I got twins!

Slow progress on my '86 VF1000R due to workload and other projects, carbs are in (and out and in again) bike finally purrs like a kitten but now I wonder if Valve adjustment is needed?
More trips to Honda dealer for small items that seem to be piling up in a hefty bill, still some slow progress.
Big ticket items like tires, sprockets and chain are put off til the motor runs well and brakes are working.





So I'm saving money for important things and then I see this add on CL: VF1000R $700!! Forget the tires, my bike needs a brother, must rescue it before some teen decides to make it a street fighter/chopper/caffe and than just scraps it.






So here its, not till I parked them side by side I realized the difference, they are brothers, but not twins.



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The one I just picked up ('85) needs plenty of work, probably not gonna go anything with it till next winter. For now the plan is to finish the '86 I'm already working on using the better parts of both bikes, get it on the road and see if I like it. This is a #10 (not counting vintage scooters) in the stable and 5th on the list of bikes that need more than just carbs cleaned to be roadworthy. Too many projects...

You have a disease...hope it doesn't get better anytime soon. Nice score! :fing02:

Very nice,
Careful they dont keep multiplying! I'm trying to keep myself from buying another I've seen but having a hard time keeping it out of mind.

I like the dual headlights better! :fing02:

NICE! I have been a 1 bike guy for over a year now and I am having a difficult time with withdrawal from MBS. I am currrently thinking a lot about a VF500F some guy near me has for cheap. Just trying to make room in my much smaller garage. (The 900 sq. ft. garage left so we could be in a house and not an apartment. A good trade that was in any event, but................. :wheel:

Wow!!! I would love to find one for that cheap! running or not. From the front it doesn't look to bad. Of course I need a non-running bike in my garage like a need another hole in my head. Good score though.

Nice score.

A good way to keep the MBS at bay is to have a small garage.

There are worse afflictions to have, I think most of us share yours! Very nice find - the 86 is looking good!

Thanks for kind words!

I know I have a problem but I do have a space in friends garage and it has not been limited yet but I'm afraid he might say "You drag one more junker in here and I might start limiting your area"
Also store few in my basement, convincing my wife the we need a new door cut in the wall between garage and basement was half the battle, the other was doing it on the budget.

the '86 is the one I've been working on and it has less miles, it starts and runs so the plan is to have it ready by the summer, I hope...
Will post more pics when I get a chance to look over the bike in the daylight

AWESOME BUY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!