My '85 VF500F starts right up when cold - no problem. The choke operates properly and I can bring the bike to idle with the choke in the up...
Nothing unusual as far as I'm concerned. VF500F's just run a little hotter than most. Mine is exactly the same.
I understand that posting a thread in the introductions forum is the appropriate thing to do, so here goes... I recently (last year) got back...
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