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WHEN COLD STARTING WITH THE CHOKE ENGAGED THE REVS GO UP THEN AFTER A WHILE THEY DROP DOWN TELLING YOU TO DISENGAGE THE CHOKE WHAT CAUSES THE REVS TO DROP SIGNALLING CHOKE TO BE DISENGAGED ?

FOR SALE 2 PAIRS OF MIRRORS THE CHROME ARE ACTUALLY IN BLACK £12 THE PAIR LOCATION SW LONDON

FOR SALE 4 X KN VMAX AIR FILTERS PRACTICALLY BRAND NEW & ALLOY RAD BRAND NEW IN BOX TOP NECK ALREADY TRIMMED TO FIT TOP HOSE £140.00 THE PAIR WILL SPLIT & DIFFERENTIAL UNIT £50.00 LOCATION SW LONDON UK THANKS JP

DESPITE HAVING SYNC,D MY CARBS SOME TIME AGO THEY NEEDED REDOING NOW OPERATING TEMP ALL OK ITS ASHAME I WENT SO FAR AROUND THE HOUSES TO GET TO THE PROBLEM. WE LIVE WE LEARN THEN WE FORGET & HAVE TO LEARN AGAIN.

DO NOT BUY THE ALLOY WORKS UPGRADED VMAX RADIATOR ON EBAY ITS £69.00 AND A TOTAL PIECE OF **** FROM THE GROMMETTS TO THE FAN MOUNT NOTHING ******* FITS THEN WHEN YOU HAVE SPENT THE WHOLE DAY MODIFYING IT YOU REALIZE IT OBSTRUCTS THE ******* STEERING A TOTAL PIECE OF ****.

IAM GLAD I SAW YOUR MESSAGE AS I ALSO HAVE A 1428CC PCW VMAX CONVERSION & BETWEEN YOU AND I I WASNOT VERY HAPPY WITH HIS FINISH WORK , YES HE DONE THE CONVERSION BUT THE OIL FILTER COVER LEAKED & HE HAD GONE MAD WITH GASKET SEALER TO TRY & SEAL IT ALSO THE OIL BREATHER LEAKED & A MIRIAD OF SMALL...

Thanks guys I will take all your thoughts on board and go through the cooling system over the next 2 days I have already ordered an aluminium rad. one thing I will say in over 25 years of owning a VMAX and friends who have owned them I have never seen a water pump have any fault other than the...

THANKS FOR ALL YOUR POINTERS IM A FIRM BELIEVER THAT DESPITE HOW MUCH YOU THINK YOU KNOW 2 MINDS ARE ALWAYS BETTER THAN ONE. I WILL COMPLETELY STRIP OUT THE COOLING SYSTEM TOMORROW & SEE HOW IT GOES. I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED & THANKS AGAIN. JP

do you use just deionised water in your system ? i forgot to mention the motor was completely rebuilt and increased to 1428cc last year. thanks jp

Despite having tested the stat i have a feeling its the cause i have flushed the rad and it seems fine ? i will strip it all out tomorrow & see if i can find the problem. i have actually rebuilt this motor twice since 87 the last time installing a pcw racing 1428cc kit i wonder if that could...

thanks for your response i need all the ideas i can get.

no stock cover. i have owned this bike since 1987 and even in california it used to run cooler i have come to the conclusion it must be the t,stat it boils down to the fan is continuously running yet not bringing temp down enough to kick off ?

85 vmax fan kicks on at just below black dot but then never turns off and temp settles at 3/4 mark on gauge on motorway with fan still running but if i get in slow traffic it creeps up to just below the red and would probably keep going until i get moving again it is not the fan switch ...

SO I WILL NEED TO MANUALLY CLOSE MY VBOOST BUTTERFLY VALVES THEN REOPEN THEM AND SECURE THEM OPEN AS BEFORE AFTER SYNC,ING THE CARBS. THANKS FOR THE ADVICE JP