and yet another new guy.....
 

howdy...

Always wanted to give the superchicken a go. :) One showed up locally for what I (hope) is a good deal and I jumped on it.

Have owned many a VFR, my first street bike being an '86 VF500. I sold my '97 VFR750 about 10 years ago so its been a while.. Something about the V motors I guess..and the twins just sound wonderful with a set of decent pipes.


anywhoo...This bike seems to run just fine, but needs a little cosmetic LOVE.

A couple of ???????'s

1. Bodywork
Bike needs a new rear cowl (red) and front fender. I priced these out at the Honda stealership and crapped myself ($340 for cowel, $140 fender:eek:)

Is there a QUALITY aftermarket tail or fender for this bike that isn't going to blow the budget?

I would prefer to keep it stock, but would love to see if any of you guys were able to tastefully retrofit another tail for a good price... Or if any of you have a nice solid red tail laying around...uh, I'd be interested!

thanks guys.

Greetings! Post some pics of your new beast and add where you are

Best to get one from ebay like this, closer to home

and mudguard or here , if you're prepared to respray them if they're a different colour to yours.

There are quality carbon fibre replacements from Italy if you do search here, but the prices are even more dear than Honda obviously! or Chinese pattern full body kits

Mario Nava VTR1000

Rear tail (single seat) EURO 200.00
Street version fiberglass made with fiberglass
seat frame

Rear tail (single seat) EURO 300.00
Street version Fiberglass made with carbon or
carbon-kevlar insert with with fiberglass seat frame

Rear tail (single seat) EURO 500.00
Street version Full carbon or carbon-kevlar made
with with fiberglass seat frame

Rear tail (single seat) EURO 505.00
Race version (no place for rear light)
Full carbon or carbon-kevlar made
with with fiberglass seat frame


front fender EURO 65.00
Fiberglass made

front fender EURO 115.00
Carbon or carbon-kevlar made

thanks for the quick reply!
yeah, I saw those full body Chinese kits. But due to a past experience, I am EXTREMELY GUNSHY in ever trying that again. I had an NSR250 MC18 about 5 years ago and ordered one of those kits from some dude in Hong Kong. When it arrived, every single piece was broken. By far the worst quality I have ever seen. To add insult to injury, I made my first ever "chargeback" through Paypal, but then had to send the parts back......to the tune of $300.00.
In the end I had to eat it.

so maybe the chinese crap has come a ways quality wise. Im not brave (or wealthy) enough to try that again.

out of morbid curiousity, are there any other bike tail sections (VFR, CBR, ECT) that is close to being a "bolt-on"?


Ill post some pics up later, but in the meantime....just picture a bone stock 2001 Red bike with a broken plastic tailsection and crack in the front fender. ;)

welcome. do some searches and you'll find some info on the subject. Sharkskinz seems to make decent replacemnt parts. While not cheap, they are good. There's also a guy in TX that posts some things on ebay every once in a while. I'm not sure if he has rear cowls though.

thanks Old Yeller...

I went to the Sharkskinz website and see that they have a few options...all around $225-$250.

Any of you guys mounted a Sharkskinz tailsection? Opinions? Photos?

Another board member PM'd me (Partsguy) that he had a nice front fender and Im just waiting for photos, so I may have that sorted depending on how nice it is.

thanks again.

stock rear cowl, 80 bucks:

http://www.hondapartsline.com/fiche_section_detail.asp

Edit: Nevermind, from your original pricing, you're looking for the rear tail piece. Ma bad

AHHHHH MAAAAN!!!! I was so stoked for about 3 seconds!!!


still on the search for both front fender and rear tailsection/cowl

I see you live in Tempe. I lived down there back in '93-'94. Miss it during the winters thats for sure. Not so much during the summer. :p