Oh the joys of the VTR

[PARSLEYRIPPER]

Hi folks, not posted for a while since the front cct failed on the VTR causing the usual anyway hey ho, it was the excuse I was looking for to completely strip and re build the whole thing. I ripped the whole bike to bits and sent frame, sub frame, wheels, swing arm and a box of bits to ESP powder coating in Glasgow and wow what a fantastic job they did. I bought another engine as well so I have a spare. Putting the swing arm needle roller in was an absolute ball ache and split the bearing case slightly on the way back in really annoying, and now I have searched EVERYWHERE and cant find the rubber chain guide for the swing arm, I mean wtf..... what a thing to loose??? there are NONE on Ebay, looks like I will have to buy a whole swing arm for a rubber guide aarrggg. Anyway money is fast being used up on a bike I said I would just run to work and back on.....and not meddle a brand new set of Supercorsa V2's and loads of other bits and I am £100 lighter (in case wife reads this) anyway, just thought I would drop in and give an update, I will try and upload some pics as I go.
Oh and why did Honda fit a needle roller bearing that seems too narrow on one side of the swing are and tow normal bearings on the other side with a spacer in between?? seems a bit crazy to me.

This site has been great so far and some of the tech features have been very helpful

[AMCQ46]

I have a spare rubber guide on a mock up swing arm I am using for the brace modification. If you want it I will pm you my email so you can send me your address

[PARSLEYRIPPER]

Crikey that would be cool, pm me your address and I will send some cash and an addressed jiffy bag to post it in

[agentpineapple]

I just checked david silvers and got the shock of my life.....£51.50 plus postage for a little of rubber......

[sirch345]

Oh and why did Honda fit a needle roller bearing that seems too narrow on one side of the swing are and tow normal bearings on the other side with a spacer in between?? seems a bit crazy to me.

Roller type bearings carry the load better than ordinary ball bearing type bearings would be my guess. My old Triumph 650 Thunderbird had a big roller bearing for a main bearing (crankshaft) on the drive side, but only a ball bearing type bearing on the other side. Plus cost must come into the equation. Roller bearings cost more.

Welcome back I would be good to see all your hard work with some photo's

Chris.

[PARSLEYRIPPER]

Will do mate, thanks for the replys guys. I put the swing arm back together but did not strip it hmmm I found a pic on the net and it just looked like there was a single needle roller on the chain side. It is only half the width of the hole/swing arm lug it goes into, it just seemed a bit gash not only that it is now, well....a bit split but it should be ok as it does not have any play in the spacer bush thing I think is called a slave????could be talking complete rubbish here anyway its on the tight side rather than loose/play so should "bed in"