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You can / will get some oil in the airbox as it is connected to the crankcase breather plumbing. Almost every carb plenum I get into...

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Thanks for the suggestion, but there's stuff that's a bit bent where whoever it is went at this thing with a pry bar. So it's also not...

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Awesome, that's great news. Thanks! I didn't have a lot of time to get deep in last night, but I'll be plugging away as I can. Really...

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85. 84 the hole is actually a threaded fastener hole for a baffle plate (pretty damn sure). I will get both year carbs out later and...

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[ATTACH] [ATTACH] There's a couple different angles of close-up views of that ridge. There are those cut-outs in the two ribs on...

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The good news is that you can find some less than stellar carbs (cheaper) to source that piece from and perhaps pick up some spare parts...

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OK, interesting! Thank you for that. While the bike I have is an '85, so far I've only removed the carbs from the bike and haven't...

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[ATTACH] This piece if that's what you mean. The parts diagram calls it the air cleaner base.

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VF500F Air Cleaner Base Question

Hello, everyone! Longtime lurker (and learner), first-time poster. I picked up my dream 1985 VF500F Interceptor a couple of years ago,...

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