Vf750f in NL
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Greetings from Holland.
I was intrigued to find your restoration stories as I am currently bringing an orphaned Vf750f back from the dead and have an interest in the topic.
Mine is an 83 delivered to Germany which has 42k kms/26k miles on it.
I bought it from a dealer in Assen who maintained the bike for years. He told me all it needed was the carbs cleaned, plugs, oil and filters and the gas tank de-rusted and sealed.
I found the mechanics to be intact and in good overall condition, no cam issues.
With the crabs reinstalled (yes it was a real pain to get them back on, is that by design...) and low and behold it started and ran without smoking and had a smooth idle.
However Murphy works here so my question is this;
It will only start and run with the choke on...
It will shut down as you try to apply gas (twist the throttle.)
As it warms up the choke can be reduced but never fully shut off as it dies immediately.
So it runs and idles only on choke and cannot be revved.
If I pore a little fuel directly into the barrels it revs up so it seems to be a fuel delivery problem?
Any thoughts on this would be appreciated.
Cheers
I was intrigued to find your restoration stories as I am currently bringing an orphaned Vf750f back from the dead and have an interest in the topic.
Mine is an 83 delivered to Germany which has 42k kms/26k miles on it.
I bought it from a dealer in Assen who maintained the bike for years. He told me all it needed was the carbs cleaned, plugs, oil and filters and the gas tank de-rusted and sealed.
I found the mechanics to be intact and in good overall condition, no cam issues.
With the crabs reinstalled (yes it was a real pain to get them back on, is that by design...) and low and behold it started and ran without smoking and had a smooth idle.
However Murphy works here so my question is this;
It will only start and run with the choke on...
It will shut down as you try to apply gas (twist the throttle.)
As it warms up the choke can be reduced but never fully shut off as it dies immediately.
So it runs and idles only on choke and cannot be revved.
If I pore a little fuel directly into the barrels it revs up so it seems to be a fuel delivery problem?
Any thoughts on this would be appreciated.
Cheers