With your meter set to ohms press the start button and on the 4 pin connector you should get continuity to earth on one of those pins, this will...
Ok as Toe says you can get around it and I know NZ is not awash with parts. You will need to be able to solder and know your way around how to...
We need a pic and we should be able to help you sort it out,
Can you shoehorn a later 700/750 into the 500 frame
What condition is the tank and fairings in, people seem to be always looking for these parts
Honda want fucking for the continued use of a known failure point with the connector
Many years since I have seen that vid but it still boggles the mind
Inherently we need to home in on what is wrong - basically these bikes need fuel, air and a spark to run. Skid you missed the fourth item needed,...
I agree that the solder can be a bit of a pain, but if you think about it and use good parts you should never need to undo the solder joints...
If you don't have enough clearance on the rod, as the motor heats up the rod expands and puts pressure on the pressure plate, the rod is expanding...
Back the bolts out a bit on the slave cylinder to make sure the pushrod is not loaded, then try that and see what happens once it warms up
It is a bad way to try building a bike, easy to spend more on those bits that you bought the bike for, unless it was given to you. Motorcycle...
Nothing we haven't seen a million times before
So why do you want to know where the motor to frame earth is, it is not relevant to your current situation
There is a reason why we have our own test procedure here thanks to MelowDude
If all else fails read this take note of post number 9 http://vfrworld.com/forums/showthread.php/39277-How-to-fix-common-regulator-Stator-failures
There is some very good info somewhere that details exactly the what ,how and why about cleaning the carbs.
Having a pretty good time I would imagine
The dielectric grease will keep the moisture out of the connector, but it is not good across the pins in the terminal
I would start by doing the "drill", that way you can get an idea as to the health of your charging system
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