Quote from: Motofun on Yesterday at 06:00:00 AMOn the Honda issue....ever since the old man Honda died the company hasn't been the same.  The CB750, the CBX, the 6 cylinder racing screamer from the sixties......

Yep, after I left the Army I promptly bought a CB500, what a great little bike that was, so darn easy to work on...

Before I bought my FJ in '84 I looked hard at those Honda VFR's. One test ride on that FJ convinced me...wow.

A good friend of mine had an original RC30.  He dreaded working on the carbs and , as I remember, it also had some serious issue with the cams.  Poor oiling perhaps?  Anyways it was a cool bike for sure.  On the Honda issue....ever since the old man Honda died the company hasn't been the same.  The CB750, the CBX, the 6 cylinder racing screamer from the sixties......

Wishing Everyone a Merry Christmas

Fred

Merry Christmas from Reno.

Some more progress. The front fender is mounted. The front wheel is back on with brand new rotors. The CBR900RR SC28 instrument cluster has been mounted. Not quite plug n play. The speedo reads about 50% to high. The fix is genius. Tyga instructs to remove the speedo unit from the CBR and the VFR. remove the small circuit card from the back of both speedo. Install the VFR circuit card onto the CBR speedo. Calibration issue solved. To fine tune the speed and match it to my GPS speedo app, I have a Healtech speedo healer.

Fred

Quote from: Pat Conlon on December 21, 2025, 01:08:42 PMThanks for the pictures Fred. Your conversion is much more involved than I expected.
With the aluminum subframe and exhaust how many pounds do you think you'll lose?
JDM vs US market, any tuning changes to the US ecu or just put in a JDM ecu?

The ergonomics of your finished project reminds me of a 750 GSXR I rode 30 years ago for a day on the back hwys of San Diego County. What an amazing motorcycle. Effortless.
 Before then I had never ridden anything like it. For my abilities I believed that 750 to be the best analog track bike ever made.
This was a time before all the new electronic rider aids became available.

The 1996 RC36-2 has a wet weight of 498lbs. I am hoping for a 20-40lb weight reduction. I will ride it up to the landfill and use there scale when the project is completed.
I don't know if the JDM was restricted. My build uses the USA spec RC36-2 ECU, engine, frame. This bike puts out 91.3hp at the back wheel per Honda specs. Here is a photo of my riding the bike in it's original form on the Tail of the Dragon 2 years ago.


Fred

As we rapidly approach the holiday, we want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas.

I hope you are able to be with your loved ones this holiday season.



Randy, Chandra, Robert, Ryan and the rest of the RPM crew.

Of course I can never have enough power. Is there anything with more ccs you can stuff into that frame.?

Glad to see attendees coming from overseas.........Excellent! 

I'm not into Hondas. But that's the only one I ever thought was awesome. Remember being impressed the first time I saw it.