Hello, I'm new here with a question. I've just taken in an old '84 VT500, in pretty sad shape. I've never seen one of these before, so am not doing much to it 'till the manual gets here, but in the meantime: Whats with the spark plugs? I have the usual collection of plug wrenches, but none seem to fit. Does this thing require a special plug wrench?
While we're here, the tank is all rusty and nasty, I pulled the petcock, intending to strip it and boil it, but the selection lever seems to be riveted in. In other bikes I've fooled with, there are rubber bits behind the selector switch, so I'm reluctant to have at this with either chemicals or boiling water. Any advice/knowledge gratefully accepted..