Jim - I had a bad case of couldn't sleep last night so got up around 3am and started reading your amazing thread. Got through the 1st 10 pages and...
So in '84 there was both a 700 and 750? I've heard of the phrase "tariff buster"....so that's why the 700 was produced?
I got the paperwork done today to transfer the title and got her registered for 2 years with the standard Antique plate. Was a little concerned...
It's a VF750F, right?
YIKES! :eek: Magpie attacking rider from rear. Taken with a rear facing camera on a bike helmet by Monique Newton. [ATTACH]
Thanks for elaborating on the shock, Capt - and I'm humbled by your kindness. I really DO love these 1st Gen bikes though....iconic and a blast...
Some here may know I have picked up some 1st Gen bikes and currently have (2) 83's and (1) '84. One of the '83's is a Euro. About a month ago I...
The engine may have had salvage value and the brake calipers but it was hot out and that rear tire didn't hold air and we would have had to ramp...
Here's the parts bike.......that I left........ [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
I picked up a Bamboo too. Bamboo nursery right around the corner from the seller and I needed one to replace one that had died, so that was...
Yeah me neither but I remember a conversation I had with my mechanic about treating these tanks and HE said something about opening it up and...
Thanks - appreciate it, Capt! Agree the fuel tank thing is strange but in my mind certainly wasn't egregious enough to not go ahead with the...
Said it holds about 3 gallons.....
According to the seller......the previous owner coated the factory tank. When he (the seller) got around to fixing the tank - the last item on the...
Check out the carb insulators and clamps....... [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
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Good afternoon everyone...... Well......everything went as well as it could have today on bringing the 500 home. The seller was a GREAT guy and...
OK thanks, Capt....really appreciate the support and info. Can't wait to bring her home! :)
Did earlier models have an actual fuel pump attached to the bottom and in '86 they did away with it? I need to read up on this model.
OK thanks - I will definitely be in touch. These blinkers are different from the ones used on the other 1st and 2nd gens, then?
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