thebussman Posted May 28, 2010 Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 (edited) Hi all, from the campus area. I'm fairly new to bikes, I bought a 86' VF500 interceptor. She's kinda beat up does everything I need. not bad for $300? I got my endorsement but so far I only got 800 miles under my belt. I'm about to go here: http://www.ohio-riders.net/showthread.php?t=59456&page=2 tomorrow if anyone else wants to join. pics: Edited May 28, 2010 by thebussman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessecwalters Posted May 28, 2010 Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 yo!Can beat 300$ for a running bike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timotheus Posted May 28, 2010 Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 looks like a perfect beginner bike, cant beat the price !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conn-e-rot Posted May 28, 2010 Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 Welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CbrGirl Posted May 28, 2010 Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 and enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollywood3586 Posted May 28, 2010 Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OsuMj Posted May 28, 2010 Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 Hello Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badazzbuckeye Posted May 28, 2010 Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 Wow, nice wheels for 300 bones. Welcome to OR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Aerik Posted May 28, 2010 Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 Welcome. I have two newish riders in my group, and four very experienced dudes helping them. You're welcome to come and join us for one of our rides-- pretty much every Friday evening or Saturday afternoon. At this point, if the new people are with us we generally don't go anywhere terribly demanding, but any ride is better than not riding. When we go out without them, it's a bit different. Either way, just PM if you're bored and wanna join up.Also, we're pretty well-versed in older bikes (because we're all broke), so we tend to ride all day and wrench all night if you have some mechanical issues you'd like to address. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radio Flyer Posted May 28, 2010 Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 Welcome busssssman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebussman Posted May 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 Thanks for the warm welcome!Aerik, I may be down for a ride or 2 I've got most of next week off of work. let me know if anythings going to be going on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jporter12 Posted May 28, 2010 Report Share Posted May 28, 2010 Thanks for the warm welcome!Aerik, I may be down for a ride or 2 I've got most of next week off of work. let me know if anythings going to be going on.Nice bike! I love my 85 Interceptor 500! I just need to get it put back together! I will warn you not to run it up to redline all the time, kinda take it easy on the ole V4 and it will last quite a while! They do have some issues with oil getting to the top end of the engine, so make sure you keep plenty of good clean oil in it. If you like to work on stuff, check out vfrworld.com and go to the first and second generation section. I post some over there, and have learned a LOT about the bike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebussman Posted May 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2010 Nice bike! I love my 85 Interceptor 500! I just need to get it put back together! I will warn you not to run it up to redline all the time, kinda take it easy on the ole V4 and it will last quite a while! They do have some issues with oil getting to the top end of the engine, so make sure you keep plenty of good clean oil in it. If you like to work on stuff, check out vfrworld.com and go to the first and second generation section. I post some over there, and have learned a LOT about the bike.Yea i already spent some time on VFRwrold, it's a good site. the reason why it was only $300 was because it wasn't running so i did have to do a ill' work on her already mostly carb work, just did a valve adjustment too. let me know if you need any help with anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jporter12 Posted May 29, 2010 Report Share Posted May 29, 2010 Yea i already spent some time on VFRwrold, it's a good site. the reason why it was only $300 was because it wasn't running so i did have to do a ill' work on her already. just did a valve adjustment that solved a lot of problems. let me know if you need any help with anything.You want to reassemble the engine for me? I have the heads off it, and about half the valves out, replacing the worst ones with valves from a pars engine that I got with the bike. I paid $500 for my heap, not running, partly apart, carbs needed cleaned, etc... I put probably 1000-1500 miles on it last year after all that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unc7237 Posted May 29, 2010 Report Share Posted May 29, 2010 Welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gen3flygirl Posted May 29, 2010 Report Share Posted May 29, 2010 welcome i will probably see you around campus soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newOldUser Posted June 1, 2010 Report Share Posted June 1, 2010 Welcome to the site. Enjoy your ride. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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