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    October Mod Monkey of the Month contest

    I would also like to thank all who participated & sent complements, If it wasn’t for all the great mod articles & pictures submitted by others I would have never been inspired to join in. Now it’s time to move onto the November contest, I can tell you that I have one of those oil pressure gauges...
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    October Mod Monkey of the Month contest

    MOD MONKEY, I would like to personally thank you, your review board for their selection, & Sean Morley for the donation of one of his products. You can bet they will go to good use.
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    October Mod Monkey of the Month contest

    Dale, I never real had them weighed as to if more or less then stock weight. My thought process was I wanted a set of 17" wheel that would holdup to our road conditions here in Michigan, (for those who live here know exactly what I’m talking about) this 2001 max I generally use for road trips...
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    October Mod Monkey of the Month contest

    Ridin Dirty, As I remember they were around $2200~$2400 plus shipping for the set. I also sent my choice of tires directly to UFO & Jon mounted & balanced for no additional charge.
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    October Mod Monkey of the Month contest

    gamorg02, Both front & rear wheels are from UFO, It's a new style he calls "Smoothy" they have a continuous radius from the center web to the tire lip seal with out any step type machining. See attached photos. As to the rear 190 & washer swap (YES) I tried several different thickness washers...
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    October Mod Monkey of the Month contest

    They are Avon storm ST-2 Ultra, dual compound, rear is a AV56 190 X 50 ZR17 & the front is a AV55 120 X 70 ZR17 The rear is fitted without a notched swing-arm.
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    October Mod Monkey of the Month contest

    Sean, I've been in the market to modify the stock Fazer mags to a 17" setup, so far no luck but I haven't spoke with Kosman yet. The effort will be to retain the stock mag look.
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    October Mod Monkey of the Month contest

    Oh, That?s right you wanted some fall colors in the submission! How about my 2001 Max, I hope it will qualify. Modifications include: New 17? UFO MAX DADDY wheels, Newly designed alternative comp exhaust baffle for the 4-2-1 Kerker system, new chromed braced swing-arm, final drive housing...
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    October Mod Monkey of the Month contest

    If my Baby Max won?t qualify, maybe my 1985 Max will qualify for the October Mod Monkey contest? Modifications include: New Carbon fiber body panel set, 43MM front-end, and big brake system to help slow down the Beast!
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    October Mod Monkey of the Month contest

    Gee, I hope my Baby Max will qualify for the October Mod Monkey contest? Modifications include: New Factory-Pro needles, just enough added power to take the top ET @ the 2010 Annual Canadian Drag Day. Pictures are from New Smyrna Beach during Biketoberfest.
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    October Mod Monkey of the Month contest

    How do you upload pics to this site?
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    I've been cheating...

    Each model year the V-Rod has been inching up on RWHP.
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    Michigan Vmax hibernation...

    Chuck I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for all the rides you have setup this year for the Michigan folks, even though I couldn't make some of them nice job!
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    Caliper stripped

    Check out the use of time-sert's they are not cheep but work well. Also the caliper mounting bolt are a fine threaded type metric bolt.
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    sparkplug color??

    You want to look in two locations for proper plug color. 1st look at the rim on the plug, this color with indicate the slow speed air/fuel. 2nd look at the color of the porcelain located in the center base of the plug, this will indicate the air/fuel of the mid~high rpm range. If every thing is...
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    need some help

    The gas tank has a tip-over valve. You may want to investigate for some type of blockage?
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    iridium SPARK PLUGS

    Let see Iridium NGK vs. stock NGK for the V-max? Stock NGK gen-1 V-max recommendation is to change every 4K~8k miles Iridium NGK recommendation is to change every 60K~100K miles. Stock Gen-2 V-max from the factory has Iridium NGK’s installed. Do you think a manufacture is willingly without need...
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    Hindle exhaust system

    I ran across (what I will call a “series one Hindle”) this past spring on a customer’s bike, never saw one like it before. While investigating I found out that Hindle made two types of 4/1 pipes systems for the V-max Their first production release was this “series one Hindle” & had a production...
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    Still cant tune my carbs

    Check your slow speed fuel circuits.
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