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I have an 86 and it's "Shiny Black". Basically a midnight blue with metalic flake.

Augie - Awesome write-up. I did the coolant change this weekend. Thanx!

I'm happy to report that thanx to all your help I was able to loosen the clutch cable at lunch time today. I wish that I could have continued wrenching to finish install the braided cable, but I have to work a little to finance this kind of stuff. I soaked the connection with WD-40 the other...

Thanx Chris! I was doing that, among other things. I'll give it another shot (with more confidence this time) tonight or tomorrow and see if that works.

Hello Fellow Members, I?m trying to replace the original clutch hose on my ?86 with a braided HEL line (banjo connector at the Master and female connector by the Slave). I?m having a heck of a time disconnecting it at the Clutch-Pipe (by the slave). I?m not sure what I should be wrenching on...

It's raining, so I'm wrenching Just a quick question - With the the late model Vmax rotors for this set up is there a left and right rotor or are they interchangeable? I can't locate a directional arrow and they look to be identical.

It's raining, so I'm wrenching Just a quick question - With the the late model Vmax rotors for this set up is there a left and right rotor or are they interchangeable? I can't locate a directional arrow and they look to be identical.

I'm making progress on the upgrade. Slow, but sure since I have little time to wrench during the week and my weekends are pretty busy. Thursday night I pulled the front wheel off. The hard part was positioning the bike in the garage, so that I could still get my car in and work on the bike...

Sean has outfitted me with a complete Busa set up and he's taken my R1 calipers as a partial trade. I should have everything this weekend. Hopefully, the next post you see from me will be pics of the successful conversion :-D

Thanx Naughty and Godsend. I pinged Sean about a new set up. I was trying to aviod new rotors as I've heard some horror stories about difficulty in removing the originals on older bikes. I've seen the threads on the Chinese rotors and they deffinately look sweet. I may be going the Busa...

Thanx Rob!

Problem with 2001 R1 Calipers on 1986 VMax Hello Members and Visitors, Based on what I've been reading I bought a set of 2001 R1 calipers (blue dot) on eBay for $140. My understanding was that they would be a simple bolt on swap for my 1986 VMax. Much to my surprise, they're not. The span...