gear

My wife and I are riding from Minneapolis to glacier national park in June and we don't have rain gear. I went into a local apparel shop to look at frogtroggs or what ever there called. They where running about $80 for the jacket and pants, they go over your other riding gear. But than I found...

I dropped by a local shop to sked a tune up as my bike likes to cough and spit some. I casually mentioned the 2nd gear issue (pops out) and the owner (who says he's had more than one Vmax) brought up something interesting. His brother apparently ran across a procedure for replacing 2nd...

Offhand, does anyone know the dimensions of the crush washer on the bottom bolt of the middle gear cover? Mine seems to be weeping slightly and I wanted to replace it. Thanks!!

Hey guys, How do you raise the gear shift lever a little bit? I got some beefy new boots and would like a little more room to get them under the shift lever (1/4-1/2 inch or so). Thanks.

sean, you don't deal in gear do you? just looking at some speed n strength stuff and thought i'd ask the question (for gear in general).

Theoretical situation: 1987 Vmax slips out of first gear, but starts fine in second gear. What is broken? How much money to fix? How difficult is procedure to fix it? This is theoretical, just want a quick estimation from you pros! Thanks! -Froggy

hi new to this site. hope some one can help i bought my first max and got it running today and unfortunately when driving down the road its jumping (grinding) in 2nd gear :bang head: even with the problem its still a nice bike! im looking for a downloadable workshop manual if any one knows of...

Getting ready to attempt to remove/replace the middle gear nut while everything is in the bike. Need advice on best way to do this. Put bike in gear, not in gear, etc.

Hey all, I don't know if anyone has had as much trouble as me trying to find riding gear for kids. Helmets and gloves are pretty easy, but decent jackets and boots and such are almost non existant. I found this store that is in England called babybiker.com. They have everything you could ever...

The starter gear hangs up on my 2001 V-Max (38,000 miles). It's never been replaced. A reputable Yamaha mechanic told me that since I use Mobile 1 motorcycle oil, it's the leading cause to the problem. He went on to say that synthetic oil is so good that it makes it harder for the starter and...

Replaced 2nd gear with a used ebay part and now 2nd gear is there but slipping. I did not have second gear at all before changing it. 2nd gear is slipping under load (4-5k). I want to change it with new parts but I will need the part numbers. I cannot afford to undercut the gears. After...

Hi, First post as I am picking up a 98 VMAX next week, brother had one years ago with no real serious issues, great forum with so much info. My fear is even if second gear is fine now (14k miles looked after) is it so common that failure is inevitable? Looking through this seems to come up...

not sure if this is the right place for this...but... i see a lot pf maxes for sale cheaper..because they have the bad 2nd gear...poppin put and whatnot. does anybody know aproxx how much the repair wld be..asumming second gear is completely spent? i most likely would not attempt it...

i have a gear mesh whine coming from the engine when im slowing down, also if i put the bike on the centre stand there seems to be a lot of back lash in the drive shaft is this adjustable also i am running metzlers front and back and both tires are scalloped Any ideas on both

I know 2nd gear is jello on these bikes. Mine is just fine until i am getting on it. But it dont pop out of gear though. I always miss 2nd gear when im hot rodding. If i slow down shifting it goes kust fine but if i try and hurry it it just wont go. Can anything be adjusted or is 2nd gear just...

I can see a timing mark on the balance shaft, but I can't see one on the crank gear. The genuine and aftermarket manual I've got don't have any good pics. There is white paint on one of the teeth. I scraped it off a bit but couldn't see an indent.:ummm:

I started by bike today and I lost all my gears. There is no friction when I let the clutch out and the bike does not pull. I can feel each gear click thru, but I get nothing in all gears. I don't know what is up and I never had this problem before. Please any help asap would be greatly appreciated.

Hey everyone. My name is Dan. I'm a new rider and for my first bike, I purchased a 1985 V-Max. I know, way more bike than anyone needs until after a decade of riding, but it's all been good and fun until recently. I purchased the bike before I had a license and had a friend who had been...

Hi Everyone, I installed forward controls on my Vmax the other day and have a strange feeling to first gear not. All of the up shifts feel normal. When I down shift the throw feels shorter than it should and when I am in neutral and shift to first there is no feeling the bike goes into gear. I...

How do you properly unstake the middle gear nut and also restake it? What tools do you use and what procedure? I want to remove and replace that nut in the engine. Also if its done in the engine willing the banging around on the nut cause any unwanted consequences on the tranny?