dallard2

Hey guys, i am new on the forum, but not new to vtr's. I owned one a coupke of years back, which i liked, but got sold for a need for speed. I then bought an r1, got sick of overpaying for license here in quebec, rode a few dual sport and spot tourers for the last years and then came across a 99 crashed vtr for a good price.

I am on a thight budjet, so i will have to be creative on this and find cheap parts to fix her up, but this ain't my first project and i should be able to do something really cool with it under 2000$


First off i bought the bike 2 weeks ago, crashed with damage to forks, subframe, left fairings, gas tank, exhaust and rear set. It sat for almost 4 years, 89000kms on the clock and it fired on the first time with a battery boost. good news. Engine runs like a swich watch

My plans so far, black out the frame, swingarm and subframe satin black, body panels and tank gloss white, 2-1 hindle full system, cbr900 front end and 6 spokes wheeels.

I am giving me around a month to put it back road worthy including a full tune up and repairs

dallard2

The day i brought her home

dallard2

As she is sitting now next to my mk1 rabbit in restoration also

98VTRrider

good score...what did you pick it up for? I have a similar VTR I need to get to work on I bought for $500....some dummy spray painted the entire bike so I need to strip it down the frame and reassemble after getting the spray paint off things.

dallard2

I got it for 800$. Yours at 500 bucks thats really good. I am happy with my purhase, it willd end up being a pretty cool bike for not alot of money

rick

cool score. Check out my parting out ad in the classifieds, in case there is something there you need for the build

nnjhawk02

+3 on the great score.

Good luck

And Brrrrr from those pictures

kenmoore

Hey mate, that's a good buy.

Keep us posted on your build.


White panels, black frame etc looks great.


Add some blue accents like a Minolta replica, they look way good.


Good luck!


If you do it right you will have a great bike that will keep a lot of later models honest.


Suspension spacer for the rear shock is a must to liven up the steering and CBR600 F4iCalipers really help in the stopping department.


Be warned these things can become an addiction.


Happy Hawking

dallard2

I did buy some cbr900 1993 forks and wheels. I will ditch the front one and find a f3 one. I also received stock vtr forks that i bought on ebay, to find out my triples are slightly bent. Wont use them. As for the cbr forks anyone knows what spring rate i should buy to replace the stock soft springs in the 900 forks?

I also received some f4i capilers and a left side muffler in case i would not want to run the 2-1 hindle system. I will be working on it monday and tuesday and i hope to at least test ride it this week. My main concern is the left side fairing. I don't think ill be able to repair it. On the hunt for a used one

dallard2

Edit for the youtube link

xeris

Link doesn't work.

dallard2

Edited. Now should work

dallard2

Carbs need cleaning and probably rejetted