FYI - The 85/86 front is marked RM
"Fits Honda VF500C (83-85) V30 Magna, VF500F (83-85) Interceptor.1 34 piece Top and Bottom End Engine Gasket Set, Includes Head and Base Gaskets,...
According to his current auction he has more than 10 available. *NEW* HONDA VF500 VF 500 TOP END GASKET SET 1984-1985 on eBay.ca (item...
Yep, that is the early 84 design just like the left hand one in the ebay picture. I should have gone back and corrected my note with my scan. My...
Is it morespecific about the mechanical seal? Looking at the fiche I see the o-ring on the pump shaft.
Well, it's official. I have a coolant leak. The title of this thread now has a whole new meaning! The bike has cooled and the coolant in the...
Of Course you can ask and yes I am. I have two motors: 84 on the bike, 85 parts. When I redid the heads, lapped the valves, etc. I had the best...
$2k Canadian is about average for this bike up here. There is another up here for $1200 with fairing damage, another few in the $2-2.5k range and...
OK, I think I know what it might be and I am not at all happy about it. What would oil contaminated by coolant do when burned in combustion? Smell...
Yes, you must apply a vacuum to move the diaphram and allow fuel to pass.
New battery. The smell is definitely the exhaust. Depending on how the wind is blowing at a stoplight I smell it or don't. Again, it isn't an...
Two-stroke......mmmmmmm. I could smell that all day and did in my younger MX days. I went to a track last week and there was only one two-stroke....
....literally. The exhaust smells like a beat up old car's. It lingers on me after I ride. It sticks to my cloths and bag. It lingers in my...
I don't take mine past 10k either. I do remember that I took it to 12k on my new one 20 odd years ago and I remember that it does keep pulling...
I have been eying that bike for a while. I saw it online again last night and thought of you because of the sellers location. Too bad it isn't as...
Man - what a depressing conversation. We would have problems with any 25 year old bike. Our problem is that we love our V-4's and the first gen...
Too funny (and sad)....
...also an excellent example of the two different types of rear gaskets!! Look at the differences in the small round hole on the left of each...
Them be the ones. So, both are rear gaskets.
Look at the picture of the head that you posted in post 17. See the big port in the top right corner? That's the one.
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