Dutchy

5 hours ago, Denber said:

 I went to a BMW demo ride event today just to see if a 20K bike could tickle my fancy.

The only time I'd spend 20k on a motorcycle it would be this one.

Pull a plug and check for white spots?

I ran a free flowing exhaust for some 150,000 miles on my VFR750's and RC51 so far.

None of them went BOOM and made me crash, burn and die....  🙂

As for the original question, yes. On a RC36-2 that sat for years.

@TheDutchy and I put silly pressure on to try and clear it to no avail.

Mucked about with some wire, but abandonned that. As bmart wrote, that is sharp

So the clever next step was

The clutch slave was not much better

Why repost?

Or are you hunting for clicks?

2 hours ago, rc24dk said:

Nice photos. Looking at the pictures I found myself flowing away on a wave of nostalgia, and then SMACK!! a VF1000R right in your face 😁.

 4 years ago I found a prisine VF500F2 tank amongst a see of Italian parts... €150 on day 1, bought it for €50 on day 3.....

Nothing 🙂

FFS....

@skuuter 😉

Plenti Benelli 🙂

Gonzaga, near Reggio Emilia.

I spy

With my little eye

Something beginning

With a G....

"the cheque is in the mail"

"I was only helping that sheep cross the road"

"I won't come........"

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"Dances with tires" 🙂

Excellent choice sir!

Welcome to VFRD from the other side of the Atlantic.

Welcome to VFRD from across the North Sea!

61 too and yes, low clipons and Italian "suspnsion" are a bit more challenging these days.

But I'll still ride her to the IOM Manx GP in August 

Welcome to VFRD from across the pond 

Laminar (air)flow.... brings me back to CMOS3/4 semiconductor manufacturing....

Hello Charles,

86 is the better year.

I'd 1st lift the rocker covers and inspect cam lobes and followers. If all looks good, spend money!

Battery = YUASA

Airfilter, any one that fits....

https://www.mpartz.nl/luchtfilter-honda-vf500-1984-1987-hiflo-hfa1504-p-6576m5531y

I have used BT45's, later BT46's for some 65000kms. Sold hetr with ~105,000km

After 3+ months outside (frost, snow..),

took the tarp off, took her from the airtight bag, fitted the 6V battery, primed the carb, gave 2 kicks....

Carnaval ends tomorrow in the Netherlands, so I still wore "Oeteldonk" colors on my ride to work this morning 🙂

Yeah, replace them pads. Even with Chinese ones if the price is low...

Chances are you will sell the bike within 6 months anyway 

Take the calipers off and clean the pins, especially #13

Bet ya it will look like this...

I bought a VF500F2 for keny 11 years ago with 15? year old BT45's on it. Thread depth was good. So keny opted to ride some 1600kms in 23 hours to Stockholm to catch the ferry to Finland.

Keny will be fine with 9 yr old tires no problemo.... 😁

Stinky i-4.......   🤢 😁

You are not ranting.

Since covid, the number of -excuse my French- cunts on the road have risen significantly.

Change lanes w/o checking, jumping in front on a roundabout.

VW Polo's at high speed, only surpased by UA plated SUV's. Must be a cultural diversified way of thanking us for our hospitality I am not fully grasping. My bad... 😇

Latest trend? In town you ride careful in narrow streets with parked cars. Only some dipshyte on his derestricted e-Phatbicycle pushes past you..