Here's a vf500 in the San Francisco Bay Area 1986 500 Interceptor - BARF - Bay Area Riders Forum
Redid front cylinders. Ride around for a bit. knock comes back again.
Fixed the knock I heard last night. I think I didn't have it on the compression stroke when I had adjusted it initially. Whoops! So it ran great...
Carb cleaning, Valve Inspection: Complete I have valve knock on the (I'm pretty sure) #1 Cylinder as you can listen to here:...
No, its on the left, as it shows in the manual... Do you have the Factory Service Manual? The coolant reserve is also on the left.
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Page 3-19 in the FSM. If you look closely on top of the valve, you'll see a pink dot (My bike was really dirty so you might have to wipe it off)....
From left to right, spark plugs 2 and 1 respectively. Do they look typical? These have atleast 100 miles on them and #2 is the one thats been...
Springs in the diaphram each seem to be working fine as well as the larger springs in the vacuum areas. Here is some pics. Everything looks pretty...
Just more pics and a few questions... [ATTACH] Grime in between the air filter casing and carb #1. Maybe from a leak a while back? Not exactly...
Got it out Thanks. How do I know if my O-rings are bad? Also, heres a pic inside intake tubes leading to combustion chamber. Are the walls...
I got the carbs off. It looks a little dirty so far in the float chamber, but nothing seems to be clogging the jets. Im curious about the slow jet...
OEM honda hoses or is there a better place to get them?
What about repairing/replacing hoses? My Radiator-To-Reserve Tank Tube has a crack in it, right near the radiator cap. [ATTACH]
Ya, it only leaks for a few seconds initially then stops but I feel like its mostly fuel because of the smell. It doesn't smell diluted, its very...
Still no word huh? I need that seat bracket!
So the fuel leak is coming from where the header hooks up to the head. You can see that the bolt holding the header isnt fully attached but should...
O-rings on the fuel pipes? I don't understand... I just peaked inside the tank and saw some vapor settling in there. It wasnt pouring out of the...
Bike still leaks a tiny bit of gas a bit on start up. Is this just a sign of dried out carb insulators? When should I engage the reserve fuel...
Mc, I sent you a message via ebay and it also looks like you closed the listing? I need a seat lock off one of those bikes!
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