Building a bike ?

[Valentino Mossy]

Hi folks,

I've been toying with an idea of building my own bike from "scratch".
Going by all the stuff you can get off Ebay, etc.. I think I could do it.

But the question I want to ask is... Has anybody done this before, what about registing it for the road/track ?

Also when i get the bike built how would I go about registering the "old" frame with a different engine ?

Also How much would the insurance companys sting me for ?

Give me a haynes manual and a working engine and I'm away !

Cheers all

Richard
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[Valentino Mossy]

BTW I dont mean bits from a honda on to a yamaha etc..
The bike in question would be a VFR400.
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[bikedudextrm]

Just make sure you get the V5/logbook with the frame, change the engine number over on the V5 for which ever engine you decide to fit and send it of to the DVLA.
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[DukeRed]

Make the Akira bike!! It's soooo cool , you know you want to. Or at least inspiration from it.
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[G]

If we're talking 'rebuilding' here, it's undoubtably a lot cheaper to find a knackered bike with a fair amount of the bits intact, rather than buy every bit seperately (there's a whole loada bits in a bike ).

[Valentino Mossy]

Could do that G, would be alot easier.
But I dont mind spending a few months collecting the parts as a project.

Do you know of any one who has done this sort of thing ?
Any advice would be helpful !

Taa
Richard
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[G]

I was thinking of the money, not the time. Even if you're getting bargains you're still paying quite a lot more in total and giving your self a /whole/ load more work.. even if it's just working out what goes where .

[Robby]

Well the classic thing to do here is to get a crasher with a good engine, and a thrasher with a blown engine.

The alternative is to get a front ender and source a front end off of one being broken for spares.

However, going on personal experience and the experience of a few others, with VFR400s you get what you pay for. They are 15 years old now, a good selection of knackered ones around, and it is worth paying at least 1700 for a good condition one that has been used for commuting or long runs, with some kind of service history, even if its only receipts for service parts.

[priller]

If you only want it for track days I know somebody who was selling a cat B NC30 needs new front end. Cant go back on the road without a new frame but would be ok for track bike. Cant renember if the frame is damaged on not.

Will find out more if you want.