Welcome! A new petcock should still be available for the 86, but I'm not 100% sure about that. As mentioned, I have a section of my site where...
I do not know of anyone who has successfully repaired a diaphragm. Finding new ones is difficult but not impossible. There was a guy on eBay...
Agreed. That sounds like quite a stretch for something that is more likely in the carbs.
FYI - That line should be connected to another one that runs down behind the engine and exits directly in front of the lower suspension linkage....
Agreed. I've had this happen several times and it really doesn't do anything. You need straight water that is frozen solid to do any damage....
It sounds like you should be ok. It would be nice to have a measurement of the pressure at the main oil gallery just for asurance.
Financial expert Dave Ramsey claims the waiting period should be six months. I'd say that's a pretty good number. You need to process and deal...
Scratch that! I thought yours was a VF500, I got confused. You should be just fine.
The throttle wheel will probably hit the banjo fitting. You need to install the carbs completely to see what I mean, but I still think you will...
+1, my prayers go out to you man.
All that you really need to do is drill the mail oil gallery first then install a pressure gauge. Measure the pressure cold, hot, idle, at xxxx...
I think the interference will become obvious once you do!
Hey Ronald - What I think you are going to find is that the banjo fitting going to the front head will interfere with the linkage on the carbs....
It's 12° and snowing here - so no complaining!!!
I wish my policy worked that way. I get a 10% break or something on each additional bike but that's it. I'm the only licensed motorcycle driver...
It certainly isn't a bad idea. I this is part of the reason the early VF's run so hot. That, and their undersized radiators.
Mostly the time it takes me to deliver, and partially cost. In this case I don't stock the parts for the kits anymore which means I would have to...
Officially I did, but I'll still put them together as a special request.
Agreed, good job guys!
The source of this problem (dropped valves) is the valve springs. This has been something that has plauged the 500's since day 1. At high RPM...
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