While the bodywork for Project 14 is away for paint, I'm catching up on some finishing touches, one of which is refurbishing the engine side covers. This bike has some mild custom touches so I decided to add a subtle touch of color and had the covers power coated in "Bronze Texture."
Once they were mounted up I wished I'd had the lower fork legs done the same. I think the covers will look great peaking out from behind the pearl white side fairings.
Along the way to redoing the engine covers I stumbled upon a bit of VFR mechanical trivia. This bike is an F2 model, and one of the changes from the earlier F affects the pulse generator coils, which trigger the coils to fire the spark plugs. These two coils are located under the clutch side cover and the F2 uses coils which are slightly larger than the F's. There's small bump-outs in the cover (red arrows) to accommodate the two coils and Honda had to enlarge the bump-outs for the larger coils.
Bottom line: The "larger" F2 cover will fit either model but the "smaller" F cover will only fit the F model. I was planning to mix-n-match the covers but fortunately figured this out before painting the wrong covers.
Bottom line: The "larger" F2 cover will fit either model but the "smaller" F cover will only fit the F model. I was planning to mix-n-match the covers but fortunately figured this out before painting the wrong covers.
Pictured is an '87 but all the 2d - 4th generation VFRs are very similar. If you've never seen a naked VFR clutch, here it is. The smooth disc in the middle is the starter clutch with the two pulse generator coils mounted above. Timing marks are visible on its surface.
At the lower right is the starter gearing. Under the clutch you can just see a geared chain which runs the oil pump.
There's a lot going on here.
At the lower right is the starter gearing. Under the clutch you can just see a geared chain which runs the oil pump.
There's a lot going on here.
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