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06-20-2008, 6:20 PM Nittany Joined on 12-21-2007 Posts 147 vf 700 Off topic, guys, but does anybody know how to get the seat off of a 1987 vf 700? Same way as my GL500? Nittany '82 GL500 Bleedin' Blue & White    Report

06-21-2008, 3:40 AM Pooterhead Joined on 06-07-2008 Lakesite,tn Posts 54 Re: vf 700 Plasma torch? 1980 cx500c (fubar) you meet the fastest people on a honda!    Report

06-21-2008, 8:28 AM Nittany Joined on 12-21-2007 Posts 147 Re: vf 700 I got it. For those who may work on a similiar bike someday, there is a latch on the left side of the bike near the shock that you pull (mine was missing, and the cable attached to it was broken). Nittany '82 GL500 Bleedin' Blue & White    Report

06-21-2008, 9:23 AM Vanilla Gorilla Joined on 06-17-2008 Faribault, MN Posts 22 Re: vf 700 Glad you figured it out. I had an '84, but for the life of me couldn't remember how to get the seat open. 1982 GL500 Interstate 1982 CB900 Custom    Report

06-25-2008, 7:59 PM Nittany Joined on 12-21-2007 Posts 147 Re: vf 700 One more thing on this bike, guys: It is a Vt 700, not a vf. Anyways, I'm helping my buddy get the bike going after sitting for years. I pulled the carbs, cleaned them real good. Bike starts now, responds to throttle, etc. What I've got, though, is gas pouring out of the bowl drain at too high of a rate. If I turn the fuel off on the petcock, it does not flow at all, but if I turn on the fuel, out it goes. What have I missed, guys? I cleaned the needles real good. Nittany '82 GL500 Bleedin' Blue & White    Report

06-25-2008, 8:45 PM Blindstitch2002 Joined on 05-16-2007 Greenfield Wisconsin Posts 1,590 Re: vf 700 Did you try tapping the bottom of each carb with the handle of a screwdriver. Sometimes that works. If the needles arn't seating you should replace them. Check the floats. 1979 Honda Cx500 Custom    Report

06-26-2008, 4:14 AM PWG in Lowgap NC Joined on 01-08-2008 Minutes from the Blue Ridge Parkway Posts 540 Re: vf 700 It is a Vt 700, not a vf. That would make it a Shadow, right? 82 Honda GL 500 SilverWing Trike "Old Yeller" 06 Suzuki S 50 Boulevard Cruiser ANY WARM DAY ABOVE GROUND IS A GOOD ONE (unknown senior citizen)    Report

06-26-2008, 6:23 AM instructorpilot Joined on 12-15-2007 Orlando FL Posts 204 Re: vf 700 I had the same bike. AAAAAnd it had the same problem. I would check the float hight. The carbs sit at a kind of strange angle, so the float hight is critical. Also the bowl gaskets are always under gas so if there is any problem with those it will leak. Mine backfired real bad until I replaced the cut off valves on the carbs. Other than that it was a great bike. It had a sixth gear overdrive and got 55 to 60 mpg routinely. The tack goes wonky on those, it is a diode in the tach assy. that goes bad. It is an electronic tach. Make sure that you grease the splines on the shaft drive where the drive shaft goes into the final drive. Al 2 CB350F's, 1 CX500, 1 GL500, CB750F, XV500, 2 GL1100's, DL1000    Report

06-26-2008, 7:16 AM Nittany Joined on 12-21-2007 Posts 147 Re: vf 700 Thanks, guys. Pilot - yeah, I agree. Those carbs do sit at a weird angle. PWC - it is a Shadow. Nittany '82 GL500 Bleedin' Blue & White    Report

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