I just came across this bike for sale on CL and thought you guys may enjoy looking at it.
It's partly a VFR...
I don't want to violate any rules by posting the link to a bike for sale, so here are the pics and the add explaining what it is with the contact info removed.
Some may be asking; 'what in the world am I looking at', 'what makes it so special', 'what the heck is an RCVFRR'? All valid questions. The RCVFRR moniker comes from the amalgamation of 3 different bikes, an RC51 -- VFR -- CBR 1000rr. Truth be told it would have been muuuch easier and quicker to just buy a single sided swingarm made for the RC51 and bolt it on.(a few were made years ago but can't be found nowdays...besides its oddly bulky and didn't look right on the RC) In hindsight might have been cheaper too. However, I wanted all parts to be oem Honda.
In sticking with the all oem Honda parts idea a vfr single sided swingarm was adapted to be used as well as the oem wheel. Could have used other swingarms but didn't want to get into cutting and welding up stuff to get it to fit. The idea was to make everything a bolt up and go affair. While I was able to accomplish this with the rear of the bike the front turned out a bit different.
To be able to mount up the 1000rr headlights required a completely different intake, as the oem RC intake wouldn't suffice. After letting a couple "professional fabricators" have a go at it, and completely mucking it all up, I came up with something on my own then had those precut parts welded up. This custom intake took quite a while to put together and is a prototype part. Meaning its more function than form. Not to say it doesn't look nice, but its not a perfect mass produced oem part either. Although, all oem mounts and grommets are utilized for sturdy mounting of the lights and bodywork. And yes, the air intake runs through the headlights.
Speaking of which, the bodywork, as you may have realized, is of the 04-05 Honda 1000rr which is where the RR comes from in the RCVFRR. The tank and tail remain RC51. Its all pretty straight forward oem stuff apart from the cut outs for the custom exhaust. The exhaust is a one off and turned out to be a bear to tackle, especially the rear header. Because of the repositioning of the rear shock the rear header had to be rerouted to clear it. Not only that but it needed to look nice coming down to the underside of the bike and then expected to make a fairly tight turn to exit the left side of the bike to match the exit of the front cylinder header out the right side of the bodywork. After all was welded up, and tips made, it was sent out for ceramic coating both inside and out.
Finally, can't end without mentioning the MV Agusta dash/cluster and the man who made it all possible.....PDFruth. Was going to go with a full Agusta body kit at first but couldn't find anybody to make a proper headlight that would still allow the intake in the oem spot. None the less, the gentleman figured out how to rewire and adapt the new dash to this application. I believe he still dabbles in electrical things for motorcycles(mainly Honda) and can still be found on various motorcycle forums. This was such a headache for him that he swore he'd never do another dash. Can't blame him as the labor hours spent putting this all together was tremendous. However if you need a speedo corrector or tre's or exup delete(ESRM) he is your man.
Oh, can't forget the 1000rr front end! Not a simple bolt up and go affair as there is some machining needed as well as different bearings and spacers(due to using the RC51 front rim----had to have a matching 5 spoke rim for the rear VFR rim). Currently using the 310mm front rotors but with caliper spacers one can put on 320mm rotors if they prefer. Something else on the front end that might not be glaringly obvious at first glance are the zx14 radial clutch/brake master cylinders. Other little updates not readily noticeable are 1000rr/600rr coil conversion and HRC type quick change tank hinge pin.
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