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Nice work, man - thumbs up! Regards, AT

Great job! After reading this, went immediately to tear apart my fuel pump. Last few months my Max has been rather difficult to start when cold. It has required some time of rotating the starter motor. Until recently it used to start immediately without too much effort - regardless whether...

Hello Oz, Did you happen to take any photos? Would be interesting to see... Regards, AT

Hello, ...calm down, mate...! If you get strange results from measurements, there is probably problem there. Just back to basics. 1) Don't assume anything 2) Believe in your inspection results Maybe it's the HT coils and in that case you would solve the problem by just converting them into...

Re: equalizing vacumn Hello, As I have the V-boost butterfly valves set to be all the time open, the idle is not as smooth as with normal set up. But this mod seemed to smoothen it at least some degree. Regards, AT

Re: equalizing vacumn Hello, I made the modification and the feeling got definitely better. Did not notice difference with starting, but the idle sound changed for little smoother. But the real thing was that now the bike feels to be stronger especially when accelerating easily until...

Hello, Ok, so you have now located the problem to be with the no. 2 cylinder (front left side). Next thing to check is ignition HT coils. They are located nearby the TCI unit. Note that front left side cylinder is controlled by the HT coil that is on the right side and vice versa. The front...

Yeah, the pick-ups seem to be ok. The steady 147 ohm is not that far - remember that the resistance should grove when the coil gets hotter, and the specified values were for 20 degr. C. Especially if that's the situation for all of them. It's not likely that both pick-ups would have the same...

Re: strange misfiring Hello, Pick-ups seem to be ok. COP's also. No special big problem with plugs. Better to remove the connectors from TCI and brush both sides clean. Then connect and test again. Regards, AT

Hello Max Power! I hate to use money for inspections, too. Here is a "free of charge" procedure to check it. The spark is provided in three (very much simplified) steps: 1) Pick-up coils located under the flywheel cover provide the voltage pulses for the TCI unit 2) TCI unit receives the...

Hello, Better to conduct the test procedures one by one in order not to get mixed... Regards, AT

Hello, Your problem sounds just exactly like mine last year. The culprit was one of the ignition pick-up coils that are located under the flywheel cover (in this older model V-Max there are two pick-up coils). This is very easy to confirm / rule out. The procedure is as follows: 1) start...

Hello, Mine did few days ago following: It was rainy day and I drove to work (one way approximately 45 km). No special things, everything worked normally. Then I let it sit for two days, and when started it, noticed the idle to be a little bit different and tacho showing zero. As the tacho...

Hello, Welcome to the forum! Pick-up coil is possibly the fault. Better to measure the resistance from the connector. Connect the multimeter + to orange and - to black wire that are coming from the pick-up. The connector is under the saddle. The resistance value should be around 81...121 ohms...

Here is a little bit better photo of the situation. This time bike is leaning on it's right side and the tools can be seen better. Regards, AT

Hello, Took it apart a couple of times, and now it's completely ok. Quick (?!) procedure is as follows: - Put the bike on 5th gear and press the rear brake down. Put something (a piece of wood) between the rear brake lever and the engine in order to keep the brake pressure on. This prevents...

Hello, I think solved this frustrating starting problem that has been haunting my Max until recently. As this is the first year January model, some improvements have been done. They are: 1) To solve the charging problem, made - Crimp fix - Changed the regulator / rectifier into the newer...

Hello, Here's the link. http://vmax.lvlhead.com/tips/clutch.htm I had the similar symptoms as you described and did this mod. The problem was solved. Regards, AT

Hello, Here is my arrangement. You can see the flywheel puller and the "holding wrench" in place in the attached photo. The torque wrench I use is approximately same length as is the holding wrench (scale 40-280 Nm). With this arrangement, it is no problem to get the flywheel released. The...

Hello, A cold V-Max will not start easily if the battery is not fully charged. As MALEKO said earlier, you should have at least 12.65, preferably more volts in the battery. If you have properly charged battery, the Max will start easily. One more point is that if you don't have appropriate...