VTR Cafe Fighter Project

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Ant, lovely colour
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It's come a long way from the day I saw it!
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Oh my god mate, you've run over your bodywork with a Moto x bike on knobbliest! Don't worry those wheel tracks will rub off with a bit of t cut!
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Actually looks very smart fella.
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It's different Ant and I like it :thumbup:

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Re: VTR Cafe Fighter Project

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Lovely colour and decal design, well done.
Been tempted to street fighter my VTR before but was always nervous about exposing the side rads.
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vardypeeps wrote:Lovely colour and decal design, well done.
Been tempted to street fighter my VTR before but was always nervous about exposing the side rads.
You needn't be nervous, it looks a bit strange, but good :D And cooling doesn't seem to suffer greatly, at least in normal road use.
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Any more recent pics ?
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Re: VTR Cafe Fighter Project

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Sorry for being so slow on the pics....

I managed to get the exhaust mocked up and fit the starter at the weekend. Quite chuffed with how the exhaust looks.

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I know they're uneven left to right.... :? Need to loosen off the headers and re-adjust them.

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That's gonna look sh1t hot when it's done
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That's coming together very nicely Ant 8)

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very nice :thumbup:
the older i get,the faster i was :lol:
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Good news everybody! I got it started!

Don't know how to post videos here soooo:



Didn't have a twist grip fitted at that stage so no revving.

As you can see also got the headlight, speedo and few other bits done too.
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Nice one Ant. Must be nearly finished?!
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It's always encouraging when you get to that stage of firing the bike up :D Nice one Ant :thumbup:

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Re: VTR Cafe Fighter Project

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Cheers Guys!

Yeah almost done now, got to do a couple of little bits on the front end (hour or two) then all the works at the back:

-Cut and shut exhaust
-Make some exhaust hangers
-Make up brackets for the seat unit
-Re-cover the seat
-Make up brackets for the untertray
-Knock up a tray to hold the electronics and battery
-Extend main earth cable & earth out the subframe
-Make a catch for the seat unit lock
-Fit and bleed the brakes

So not too long now!
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