Hi Guys I need some advice, I have a friends VFR 750F (1987) which I have offered to get back on the road, a little bit about the bike. The bike was stored in St Asaph during the flooding about 18 months ago, it fell over in the silty horrible dirty water so has been completely submerged and obviously the water and shit has got everywhere, although the bike was jet washed and been dry stored ever since there will have been water and silty shite trapped in the engine etc. What are the realistic chances of this bike starting again?? I have removed all the fairing etc and it is now in the below state, any help will be much appreciated as the owner passed away a year ago and his son would like to restore the bike to a running, usable state. No attempt was made to start the bike as I assume the battery would have been fried the minute it went under water. I am actually fairly shocked at how good the bike looks, all of the original bike looks usable, what in your opinions will need replacing as a matter of course and is the engine at all usable?
check all the wiring connectors, honda ones are awful to say the least, think you've got the main earth an live ones taped up in the loom as well?
Yeah, exactly what bloke said - bad connections can be a problem on older bikes full stop, but if it's been sat in water then that would be the first thing I'd imagine when it came to removing bolts etc there'll be far more chance that things will have ceased up too... Buy plus gas, contact cleaner and emery paper and hope for the best Good luck
Last year I resurrected a TL1000 that had been submerged in a muddy pond for 3 days, as said lots of connections will have corroded. With any luck the engine should be fine (the TL needed 2 oil changes). Take the plugs out and spin the engine over when you have new oil in it. Drain the tank water can hide in there, drain the coolant. You will have problems with the electrics but you should be able to sort it by working methodically.
ok, all electrics seem fine, but the engine is solid as a rock and won't move at all, push the start button and you can hear it try to start but it simply can't turn it over, is there anyway of manually turning the engine? tried spinning the wheel whilst in gear and solid (spark plugs out of course)
There is a strong chance that if water has entered the barrels then the piston could be rusted to the barrel side. Best thing to do would of course check that the starter motor spins freely and then take the head off and see how bad/if any the rust is
ok after some blood sweat and tears and more swearing than Mr sweary from swearyville in swear county she is alive!!!! only about £100 spent total including oil spark plugs filters etc so chuffed to hell she is now running
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Looks brilliant that. Top job! Im glad you managed to get it sorted :thumbsup: How did you free it up in the end?
