question

Can anybody tell me how I can completely take it apart so I can get underneath the tach face itself? I attached a picture of how far I've managed to get. If any of you guys know I'd be willing to get a quick and dirty rundown from you over the phone because this one is making my brain itchy.

Hey! New to the Forum; hoping for some good feedback. I have an '85 VMax that's been rebuilt top to bottom and has worked perfect the last 3 years. This morning it left me stranded for the first time. I was in a haul ass hurry because I was late for work so I'd been cruising at about 85 (faster...

Hello All, A few questions that I need answered.. 1) The crimp fix....is there an alternative? possibly a different way instead of soldering the crimp? maybe adding a new wire...don't know im just curious. point me to the link or right direction.... 2) Regulator/rectifier.... Is there a...

Our apprentice here at work has now got his 95 Vmax running, sort of. We found one cylinder down and traced it back to a bad coil and also found the TCI bad on that leg that fed the coil. My suspicion was that the failed coil may have nuked the TCI? Anyway, we manged to find a good coil and...

Hi Guys, I have a simple question.. When you turn your key to the on position, does your headlight come on? Mine come on, then goes out as I press the starter. As soon as the bike fires up, it comes back on.. Just wondered, because a fellow rider made mention all of his bikes (Non V-Max's)...

I went to the VA here in Lexington and parked my bike next to a Kawasaki Concours; I couldn't help but notice that it had an 18X3.00 front wheel with a 110/80R-18 front radial tire and a 16X3.50 rear wheel with a 150/60R-16 rear radial tire. I was just wondering if it would be possible to modify...

Hey guys...was installing my new to me (used) holeshot exhaust and it appears that the stock header flange bolts might be too short. I say might because when I look at the pics on the Holeshot Performance site it appears that the stock bolts are used and that the flanges don't even come close...

Hi all: Hope you're all doing okay. I've got a question: I'm rebuilding my crankcase breather housing, and I've seen mentioned in the forum the use of "Yamabond". I checked Yamaha's site, and there are about a dozen different varieties of Yamabond. So, do any of you know which...

Picked up a bunch of gear from a retired '06 including the tach gauge cluster. Looks identical except for the fuel light wiring, theres and extra pin in the red connector (black on red wire)...My harness connector is black. What is the wiring mod needed or does the '89 sender have to be used?

So my buddy is mostly finished building this Kawasuki, a '74 750cc Kawasaki triple 2-stroke motor in a '94 Suzuki GXR750 frame. Looks (& sounds!!) pretty sharp as you can see. Still working out some jetting issues but this question is about the charging system problem he is having. The bike is...

First, my pilot fuel jets are marked 40 whereas I think stock size is like 37.5? Any reason why the PO would have put a larger one in and should I bother going back to stock or can I just screw in my A/F screws a bit to compensate? Secondly, how much of a difference does half a clip on a...

My buddy Seth and I are trying to get his marker / blinker lights working on his YZF before we ride to Thunder. He was having all kinds of weird shit happening and after I told him to get an LED blinker relay and we installed it, it fixed most of the problems. Now for my question....does anybody...

Okay, so I installed my float needle and seat. While I had everything apart, I decided to clean the the carburetors. Then I noticed something: One of the carburetor throttle butterflies is stamped with the number "130". The remaining butterflies are stamped with the number "125" . I went...

Recently got my Max running and took it out for our first test ride. The water temperature went straight up to the red line and stayed there as the fan kicked on. Coolant poured from the overflow tank and coolant steam heated my legs. Got her back home and did a flush then filled with new...

How do you install the fly-screen on a gen 1? I just got one but it looks like it wont fit unless I remove the directional's and front brake line guide to install it

Hey guys I am changing the rear shocks but would like to maintain the stock height. Which progressives are suitable for that? 11 , 11.5 , 12 , 12.5 or 13 inches?

I have access to some manometers at work. My question is can I use four individual manometers to do a cab sync and get it real close? We have single manometers at work to check gas pressure on furnaces.

I'm thinking about buying a can of carb dip from NAPA. Never used it before. Will it ruin plastic? The plastic piece that the float drain tubes connect to are still in the body. I also noticed some plastic washers on the throttle shafts under the E-clips. Do these plastic parts need removed...

K ... so ... I have ordered a replacement carb slide/diaphram because the diaphram repair on my number 1 carb ain't gonna last. When the Stage 7 kit was installed, instruction 1 [1. Remove the vacuum slides from the carbs. Remove the stock needles and spacers, noting the order of assembly...

I bought one of those die cast metal 60 LED cateye taillights on EBay for around $35.00... It replaced the stock light, but I did keep the plastic cowling in place. No problems wiring it up, and the tail light is really bright. Problem is, the brake light works, but is almost unnoticeable, as...