I haven't done anything with the valves, so they haven't been checked since I bought it a year ago... that is, if the dealer did it at all! Is it...
I got this old Corbin seat for my baby 500 a couple weeks ago on ebay, and I finally got around to taking a few pictures! I gotta tell you...
Ok you guys were right, it was just piles of old chain lube in there! I took off the exhaust collector yesterday, and it was easy to see there...
Ok I got a bunch of stuff done this weekend! On friday I sprayed the mufflers with the VHT brake paint like I said before [IMG] I put on three...
Hey guys, I just put my Cobra F1 slip ons on my bike, but I noticed a clicking sound coming from the engine when I took it for a spin. I've heard...
Update!!! I got my bike over to the parents' house and it's frickin beautiful outside, so it's time to get some work done! Yesterday I...
Wow man that's a pretty slick paint job! Like Jaymz said, if you do the proper maintnance stuff it will last a long time. I've heard of 500's...
I don't really know if that would work, since I haven't tried it, but I'd suggest first going on ebay and getting an extra set of stock pipes in...
Hmmm ok. This weekend I'm hoping to get the F1 pipes on there, and then I'll see how it runs after that. If it's messed up I'll try shimming the...
How do you know when you've got it set up right? Don't you need a dyno to test it?
Haha wow, I've been reading about carb tuning on the Factory Pro website... sounds like a frickin pain in the butt!!! I would like to try and...
My forks started leaking shortly after I bought mine as well. I thought about doing it myself, but I was pretty uncertain at the time, as well as...
Yeah I've got some old Cobra F1 pipes, which supposedly don't require re-jetting, and I've got a K&N filter. I kind of feel like messing around...
Ok I check out the Factory pro website (LINK), and that kit looks like it's got some more stuff than the other two! But still... $130! Are they...
I looked for pictures of both kits, and they look like both kits have the same items in them anyway! 8 jets, 4 needles, some little clips, a...
I say go for it man, I'd love to see what you can come up with!
Have any of you guys removed the fender from a 1st gen? I wouldn't mind getting rid of mine, but I haven't found a kit or anything for it yet.
Hey guys I'm thinking about getting a jet kit for my 85 VF500F. I've found stage 1 kits from both K&N and Dynojet, HOWEVER the Dynojet kit is...
Oh yeah well I don't even have an idiot light on mine!
Ok, that's a good point, it could be excessive chain oil... Last time I oiled my chain it was a Sunday and no motorcycles stores were open, so I...
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