This is my Honda
VF1000F from 1984.
I traded my Honda CB900 1985 to the VF1000F at Anderberg
Motor in Helsingborg.
I purchased a used "Pichler"
engine-cover
, 4-2 Vance & Hines
exhaust system and side cases from Hepco & Becker .
The windshield was replaced to a higher model from Givi.
There were noises from the
Camshaft chains after 80.000 km
causedby a week original chain tensioner. In 1998, I
found a
VF1100C engine and it looked identical to VF1000. The only
thing that differs (in
my eyes) was the gearbox and bore. I
purchased it... a big mistake !! The engines were
sent to RG-motor
for reassemble. Soon they found out that nothing
was identical. It differed 2 cm on
Camshafts and so on. The
Valves was bigger and even the cam chain was different
(hymo). The
only thing that was possible to use were the
pistons. To bore a VF-Engine is very
difficult because there
is a bottom tap
just below the cylinder wall and they could
be
conic. I decided to do that even if it's very difficult.
The cylinders were
sent to MMR in Malmö. The result was
frighten, the cylinders became conical and oval.
RG-motor had to order a used engine block from
" Spinnin-wheel " scrap yard.
Everything in the engine was replaced that had any sign
of wear:
- Gasket set A + B
- Honing of Cylinder, Cylinder head and intake.
- New Piston rings
- New Bearings
- New Camshaft chains and + tensioners.
- 3 new gears
- A new Shift fork
After the restore a Dynojet
kit was mounted and the "bad"
Vance & Hines 4-2 exhaust system was replaced
with a Hindle
4-1 system because the effect was negative. The fact is the
Vance & Hines system had lower effect than the original exhaust
system (se charts) The
air filter case was removed and a K&N
filter was fitted. The main jets was changed to
#140 and the
mixture screws turned clockwise until they seat then out 4 turns. See performance specifications
The Hindle
exhaust system was purchased from Mitonga Racing
in Malmö (040-194140) also se links to
Hindle .
In January -00 the rear suspension
was replaced to hand-made
from Öhlin's
.
The thermal switch, which controls the radiator
fan is upgraded
(Order part # 37760-KE7-003). It's the original thermal switch mounted on
VF400 and it will lower the fan threshold by 10° C
(50°
F).
