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Get yourself a vacuum bleeder, they are not expensive and will suck air from the slave bleeder to pull liquid through the master piston assembly...
Glad this worked out for you Stray. Smacking the bolt with a nice new hex bit in a manual impact driver would be my starting point. Followed by my...
That's OK, we are right hand drivers here. The discs were only US$39 each, from Aliexpress. The bike came with some Progressive Springs and...
I've been playing the waiting game with the powder coater, but they sent me text yesterday saying my wheels are ready to collect. Bought them...
Nice...and the red wires guarantee an extra 5km/hr top speed. What was your source NCB?
I have been fault finding on my newly acquired 1986 VFR750, and one of the four coils failed the resistance test to the plug cap end (as in,...
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Thought I'd take a crack at repainting my wheels. I was in two minds about this as I'd had a price of US$65 each to powdercoat, but figured I'd...
Sounds...GREAATT!
Unlike the engines it was used in...
Is there a preferred brand of cereal?
I followed Captain80's advice and threw some 040 pilot jets in, and dropped the fuel screws back to 2 turns out. I had found the bike a little...
Look out for perished fuel lines too. You can unbolt the fuel level sender from the tank bottom for a bit more access. There's an o-ring in...
I know the exhaust system changed significantly from the 86/87 to the 88/89 as did the centerstand; your bike has more of a collector box between...
My 98 at 90,000km had a sudden engagement point until I replaced the fibre discs in the clutch. Almost to the point of being a bit embarassing to...
You can download a manual from the other VFR site:...
Here's where it is at today. I got some second-hand indicators all the way from Holland (Boonstra Parts, great selection and prices and freight...
At the end of the day, I'm working on a 35 year old bike with over 100,000km on it. I am happy to get it to a well cared for and decent finish...
The painter's mantra is prep, prep and more prep. I repeat that to myself, and still manage to mess things up. Amazing what you can't see in...
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