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guys, I'm on a road trip through central america with 2 vmaxs (one is a 2005 the other a 2006). the 2006 bike is having the following problem, intermittently. With transmission in neutral we turn the key to the on position and no lights come on. Not the neutral light nor the headlight (as they...

Reposted from electrical for maybe more views: Hi all, I have just replaced the entire wiring harness on my Vmax after my old one nearly burned in two in the fuel pump area from a fuel fire. Haven't pinpointed the cause yet, but I did discover that tank vent valve was clogged. I did find a...

Hi all, I have just replaced the entire wiring harness on my Vmax after my old one nearly burned in two in the fuel pump area from a fuel fire. Haven't pinpointed the cause yet, but I did discover that tank vent valve was clogged. I did find a lot of cracks in the fuel pump diaphram, and the...

Who can help me with this........my front two cylinders are firing good.....rear right cylinder fires when i spray a little carb cleaner in the carb. but the rear left does not fire. Took out the spark plug , started the engine and I have good spark. Where to start ?

Hi All, My father in law is done with his Vmax, he's had it for 30 years, bought it new in 85/86. He wants to sell it and we're not sure what it's worth. The good, bad, and ugly. Good 85! one owner taken care of garaged engine is clean the bad something going on with the...

You guys have any general tips for starting in cool ~56F weather? I've not ridden this bike during the cooler seasons yet so I haven't perfected the cold start. I started this morning out with a full choke start and it would just turn over but never start up. Was a bummer of a day. I've yet...

Hello, I just swapped a 1992 engine into my 1986 Vmax but the coil pick up wiring is different than the original wiring harness connections. Old original engine seized up and new engine came from ebay w/ 17k miles. 55k miles on bike currently. Bike is equipped with the following: Fulll...

Last week, I moved to a new city for a new job, and left my bike in the old garage for about a week, untouched, not started at all. Last week Friday, I brought a trailer to load her up and she started up on the first try, running great. The next day, I went for a ride, and she fired right up...

Anyone have issues burning out coils if the bike sits in the rain (or you're washing the bike). I had a set of used R6 coils, and I'm down to two now, as the other two started to arc after it sat in some heavy-ish rain. Not sure if it's the water that's making them go bad or just coincidence.

Im having a problem with my clutch. When the bike gets warm and I'm at a intersection in gear, the bike wants to creep forward. If im in neutral and shift into first, sometimes it will kill the motor. I flushed the clutch fluid and it helped a little but it's still doing it. The bike has 21,000...

During the winter I replaced the slave cylinder on my '88 V-max. Before, the slave cylinder was shot and was leaking to the point where it was draining all the fluid out. Put a brand new slave cylinder back in, now the clutch feels like it slips, however instead of a usual slip where the clutch...

I got me a VMax (yay!) a couple weekends ago, it's a 05 with 16k miles on it and I can having a few issues with it and need some guidance on what to do on them. 1. It will not start when cold with the choke fully on, I have to blip the throttle to get it to start up then it idles a little...

Hi all, I have an 88 Vmax, lately I have been having trouble upshifting usually 1st to 2nd gear & occasionally feeling like rough meshing, false neutrals and trouble finding neutral while parking. Last night coming home from work I went to gear down from 5 to 1st coming up to lights and found I...

So I did the shot gun method. The brass plugs had already been removed. Diaphragms are black, no felt around the edge. They look to be in good shape, no holes, guessing they have been replaced (thoughts?). Counted mix screws in 1/8th turns (19, 24, 22 and 19). I set them all to 19 1/8th...

My '85 has some issues at light throttle/cruise especially in higher gears/heavier load. The bike is stock other than the 4 into 4 Cobra slip-ons. I pulled the carbs and cleaned them, replaced a coast enricher diaphragm that was bad, jetted it down to 147.5 base on Sean's advice due to the...

Well the bike was turning over hard...maybe this? Tire rubbing the swing arm....missing a spacer??? What does this wire go to?? Thanks for any help!!

I finally got around to removing the old lollypop signals, but when I began the install I was baffled by the wire colors on the new ones. I understand the wires coming from the bike (blue = running light, black = ground, brown = left turn signal, green = right turn signal). Unfortunately the...

I have a 1992 Max been a great bike but I've been having fuel in the airbox. Then the other day I was riding down the road and she didn't have hardly any power at all and all the sudden the tach was jumping up super fast without the motor actually revving. Any help would be great.

Hi fellas, wondering if someone is able to help me solve the issue I'm having with my problem. The bike just came back from the vales adjusted. Was sitting in the garage waiting to get the scoops and relays back in place. Recently changed fuel filter, spark plugs. Took my fuel pump apart and...

Good morning. After going through the forums I've found a lot of useful information however didn't feel any of the threads answered my question. First off, this is what I have and repairs I've performed. Own a stock 1998 1200cc VMAX. No mod's have been done to this bike. Maintenance I've...