Just got my 85 VF500 :D

Just went and picked it up today! It is in pretty good condition, needs a little work... but for the price it should have been dead on the side of the road I think!

I spent $350 for the bike (plus $75 in gas it took a friends van to pick it up)

Needs the carbs synced I believe, but they were already cleaned by the previous owner...

here are the pics I could get in the garage, if it is decent weather tomorrow i'll pull it out and get some better ones!





Here is a YouTube video of starting it up, it was about 30 min after the ride so it's not completely cooled off, let me know if you think this is a syncing problem...

http://www.youtube.com/v/V76sg_Yywi4

 

Those Yoshimura pipes are worth more than you paid for the bike. Good find.

 

Looks good! I have an '84 and just love the thing. Wish I could help about the carb synch but I am not that knowledgeable.

That is a steal of a deal if everything is working right, even if not, a few minor problems aren't that bad when you only pay that much.

Have fun with it

 

I Love it so far (other than i killed it when stopping 2 times because of the idle problem...)

Gonna be a lot of fun!

 

You got a great deal!

Locate the manual idle adjustment screw on left side of carbs ( black knurled knob) and try to set a better idle speed...........

 

Tjwor:

Seems like you've gotten a deal on a very nice looking bike. I saw the other video you have up on youtube, with the bike idling and the fairing off. Was that recorded after an oil change? It was making some very alarming sounds. Post a link to it over in the first gen forums for some help in diagnosis.

 

http://vfrworld.com/forums/first-second-generation-1983-1989/13144-help-me-my-vf500.html#post80506

I would love to get some help... oh, and the last oil change was less 500 miles ago the previous owner said

 

Nice! I like Captain America color scheme best myself and the quarter fairing, but nice find!

 

I will aslo speek to the fact that you made a fine deal there/ JIM