Hello all, I've successfully removed the carb body on my 1986 vf500f and have started the carb-cleaning process. One very helpful member on...
I Got It!!!! :party2: I just sat there and looked at the carb body, so close to being removed from the bike, but held onto by three cables. I...
Hello all, I had previously posted that my 1986 vf500f's petcock is missing a part. I got curious, and search bikebandit.com for the same part on...
:eek::redface: It all makes sense now Thank you all!
OK good news and bad news. I found the cable connections that I needed to unscrew to detach the carb body. I removed the choke cable from the...
click here in the parts diagram it's part #6, but it isn't for sale on this site or on bikebandit.com... any suggestions?!
Thank you all for the info. This is my first motorcycle, I've had it for 6 days now and I started learning about motorcycles around 5 days ago!...
Just got the bike last week. It's a 1986 vf500f. It was given to me because it's a fixer-upper... while I was happy about the price (free), I am...
It's a good thingI got TWO cans of carb cleaner! I haven't even got the carbs taken apart, and I can already see varnish! :eek:
I noticed on the right side of the frame, just below the battery, some surface rust, and then further down (by the red arrow in the picture), some...
I this photo, I discovered my bike's missing a black rubber part that the gas tank sits on... bikebandit and those sorts of sites don't offer this...
This may be a stupid question, but the metal below where the left rearview mirror seems cracked... in this picture within the red circle I drew,...
I unscrewed this part form my petcock assembly, and the parts diagram I have shows me there should be another part in there...? Like a small...
OK I've got a great deal of help from the manual, and especially from the help I've got from this forum. I have the carb body separated from the...
excellent, thank you!
Hi all, my next project will be to remove the carbs from the bike so I can clean out 5 years of varnish, since they weren't drained prior to...
do all 86 vf550f's come with center stands? Mine doesn't have one, but I could ask all the PO's if they took it off...? Is there an advantage in...
Hi all, my bike's rear left indicator light is hanging by the wire. The hard plastic part is broken around where the bolt clamps it in place. if...
GOT IT WOOO HOOOO! The hint about the helmet lock helped a great deal! I was trying to figure out how the little piece of grey metal held the...
ok, thanks guys! I did have the helmet lock locked, so if I even found the right thing to pull on last night it wasn't budging... I'll go check it...
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