Took a few light raps today to see if I could free them. No go yet. Is there a solvent I could apply from the outside maybe to loosen things...
Since the carbs had already been removed (I had read a few warnings not to do this unless needed - why?), I decided to take a look inside. One...
It's nice when the deal works out for both parties on more levels than just the cold, hard transaction. My first project bike was an 85...
Beautiful. Did you buy it in that condition, and if so and you don't mind my asking - how much did it cost?
Decided to focus on one bike instead of having two projects at the same time. At first I was going to focus on the first bike (call her A), as I...
Ohh! I thought sender was the petcock, had to look it up after this post. Would output from a bike's sender have to come out through a...
It turns the ignition as well as the helmet lock - in that I can turn them both about 30-45 degrees without much effort. I haven't been able to...
I didn't think of looking through the bottom - it never occurred to me that the fuel tank lock mechanism would be accessible from the bottom - I...
It came with two keys. One is a Honda key with C15 on the shaft. It turns the ignition and, it seems, the helmet lock. The other is a blank...
The previous owner had taken a bunch of parts off to start work on it, so it is missing them in the above picture (radiator, headers, etc). I...
I had another another thread (https://vfrworld.com/threads/1984-vf500-project.62456/) where I described the VF500F I bought. The VF500F was my...
Thanks @Terry Smith . Indeed - I’m going to look at those wobble socket adapters. Because of the extra space they add at the socket end, not...
Understood. It's my intention to ultimately do a flush, but for now I wasn't even sure there was much coolant in the system at all, nor was I...
@Terry Smith thanks- I was just filling the service manuals I had which did prescribe removing the cylinder drain bolts. I would say there was...
Thank you. I’m putting off the flush with a garden hose right now as I haven’t gotten it to actually start yet. I wasn’t sure if a flush could...
I decided to replace the coolant in my project VF500F, not knowing what state it was in or whether there was any at all. The problem I had was...
Not sure what I did to make things better, but shaft rotates freely by hand now! Starter fires on bench with far fewer sparks.
I figured this out. I ended up prying the brush springs back and then over their holder first, then pushing the armature into position. I was...
OK. I opened up the starter and am looking to clean it up. Brushes came out and I'm trying to figure out how to put them back in their holders....
OK, assuming I can find the starter (LOL) and clean it, what's my next best step? I haven't drained or replaced the fluids. Replace the oil and...
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