Hi Guys, I'm really enjoying riding my ratty looking but great running VF 500F and have put about 2000 miles on it in the past 6 months. It...
Hi All, I have finished up refreshing the forks on my 86 VF500F and have cleaned and freed up the anti dive mechanism so it should work fine....
Hi Guys, I am trying to get the anti-dive on my '86 VF500 F working as it should since in a couple of old magazine road tests it is reported to...
Hi Everybody, I have done what seems like a fairly thorough web search and the only 100/90 x 16 Tires I have been able to find are the Pirelli...
I'm loving riding my '86 VF500 F but don't want to hurt its otherwise nice, low mileage engine due to CCT problems. It has what, based on a lot of...
Hi Gang, I posted a while back asking about possible risk to the engine associated with riding with noisy CCTs and got no responses, but the...
Hi All, In a previous post I asked about a mild but noticable engine knock and was advised to synch the carbs. Well, I did and there was no...
Hi All, Several days ago I posted looking for help in getting my 1986 VF500 F low budget project bike roadworthy by my low standards of what...
Hi everybody, I have made excellent progress on my "low buck, get it on the road" project but need more help. To briefly summarize what has been...
Hi Guys, I took my '97 (carbureted) out yesterday and it ran perfectly for about 20 minutes. I did notice that it was showing poor charge on its...
Well the very good news is that, with a lot of help from the forum, my $400 '86 VF500 F econo project bike is running like a top. The grand total...
Hi all, My budget " get it on the road" VF500 F project is moving along well thanks to a lot of help from forum members. Valve clearances are...
Hi All, Thanks to all the help I've gotten from forum my VF500 F carbs are fully cleaned, reassembled and almost ready to put back on. I will...
I have reported the recent success with Simple Green and a Harbor Freight ultrasonic cleaner on the varnish problem in my VF500 F carbs and my...
The non-running '86 VF500 F That I bought (which has good compression on all 4 cylinders) now has good spark on all cylinders and properly working...
Hi All, I'm pecking away at getting my '86 low budget VF500F back on the road and am looking to replace my rusted, rounded off brake and clutch...
Hi Guys, I posted a long winded, confusing thread regarding the no spark problem on the front two cylinders of my '86 VF500 F and haven't...
Hi Guys, I have an '86 VF500 F that needs to have the clutch slave cylinder rebuilt. The vast majority of the kits on E Bay are listed as...
Hi Guys, I thought you might be interested in how ratty the bike I'm trying to get running is. I've attached some shots of it as I picked it up...
I am only semi computer literate and have not been able to figure out how to attach photos to a post. I've done a search on the topic but haven't...
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