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Hi All, I'm new to the forum but have owned my '85 max for about 5 years. I'm hoping someone has gone thru what I've gone thru and knows how to fix my issue. Since I bought the bike it has intermittently lost power around 3500 rpm. I've replaced all the coils, plug wires, plugs, pickup...

Given the same P:W ratio, will a light bike leave the line faster? Take a 700 pound bike/rider with 100 hp (7:1) vs a 450 pound bike/rider with 65 hp (7:1) ... which one leaves the line first? Given for the sake of argument that "power" is just that ... total power. Let's pretend the...

Just put some Supertrapp slip-ons on my 90 VMAX. They were used, but in excellent condition, the guy I bought them from had them on a 2005 model, and he told me he had put 4 or 5 discs in each side, they sound GOOD! However, my "seat of the pants" dyno is telling me that I have lost power. I...

power sterring fluid comparable to what wt. oil I recently rebuilt my front forks and used Power sterring fluid to refill tubes. It all works good, but I was curious to know what wt. oil is power sterring fluid comparable to.

The other day I went to start my bike, turned the key on, everything seemed normal, but when I touched the start button, it made a little click and then no power to anything, neutral light off, nothin.:confused2: So I took the seat off, disconnected and reconnected the negative side of the...

Hey All, My machinist says he can shave the heads and decrease the combustion chamber, and increase the compression ratio. Any ideas as to how this will effect Torque or HP. What else I can do to VMax heads to squeeze some more juice out of them? Port? Polish? Any dyno numbers on some...

I have a 1985 VMAX that someone put new cams in. Since they put these in the motor has absolutely no power. You can actually stop the running motor by putting your hand over the exhaust pipe. Compression is very low 92-118. Valve adjustments are close but not close enough. Leak down tests are...

I ran across this tonight and knew some of you would appreciate it if you havnt seen it. http://www.modifiedpowerwheels.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=17704&whichpage=1

I recently got this new laptop for work with windows 7 and all this new stuff that thats the same but looks different. I'm adjusting slowly. We were watching some DVD's on it today, it is hooked up to my TV with some cable but I don't know what any of this crap is called. Anyways, I...

Where would be the closest place for me to tap into a 12V power source near the speedometer? I'm installing a KOSO RX-2n on a 85 VMax and don't want to run a wire all the way to the battery for power. Thanks.

Have had no issues with my baby, but it has set up for a couple of months and not rode. I cranked it up yesterday and noted that I had to keep the choke slightly on or it would die. When I revved the throttle it wanted to die, but when I rode it at mid rpms there was no issues. Only when I...

Bought a 06 Vmax beginning of this year. Carbs were gummed up bad. Had Joe at Boxenstopp clean and adj carbs (4/1 Kerker pipe). Have not gotten over 30 mpg in town or on road. Is this normal? 2nd issue. After riding the bike for 45 minutes it suddenly started running aweful. Felt like 50%...

Has anyone run the Michelin power race (medium) radials? I have a new 190/50 ZR17 on back and a badly cupped Avon Azaro 120/70 ZR17 front. I want to replace it with a Michelin power race medium 120/70 zr17 but cant find one. where can I buy one? Or alternatives?

Hi, A friend was riding his 89 vmax, heard a rattle, then the engine quit along with all power. He had it towed today, the shop suspected a bad stator but hadn't looked at it yet. Any ideas? Greg

Finally was able to get the bike out on the road and its not pulling past 5k. Pulled the air box top and cleaned thoroughly the intake holes with carb cleaner. While I was doing this I noticed that the slides wouldn't move, at all, even revving to 7k. I had the carb side covers p/c this year...

Power Commander V new sealed in the box E-bay item #110394704497 $239.95 shipped. I got mine!:punk: Only Three left. Philip

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Hello fellow VMAX'ers! I'm not a "regular" here, although I have a 90' VMAX which happens to be my favorite motorcycle of all time! However, I restore Honda V65's as a hobby, and also dabble in the big ZL900 and ZL1000 Kawasaki Eliminators, have one of each of those also! Anyways, I got into...

I'm looking to make a simple switch where I can stop the servo in place. I want it so I can stop it during it's cycling to keep it wide open, then switch it back when I want it to perform normally. I searched and can't seem to find which wire is the power wire for the servo. I did find the 3...

I bought a pair of inexpensive driving lights, 55 watts each, and wonder if the charging system will carry the extra load. I plan to wire them direct from the battery, (Odyssey PC680) with their own switch and fuse. Anybody know the charging output for an '85 Max? The owners manual doesn't give...