I BROKE THE ENGINE! Honda VFR800fi Superbike with BONUS FACTORY TOUR!

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#Honda #VFR800FI Generation 5
Come and I'll also show you around CarbonBikeRepair factory!
Every week a new video will be uploaded covering a specific topic of restoring a motorbike of some interest.
I intention is to share how to restore an object. Anything that I grow passionate about. It’s that simple. I have a day job in a company which restores for a living. Please check out our other channel CarbonBikeRepair (a blue shield logo) for some amazing carbon fibre and paint skills.
I’m not a professional RU-vidr but maybe one day if this amazing response for you all continues!
So PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO MY CHANNEL AND HIT THE NOTIFICATION 'BELL' ICON, TO BE NOTIFIED WHEN A NEW VIDEO IS PUBLISHED.
Some history of this Honda VFR800FI 2001 model:
Discovered on Facebook right in the middle of restoring of a very rare Norton Commando, I decided to impulse buy! It was later that I discovered the Gen5 version was a limited production run before the VTEC model emerged in 2002 and quite sought after. Lucky me and lucky bike!
It is in a shocking state but I’ll turn it around if you watch this challenging restoration! Old tech is fickle…
I don’t imagine there will be more than 2 parts to this as I’m just as excited to deliver the iconic Commando back to the road or a museum!
For now my intention is to restore this VFR on the tightest of budgets (which is fun for me to ride) but also to deliver to my viewers a great example of a Honda VFR800FI.
Thanks again for watching my work. You are all contributing in some way to the growth and maturation of the content.
See you on your screen!
Rob

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14 окт 2024

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Комментарии : 23

@brianbiker 2 года назад

You'll be ok with just replacing the cam - it's not matched to the head. What you can't do, is mix and match the cam carrier/bearing caps and heads. Put another cam in it, and plastigauge the bearing journals to ensure you have the right clearance, you'll be fine.

@MyRestoration1 2 года назад

Really?? Ok I need to look into this. Thanks Brian 👍

@micyclesport Год назад

Really excellent content and editing, great taste in music!! Watching all the VFR videos the plastic melt repair was super neat!! Thank you!!

@TimH123 2 года назад

Came across your channel more or less by accident, although I’m interested in motorcycle restoration and bicycles. Great channels and what an interesting carbon repair business as well!

@sethhoffman8149 2 года назад

Although I'm sure a good used camshaft is the cheapest and easiest solution, it is possible to repair a break like that by boring it out on a lathe, using a centering dowel, and welding it up. Alan Millyard uses that technique for building his extra-cylinders engines (using cut-up stock camshafts to make longer ones for more cylinders).

@MyRestoration1 2 года назад

Thanks Seth, I’ve found a complete head 40k on it from a breaker £20 plus postage £30 for head gasket..no brainer

@Rangerscott69 Год назад

Just go ahead and replace the gaskets for anyone watching this. They're old, a lot of heat cycles, etc etc. Also replace the rubber boots under the throttlebody assembly. Mine were super hard and dried out on my '01 and I did that years ago. Another thing, get rid of the pair valve assembly. It's just a carbon collector.

@MyRestoration1 Год назад

Did o not show this? Oversight in my editing then. 👍

@29once 2 года назад

That carbon handle on the shop's entrance is such a nice touch. Loving the series btw.

@sethhoffman8149 2 года назад

Thanks for sharing your work on carbon bikes! I wondered about your professional background, and it was very interesting to learn more. I'm a recreational cyclist (mostly streets, trails, and a little mountain biking), but have yet to own a carbon bike. Impressive tech!