Welcome to the forum, and thanks for sharing about the cylinder valve damage. Sorry to hear about your misfortune. i wonder if some excess...
Howdy Hans, welcome to the world of vfr. Looks like you are doing a good job of getting it sorted out. i don't have the vf1000 manual, but...
Bent or Loose stem? If you still have travel, motion or wiggle room to muscle the alignment after the bolts are torqued down then i would...
The electrical contacts of the ignition switch are mechanically separated from the key tumbler slot=> spraying into the key hole won't clean any...
i would guess it's bad contacts in the ignition switch. Get a voltmeter and trace the +12 from the battery to the switch, then check the voltage...
Check to see if the unconnected line goes to the radiator overflow tank. i looked at a set of 4th gen carbs on the bench and the carb air vents...
Did you say you had a breather line from the carbs to the fuel tank? If so that is not correct. The carb breather is just open to the...
Sounds like varnish on the main jet needles or a pinhole/tear in the rubber diaphragms of the main needle slides located in the vacuum chamber....
Did you go thru all the internal circuits too? http://vfrworld.com/forums/showthread.php/22449-Cleaning-carbs
Hook up a voltmeter to the battery and measure the voltage with the key off and then turned on with the headlights on high beam. Then watch the...
A lathe and a mill--why you could probably turn your own aluminum fuel tubes with that equipment...
Be careful about using brake fluid on rubber parts used in petroleum applications, and vise versa, in using petroleum oils and compounds around...
+1 on rider Your return oralfice located under the little silver tab at the bottom of the master cylinder is clogged and holding pressure in...
i like red kote and have had excellent results. But i don't think it will seal over rust, you have to remove all the rust using either acid or...
Inspect/Check/clean the spade contacts of the fuse blades and look for signs of arcing in the holder--if the connection is not clean and tight it...
i've had that happen before when a blast of cold weather blew thru, probably a slightly loose clamp at a plastic fitting, e.g. radiator....
IIRC these are double-action thermostats with two plunger rods, so twice as much chance to fail as a single rod unit, and twice as expensive to...
My money is on the battery. 2010 bike, possibly assembled in 2009--original battery could be 4 years old. A fully charged fresh battery will...
That's excellent service life on your battery, no indication of RR or charging system problems. That fuse doesn't seem to be OEM to me--i doubt...
Last time i looked there were 97 pages in the troubleshooting section for the EFI, and a multimeter will be your best new friend in the...
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