The bike itself is a grey import and as such lived in Japan for most of its life before moving to sunny (yeah right) Wales!
After a few weeks of sketching and designing my legs were getting better and I could get about a bit more easily so I stripped the VFR down to her chassis and engine. I realized the engine didn't run because the previous owner had trapped all the HT leads between the fairing mounts and had cut all the leads with a fairing bolt. After replacing them the bike fired up and ran perfectly first time.
I have no idea where the idea for the paintwork came from but I was playing Soul Reaver at the time on the PC and I think it stuck in my head. The tank and seat unit graphics were painted by hand by me while I was still recovering from almost having my legs removed.
Anything not moving in my house gets painted :o)
She is now up for sale so if you're interested e-mail me from the menu page. well it seems that no-one want to buy my VFR cant say as i blame them as the price of insureing it is sky high at the moment. so as these things happen it may end up being the front end of a future trike project! ive even thought about using the tank as part of the trike too. im looking to biuld a VW based trike that looks more like a very low chopper shape .
