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I recently cleaned carbs, installed new pilot air adjustment screws set at 3 turns out, did carb sync. I didn't fiddle with new pilot air adjustment and the bike is at a perfect idle, if I bip the throttle it returns nicely to 1000 rpm. When I took it for a ride, I noticed around 4000 to 4500...

Zilla has had this goofy quirk for a while now. Bike starts instantly. Runs fine. However when doing a cold start, and start riding, the bike cuts out just for a fraction of a second when you let off the gas, pull in the clutch, or hit a bump. After about 1/4 mile, it stops, and the bike works...

Hi Guys, Still having a self battle about selling vs keeping my Gen 2 Vmax. I thought I would change the oil and to be honest it is in winter storage and I didn't even look at it last summer to see if it was just like the gen 1's to do oil changes. It's been awhile since I owned my last...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-Vmax-Corbin-Seat-Basket-Weave-Finish-/172598587694?hash=item282fad712e:g:0uYAAOSwuxFY2qTq Am thinking of buying this corbin seat,how does it fasten on my vmax.Is it better for back problems,or should i just get a seat cover for my stock seat.Will it be a comfort...

Hi guys, I am back with another question for y'all :rofl_200: I have bought a "flasher" for the brake light. It basically makes the brake flash fast a few times, then a long flash then steady. It's all in effort to be visible...

Hey Guys, I am thinking about replacing my stock exhaust with a full Delkevic set since my stock headers look like ass. The previous owner apparently never cleaned the front headers and they look bad. Nice and pitted :( So....I figured I could get some nice new shiny headers and new cans and...

When I bought my bike a little over 2 years ago, I rode it home and found the #3 coil wire broken. I repaired it, and eventually upgraded to Coil Over Plugs (COPs). It's continually had strange "popping" sounds from #3. I have a true 4-into-4 exhaust now, so I can hear and feel what that...

I finally decided to address my leaking front reservoir by buying a Shondy Shindy 17-651 Silver Body/Silver Lever Brake Master Cylinder Kit https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003YI9UJ2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_ERKQyb60Z1QAN after reading good reviews. The question: it doesn't have a brake light switch. Any...

Has anyone experienced any type of wobble, after going to radials?

Imagine yourself as a drifter on a motorcycle. No job you have to get back to, no home you call your own. A wanderer of the world on two wheels. Taking the roads less traveled, eating in the hole in the walls rather than the corporate chains, spending more nights sleeping under the stars than...

I look through the list of people that are online almost every time I log onto the forum. I have noticed that there is a little "+" sign after some of the members names.. Anyone know what the "+" sign means?

I have the muscle seat. After I added the supercharger, the top pulley is making me sit more upright and rearward as it will hit my knee otherwise, putting a lot more pressure on my tail bone. Is there a seat that you can sit further back? I just saw that retro Hungary bike seat and makes me...

After numerous attempts to get the carbs clean so my 1989 would run without the choke, I finally did a compression check. The compression ranged from 60 to 120. I guess it wasn't the carbs after all. Now the engine is out and the rear head is off. Every exhaust valve so far has a couple of...

Something to ponder. While riding in NJ last weekend, I noticed I was in 5th gear, and using about 5% of throttle, (if you broke up the full range of throttle by into 20 equal segments, minus the idle position), and I was doing about 55 MPH.. Realizing how much more throttle I could twist...

Hey guys! Quick question, a search yielded no solid answer. I have a 2003 Vmax. It has a 17" Dymag rear wheel, and an 18" Dymag front. Will these wheels still use stock style rotors? Do I need to order anything special, or just rotors for an 03 Vmax? Rear rotor is looking slim, and I'm...

Where I left off, the "shotgun" fixed my bad idle/ low power question. Today I decided to try to sync the carbs and to futz with the air-fuel screws. 1) Even if I tightened the screw for carbs 3&4 all the way, they still wouldn't go to the same vacuum. Thoughts? 2) Tightening the air-fuel...

What is the OD of the terminal collectors? I

I know where the bolts are that hold the rear fender on but I'm not quite sure about the bottom and how I disconnect the plastic liner of the fender. I dropped something down inside the fender well and need to take it apart to get it and I'd also like to learn how to disassemble the rear...

First off let me apologize, I know there has got to be a thread on here that will answer my question but for some reason my phone will not allow me to select the search option on here. Anyways, I have a 2006 Vmax and I've noticed a small coolant leak coming from the weap hole on the water pump...

Hey Guys! first post on the forum forgive me if I did this wrong. A week ago I took my swing arm off in order to slide in the shaft that i accidentally pulled out. So I was wondering is it possible to tighten the two swing arm bolts in a way that the swing arm is not center anymore making the...