This sums it up concisely, i believe......
Fork spring changes need to be based upon your weight (with gear) and riding style and getting the right sag numbers.
i use DOT 3/4 for lube cuz i know (hope) it won't eat rubber. Guessing 500 is easier to mount carbs than VFR700/750, both PIA any way you try...
Yeah ?? Once a day i try to come up with a good idea, but need to reject about 1000 bad ones first. [ATTACH]
What bike ?????? Try blasting compressed air into the petcock (with fuel filler cap open) through the fuel line. Probably a good idea to totally...
Don't forget the possibility that coolant amount might be too low......Radiator cap could have failed...... Runs cooler without the lower...
We have a nice gen 4 for sale locally for a mere $2200. Pm me for details if interested. That seems like a good enough deal to me ! Great bike...
Good work !! Now, that's the first VF500 i'd like to own to complete my suite of VTR250, VF500, VFR700, and VFR750s.
Ask the wife to park her bike farther away from your VFR.
This showed up on CL today...... 1985 Honda vf1000r custom cafe war hawk
+1 to that ! We have an expert and inveterate VF-series advocate in your area, huh, Grey ??
Most likely some carb clogs (idle jets, mixture screw passages) restricting fuel delivery. A warm engine may run OK on a leaner mixture, but cold...
Fix the carbs before you do more riding with the choke on !! Otherwise, you could be doing engine damage.
Or you could try a string alignment check. Welcome back, NCB !
I agree, wazup, that's a good theory. Probably scott oilers got started way back b4 O-ring chains, so they really worked a treat on standard,...
Probably the subframe, not the swingarm bent.
Bikes like that are near hammered to destruction even if it runs.......
Some daft pillock PO installed Lucas elec-tricks ?? :homer: If the starter clutch is working right, usually you're able to slowly rotate the...
Might be a practical possibility to drill it through, use a longer bolt and a nut underneath ??
So you sure, senyor, the puddle was not piso de gatto ??? :senor:
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