014
- Article On Moto Design, With Emphasis On New 1200cc V4 The Phantom · 8 Sep 2009 – 10 Sep 2009
- Touring Version Of 1200 V4 To Get Airbag And Crumple Zone? The Phantom · 7 Sep 2009 – 9 Sep 2009
- 4th Gen With 5th Gen Fairing The Phantom · 28 Oct 2007 – 29 Oct 2007
Recent posts
Last 50 of 778- In Dutch, it's called a "Garage" Well this is interesting. Strangely enough I was only last night working out how my new shed (ground up build) needed to be laid out, and what I wanted to do in it. While sitting on the lounge, brainstorming with a…
- Rear suspension Just to go over the technique to get it onto the centrestand - once the stand hits the ground you need to simultaneously push down on the centrestand tang and pull up on the little grab handle at the pillion peg. About…
- about the Rothmans graphics on Honda V4 sa1713, 8/14/2024 at 10:45 PM When Mick Doohan arrived, that was it for me. Have followed him ever since, even into retirement. Yes, I have attended US MotoGP rounds with his helmet hoping for an autograph, sadly no…
- Tyga Performance RC30 conversion kit for 4th Gen Not sure if this has been posted on VFRD but long time VFR specialty product company Tyga Performance is now selling full RC30 conversion kits to suit 4th Gen VFR750. All bodywork, subframes, infill panels, exhaust…
- The Ultimate VFR800... Great to see this build documented in one place 👌
- Will a Gen4 gas tank and seat fit on a Gen3? DesertKyorugi, 1/31/2022 at 12:36 AM Yoshimura is actually two words, Yoshi is good or lucky and mura is village or town. Yoshi is also the name of the cute dinosaur in Super Mario World. It's always been Yoshi in my…
- NR 750 The linkage is an anti-squat torque arm (that's an RC30 swingarm). Supposed to reduce squat under power, which should make for more neutral corner exit, The RC45 didn't get it, and very few other bikes did, suggesting…
- Yet Another (BUDGET) Street Fighter Build VFRs and beer, two of my favourite topics. This thread delivers 👌 I will need some of that wiring info for one of my own projects so thanks for sharing, Danno.
- The version 3 optimization build Interesting topic, thanks for sharing. You're doing a great job for not a computer guy. I take it the goal is to reduce weight but still keep the bike looking as close to stock as possible? Look into having a lexan copy…
- Chain and Sprocket Shopping Recommendations I put a 520 16/45 combo on one of my 4th Gens and highly recommend it for the fun factor.
- EnduringGuerila's 1990 VFR750FL Build Thread Build what you want mate, there's heaps of stock low mileage VFRs still out there for the purists (one even belongs to me!)
- EnduringGuerila's 1990 VFR750FL Build Thread jefferson, 11/13/2020 at 7:29 AM That is most definitely not the stock front fender. Not sure what it came off of, but it does look like everything else is right. I thought ST1100 - which fits 3/4 Gen forks, I have one…
- Keeping a clear face shield in the rain A silicon-based furniture polish like Mr Sheen is good for cleaning the whole helmet including visor, and works a bit like RainX in wet riding.
- VFR to RC45 "ish" replica budget build This is a cool project 👍 Can I make a suggestion - plumb your clutch cover breather up and into the airbox, you're going to end up with an oily mess where it is.
- I have been working on the site this weekend. Nice to hear from you Mike! Murray
- Motorcycle Consumer News, RIP Australian Motorcycle News (AMCN) seems to be going strong, it comes out every fortnight and there's always a recent copy in the lunchroom where I work (major hospital).
- Junk & disorderly Haha VFRs appearing on picker shows, hilarious 🙂
- LOOK MA!!!! Seb's famous!!! Did you end up selling it Seb?
- 1997 VFR 750 Chain Slider I have been hearing that this part is now quite hard to find.
- Eight days of riding. Would have been a terrific ride mate. SE QLD and across the border into NSW has some of the best roads alright. Throw a few more trip pics up. Your brothers bike looks like a gem!
- White love... And white is the cheapest paint. Cool project.
- RS850 Replica That looks fantastic
- The Phantom Meets Frankenstein Hey only three and a half years later to the next update. Not much has changed going by the pic. But lots of things have changed. A 2015 R1 front wheel is now resident in the workshop, nearest thing to the 848 10Y rear…
- 86 VFR Questions Could be CBR600 F4i front end?
- 1984 Miniceptor Refresh Great work Seb, looks better than new.
- 5th & 6th VFR 800 Header build So now that everyone has had the opportunity to air their views, we can let it go. And wait to see what comes our way. Perfect.
- 5th & 6th VFR 800 Header build Well said.
- Is 5th gen rear wheel perfectly centred or off centre? I can't speak for the 5th Gen, but I'm pretty sure I read that when HRC went to a 6" rear wheel on the RC45 it was offset to the front wheel (because of swingarm clearance issues) and apparently it made no difference…
- RC36.2 (4th Gen) Fuel Injection discussion A member here was looking into doing this some years back, pretty sure they were trying to fit GSX-R throttle bodies to a 4th Gen. IIRC the topic petered out without the motor ever firing up.
- RS850 Replica That's terrific!!!
- Single Nut Conversion Vfr800 Hrc Rc45 Style - One More:-) keef, 11/16/2017 at 4:46 PM an 848 only gives you a girly 5.5 inches. a 1098 gives you a manly 6 inches. 6 inches is manly, right? It's not what you've got, it's what you do with it, Chris... My trick is to fit smaller…
- Single Nut Conversion Vfr800 Hrc Rc45 Style - One More:-) JZH, 11/15/2017 at 5:50 AM The M38 x 1.5 LHS nut is shared only with the Triumph Speed Triple and the like; Ducatis use a different thread pitch--1.25, I think. This is actually my current headache, because I cannot…
- 4th gen Coil on Plug mod (split thread) No thanks, I'll wait till you tell me which ones actually work and then buy those :tongue:
- 2017 VFR800F worth paying AUD $14,800 ? ( Australia) Under $15k rideaway isn't bad, if you go for it then haggle hard to get some extras thrown in as well (you can be sure they're still making a good profit on the discounted price!).
- Vfr 750 - 92 Jock3, 25/03/2017 at 4:24 PM I'm buying aftermarket foot brackets. Since I want inverted shifting and have always had that on my sports. Is there any chance tips what fits? CBR900RR up to 1996 or so fit, as do 2007-2008…
- So I might have done a thing...... Great choice Rob! One of those rare motorcycles where form really does follow function.
- VFR 800 VTEC SWINGARM Hi and welcome. Knowing Honda, there's every chance it would be a direct swap. All you need is someone close to you with a 6th Gen, a workshop with tools, and a mutually compatible weekend... swap 'em over. I have no…
- 4th Gen Projector Retrofit Nice work! I have Retrofit Source HID projectors in a Nissan Patrol's headlights and they are amazing.
- How old are VFR owners? Many years ago, we had the 'big list'. which was called that because there were lots of small lists across the US and across the world... I started the one in Australia, OzVFR. Anyway, I digress - in 1999 or so I posted…
- RIP Bruce Wilson (aka Bruce in Tucson) Haven't seen this posted here yet, thought it might be worth putting up. Marc Brinker posted it on the VFR List, which is the current gmail-based version of what us old timers call the 'big list' - which pre-dated VFRD…
- Vnr? Wtf! Nr750 Replica Awesome work guys!!!
- WSBK Laguna Seca here I come I was supposed to come over for the 2000 race, Fish had offered me a 3rd Gen bike to use whilst I was there and I was going to meet Hege K, Pam B, Lorne and others. Didn't make it and still regret it. I have some Aunts…
- Trackbike Build - From Scratch kaldek, 07/01/2017 at 1:45 PM Come on son, it's sad to see my old bike still not running! (Slinks back into the corner) Hola, Kaldek!
- Braided front brake lines You received some very good suggestions and seem to have rejected them with a bit of attitude thrown in for no obvious reason (I don't see anyone criticizing your plans, just offering commonsense alternatives).
- '92 VFR750 Fighter Build - Project "Vianca" - Work in Progress Nice score - it has some good stuff on it. And nice work with Photoshop too, what you've envisaged is realistic and you're already well on your way. WackenSS mentioned some performance mod ideas - the reality is that…
- Another V4 Coming? The only production-based racing that Honda has ever truly cared about is the Suzuka 8 Hour. WSB has always been a side-project really - compared to GP. Remember how Honda went all-out in GP back in the sixties; that…
- Another V4 Coming? The Ducatista seem to be quite open to the idea of a V4 roadbike (but they'd expect Ducati to continue to build sporting V2s as well). I find it incredible that Ducati actually built their first V4 a good 6 years before…
- Vfr8 Streetfighter That's crap. A mate's VFR fell over years ago and the footpeg on his XR400 punched clean through the VFRs tank too. It'll look grouse with a 6th Gen tank though :fing02:
- Norton V4 RR The Norton swingarm starts as a 70kg billet that is CNC'd down to the final 3.5kg product.
- Raising Compression Ratio Hi Andy Aussie VFR400 racers routinely remove the scissor gears from their cams in the chase for power - they are getting up to 75hp out of them. Sounds like there's a bag of nails in the heads at idle, but no different…
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