Weren't the 500's of this VF vintage of the chocolate-cammed variety also until they went to geared cams?
It won't run correctly at all until you pull those carbs and clean them properly, wires and compressed air in all the orifices.
Sounds like you bought it already but I would personally pass. 40K on this model and year of bike is sketchy at best. If you had another bike...
Could be dirt or grit in the float valve or bad rubber on the end not sealing the valve completely, if the PO didn't monkey with the carbs then...
K&N High Performance Air Filters, Oil Filters, & Air Intakes - Official K&N Engineering Site Oil is KN-202 and air is HA-7587. I just order...
That's the ticket!
I use K&N on both my running bikes and Fram is shit, don't bother with it.
Too small... can barely read.
Damn, not bad for $200 at all- and you have the tail cover with bump pad! I am jealous. Have fun with it! I thought I saw that avatar somewhere...
More like certifiable.
Are you sure you are getting sufficient spark at #4?
No 86 and 87 were about 10.6 inches in length, specific to those models only. The shocks got longer on the newer bikes. Works Shocks are about the...
I don't see the HRC equipment on there, another crackhead on feebay, pay no attention folks- move along. Same with the basehead in Toronto, Eh?
I have heard of people using Heet to get the water out of their tanks.
Sounds like you may have cross-threaded it, maybe try a retap? Or tap with a larger oil bolt like here...
Looks nice, I assume it has the oil line mods?
Yep, (4) 4" C-clamps worked wonders when I was working on my front brakes and when I rebuild them soon they will help again.
Yeah, a scooter that would blow the doors off even hopped up Harleys. Some "scooter".
Narrow it to 2nd gen or newer like Squirrelman said, unless it has oil line mods. Even then, the 2nd gens and newer are way better and more reliable.
Lucky launch?
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