littleloris's 1989 Honda VFR 400
Info: Broken lug from bike falling off the stand.
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 		 Info: Another broken lug. The inside of the fairing has had repairs before from previous owners, so it's withstood worse. The straw that broke the donkey's back? There's more...
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 		 Info: RH rear set snapped off at all 3 fixings. Initially, I thought it was just a new heel plate needed, but on closer inspection, the brake pedal also had cracked. You can see it on the far left of the pi...
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 		 Info: Scratched rear seat cowl. Some of this could polish out but the rest is deep into the plastic.
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Info: Seeing as there's damage to the right hand side of the bike, I'm taking the opportunity to fit my Tyga Performance full exhaust system. I can give it a good clean at the same time.
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 		 Info: Exhaust wasn't in the best of condition. I knew to expect some rust! The clips had to be prized off with a flat head screwdriver. When I was loosening them the rust gave way to the clamps and they sli...
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 		 Info: Upper pipes aren't too bad, but the lowers are a little worse for wear. This is the left hand side. Same happened to the clamp. Amazingly, they weren't broken and were easy to slip up the pipe, despit...
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 		 Info: Exhaust system finally came away. The lowers and silencer weighed, in total, about 3 or 4 kgs. When the pipes came away from the ports I loosened the exhaust hanger and off it came.
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Info: Link pipes showing a bit of rust. If scrubbed back and polished up the pipes cuold look really good.
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 		 Info: Gasket removal for front headers. Initially, I couldn't see them and as this was my first shot at changing an exhaust I didn't even know they were there! After some research I gave them a scrub with a...
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 		 Info: After the removal of the gaskets it's more clear where to put the new ones!
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 		 Info: Rear ports with the gaskets still in. Notice the copper-look of the rings.
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Info: Gaskets now out. Time for a clean and polish!
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 		 Info: The weld from the exhaust was so bad and disfigured that it would scratch the swing arm when the suspension wasn't compressed.
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 		 Info: Polished up swing arm and heel plate. Camera doesn't really give it justice!
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 		 Info: Took the annoying flexi-tubing that surrounded the bad welding job from the pipes to the end can. Was held on by a couple of clamps.
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Info: On closer inspection you can see the state of the weld and what the intentions were. I will try, at some stage, to seperate the can from down pipes and get them polished up and re-welded if possible.
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 		 Info: A naked VFR! There are some parts that could do with re-painting, such as lower radiator and top yoke. So very little time though!
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 		 Info: Looks much better without the exhaust at all!! Perhaps I should invest in an underseat job..?
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 		 Info: You can see the paint flaking off the lower rad. With the fairing on you shouldn't be able to see it but it'd be nice to keep it protected.
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Info: New Tyga Performance exhaust connected and ready to go!
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 		 Info: New gaskets are in...
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Info: All springs attached and Tyga end can slipped on.
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 		 Info: Pipes connected to front and rear headers minus the RH side rear set.
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