1985 Rothmans Honda VF500R

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1985 Rothmans Honda VF500R

#1 Post by Straycat » Mon Jun 11, 2018 10:06 am

They never built a Rothmans VF500R...So I did it.

I took a tired old 85 VF500F Interceptor, stripped it to the frame, and built the bike that honda never did. Managed to get a set of rare Targa lower fairings too. Exhaust are harley sportster replacements from China, shorts levers from China as are the clip-ons, and turn signals ---all very decent quality actually.

The Upper fairing needed alot of cutting to clear the clip-ons, and the windshield was chopped 3". I chopped the front fender down too , to look more like the old Motogp style.

I used a decals kit from a rothmans NS400R which required some creativity to get it to work. I had the VF500R decals custom made, and got a variety of other decals to complete the look.

Solo seats are like hen's teeth, so I recovered the seat in 2 tone to create the solo seat look.
2014 VFR800
2017 Africa Twin
2000 Kawi ZRX1100
2003 Kawi Z1000
2017 M109R
2012 KTM RC8
2007 Aprilia RSV Factory
2010 Rossi R1
1988 Hawk GT /NT647
1986 NS400R
2008 Buell 1125R
2006 Buell XB9R
1989 CB1
1997 CBR600F3
2012 CBR125R Repsol
1984 CBX750

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Re: 1985 Rothmans Honda VF500R

#2 Post by podman » Mon Jun 11, 2018 11:33 am

Very nice indeed mate, i bet it sounds fit on those pipes!

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Re: 1985 Rothmans Honda VF500R

#3 Post by Straycat » Mon Jun 11, 2018 11:52 am

Thanks, Yes, sounds wicked, much better than the old stock megaphone pipes.
2014 VFR800
2017 Africa Twin
2000 Kawi ZRX1100
2003 Kawi Z1000
2017 M109R
2012 KTM RC8
2007 Aprilia RSV Factory
2010 Rossi R1
1988 Hawk GT /NT647
1986 NS400R
2008 Buell 1125R
2006 Buell XB9R
1989 CB1
1997 CBR600F3
2012 CBR125R Repsol
1984 CBX750

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Re: 1985 Rothmans Honda VF500R

#4 Post by RuZty » Wed Jun 13, 2018 11:50 pm

Very nice, one of my favourite bikes after RZ's when I was in my 20's. I also liked the GPZ550 at the time, as well as most of the bikes in your collection for that matter.

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Re: 1985 Rothmans Honda VF500R

#5 Post by Straycat » Thu Jun 14, 2018 9:04 pm

Thanks RuZty.
2014 VFR800
2017 Africa Twin
2000 Kawi ZRX1100
2003 Kawi Z1000
2017 M109R
2012 KTM RC8
2007 Aprilia RSV Factory
2010 Rossi R1
1988 Hawk GT /NT647
1986 NS400R
2008 Buell 1125R
2006 Buell XB9R
1989 CB1
1997 CBR600F3
2012 CBR125R Repsol
1984 CBX750

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