Seeing your bike is metric. Get a couple different sizes of metric crescent wrenches and metric screw drives. Left hand pliers, small can of elbo...
Plugged filter? Pump clicking means it's working. Or at least trying to. Take the filter off then hook pump inlet up to fuel and output to a...
If you mover the shifter up or down and it stays in the same gear and doesn't shift could be an easy fix. There is a small spring on the spindle...
All your running fuses are under the top cover, there are only four and the center is for the spare. There is the main fuse at the starter...
SO a B!! Has to be on the other side of the world. I would of been there last week. I need one of those in 1000cc denomination close to me. Or 750...
Just turning the rear tire probably won't do it because the trans and clutch basket etc turns slow and smooth. It needs to be rocked in gear back...
Sure sounds like the starter clutch rollers are stuck and not engaging around the gear shaft. Typical problem with older VF's. Put the bike in...
Bad lighter socket. Remove and connect to a battery on it's own to verify.
That's great! I see the F motor from your pic's has the engine mounts like the 750. The R motor has them different. Good to know. I went so far to...
It might be easier to remove the swing arm. Less work than removing engine.
Original shocks were mediocre at best. Even though you have another one for now, you may want to start looking for better alternatives. Sometimes...
Bleed your clutch system first. Air gets trapped at the top banjo bolt on the MC. Loosen MC and tilt forward, because in normal position the banjo...
I believe the water hose coming out of the pump ran in to the removable frame rail on a 1000. Then from top of rail to rad. You can run water pump...
Are you sure it's a stock shock? Most have been changed.
What you can also do is get rid of any glycol anti-freeze, it retains heat. Use just distilled water, a product like Water Wetter and a little...
Throw that Clymers away. Down loadable FSM here:...
Better check the diameter at the head first. I think the 1000 exhaust port is larger in diameter compared to the 750. I don't think the 750 tube...
The Magna and Saber engines are all chain driven cams. Yes double check the head size. The 1000F will be bigger simply because of the bores and...
I want to change the front wheel bearings and buy at a local supply house for my 83. Before I take things apart and find out I can't get them. I...
+1 on that. I've seen a lot of car headers that way. I've ceramic coated a set of headers for my car. I ran those about 10yrs and they are still...
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