OMG. The story runs and runs. My 1986 VF500 has line bored cams btw :)
I found that rapid small displacement pulsing of the lever and watching the vent in the open MC was a good clue to trapped air. Sometimes it would...
Try tapping the brake lines as you pulse the lever. You can get air bubbles sticking to the tube walls and you have to dislodge them. We have all...
Looks like a CBR600 OE shock modified to fit a VF. DMr has been doing this for ages. I have something similar for my VF500 and it works really...
Well you should be able to get at least one more good bike out of that lot. The 84 looks very nice already. Pity about the clatter, but diagnosing...
I should have said I had managed to remove the clamps before I started beating it.
The only way I managed this with a seized on collector on a VF500 was to remove the shock, which is easy on a 500, no idea on a 1000R, and get a...
Your frame will probably be fine. I have the same indentation at D3 on both of mine.
No idea. I never had vibration anyway. Get your tyres checked for balance.
Not in a thou but I have a LiPo in a VF500. Works fine. Hard to believe it can spin the engine, it is so light.
A new one on me. The handlebars of the Euro fully faired F2 are completely different geometry to the half faired F/Interceptor US/Euro handlebars....
Yes, best of luck. Unfortunately what you are about to embark upon is not something I have seen actually done to completion. Not saying it hasn't...
In most (all?) countries the 86 was an updated model and the fuel pump was deleted. Quite a lot of frankenbikes out there by now I expect. I have...
Yeah using hydrochloric (muriatic) acid works OK, but it's very aggressive and dissolves good steel too as well as the rust. It also burns if you...
Very nice. Expensive looking end can you have there.
If you have fuel, spark, compression and the timing isn't wrong it will run.
For the newish owners. I bought cartridge emulators for my front forks. I am no riding god but even I can notice the difference. My forks were...
Try checking the neutral diode too. It's a little black box, that on my bikes is located under the seat, almost connected to the wiring loom. I...
I understand how a bolt going plastic can result in a more even clamping force. However you don't need those flutes to do that. A reduced section...
There is very little on the interweb about these bolts. I think the UBS designation applies to the design of the flange at the hex head. I think a...
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