Motorcycle Repair: Another vt 500 ascot question., decent supplier, bill silver


Question
Thanks for your quick answer yesterday bill,much appreciated. I agree with your suggestions,but do you have any idea where I could find a remanufactured engine, or a decent supplier of parts?
I have been looking all over the net for a while, and I come up with nada.Thanks again,Doug  

Answer
Doug, there are no sources of remanufactured engines, like those for automobiles. The bike was only sold for 2 years here, so the parts are scarce in the US. You can try outside sources like www.cmsnl.com or www.davidsilverspares.com and www.westernhillshonda.com for the US.

Looks like most engine parts are MF5 coded items, with some MC8 parts too. I checked www.westernhillshonda.com
for those items.

I would probably just watch ads or check junk yards for a low-miles engine from a crashed bike and swap it out instead....

Bill Silver