1986 VFR NC21 Brought back to life!!!

[MB James]

Hi all.

I bought my bike year end 2005. It has brought me great joy and had a couple of falls with it. Non the less I still am very fond of it and after it has been standing for more than four years I have finally decided with the help of my friend, to bring it back to its former glory. It will be long and hard work but hopefully with the great help from you guys at this forum I will be mounting my trusty steed soon enough!!

I have taken loads of pictures and intend to make this a very well put together how to for those like me who had to sift through countless links and forums to get the info and help that I needed.

Thank you to the wonderful people who make this forum possible.

Best regards
Michiel

This is the good side

[StrayAlien]

Well done. Bring on those pics. :-)

[MB James]

Taking off the carburettors


My friend and I brought it from my parents place 27 September 2013. On the clocks it is still fairly new.


Tank Off


The Air box to be opened


Undo your pipe here. This pipe got destroyed by age and fuel vapour.


As you can see I always screw back the screws where I possibly can. Don't want tot loose or confuse them with others.
Yes these did not come with rubber tubes sticking out like the NC30's


Starting the fire for a "lekker braai" while my wingman does the research...



Undo the throttle and mark the cables TOP and BOTTOM just in case...



Now loosen all the carburettor seat rubbers. (The dogs were getting bored as we struggled to try and get the carburettors off. They were stuck for life!!!)


Eventually we called in the PRO. He owns his own bike shop in the West Coast!
The rubbers were so hard that pulling them off were quite impossible. He took a hose and funnel with some boiling water and poured it on all four carburettor seat rubbers to soften them.
As the carburettors are seated in a V pattern, pulling them straight off won’t work either. You have to wedge and lift them from the back first until the back ones are loose from their seat rubbers, and then only can you pull the front ones off easily by pulling up and towards the back of the bike!



AND THEY’RE OFF!!!

[MB James]

Hey guys

I started a new thread but the replys and input are rather lacking...

Did I post it in the right section?
Go check it out...
Its starting to get realy exciting now!

viewtopic.php?f=69&t=46494

[jimmytanko]

Hey guys

I started a new thread but the replys and input are rather lacking...

Did I post it in the right section?
Go check it out...
Its starting to get realy exciting now!

viewtopic.php?f=69&t=46494

the first time I saw this post, i almost clicked on the link. But now that i have seen the same post about 10 times on numerous threads it makes me glad I didnt bother. im pretty sure everyone got the message the 1st time

[MB James]

Oh. Sorry about that then.
I thouht no one knew about it because only the people I approached have left replies there.
So either nobody else knows anything or theyre just not bothered to give their opinion then.

This new NC24 that I am starting to revive brings me great joy and excitement. And once I started her it became apparent that my hopes and suspiciouns were rewarded. It sounds even better than my NC21. But might also just be the different exausts and tge fact that I accidentally overfilled the engine by 150ml of oil.

Cheers then Ill just keep talking to myself then.

:-D

[bikemonkey]

Chill.

People do read your posts if they want to, they don't have to reply.

Don't be so enthusiastic about people giving opinions online as that's where most arguments start.....

[MB James]

There lies great wisdom in your words Bikemonkey.

I also need yo update this thread again with all the pictures I have taken as I fixed my NC21.
Its all fine now. Just need to get hold of a colour tuning kit and get the air fuel mix correct. The fairings ai have madr also need to be finalised. They are perfectly balanced and I have been clinicaly precise in the making process.

What would be best, should I post all I do on the NC21 in this one thread? Shocks, Carbs, fairings or should I make seperate threads for each item?

I greatly value any and all input and comments that everyone takes the time in leaving.

A blessed Easter to you all.

[bikemonkey]

Cheers.

If this is a project then stick everything in one thread. It makes it much easier to follow, plus it keeps the mods happy as they don't have numerous threads about the same bike popping up clogging up the bandwidth