Hardest part is hanging the electrode without it touching the tank. On newer fuel injected motos (fuel pump in the tank) this would be easy but...
Impressive, going to have to look into that.
Back on task again... going to try out the "Diving Pete" process on the rusty tank...wish me luck! [ATTACH]
Very interesting read, thanks for going to the trouble of finding this. I do not remember this being a huge problem when I worked at Honda in the...
I have not, I did adjust the valves per the Helms manual and they sound OK. Is there a thread that goes over this valve stem issue? Not sure...
Steady progress, rebuilt the carbs (again) and got the fuel petcock working. Billy's Outback for the carb kit was a winner. all of the orings...
It Lives! Got it back together enough to start it with an auxiliary gas tank. It smoked pretty good for a bit but it actually settled down to a...
Back to the overhaul! Go the pivot axle from the swing arm finally removed, it took 2 days of soaking in penetrating oil to be able to punch...
Yeah the CBR600 was definitely the bike of choice for the track back then. The Kawasaki Ninja 600 was the bike everyone had at the track...
I also rode both the VF500 and CBR600 brand new and I have to admit the CBR600 was a really nice bike and possibly better than the VF500....
To be honest I don't remember exacty what we sold the VF500F's for. When I worked for a Honda dealer in the 8o's we sold (5) VF700F's for every...
Wow, looking good, I had no idea that was a VF500!
Nice! These 500's come up for sale here in Houston a few times a year, I was never masochistic enough to pull the trigger. Too late now LOL
Yep, this one has them also but they are pretty light. Not worried.
Today I took out the rear suspension for cleaning and inspection. Glad I did. [ATTACH] First off have to admire the swing arm casting, Honda...
This is really a great thread. Nice job, gives me hope for my VF500F project.
Going down the rabbit hole.......This is starting to look look like a frame up restoration. Probably not worth it but I really want to make this...
Thanks everyone for the great advice. I am going do this right so I will need to need some time to gather everything up and have it ready. I do...
Thanks for the advice, I am guessing some pin holes will show up after the acid treatment. I bought a quart of the "Red Kote" tank coating and...
Ok Pete, I did not have the yarbles to use HCL acid but I did buy a gallon of Muratic acid today and big bag of baking soda to neutralize it....
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