No, the race plastics are Cheetah, though I'm thinking of some day using the Airtech tail for the F2, that resembles the RC45 rear... it looks really nice, I think, anyway!

 

OK. I`m currently waiting for a tail from Airtech for my F2, only the Banana seat version similar to the one from the earlier picture. Don`t want to give up the comfy of the original seat specially cause I had it redone last spring plus I might still need the top box rack occasionally so it will be faster to swap when need be.

 

As well you should NOT give up the cushy, comfy seat!

A foam seat pad, for a racing tail, is great when you're racing, because you get just a little more feel from the bike through the seat, more feedback from the interaction with the track surface... on the street, forget that - take the plush!

 

Yeah the RC45 tail looks pretty sweet

 

Small, but significant update... I finally acquired another F2, so that the race bike can STAY a race bike, all year round.

It needs work, but I got it for $100 less than the asking price, which was a reasonable price to begin with, it has no fluid leaks, the motor will run well, once I've attended to the carbs (sitting since October), and it came with a clean, clear, non-salvage title from my home state.







In cosmetic terms, the rims, front fender, tank, and half of the fairings are in excellent condition, and the tank is rust free on the inside, the other half of the fairings will require minor repair... all the fairings will be sold, as my current street stuff will be swapped over to this bike.

The only two real problems, are that the fork stanchions are bent, and the very end of the subframe also has a slight bend, that needs to be straightened... the frame, steering head, triple clamps, and fairing stay, are all fine.

I already found a great deal on some '94 forks, which will hopefully ship some time this afternoon, and those will be installed on the race bike, since they are cartridge forks with rebound adjustment - my current Race Tech sprung '93 forks will go on the new bike.
The straightening of the subframe will be a piece of cake.

The new bike has an older, Aluminum Yosh slip-on, with some slight damage, the same Vortex billet clip-ons that I'm currently running, but with a bent left bar ($15 replacement), and very new Metzler tires... since I brought it home and got it in the garage, it's been too cold for me to get started on anything, so I don't know what Metzler line they are, but they're in great shape, so I'll run 'em 'til there done, and then put my Q2s on.

 

I'll need to get another set of Race Tech springs, for the '94 forks, among other typical items, like new fork oil, and potentially fork seals, stuff for oil flush/change, coolant flush/change, etc., so as I mentioned before, I'll be selling a lot of extra F2 stuff, to cover the cost of this expense. If you need anything, check my sale thread for what I've got.

F2 Parts For Sale

There's only a few things there at the moment, but I'll be adding more, starting tonight and this weekend.

 

When you do the fork change can you do a detailed guide on swapping them over??. Start to finish?? Mine have a leak and I will be replacing but I have no idea on this level of mechanical expertise.

Excellent buy btw. I bet you are chuffed

 

Congrats on picking up another bike. Quick question, when you swapped cast covers, did you use new gaskets, reuse the old ones, or just some RTV/Hondabond?

 

Well, when the new forks arrive, all I'm doing at that point is removing the fork legs, fully assembled, from the race bike, and installing them on the street bike - there's not much to that part; just putting the bike up on the front stand, removing the front wheel, loosening the clip-ons and triple clamps, one side at a time, and sliding the forks down and out of the triples, then reversing on the other bike... I will not be tearing into the forks at all, as these have already been re-sprung, had new seals installed, oil filled to spec, pre-load spaers cut, and reassembled.

Now, when this happens, that means the new '94 forks have arrived, and those will be slid up into place and torqued down, for the meantime, on the race bike. Later, I will be changing the oil and seals in those, and installing Race Tech springs, as well as probably swapping out the lower triple for a beefier unit from an F3 - if that's what you're looking for a walk-through for, the internal bits, I think there's actually already a thread for that in this forum, and, I gave a little info on that in my "Phase 1" thread. Check that out first, and if there are still some "dark" areas for you, we'll work that out when I get around to refreshing the new forks... I'm not sure how soon that will be.

 

The NRC stator cover shipped with a gasket, so I carefully cleaned the mating surface on the engine casing, using a razor blade, and installed the new part with the included gasket - the only place you need a little black RTV there, is around the gromet for the wiring.

The NRC pulse generator cover did not come with a gasket - I'm not sure if that was an oversight, or what, but since I wasn't going to wait to order a gasket from my Honda dealer, I used black RTV all around, on that part. I have very steady hands, which makes Dremel work, and application of RTV and the like, very smooth and steady, like putting custom frosting on a cake (I should ditch IT, and become a cake decorator!! )
At any rate, I've run the bike for a good week with the new cover installed, using just RTV, and everything is good.