Just a quick postscript, replaced the pulse generators and the bike started up but was still not running on the front right cylinder. Pulled...
That is what I have concluded also. I checked the Pulse Generators this morning via resistance check, and found the unit supplying the front...
By swapping, I mean that I swapped the two ignition boxes and two coils already on the bike from the rear to the front cylinders and vice versa,...
Hi, Looking for some help troubleshooting my 84 VF500 that I thought I had recovered after a fire last year. Had the bike running fairly well...
Retested today with the ECU plugs still switched. seemed like all exhaust pipes were getting warm, but the bike was still stuttering, backfiring...
Jury rigged the new R/R this afternoon. Checked battery voltage off the bike and found reading of 13.1 volts, so looks like it was overcharged...
Will do. Will follow up after those two components are sorted.
With help from this forum, I got my fire-damaged VF500f back on the road, and the bike was running very well. Only known issue was that it was...
Yup, I have gotten really good at it!
Just a short follow up to close this issue out on my bike. I tried the gravity feed approach while using much of the stock fuel line layout (line...
Problem solved, and of my own doing! I mentioned that I had replaced the Idle Adjustment Screw as the plastic knob of the original screw melted...
Rechecked them during the second carb clean. Didn’t get the slow jets well enough the first time. Only minor adjustments needed on the floats.
I synced the carbs based on equalizing to the first port, rather than the paper pull method. Just wanted to get it close enough to run. Think this...
I have been recovering an 84 Interceptor 500 that suffered a carb fire, burning most of the rubber and plastics in the carb area, including...
Because the drain nipple I was asking about was on the airbox's lower right hand side. The used airbox I purchased had two nipples, one lower...
Thanks for the responses. Finally found the part, what Captain 80s called the "clear bullet", on a parts diagram. So it is a drain and needs to...
I've been through both the Honda Manual and Clymer and found nothing on it. Not shown in any hose diagram, or mentioned in the carb section that...
Tying to recover a 1984 that suffered an airbox/carb fire. Found a replacement plastic airbox but cannot find any diagrams or photos showing what...
Thanks, and sorry. Thought these later bikes were FI. Will take a look at wreckers for these older bikes.
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