Before... just bought it
After... flat tracked it
about a month ago... decided to sort the overheating issue out (turned out to be a head gasket) and got carried away
and currently going back together
other bike - VT500
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grumpyintheshed
- Posts: 4
- Joined: Tue Jun 12, 2018 8:59 pm
- Rides:: vt500
other bike - VT500
as requested
Before... just bought it
After... flat tracked it
about a month ago... decided to sort the overheating issue out (turned out to be a head gasket) and got carried away
and currently going back together
Before... just bought it
After... flat tracked it
about a month ago... decided to sort the overheating issue out (turned out to be a head gasket) and got carried away
and currently going back together
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bikerbaker
- Posts: 2032
- Joined: Thu Nov 07, 2013 2:35 pm
- Rides:: 1990 C90, 1986 C90, 2016 Kayak 110, K1&K6 SV650S, BMW F800 GT, Buell XB12R
- Location: Rochford Essex
Re: other bike - VT500
Nice one - thanks!
Have fond memories of an old colleague who bought one of the last Ascot models in 1987 and commuted into London on it until his retirement. He loved the journey to and fro and planned to keep it forever.
Have fond memories of an old colleague who bought one of the last Ascot models in 1987 and commuted into London on it until his retirement. He loved the journey to and fro and planned to keep it forever.
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dmw1950
- Posts: 726
- Joined: Sun Jan 08, 2012 10:07 pm
- Rides:: 2010 Innova/FJS600/CBR500R/NC750S
- Location: Chatham Kent
Re: other bike - VT500
Do you have to do all that work to replace a head gasket?
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grumpyintheshed
- Posts: 4
- Joined: Tue Jun 12, 2018 8:59 pm
- Rides:: vt500
Re: other bike - VT500
It had been stood for a year or two and when I pulled the motor out I noticed a small hole in the lower rail of the frame and made the mistake of poking it with a screwdriver, then the more I looked, the more I poked, the more I found 
so seeing as it had to be welded up...so repaired and powder coated, now giving everything a good scrub before it goes back on, changing a few bits and pieces like the pegs in the process and hopefully back on the road before summer runs out.