[mevocgt]

There was a discussion a while back that someone had mentioned a guy in PA who was custom building featherbed frames.  Does anyone remember who it was?  I have a VT750 motor I am thinking about turning into a 'Horton'.

[ace.cafe]

There was a discussion a while back that someone had mentioned a guy in PA who was custom building featherbed frames.  Does anyone remember who it was?  I have a VT750 motor I am thinking about turning into a 'Horton'.

His name is Billy.
http://rofomoto.weebly.com/

At the bottom of the page, there is a pic of an Enfield Bullet in a featherbed. This is ChuckD's Fireball #10.

[Farmer_John]

I'd be a little wary of not receiving a MSO (manufacturers statement of origin) with the frame. It may be difficult to register/title a bike built with this frame in some areas.

[Surfernick]

Just out of curiosity, what year VT750 will you be using?  I have a 2002 VT750 (which explains my curiosity). It's currently a radical custom, but I'd be interested in seeing one in a feather bed frame...

[ace.cafe]

I'd be a little wary of not receiving a MSO (manufacturers statement of origin) with the frame. It may be difficult to register/title a bike built with this frame in some areas.

The usual method involves using the title from the donor bike. I won't comment on the legal aspects. 

[mevocgt]

Just out of curiosity, what year VT750 will you be using?  I have a 2002 VT750 (which explains my curiosity). It's currently a radical custom, but I'd be interested in seeing one in a feather bed frame...

It's a 2000 VT750CD, which is the same bike as yours(chaindriven ACE). 

[Surfernick]

Good choice!  I sold my ACE about 6 years ago, but kept my 2002 VT750 Spirit (same engine as the ACE).  I used to make the "Surf Fin" for the VT750's to take care of the "bald spot" on the front cylinder that shows when an after-market air intake is installed.

[Surfernick]

This is what a Japanese V-Twin looks like when installed in a featherbed style frame - too bad Yamaha didn't import this model to the U.S.!

[Ice]

Did they use the engine in a US imported model ?

[Farmer_John]

It's certainly not a virago engine!

[Surfernick]

I don't know much about Yamaha's (other than maybe 2 models tops).  The "cafe" Yamaha is an SRV250 and I recall that the engine is supposed to be the same as a Virago 250cc engine.  I don't remember ever seeing a Virago 250 (time to Google it), so I can't vouch for the info.   The SRV is a neat looking little critter...

Edit: I said "SRX" when I meant "SRV".  I remember the SRX, but I really don't know Yamahas!

[BeezrGeezr]

The Virago 250 started life as a Route 66.

[Surfernick]

Great name!  It's one of those bikes that slipped beneath my radar for some reason. 

[Richard230]

My daughter's first motorcycle was a 1987 SRX250TC, which cost $2,000 new.  The SRX was a sportbike, painted red and white, with a plastic belly pan and a half-fairing. It had a single-cylinder air-cooled engine with two little carburetors (one operated by vacuum that opened in progression with the primary throttle-controlled carb) an overhead cam and four valves. The SRX was used as a prop for the California motorcycle riding educational program advertisements.  That thing was really fast. I once carried my daughter down to the BMW shop 40 miles away to pick up my bike that was being repaired (the rocker roller bearing cages broke on the new R80 that I had purchased) and I was able to hold a steady 90 mph on the freeway with both of us on the SRX.  Unfortunately, Yamaha stopped importing the bike into the U.S. the following year. I guess it was just too expensive for the small engine size in that relatively depressed market at the time. My daughter only put 5,600 miles on the SRX before selling it and buying a 1990 Suzuki GS500EL ($2,8000) for use as transportation at UCSD. Four years later she had put 85,000 miles on the GS500E's clock before selling it for $800 and buying a used 1981 BMW R65LS, which she still has.   

[mevocgt]

I seem to remember a couple of partialy faired Yamaha Vtwins  out around the early to mid 80's, but I can't remember the name.  One of the moddles had a poorly routed fuel line, that would cause the fuel in the line to boil when the bike would get warm.