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Hi, Im new here but Ive been lurking and reading for a while. I got my 1st VMax about 4 months ago and absolutely love it. Only problem Ive had is what seems to be the all too common starting problems. When I bought the Max the P.O. had it on a battery tender and it started great, hot or...

Hey guys.. Bit of a problem.. Just picked up my bike from the transporter (haul bikes ) and the battery rolled out dead.. Eventually since the transporter refused to let me charge my bike with the battery tender he had on his, I had a buddy bring his truck and cables to charge my bike.. We...

I'm just about to give up and say my first Colorado RV trip just wasn't meant to be.. 1991 ck2500 Chevy 4x4. No trailer fuses to worry about. All fuses (one set) are in the dash very far low left and have been checked. When the truck's lights work.. There is power at the 6 pin plug...

Hello guys! I've finally put my 88 MAX back together, and it's been running good since i calibrated the carbs. Yesterday i was out riding, after a hard accellereration, it started to sputter. I drove it back home, and found that i didn't run on the aft cylinder on the right side. Did the...

About a year ago I had the carbs on my 1986 Vmax completely rebuilt. About Christmas time or soon after, i forget exactly when, my left rear cylinder quit working. My battery is good. I have switched wires that work from other cylinders, coils, and new spark plugs (twice). I have spark at...

I have an 85 Vmax with pretty much stock. Last summer, it died on us when we were on the interstate. It was a really hot day. Luckily, we were able to coast up an off ramp and walk it to a gas station. After it cooled down for about an hour, it started up fine and we made it home without any...

Hey guys I am new here and this is my second vmax now, I have been reading on here for a few years now and found multiple fixes but now I am stumped. The other day I left my new to me 1990 vmax outside for the night after riding it for a few weeks without a problem, then it rained. Now when...

I am having issue to keep my vmax running. I can start up the bike with choke, but when I turn off the choke it dies. or with the choke on, If I crank gas a bit it dies. ppl have suggest it might be the sync issue, but I am still trying to get a sycn tool. from time to time I head some high...

Took my bike out after sitting a while and now it's running a little hot. Not overheating but up to the line of normal before it overheats. Any suggestions? Also where exactly is the thermostat on these? Any help appreciated. Ed

Hey all, I was wondering if anyone here has pictures of an engin stand they use while the bike is out of the frame. I actually have a junk frame that I am planning on using. I have enough parts laying around that I should be able to make a functional stand to run/test engines. I have a...

Hey fellow maxers looking for help. Before I parked bike for the winter filled tank with high octane gas also a friend suggested using somthing called Marine stable. Guess its supposed to keep gas stable by keeping water from building up. Never tried it before so did it. Well today it was 65...

Hello All, I just recently had my 16k mile service performed and when I got my bike back, I discovered that I have no running turn lights on the front any more. I do not want to take my bike back up to those guys due to the fact I don't trust their work any longer. Where is the most likely...

I think that from the start I have been running on 3 cylinders. I finally was able to change my main jets in a 49 stater I bought last October. I went through the bike and had put my Holeshot exhaust from my Cali 05 onto my 49 Stater 05. Was running rich - So I asked for help and it seems to run...

I never noticed it before, but recently I've run out of gas a couple of times. My Granddaughter thinks it is funny as hell. "Grandpa, some motorcycle guys check their gas before they go". I thought I had missed the low fuel light the first time It happened. But this time I saw the light come...

Hi I did about 300km on the bike on Sunday and it was awesome, I washed it and parked it in the shed till this morning when I got it out to go to work. There was a faint backfire at low RPM but it went away once I was out of the driveway. I hit the highway and opened her up and that's when i...

Took the max out for a 115 mile ride on sunday, ran perfect! Took it out today and once I try to make with some hard acceleration it misses and stutters like crazy, I dont have my service manual right now so I dont know what the coil reistances shoud be, anybody got them memorized. If its...

Have the morey muscle kit dales 4-2 pipes didn't matter what jet it was always 11-12 % on air fuel mix so put in the 177.5 put in the 165 dj mains runing richer, so started looking at the float level thats fine in the carbs while running gas comin out the needle so replaced oring on the needle...

So i fired bike up today to put fuel in it. It ran great the other night and tonight it acted like it was missing on 1 or 2 cylinders. I got back and thought ignition as I just put an ignitech unit in the other night that i rode it. So i checked spark at all 4 COP's and all of them had...

I finally got my vmax running today sort of. The left front cylinder and left rear cylinder are not firing. There is no spark. The plugs are new. The entire bike was disassembled for repainting including wiring. I am not sure what would cause this or how to start diagnosing it. Thanks for any...

so i had my carbs apart several times in an attempt to rebuild renew and stop a sticky float issue. now that i have reassembled my carbs and installed them for the 3rd time one of my slides is not moving when i rev the engine. i can manually move it and it has approximately the same action as...