Recent content by Rick4004

The RC30 fairing has big vent holes on the sides that I didn't really like for this build, plus it was a weak spot that had caused the gel coat to crack. I decided to fill them in. I built some aluminum panels to fill the holes, and I'll glass these in when it gets warmer outside. Spring is...

One last major component is half done. I finished the front half of the 4 onto 1 collector, and got the link pipe assembled. Right now I have this D&D muffler fitted, and it could run with this, but I really want to do the curved aluminum muffler like the original race bikes. I haven't...

Well, 2024 has been a s**t show so far. Hurt my back moving snow, got sick for a month, and had a total computer melt down. But, I've still been plugging away at the project. I'm reached the tipping point of the 80/20 rule, where the last 20% takes 80% of the time. Fairing - I resurected an RC30...

Finished the fender mounting, and the dashboard setup.

Front fender fitted and nearly mounted. Fender and arched brace hand formed aluminum.

Christmas eve progress. I finished the mount for the rear master cylinder and reservoir. I also "finished" the gauges/dash. The black 3d printed cover over the speedometer will be replaced with a machined aluminum part. The 5 grommets will hold LED's for the turn signals/high beam/neutral/oil...

On the original racers the sear is mounted up above the frame rails I didn't really like this so I lowered the seat to cover the frame rails. This was all good until I actually sat down on the the seat. With the rearsets I was going to use it felt like my knees were up into my armpits. I spaced...

The CBR600F4 fork were finished in a really rough cast texture, where as the RCB race bikes had smooth for legs. Doing the brake side was a P.I.T.A, but using a combination of the lathe, an air belt sander, and much manual sanding I finally got it smooth. The non brake side was much easier as I...

After much searching I finally found the tank rubbers that I was looking for. I could find them for a good price, but the shipping to Canada was crazy, or I could find good shipping but the price was 2-3 times more than the cheaper ones. I finally found some from Mead Speed in the UK that were...

Well, 4 years have passed, and I am finally back on this build. Hope to have it running this summer if I can stay focused. I braced the frame over the summer.

Hey Eric, no build thread on the last 400F, it's top secret ;-) I'll email you some pictures.

Hey Eric, Progress is slow right now. We're enjoying some beautiful weather right now, and I'm out riding/tweaking/tuning my last 400F project. I'm just putting the finishing touches on the buck to do the fairing, so I'll post that in the next week or so.

I am only keeping the windscreen. I'll use the uppermost 2" or so of the fairing as a pattern to start building the aluminum fairing. Look back to the very beginning of the thread, you will see a CAD model of the fairing. The end result will hopefully be very close to the original RCB upper.

I made up a quick temporary bracket to start the process of building the fairing. Needed to check bar clearance.

I am going to try to make RCB half fairing from aluminum. I needed a windshield to start from so I didn't have to try to make something fit afterwards. I was going to use one from an NS400 since I have an NS windshield and fairing mounted on another bike, and I was going to use that as a...