Thanks Cap, I'll try to put it together without shaving it down first and I guess if it doesn't go together I'll know what to do. Waylander, I...
Got some time in at the folks' today. I cleaned the fuse panel and hit it with CRC QD electronics cleaner, and cleaned and reinstalled all the...
Thanks Waylander, that's dad's 87 Carrera. I assume you're talking about the boots? I plan to use some Super Lube Silicone Lubricating Grease per...
I cleaned the rest of the float bowl sides of the carbs today. One small jet seemed to be a replacement but they were all 35s and the main jets...
Wow, sounds amazing on the overrun.
This felt like I was holding an olympic gold medal. I didn't want to put it down. [IMG] All my little intake valves are still intact. They are...
Thanks Jim, I'm sure you have the determination to finish a project like this after all the hurdles in your own 500 resurrection. I plan to drill...
Today I went to the folks' and put the front fender on, rerouted the brake hose stuff, "cleaned" the caliper brackets and got the speedo cable...
Hey Jim, is that an early Civic in the background? Sorry if that question has already been asked.
I will go the full +10mm then. I wish I still had a machine shop. For now I'll only have the one mounting hole, and it's going to be a challenge...
Thanks for the tip, if I still had a lathe I would turn the nut down today. In the meantime the old seal was shot anyway from sitting with the...
Well, that was a revelation. I flipped the axle nut around to the correct orientation and everything fits like a dream. I did have to ditch the...
Okay, that makes sense. I wonder if that is the source of my whole issue. I'm going to try turning it around tomorrow though I suspect that the...
Thanks Captain 80s. Just to clear up some obvious questions, is that axle nut in the photo oriented correctly? There's no way I'm threading the...
Alright, I got back over to the folks' garage today and took another looksee. As it turns out I DO have the spacer that came with Jamie's kit and...
I got my number from Jamie Daugherty, both in a schematic for a machinist and written in an email as follows. "No, you need to remove 3mm which is...
According to this thread https://vfrworld.com/threads/vf500-f2-wheel-swap-info.37561/ I should have a 2.5mm thick spacer on the throttle side...
Last night I went through my emails with Jamie from 2017 and it seems he did send me a diagram of how the front wheel goes together. I am...
Hi folks, So the story goes back in 2016 I bought an '85 VF500F for $1600 in good running condition, just needed some new fluids here and there...
I'm glad this bike is 543 miles away from me because I am just stupid enough to buy something like that.
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