Beautiful work Blue enjoy your videos you will never please everyone someone will not like things it's your car your project do as you please plenty of know it all's out there never had a reason to question anything you do you teach us Ford guys a lot thanks for sharing again a skill is wasted if not shared
Thanks again for all your input amazingly we really haven't had much in the way of criticism so all good. I think that it reflects on who is actually watching in that there is genuine interest in the project. That's why I watch others doing the same thing. Your right sharing what we have learnt is an important part of keeping these old girls alive Cheers Blue
Hey Blue. I see you have a nice collection of bikes in that adjoining shed. Is that black one @17:44 a Honda Vt250 ?? I can't really tell for sure but the Comstar wheel is a giveaway, kind of ...
G’day Tony Close it’s VF-400F 1983. I did a rebuild on it 12 years ago it still goes great rode it to gunning not long ago and my son inlaw rode the VF1000 which has to come back off the road because of the fuel tank and front forks. It never ends. I restored a couple of VT250s back in the day to make a bit of money and would like to add one to the collection one day. But for now it’s finish the GXL series and full on with the XC Ute Cheers Blue
@@BluesShed Oh ok. I thought it was something close. The video footage doesn't reveal it clearly enough. Cool bikes the VF's. Love the vintage Honda line up in fact, my first bike was an '83 Honda VT250FII. I purchased an FII and a normal F, both early 80's around 10 years (both in storage ATM) and will hopefully restore the F bike and convert it to the Super Sport model for the added niceties such as the side air intake cowls and belly pan cowling. I have a pair of N.O.S. Honda side air intakes with hardware, but I cannot for the life of me seem to land that elusive belly pan cowl for the Super Sport. Been collecting parts for around 10 years now and have amassed a nice collection of other N.O.S. parts. Would also love to refresh the engine if it's not a major job too. That V Twin has some decent power when put together right and tuned. The carbs on those are bit of a nightmare to work with too. You'll probably know what I mean. Would love to see a video on those old girls, if you ever decide to do a motorcycle edition feature on your channel, I'd appreciate it for sure. I could talk for hours on the subject lol.. Anyways, cheers the info Blue.
@@tonymontana897 I reckon we could talk for hours about the VFs after I finish the Ute and retire I’ll get into the bikes full on. I really want the whole set 250, 400, 500, 750 & 1000, Cheers mate
@@BluesShed I love the bikes as much as cars, but I have more of a soft spot for the bikes. They're much easier to work on and maintain too lol.. I hope you start doing a few bike videos too. Peter Anderson's bike resto videos were amazing and was hoping he'd start doing a few more. Prices are going crazy on the 70's vintage stuff.
This style of bearing was fitted to BA falcons and on. The T5 has an alloy input shaft extension housing and using the original clutch throw arrangement from the single rail the throw bearing would did into the housing and I couldn’t achieve a decent clutch separation without having constant pressure not the bearing which meant that it was always spinning and causing wear to the clutch fingers. The new set up eliminated the issues. There are several suppliers out there but I went with Mal Wood in this case and will again for the Ute which I have already purchased a T5 set-up for I hope that helps
Coming together now Blue thanks for the videos …. Helps to keep me motivated on my Xb resto 👍
Cheers mate all the best with the XB
Beautiful work Blue enjoy your videos you will never please everyone someone will not like things it's your car your project do as you please plenty of know it all's out there never had a reason to question anything you do you teach us Ford guys a lot thanks for sharing again a skill is wasted if not shared
Thanks again for all your input amazingly we really haven't had much in the way of criticism so all good. I think that it reflects on who is actually watching in that there is genuine interest in the project. That's why I watch others doing the same thing. Your right sharing what we have learnt is an important part of keeping these old girls alive
Cheers Blue
Hey Blue. I see you have a nice collection of bikes in that adjoining shed.
Is that black one @17:44 a Honda Vt250 ?? I can't really tell for sure but the Comstar wheel is a giveaway, kind of ...
G’day Tony Close it’s VF-400F 1983. I did a rebuild on it 12 years ago it still goes great rode it to gunning not long ago and my son inlaw rode the VF1000 which has to come back off the road because of the fuel tank and front forks. It never ends. I restored a couple of VT250s back in the day to make a bit of money and would like to add one to the collection one day. But for now it’s finish the GXL series and full on with the XC Ute
Cheers Blue
@@BluesShed Oh ok. I thought it was something close. The video footage doesn't reveal it clearly enough.
Cool bikes the VF's. Love the vintage Honda line up in fact, my first bike was an '83 Honda VT250FII.
I purchased an FII and a normal F, both early 80's around 10 years (both in storage ATM) and will hopefully restore the F bike and convert it to the Super Sport model for the added niceties such as the side air intake cowls and belly pan cowling. I have a pair of N.O.S. Honda side air intakes with hardware, but I cannot for the life of me seem to land that elusive belly pan cowl for the Super Sport.
Been collecting parts for around 10 years now and have amassed a nice collection of other N.O.S. parts.
Would also love to refresh the engine if it's not a major job too.
That V Twin has some decent power when put together right and tuned. The carbs on those are bit of a nightmare to work with too. You'll probably know what I mean.
Would love to see a video on those old girls, if you ever decide to do a motorcycle edition feature on your channel, I'd appreciate it for sure.
I could talk for hours on the subject lol..
Anyways, cheers the info Blue.
@@tonymontana897 I reckon we could talk for hours about the VFs after I finish the Ute and retire I’ll get into the bikes full on. I really want the whole set 250, 400, 500, 750 & 1000,
Cheers mate
@@BluesShed I love the bikes as much as cars, but I have more of a soft spot for the bikes. They're much easier to work on and maintain too lol..
I hope you start doing a few bike videos too.
Peter Anderson's bike resto videos were amazing and was hoping he'd start doing a few more. Prices are going crazy on the 70's vintage stuff.
I've never seen a hydraulic thrust bearing before Blue. How does that work and what's the advantage ?
This style of bearing was fitted to BA falcons and on. The T5 has an alloy input shaft extension housing and using the original clutch throw arrangement from the single rail the throw bearing would did into the housing and I couldn’t achieve a decent clutch separation without having constant pressure not the bearing which meant that it was always spinning and causing wear to the clutch fingers. The new set up eliminated the issues. There are several suppliers out there but I went with Mal Wood in this case and will again for the Ute which I have already purchased a T5 set-up for
I hope that helps
@@BluesShed That is amazing. I never knew that. Thanks for taking the time to explain good Sir. Much appreciated Blue.