engine

Hi all. Anyone recommend a good engine paint for my 2000 Max? It's in bloody good nick but just needs a wee touch up here and there. Also is it just classed as gloss or something else. Sorry if that sounds like a dumb question but don't want to F@#k it up.

I've read that using X-1R in the right proportions with engine oil and gear lube will provide for a much smoother gearbox, neutral is easier to find and the engine will probably run better. I understand this is NASA stuff. Website: www.x1r.com. I bought the X-1R engine treatment (yellow...

:bang head:Ok everyone I have some questions. I been looking to paint my engine & was wondering who uses what? It seems that brake caliper paint & engine paint are the same both rated for extreme heat. I want a nice gloss from the paint also being on a budget limits me ( some used the 2k 2 part...

I just found out today that if your kickstand is out the engine will die if put in to gear. I'm sure most of you know this but I didn't and couldn't figure it out until I was going to park it and call the wife for a ride so I could get my trailer. Anyway, if you didn't know now you do.

Hey All - Would like to see some pics of your engine both sides please with the black covers if at all possible. I was on the website and just a tad unclear about the black being used. It looks like a matte black - thinking of doing the whole set of 4 and I own a 05 and would like it to match -...

I have had the engine stalll when I sit at a light for more than a few minutes twice .Has this happened to anyone else?.

I'm going to go over the engine and just touch up where there is scratches. Can I just get engine paint and retouch or do I need to primer the tiny spot first? Not sure if there is even touch up paint like there is with exterior of car paint that can take high temps. I can spray black onto a...

Hi guys and thank you in advance for your opinions. Lately I can hear a rattling noise coming from the right side of the engine. At the beginning I thought to myself that it might a valve or camshaft drive , but listening carefully while I was driving I noticed that the rattling noise was no...

A guy I work with was "schooling" me on the v4 engine and Vboost tech. He claimed that Harley was designing the new v4 in the late 70's and scrapped it selling some of the patents to Honda who then sold the tech info to Yamaha. Speculation or truth to this?

hi to all, i am a newbie at this and bought and followed the clymer guide on how to remove the carbs, i loosened the screws on the clamps that hold the carb to the bike, the guide then says to lift the carb off the bike, when i try this nothing happens the carbs are stuck on the bike, i...

I am really frustrated, are carbs so difficult to deal with or am I having the I.Q of a house plant ??? Here's my story, my bike was never running as should and recently it backfired so I decided to take the carbs off for the zillionth time :) I made sure that carb cleaner would go in every...

My oil leak has been narrowed down to this small pin underneath the oil gallery plug. I did a temp repair with a glob of Yamabond yesterday to confirm. After a 120 mile ride it was dry. On Sean's great advise, I'll be removing the pin the factory put in there. Then pipe tap and pipe plug the...

I have spent a lot of time troubleshooting my carbs, I had it lean/rich/not synced and a lot more until recently things are fine and the motorcycle is performing good. I still feel that my carbs have something wrong which I am unable to figure out. I am going to list the symptoms hoping someone...

For this on a website here's the pic of blue engine bolts... http://cruton.bmg.uab.edu/Pics/DSC00487.JPG He said there from MEK on his site but I went to MEK and cannot find them! Here's his sight http://cruton.bmg.uab.edu/Page3.htm

I am curious to those that have 1500+cc engines how you ride them. Everyday, weekend only. Radical monster power making unreliable race only etc. Can you ride it like a stock engine? Meaning how picky is it with you. Do you feel like you constantly have to tinker with it, or do you just hop...

OK, I dumped the bike. Damage was pretty minor overall, but I've got some questions in regards to repair of the motorcycle parts that were damaged. I scraped up the faust scoop a little bit and need some recommendations. is it better to repair (sand and polish out the scrapes) or to replace...

I've never set the valves on a Vmax with engine installed. I bench lashed the heads, completed engine assembly, rechecked them and figured out what I needed I then ordered shims, got the wrong ones (29mm instead of 25mm) and had to re-order and am still waiting on them. They should be here by...

I need to paint part of my '06 engine once the repairs are complete. I know I can go to colorite and buy a $40 can of spray paint and then another $8 or so to ship it. Not really looking forward to doing that though. I was wondering if anyone has found a readily available paint that would...

Hi. Fellow riders.. Had some difficulty starting the engine even I stop it a few hours ago.. Had to on and off the ignition a few times with choke on to get it start. Any possible problem that you guys know off? Bike is a stock 93. Thanks in advance.

This only happens intermittently (and, at night when it's dark).....I will notice sparking from the plug wire AND/OR the engine (valve cover) to the frame of the bike. Again, it's only on occasion, and it's from the #1 cylinder (left side, closest to rider?). Has anyone seen that sort of thing...