Some photos of the fuel tank and muffler construction details.
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Turning Fuel Into Noise
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The Cockpit
Simpler times meant simpler cockpits. Unlike today’s electronic marvels all the rider had in 1982 for information was RPM and water temperature.
Keeping it Cool
The Honda FWS1000 was unconventional in many ways at the time and so too was the radiator. With a big 1000cc V-Four motor stuffed into a tiny chassis there isn’t much room to spare for a large radiator to cool the 150hp motor particularly when there is a front cylinder bank wanting to kiss the front wheel at full bump.
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Exhaust
The exhaust system of the FWS1000 comprises of two 2 into 1 sub-systems where each bank of the V-Four has it’s own 2 into 1 system. Due to the layout of the engine each system has to take a torturous path and snake it’s way around the chassis and bodywork which was quite the challenge to fabricate.
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Carbs…
The carburettors for this project will use the standard 36mm CV Keihin oem units found on the Honda VF1000F/R road bike models. They came to us looking very tired, rusty and crusty…
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Keeping It In Suspense
The FWS1000 used 41.3mm Showa forks. They’re a distinctive looking fork due to the external fluid tubes, adjustments and anti-dive features etc.
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Wheels
Trying to maintain the authenticity of appearance with the original FWS1000 is a key pillar of this project. This drove our decision to use Honda’s venerable Comstar wheel design. Being destined for the racetracks of the 21st century the original wheel diameters of 16″ front and 18″ rear were not going to be suitable. Therefore 17″ front and rear they must be in order to avail ouselves of the latest rubber.
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Honda FWS1000 Replica 