It's been a while but I've finally managed to get a start on the strip down for my 1988 VFR 750 fighter conversion. The plastics were shot and they are virtually impossible to find or too expensive to replace, so I thought I'd go the fighter option. The plan is to do a tight budget conversion as much as possible but still make it look half decent. So it will get new lights and dash, new chain and sprockets, plus some mods to the subframe for starters. I'd like to throw in a new exhaust system as well, though that one will be more difficult to get past the Minster for Finance :-)
With the side fairings and seat off, the girl was looking like this
Today I took off the front fairing and instruments. That was pretty straight forward, just unplug a few electrical connectors and a few bolts. This left the front end looking like this (note all the electricals on the left of the picture.
That, and repositioning the oil cooler, was going to be a bit of an issue. Fortunately, when I took off the tank and the air filter there was a bit of room between the air intake and the steering head. So a bit of fiddling around saw me get the main wiring loom tucked away nicely:
Haven't gotten too much further than that yet. I'm thinking that I can scavenge the existing instrument bracket to remount the oil cooler, or just fabricate a couple of brackets if I need it to be held lower. Now I need to pick out some lights and an instrument cluster to go with it all.