idle

Hi all, (Please forgive if I’m not posting this is the right section) This may be a little long-winded, but I want to try to provide all the details. I have a 97 vmax , which sat stored in my garage for almost 6 month. Last summer, after trickle charging the battery over night, I...

I have an '03 Max and for the last couple of years it would tend to ide a bit high and then settle down to 1k. Now it will be idling at 1k and then on its own idle up to 3k on its own and stay there. It has also recently starting surging on the freeway. I bought carb rebuild kits on Ebay...

Hey Guys I was wondering if the big cams I put in would cause me to get lean stumble at idle when the bike is warmed up? :confused2: Here is what is going on. I have the A/F meter hooked up that verifies what is going on. When the bike is cold at idle I am seeing 12.8-13:1. I could probably...

1997 Vmax Only mod = Full Hindle. What should my idle be? Right now it's well under 1000 - but it doesn't die on me - but I have a feeling it should be around 1000. I have no owners manual yet (working on getting one) ________ growing marijuana

I'm not sure where to start.... with the symptoms perhaps. Once the bike is at what I will call the 'normal operating temperature' or about half way on the temp gauge, I experience the following: Idle drops below 1K, not much mind you, kinda jumps from 900-950?. However if I blip the...

Ok, time to throw my dignity out the window and ask the questions.... Let me start here. I'm a PROUD new Vmax owner!! Purchased my Max about 3 weeks ago, it's an '02 Carbon Fiber.... Anyway.... Question 1: At what point does the rad fan kick in? My first day out on the bike, I was sitting in...

Bone stock 2006 and my bike has ALWAYS run rich at idle.....when I pull up to a stop light, the thing stinks like unburnt fuel---I have asked people who ride behind me if they smell anything when we are at speed, and they say no, but who knows if the airflow might be pulling the smell out away...

My bike, which hasn't been getting a lot of miles lately, although I start it at least once a week, is pissed off at me I guess since I ride/wheelie the XR650L to work all the time now.... Anyway, it developed a very severe off-idle to about 1800rpm hiccup, then takes off and runs perfect...

I just bought an 07 VMAX with only 1000 miles, so it probably didn't get ridden too often. I didn't see any other posts that had all these specific issues. Issues; 1. When warm, as soon as it fires up, it immediately jumps to 4K rpms and stays there for quite a while. Sometimes it comes...

Ok folks I figured out my high idle and I still am having a high speed miss. I have ruled out anything in the carbs and my synch is good to go. The bike runs like a freight train until 6-7k rpms and then misses all over the place until redline. I have yellow spark plug wires and have...

Well I think I figured out my high idle. As I stated in the first post toward the end my throttle plate does not rest on the thumb screw idle adjust plate (it sits a few mm off of it but when pushed down my bike will not only idle much lower but also die). I can push it down with my finger...

Ok folks here is the dilema... I just got my carbs back from Mark and put them back on my bike. The bike is now idling around 1400-1600 rpm. Mark did a great job cleaning them btw and I do not believe it is a carb problem at this point as me and him have really been troubleshooting via the...

I lost my idle thumb screw and was wondering if anyone knew what size thread it has? I might roll over to ace hardware or menards and see if they got sumptin that will work...

Hey guys, my name is Lundy and am new to the forum and to the Vmax as well. I purchased a 2000 w/ 22,000 miles on it, just got it yesterday from the Chicago area. The idle is running between 2700-2900 rpm. The bike is supposedly dynojetted, dont know what stage. My multipart...

my 86 has been running fine for the first week that i've had it running mostly just to work and back,28 miles each way all highway and only in the 70's with my temp needle about a needles width below halfway up on the temp gauge.I got stuck in heavy traffic for the first time yesterday and it...

my clutch sounds noisy on idle, especially when warm. Is this normal? It's like a rattling sound, and it goes away when I pull the lever. Separately, as it's a bit hard to pull, I was thinking of flushing the fluid with fresh stuff. How do you bleed the clutch line? Is there a bleeding...

Most carbs I have worked on seem to have well-defined circuits. The carb circuits on the Max seem to have way more overlap... For example, the idle mixture settings seem to produce a very noticeable effect on performance outside of idle. The question is why? If I turn the screws out to 3.5...

Need a little help with this please.. When my bike gets hot and i sit in traffic, i get a lot of popping. It only happens at idle, when i start moving it's fine. I have new plugs, new wires. I did the peashooter and ran 2 bottles of seafoam through the tank. Also had the carbs synched...

My idle mix screws and springs are in good shape. Anyone found a place to get the washer and o-ring separately?

Been riding since I was 16 (37 years ago), most recently a '95 Honda Magna VF750, and picked up a '92 VMax just yesterday. It's in nice shape, cosmetically, but has one major problem. Starts up easily at full choke, will idle nicely, but as soon as you twist the wick it dies out. I'm assuming...