nothing from china is reliable.
when synching carbs with gauges, it's best to blip the throttle a couple times after each movement of the screws so throttle butterflies settle...
if you have read the storage suggestions in the owners manual, you know it says to drain the carbs. on your bike, that would require fairing...
the owners manual has some directions for storing a bike that includes draining the carbs among other things.
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that's a very bad sign :eek: usually means the owner knows it has serious problems. but don't think i'm totally anti-500. when they run right...
Bucket list ?? most VF500s are in buckets and boxes stuffed under workbenches everywhere. do your research. these can be very troublesome old...
paint stripper usually contains MEK, a deadly, cancer-causing chemical, so it would be smart to read the MSDS covering it's use and handling.
you may have mistakenly installed the master cylinder piston seal backwards, as we've seen on this forum before. if you can't get fluid pushing...
^^^ so you refuse to take good advice ?? :( that bike is unreliable and overpriced. as others have said, honda didn't make good interceptors...
^^ yeah, i'm almost too dumb to breathe :(
randy, doncha have the factory tool for that job ? unless there's allota corrosion in the eccentric, the factory tool works fine.
if you wanna sell the tail section, i'm interested in buying it !
i'm surprised it runs ! blinkers are ez to get but the rest is very, very hard to find. work toward a streetfighter and wait for plastic to show...
so dewya have another bike to ride whilest fetteling ?
really ?? why would u buy a bike that had a worrisome noise and a very complex engine ?:( how many miles on the ornery beast ? the early 1200's...
there's more to life than motorcycles, eh ? :cool: but i know what you mean, and if you knew my political opinions you'd wanna shoot me like the...
biden the hypocrite talks about co2 reduction but won't stop the pipeline bringing in oil sands canadian pollution and threatening native american...
^^ it's not that technical, so give it a try.
^^^ yep, great idea.
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