I'm not selling mine, but I have bought off this company in the Netherlands before, and the freight was not too excessive (I am a LOOOONG way from...
A-hah! So actually it is a (loose) hair guide!
Here's how the big H says to do it (although I know it is unmanly to read a manual...). [ATTACH]
This was how my 86 was connected if that is any help. [ATTACH]
Too tight is definitely a bad idea. When the swingarm is hanging downwards on the centrestand, the distance between the sprockets is lessened....
Welcome Simon, and top-marks for starting with a photo. That is my favourite colour scheme for the 6th gen VFR, looks like a beautifully-kept machine.
Here's a lovely 5th gen to whet your appetites. I'm just back from a cracking Spring ride of about 360km, which was very fine indeed (and not just...
You will find that cartridge damper in the XX is the same as the 6G and indeed in the 5G. They all respond to the same improvements to take the...
Spend a little money on your Blackbird's suspension. There's nothing fundamentally different between the 6th and the XX in terms of componentry,...
I'd be most concerned about the tyres (old/hard) and fork seals (probably going to leak from lack of use). After that the brake reservoirs should...
Well done! On my VTR1000F (which had a similar drain) I got quite a quantity of cruddy stuff from that area, as I doubt it had ever been opened...
The manual says 2.92L in the engine and radiator, 0.9L in the reserve tank. I doubt you will ever get every last drop out of the engine when...
Quite correct Mike. I guess my point was that numbers can be scary but anywhere within the "normal" range is doing no harm to the engine. So while...
Digital temperature gauges freak everyone out. Back when gauges were analogue, 1/4 would be normal riding temperature, 1/2 would be fan cycling...
Do it on the sidestand. Then what you describe sounds fairly normal. As the coolant heats up it will expand up (and out) of the neck. Put the cap...
The hissing seems unusual; I wonder if you have a blockage or restriction on the fuel tank air vent? That is the smaller hose that connects to the...
You'll have to google that one...
When I restored my VFR750 last year, I had a similar "oh sh1t, it's going to die" moment. Muscle memory kicked in and I remembered about the...
I must have misplaced my lathe...
That engine has ruined every other in-line 4 that I've ridden. I took a GSX-S1000GT out for a spin and although all the reviews froth over that...
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