Hi , my linkages and bolts are unsalvageable 1986 vf1000F2. I am in Brisbane Australia and would appreciate any one who is willing to sell s functional set.
I have all sorts of bolts here at home in the shedâŚIâve replaced most of the original bolts on my VF with stainless to help ward off the dreaded corrosion. Iâm 50km north of Brisvegas up in Bellmere near Caboolture. I donât have any linkages for the FF/F2 any more but youâre welcome to pop up and have a fumble through my parts boxesâŚwe can have a cuppa and talk VFâs. I donât know of any other VF owners in BrisbaneâŚIâm sure theyâre out there but I just donât know of any.
Some of the linkages and bolts are still available from CMSNL in Holland. I bought a lot of OEM parts for my RE from them.
Smithy.
Hi HondaXL1 - an old post I know - did you manage to extract the needle bearing races from the rear suspension knuckle?
Heat, penetrating oil and a press got it out, took 6 weeks soaking and multiple attempts.
Good workâŚ..if your beast is rideable, would love to catch up in the new yearâŚ.Or I could ride my RE to yours one day..!!
Smithy.
Not quite there yet, I hope to start it in January. I would like to catch up I am in Rochedale south. Hoping to get to the annual meeting in Jindabine.
I am having trouble getting my head around the cooling hoses at the lower radiator to pump connection through the exhaust. if anyone has a helpful hint or a photo of the routing It would be appreciated. I have a vfr750 as well which has cuased slow progress.
I might be telling you something that you know already, but, for an F2, the thermostat housing connects to hose 27 in the above picture, but itâs not yet been fitted to the bike, where it would be visible just before the triangular engine mount by the rear head.
Thanks, I have already done that side, it is hoses 29 and 32 routing and if they have a spring on their outer. I have a sabco set of hoses which the majority donât match my model which I think is making it very tight and I am worried about the headers heat. Is there a trick to this.
Samco makes kits for the RE & RF/RGâŚThe RF & RG kits should be similar to the â85 FFâs.
Smithy.
Yes they probably are but I have a 1986 vf1000 f2 Bol Dor and I paid $450 for the sabco and used about 3 hoses, they are slightly thicker than standard. Still I would like a photo of my modelâs installed lower hoses.
I believe itâs âSamcoâ, not SabcoâŚ.strange youâre not using most of the hoses though..!
The VF1000FE and VF1000RE kits are very similar.
Smithy.
The f2 boldor has a completely different cooling / radiator set up to any of the other vf models, its the only one with a lower small radiator, the piece that crosses the front of the engine close to the exhaust headers is steel tube 
Sorry you are right, must of had mops in my head.
Itâs an easy mistake to make, although all the vf1000 models look very similar, they do have lots of differences and the f2 is more different than most in the cooling department, its a while since I owned a f2 boldor but number 29 on the previously posted parts diagram is steel, its the one that passes closest to the exhaust..
So as from the photo I have the routing correct with the steel section to the pump. I will try to connect tomorrow again. Thanks for the help.
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Got everything connected today and you wonât believe it, the lower radiator is leaking. and it looks like another bogey job with some sort of putty. So it continues!