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for me being an auto and motorcycle tech for 30 yrs. i should be able to feel a misfire. this bike runs great, plenty of power, and idles good. i have a hand held thermometer gun. 3 cyls. running normal temp but rt. frt. cyl cold. now that i know this i can feel that it does seam to start to...

Yesterday and today, callers who stopped to pay their final respects to the late Mr. Col?n got a bit of a surprise. Instead of the traditional presentation of the body in a casket, Mr. Col?n?s corpse, dressed in casual duds and sunglasses, was instead posed in a very lifelike position atop his...

I went out this morning and for South Florida it was a bit cool out, being 37F. I jumped into my truck, turned the key and only got a few revolutions and then click, click, click. Since it is Monday and everybody I know is at work and I don't have a battery charger, I wasn't sure what to do. I...

Noted custom motorcycle builder Jesse James takes the Star VMAX for a spin in his new hit TV show “Jesse James is a Dead Man” this Sunday August 9th on Spike TV. Shot on location at El Mirage Dry Lake in Southern California during the final show of the season, Jesse pilots the VMAX on several...

Ive used the search tab to no real success with this issue. so i hope maybe someone can shed some light on my problem. last Monday i was on a long ride and washed the bike immediately when i got into town... after the wash i noticed a slight miss and a little lack of power. i figured wet...

R.I.P. Walter!!

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Quick question. I am charging right now. Ignition on or off? I am guessing off? When off I get a steady red light when on i get a flashing red. It is a cheap dellran charger so just one indicator light!

Not only did Farrah Fawcett die today, but Michael Jackson was rushed to the hospital today and wasn't breathing. Lots of people I've seen in the last hour said the radio claims that he's dead also.

Just got my 86 max back together. Took it down the road now it seems to be running on 3 cyl. If you unplug the coils the r/r coil seems to be the problem, but I switched coils and the problem stays w/ that cyl. Does anybody have any ideas? Thanks Jay

Just curious... I dont know of any bikes now that have carbs on them?!? As I anxiously await getting my '07 Vmax, Im quite excited, except being a younger guy (29) I've never really messed with carbs, so when it comes time to do any work, I'll have to call the old man up!!! MY current Z1000...

So I took the engine guards off my bike and I'm going to sell them. Before I sell them though, I need to figure out wtf happened to the left one.....the chrome is seemingly gone. I used some chrome polish and that didn't bring it back to it's shiny state like the right side one is. See attached...

I was going to start my max yesterday just to hear the sound during these winter months.. But when i hit the starter button i heard a little bang maybe more like a poof sound and now every thing is dead. When i switch the bike on i have no lights in the dash, no fuel pump sound. I do hear a...

Ok I just bought the bike and this is the first bike I bought in winter time so my question is do you think a bike thats been stored in a warm showroom then brought to a 20 degree garage would that be enough to drain battery? When I went to start it next day damn near dead! So I pulled off seat...

Hey Everyone, I am a new Vmax owner. got a 2005. the battery that was in the bike was the stock battery and was going dead. I replaced it a week ago and everything was going fine until i tried to start it about an hour ago. The thing was so dead, my lights wouldnt even come on. i checked it with...

If I may I would like to revist the possibility of using an inline resistor that feed the coil. Bear with me I will try to keep this as short as possible for those of you who have a short attention span (Mark, Bob :eusa_dance:) We already know that using a resistor inline that feeds the coils...

any suggestions on the best way to jump start a low battery. dave

Went for a ride today and as bike was in need of a wash i washed it spraying it with water 1st then going over it with a wet soapy sponge . After i had washed it i dried it off went to start it up . It made the Vboost noise etc etc then nothing , i thort it got wet then i noticed 2 wires off...

I was driving home from Stuttgart on Saturday when my speedometer needle started jumping around and finally just stayed on zero. I knew it had to be wrong since I was sure to be travelling about 80MPH according to my GPS and things were whizzing by. I have checked the cable and it seems to be...

OK, I've been working on my carbs (took off and cleaned), and now I want to see if my work paid off. I bought the bike a week ago from an auction (it's an '02 with 7900 miles). The battery was weak, so I had a charger on it set at 10 amps. When turning on the key to get the pump to prime, it...