Honda VTR special

[Kev L]

Loads of work and ideas gone into this one. Not keen on the fairing though! -
http://www.wati.at/bikesvtrhrc.php
That radiator is ripe for a stone through it as well.

[agentpineapple]

good
front fairing
painted engine
very very clean and shiny
blade front end
not so good
mirrors
normal rear end
radiator
clocks

still its a bloody good effort and certainly different, well done that person, oh and the colours stunning

[Kev L]

Goes without saying really, the colours the best bit!!

[pinkyfloyd]

I'm sorry but I think its ghastly. If the Yamaha TDM and the FIrestorm had sexual relations this would be the b8stard offspring.

[BigVeeGrin]

kind of agreeing there - it's the painted engine - be much better all black

[Kev L]

Err that's kind of the point Pinky, as that is exactly what the bike consists of. Just goes to show that just because you can doesn't mean you should!

[VTRDark]

I don't think that's radiator at the bottom with header pipe running through. If it is, it wont be doing much of a good job because there's no cooling fins. I can see an oil cooler in the standardish place and I can also see (zoom in) rads up behind the fairing more or less where you would expect them. I expect that other thing is some kind of turbo maybe.

Havant decided if I like it at all yet. Certainly a lot work gone into it.

(:-})

[tony.mon]

Not sure what the lower rad assembly is, some sort of intercooler?
If so, wrapping it round the hot unshielded exhaust pipe was an interesting choice.
Asbestos wrapping would be a good idea here.
(On closer look, it's a rad, although there's some sort of assembly higher up under the side of the fairing around and above the water pump, it doesn't look like a side mounted rad to me, and so that will be the only cooling...... )

And I really, really dislike the mirrors.
Don't even know why; they're wrong.

Sadly the angles on the fairing and tank don't match up.
Those visual clues give the eye information about the aggressive stance of the bike (nose down, tail up) but here they are different, confusing the onlooker.
Tank and tail match ok, but the fairing isn't right.
Not sure why the "third eye" has been left like that, either.

But German and Austrian builders have to get everything E marked, or type approved, and so there's less choice and freedom as to what you can bolt on.

And why drop the chain size to 520?
Sure, it saves a small amount of weight, but that headlight assy has bolted lots more straight back on.