I was forewarned!

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  1. creaky

    creaky New Member

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    When I bought my VF500F, a number of folks here warned me about the potential pitfalls of owning an early gen VF. Well, it finally happened!. I went out to the garage to prep for an early morning ride and found that THERE IS A CRACK IN THE SEAT COVER! I knew that some kind of problem would surface sooner or later, but I didn't think it would be of this magnitude. I guess I'll just have to deal with it.
     
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    Bravo!!:biggrin::biggrin:

    My God, they were right. The material of the seat was poorly engineered but Honda was reluctant to recall all the 1st gens and 25 years later, they will surely have a catastrophic failure. Those same "experts" will tell you to try to find 2nd Gen seat material, apparently Honda finally worked out the bugs on that seat.:wink::wink:
     
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    Just wait till squirrelman finds out. You'll never hear the end of. Oh woe is you.......:chaingun:
     
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    Terrible, just terrible.
     
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    Did you say crack in the seat cover or crack on the seat cover?

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    Rollin
     
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    TOE CUTTER Mullet Man

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    Better have been banned for less.
     
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    LMAO Rollin.

    I'm not sure a crack of that size can be fixed.
     
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    Junk it, Squirrel would approve.
     
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    :sad: Alas, I guess it is time to part it out.
     
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    I had that problem with my 500 too. I recovered the seat and sold that bitch before having any more problems.
     
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    Thanks fer that Rollin, I think I just threw up in my mouth (picture)
     
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    Well at least you're ok. Sorry to hear about your seat exploding.

    San Andreas fault is just a crack in the ground, for now.

    The back half of your bike could fall into the ocean.
     
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    You should take a grainy, low-res photo and e-mail it to American Honda demanding a full refund on the original MSRP for that thing. Surely they would have to comply to avoid the storm of bad publicity! :cool:
     
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    Thread of the Year Nominee
     
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    The VF500 has probably the soothest-running engine in the world of motorcycles before it drops valves, of course !
     
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    I separated the edges of the crack, there was a kind of valve there, sorta looked like a big brown eye.
     
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    creaky New Member

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    Great idea! I am very proficient at shooting that type of pic.
     
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    You asked for it
    Buyin' an old piece of junk like that

    No pity what-so-ever
     
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    Scubalong Official Greeter?

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    Brutal......easy there drewl, you need a hug?
     
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    Your screewed, those seat covers have been backordered since 1989, but you were warned..how you gonna ride it now.
     
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