missing or popping

Hello everybody. I just got (June 19th, Fathers day no less) my second hand-me-down bike from my dad The first was a 1982 Virago 750 and now...... A 1985 V-max! Only real downside is that it has 56,000 miles, eek! Well last spring he was thinking of giving it to me and when he fired it up he...

My Vmax is new to me so I dont know what they act like when cold. Is it normal to miss fire when cold (less than 60 deg outside)? When the engine is cold it seems to miss on random cylinders. I have not done much to my 85 vmax other than a carb cleaning. If one drives only a block or so it...

I recently bought a 97 vmax. Just got out friday and drove it to work for the first time. It didn't run very good. At any speeds below 50 MPH when cruising one cylinder is missing and popping. Only when cruising, if I get on the throttle it disappears. Also it doesn't matter what the temperature...