I'm late for reply as well, but I actually used the original tank with band-aid fixes. JB-Weld on the exterior (this alone will still leak) and Red Kote sealer on the inside. It seemed to hold fine. Honestly though the real fix is going on ebay and buying a tank for about $150. No modifications needed that way. I sold the bike a few years ago, but it was probably $300 in ebay parts from being a solid machine.

Are you referring to the red and white plastic adjustment knobs? They just pull off. Liable to brake being almost 60 year old plastic, but it's just pressed on there and they pull off.

v4dreams.com/maintenance he said he would rebuild them if I sent them to him. there is another guy I just got mine back from in tx but due to me not having them back on my bike and TERRIBLE lack of communication from the guy I will not recommend him at this point in time.

Interesting. I'll have to double check the tag on it. Pretty sure it said 86. That's how it's titled anyway.

I have a 87 Honda vfr700 F2 rc26 and the 87 is the first year they had aluminum tubing for the frame they 86 had steel tubing

my 87 has a VIN tag/ build date 1986. looks same as this but is a 700

I understand a little. Heating the rubber is a good idea. It would help putting the carburetors back on the bike as well I think.

My grandmother is Polish, but I don't speak it haha. Sorry, google didn't help me translate what you said.

I certainly imagine that helping if I had the $$ in my budget. Crazy it still took you sitting on top of them. Goes to show how tricky these carbs are!

I have run it on standard 87 octane with 10% ethanol and it runs fine, but the carburetors do get gummed up after sitting. If you wanted to run non-oxy 90 or 91 that would be a good option. No need to worry about leaded fuel.

Laverne Williams You are welcome

Laverne Williams if the motor has been sitting a while, it would certainly be a good idea to clean the carburetor. Gas can go bad and clog up the passageways inside the carburetor meaning the engine won't get enough fuel.

Luigi Vargas Glad my video helped!

Awesome. Hope it works out well for you.

Glad to hear it!

Oh man, I had to have painted it about 9 years ago I don't exactly remember. It was a marine/aluminum paint from a store we have in Minnesota called Mills Fleet Farm. If I remember, I will look in my garage to see if we still have one of the old paint cans, or next time I'm at the store I can see if I recognize it there. It held up pretty darn well and looks pretty nice.

I just did a quick google search and I'm thinking it might have been this stuff. Not certain but it looks really familiar: Rust-Oleum Marine Coatings Topside Paint 207004

Hi, you could try heating the area up with a propane torch. The heat could burn up whatever rust etc. is built up in there plus the expanding and contracting of the metal will move things around where the surfaces meet up. You may have to polish up the aluminum again afterwards because of discoloration.

Hey I know its over a year late, but I was looking over this video to reference something today while working on the carb again and saw your comment. I used your trick and it worked like a charm. Thanks!

And thankfully so.

Ploughing the same furrow, not coming up with anything original..... Best thing he's done for years is his book.It was interesting hearing him talk about life with the Cure & post Cure at his book signing.although he made great pains to say it was a memoir, thus not having to reveal much other than a few minor anecdotes. I'd love a real & honest run down of the Cure tours over the years. Still ,Lol says he's happy now so good luck to him & his family.....

Thats a bit unfair. Levinhurst has their own sound, and though connections are inevitable, its hardly a bandwagon of nostalgia. And I think the book is genuinely a reconciliation with the past...I dont think it would be easy for them to describe the Picture tour or the 1982 tour, which are the most interesting to hear, though. "Never Enough", the biography, offers some insight in my fav era (81-84). Perhaps Lol has exorcised his demons more efficiently than Robert. That last Cure tour was quite dark. I think a very interesting part of the book is the band's political roots and leanings in the late 70s.