Dear Group, I recently came into posession of a 20k mile VFR700f2 that was a service abandonment at a friend's shop. The bike hasn't been started or spun in several years. Any thoughts as to what to check or be careful about while awakening this beast would be greatly appreciated. I have a line on another one of these bikes, it has much higher mileage but gold wheels, what's up with that ? Additionally I have a line on a 94 F2 that I may have to pillage and do the wheel conversion everyone talks about so much. Any help would be greatly appreciated Colin
Try this one. I started an 84 something or another a few years ago. It worked, and this covers most of the stuff I did. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070107155457AAWgLKG
Hopefully the person that stored it drained the carb float bowls. First of all, drain and remove the fuel tank. Look for rust gummy residue in the tank. Clean that with carb cleaner as well. Replace your fuel filter. I would remove the carbs and open the float bowls. Take out and inspect your jets (keep tabs on what jets came from where) and be sure that the orifices are clean and clear of gummy gasoline residue. Spray carb cleaner everywhere in the float bowls and jet orifices. You might need to use a very small needle or pin to clean some of the orifices. Let everything soak overnight in carb cleaner. Drain the oil and replace with new. Replace the oil filter. Once you run it, I would probably run it for an hour or so riding around, then drain the oil and replace the filter again as the oil is probably pretty nasty in places and running it jarred some stuff loose. I know it would be a pain to do it twice, but you might need to. Depends on the situation. Inspect the brake lines. Drain and replace/re-bleed the brakes. Check the tires for dry-rot cracks. Inspect/lube the chain. Check for proper tension. Before you start it, remove (and probably replace the plugs as well) the sparkplugs put a teaspoon of oil down each cylinder, then turn it over (without the plugs in) to blow out that oil and lube/clean everything up. I am sure a new battery is in order as well. Some will probably have more/better tips than I, but that is what I would do. Oh, and welcome to the forum.
With this bike i'd recommend popping off the inspectrion (timing) cover on the right side clutch cover and trying to turn the motor first BY HAND with a 17mm socket on end of crankshaft. (CCW, if i remember) any stickyness of rings/cylinders will be apparent. ADD oil (i like PB Blaster) to cylinders as mentioned above and let it soak for awhile. Check inside the airbox to see if anything naughty has built a little rodent nest in there and maybe also dined upon the airfilter. Remove any pee-pee and doo-doo as necessary. Prime the carbs before trying to start by means of a jumper-wire at fuel pump relay, wait for clicking to stop, watch for any fuel leaks. Verify that the voltage regulator is working OK by checking charging voltage. Verify that radiator fan MIGHT work by shorting switch wire to ground and listening for fan. Verify working brakelights F/R before any road use. Fill tyres to 40 psi a day or 2 before riding and note any leak down before you take bike out. SET pressures toABOUT 33/36 or close to. Be sure the brakes work, not contaminated by fork oil. Winter roads, even dry, are SLICK!! Enjoy!!
