Where to start with 86' VFR700F that hasnt been touched in over 5 years?

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    Why will it need new tires?
     
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    I am no one mother on this forum last time I checked. I did look at what looked to be a worn but well lubricated chain and he said he had a new one at home. WTF?
     
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    Fred and I went through some old parts last weekend and I tossed an old sprocket cover in the back of the truck, is yours if you need it.
     
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    I dont think it really matters. A new one would just have holes that I cant attach anyways, but thanks though. Unless you're in a rush to get rid of it, maybe hold on to it because I'll be working on the bike this weekend and i'll see how it goes once I reattach everything.
     
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    At least a dozen reasons that can be looked up on the tire manufacturers website or any other tire manufacturers website. Bike tires are very different than car tires and only until recently required hand work. Basic stuff? They do not age well. You have even though a fairly old bike its still fast and can jump up and bite you in the ass.

    There is an old saying (yeah another old saying) that goes " Keep the rubber side down" coupled sometimes with "keep the shiny side up". Either way crappy,
    old, worn, deteriorated, checked or el cheapo tires will, invert that little truism real quick.

    Your MSF instructors will have more on this. You will also hear and read about track days. Road race courses are rented. Several good advanced riding schools are available. One of the very first items that come to the fore are tires. Most of the schools require tires be nearly new. This is enforced by the old carrot and stick method by telling riders if they show up with crappy tires. No tickee, no ridee and no money back.
     
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    All of the bolts are critical to the operation of the clutch, even with just one missing the master will flex oot instead of pushing the rod through the shaft. Every effort needs to be mad to salvage the mounting points of the cover.
     
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    Cuz the tires you have will be old and cracked by the time you get the bike back on the road.
     
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    That's exactly what i hoped to hear ! Good work, Toe !
     
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    Any ideas how?
     
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    What about something like a heli-coil?
     
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    I would need to see a much better picture or in person to decide a course of action.
     
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    I do believe I have that sprocket cover. It almost ended up in the dump box unless there are two of them in my parts buckets. PM me if you need it. I hope I never do.
    Not sure on the bolts.
     
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    Its one of the two most important mounting points. I even reassembled everything and you guys were right - the slave cylinder pushes itself off and just does nothing.

    This is the point where I pretty much will give up because any repairs at this point are well outside of my scope since I dont have the tools to complete something like this, unless theres some quick fix that someone else could come up with.
     

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    How many attachment points are remaining ??

    It was years ago and my memory is foggy but i remember using a long, threaded bolt to solidly fix the slave onto the cover in place of the long bolt at top (your orange arrow). In that case enough mounts remained so that the problem was "fixed". Fasten slave to cover (2 bolts) then fasten cover to bike. It's critical never to over-tighten the long bolt on the slave, and the FSM specifies a certain tightening sequence and torque for slave and cover bolts.
     
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    I'd still have the same issue because the other upper most mounting point is torn off on the block as well. If anything, fixing the one that youre mentioning would be the only one that I think you could get away with, but no, they're both destroyed on the block. What luck :(
     
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    How much could I possibly get for this bike?
     
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    Hey Guys,

    What kind of a job would it be to swap in a working engine? Say if you had a VFR700 engine that ran well, would it be that difficult to just swap it in?
     
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    I didn't think it was tough on the 500 I had. After doing it a time or two, I could have it out in under an hour and about the same to have it all back in.
     
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    Tink they sell engine cases on ebay for like $50 lol. I think thats the best approach. I'd literally just be transferring the parts over right? I imagine that where i'd need to be most meticulous is setting the timing for the crank and cam? How hard could it be?
     
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