968 Garage Buddy

[Waylander]

Today I collected my next project,

A 1986 Honda VF1000F2 Bol D’or

I bought this from the spares and repairs section on eBay, not running right,

It has not been serviced since 2003 and only done 3000 miles in the last 17 years, it’s frame number puts it 100 from the end of the one year run of this particular bike, the frame and engine number match all the original documents

I have checked how many left, and this is one of only 9 machines not on sorn, and there is only 18 sorn, so it’s a pretty rare machine

The tech specs say that it’s a 118 BHP and weights in at 245KG, that makes it about 450BHP per tonne
Does the standing 1/4 mile in 11.05 seconds @ 128mph, 0-60 in about 4.0 seconds
Cruising at 80-90 mph it will do 40+ mpg, it needs a lot of tlc but I hope to have it on the road by the end of Sept

just hope the two of them get along, and I don’t have to many translation issues, Japanese to German and vice versa

Wish me luck

Pics to follow

 

[Waylander]

 

[NickTaylor]

Nice match and good luck. Suspect you might need it.??

I had a black 968 Sport in the early 90’s which briefly had a VF750F as a garage buddy. Japanese and German sports engineering was the perfect symbiosis.


Regrettably both came to grief through no fault of their own.

 

[924Srr27l]

Today I collected my next project,
A 1986 Honda VF1000F2 Bol D’or
I bought this from the spares and repairs section on eBay, not running right,
It has not been serviced since 2003 and only done 3000 miles in the last 17 years, it’s frame number puts it 100 from the end of the one year run of this particular bike, the frame and engine number match all the original documents
I have checked how many left, and this is one of only 9 machines not on sorn, and there is only 18 sorn, so it’s a pretty rare machine
The tech specs say that it’s a 118 BHP and weights in at 245KG, that makes it about 450BHP per tonne
Does the standing 1/4 mile in 11.05 seconds @ 128mph, 0-60 in about 4.0 seconds
Cruising at 80-90 mph it will do 40+ mpg, it needs a lot of tlc but I hope to have it on the road by the end of Sept

just hope the two of them get along, and I don’t have to many translation issues, Japanese to German and vice versa
Wish me luck
Pics to follow

Blimey you brave with this BIG bird, 245kg dry weight + Fluids/ fuel etc.. (270kg) + Rider (350-380?kg) you'll be looking just over 300bhp / ton if the old girl is still making 116hp?
but the sheer girth and weight of these 80's bikes that were common at they time takes some riding, to think that a modern 1000cc with 214bhp is (70kg lighter)

I've got a similar project but not so old, a 2001 Vtwin Suzy 650 that's sat for so log the fuel tank has rusted away and left holes in it!

Only 64bhp but light @ 165kg

R