Everything to the left of the 2 mark is irrelevent as long as it provides enough force to seat the needle into the slide. The needle seats/mates...
Step one before you spend any more money on a battery is to pull the valve covers and have a peak. You don't want to run the starter to do the...
I just had another look at your list and here are a couple more things to check out or consider with the 500: Rear shock - there is a real good...
A vf500 as a gift? What have you got against your brother? (just kidding!) You came to the right place and you seem to have some experience and a...
I'm glad you ended up ok and that you ended up ahead in the deal. Do some careful shopping and get yourself a good reliable ride! You don't need...
Now it is. Thanks.
Sorry if this was already posted or linked. I came across it and thought I should pass it on:...
If only I still had my VF and all my parts bins I would be able to answer so many of your questions! I had an 86 tank on mine and a few 84 petcocks...
How do the plugs look? How is the compression? Have you done a good sync? Have you checked that the needles are OEM spec? If the 1-3 needles,...
To each there own...Great work up to that point. Unless its a drag bike, I put long swingarms right up there with extreme ape hanger...
I sense an oncoming discussion of float level versus float drop, and thus a further derailing of IC's thread....
The bike is running fine with the pump, so I wouldn't think it would be the needle screens. I believe that he cleaned the carbs already.
So that obviously leaves something in the carbs that is different than others who switched to gravity without problems. I know I am one step...
There goes that potential theory...have you cleaned the petcock screen? I am assuming that a restriction in the line is being overcome by the pump.
I believe that the 84-85 line is the same size as the first line on the 86 from the petcock to the y-split.
Do you have an inline fuel filter?
To me the interesting part of this discussion and this application is that when Honda made the change to gravity feed on the 500 in 1986 the...
Congrats!!! Nice looking bike.
The lines basically go from there to the plastic fuel passage tubes between the carbs. The tubes have t-joints to accept the hose where the 84-85...
The best I have seen here are Slowbirds photos on how he added inline filters. Here:...
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