84 VF 500 F - Vf 500 C swap- Neutral switch difference and reluctor harness

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    Got a 4900 mile 500c motor for my blown up VFF- neutral switch was single wire on the F, two wire and a connector on the C, switch on the C has a much longer plunger than the F, I cannot believe the internals are that much different, I am swapping the reluctor harness in total, because the C is shorter, and will not reach the left side of the bike- I sort of know what to do but wonder if anyone has been through this?- Thx in advance
     


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    Be careful! As I Think I Remember Reading some where that the engine or the Heads had been repositioned so as to clear the front wheel.

    Good Luck
     


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    WOW- That is not true- the powerplant is the same, just ancillary differences- I am asking about the neutral switch
     


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    From Cycle World - Complete Motorcycle Coverage
    The first Interceptor wasn’t just a matter of slotting the Sabre/Magna engine into a sporty frame. For one thing, the cylinders were rotated rearward in order to shorten the wheelbase; the Interceptor’s front bank was set at 30 degrees from horizontal instead of 23.5, allowing the front wheel to tuck in tighter to the engine. For another, adapting chain final drive instead of shaft meant revising the V-Four to spin in the same direction as the bike’s wheels. A five-speed gearbox replaced the Magna’s six-speed with overdrive top—and it’s a good thing that 90-degree V-Four ran so smoothly, because it was then turning 4700 rpm at 60 mph. It’s also solid-mounted like with the FWS1000 racer it resembles. Decades before the slipper clutch became fashionable, the bike had a two-piece clutch basket with a sprag arrangement so half the plates would disengage under engine braking. So trick we didn’t yet know it.

    When I read that you were given a C-engine for your Blown-up F-engine, Assumed you were installing it into an Interceptor. Sorry!
     


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    I am not looking for history-let me restate- the 500C motor has a two wire neutral switch- the F has a one- six pin connector form the trigger side is missing one on the C motor-yah, I can hack, but I asked about the difference in the switch itself- does anyone really know what the difference is?
     


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    Let me restate: I am SORRY I TRIED TO HELP YOU, Will "NEVER" happen again!
     


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