Hi guys! I am an electromechanical engineering student from Belgium. Earlier on this week I bought my first roadbike (after a few dirtbikes, 125 and 250 2 strokes), being a VF1000F2 from 1996. I love Honda in general, and when I saw the bike I thought it was perfect for me as a project. Below you can see a few pictures right after the purchase. The rest of the fairing is also in my posession. Since it was put away for a few years, the carburetor, cooling circuit, fuel tank,... needs a cleaning. The chassis and fairing needs a bit of love as well, which I will be happy to provide Current status: trying to get the carburetors off. This seems to be a real hard thing. WD40, compressed air, pulling and agitating... Nothing seems to work. Looking forward to become a part of this community! Cheers, Manny Sent from my ONE E1003 using Tapatalk
Welcome & good luck to the project. There are a few people with this vehicle so hopefully you will get answers to any questions you may have.
Thank you Pete! I sure hope so. Currently I am considering to just sacrifice the intake insulators, cut them in half so I can remove the carbs and save the brittle connection rods. A better solution would be appreciated, although the rubbers are already a bit hard since the removal is this difficult. Sent from my ONE E1003 using Tapatalk
Both are still for sale for the right (oh, the irony) price. I managed to get the carbs off, unfortunately with breaking joint set A (number 16026MB0671 ). Since I have found a broken one in the parts I got with the bike, I assume this is a vulnerable part. However, the one I found was broken at the other end. Maybe I'll manage to make one out of both, but since it's plastic I doubt it. I will have to start looking to buy another one or let someone weld it in aluminum, which I prefer. Grtz Sent from my ONE E1003 using Tapatalk
I decided to 'macgyver it'. This will give me more satisfaction and will improve the learning process. This is also more studentfriendly budgetwise. I decided to make this: Out of these: I will use liquid sealing and a shrink sleeve to attach both ends. Grtz Sent from my ONE E1003 using Tapatalk
