$500 outright including shipping to CONUS.
Exchange credit for your old carbs.

I have available freshly cleaned, inspected and sync'd carburetors for the '86-87 VFR700/750. Fitted with VITON fuel tube seals, pilot screw o-rings and bowl gaskets, TYGON fuel line, new #40 low-speed jets (for better low-speed rideability), full ultrasonic cleaning, tested and tuned on a running bike — ready to install and ride away.

I can add a jet kit if desired for the cost of the kit plus $20 labor.

Exchange: I will refund $100 for your rebuildable carb set, or $50 for an incomplete/not rebuildable set for use as parts, and I will pay for shipping to me. "Rebuildable" means the set is complete, and the throttle/butterflys and choke mechanisms are free, not frozen. I will provide the shipping label for your exchange set (CONUS). Upon inspection, I will refund the appropriate amount.

​Contact me for more information: joe.nelson@ymail.com 6O8-8O7-7829 call or text.

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What: 2007 VFR800 Anniversary Ed.
Where: Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
Why: Zero-mile, mostly original
Price: BaT auction
UPDATE: SOLD $12,250

A dealer acquired this bike, prepped it for long-term storage and put it on display…in 2007. In 2020 it sold at a Mecum auction for $10,450 and is now offered by Throttlestop via Bring-a-Trailer.

The bike shows as nearly perfect cosmetic condition with a few parts missing (rear pegs & fender) and red wheel stripes added. Seems to me that there's two approaches here: Pay up for a museum piece or overpay for a the nicest, lowest-mile 6th-gen out there and put it back on the road.
​Auction ends Feb. 22.

Mufflers only look simple, but they're actually engineered airflow mechanisms which need to meet the needs of sound reduction, sound quality, performance goals, weight and aesthetics — all seemingly in opposition to one another. And what do we do? Pull them off and toss them on a shelf and eventually the trash bin.

Years ago I decided to dissect a second-gen muffler just to see what's going on inside and maybe modify a stock muffler for better sound. I discovered that Honda had accomplished their goals in a typically engineering-oriented approach, without the use of sound deadening material (which wears out) or acres of perforated baffling, which adds weight and rusts out. The image below is from a Canadian dealer informational brochure showing a diagram of the OEM muffler for the 3d-gen (the pink notations are mine).

There's four sealed chambers, the airflow progressing rearward through the blue-colored tubes all the way to chamber #4, then forced to make a 180° turn, forward to chamber #2 through holes in the chamber walls, then another 180° turn rearward through the exit tube and out the rear. The sound is mitigated by the forced turns and chambers #2 & 4 absorbing the sound waves — at least that's how my non-engineering mind sees it. Air doesn't like making turns, particularly 180° turns, so back pressure is created, which is engineered to work in conjunction with the cool tuned header pipes. Ever wonder why those front pipes cross over one another? That's part of the complicated tuning of pressure pulses.

All that internal steel piping adds weight and takes up real estate, which is why the aftermarket has a much easier job in creating lighter, louder, more compact mufflers. Do they work better? Typically not, but they often sound better, or at least louder, at the expense of hearing loss and irate public opinion. The only way to achieve actual performance benefit is to tune an entire system, including intake and carburetion, to work together, but that's a doctoral thesis in itself. The Hindle system is an example.

Below is my crude diagram of a 2d-gen muffler. The concept is similar, with the airflow path reversing to chamber #3, then again reversing outward (top). I also show how I make the cuts to shorten the muffler by about 5 inches and eliminate both 180° turns (lower). The result is a deeper, mellow sound without being too loud. I've not found a need to adjust carburetor jetting. This is also an effective way to salvage a road-rashed muffler, as I fill the dents and scrapes, then repaint black or silver. The 3d-gen muffler could be similarly shortened. Looks like I'll need to add a tutorial to the "Maintenance" page.
A simple tin canister? No so much.

One of my favorite sites to share my morning coffee with is the POIM (Pictures Of Interesting Motorcycles) Facebook page. You never know what will surface, from the beautiful to the bizarre.
​Some examples of the former….

The RC30 Reimagined, By Kardesign
Design house Kardesign took four classic sport bikes and virtually accomplished some subtle design updates to bring them into today's aesthetic. Here's their take on the iconic VFR750R. I can't say that I find much wrong with the original, with the exception of the odd shaped fuel tank and the pale shade of blue, both of which are artfully dealt with here.

Heart Of The RC30
Here's a great photo of the RC30's V4.

See-Through RC30?
Well, here's something completely different. Someone went to a lot of effort to accomplish this display.

NR Internals
RC30 not exotic for you? How about the oval-piston NR 750? Here's a couple of images showing the fascinating hardware at the heart of the beast.