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Some of you guys may remember the Chrome Spider thread from a few years ago....well this dude showed up today. No idea what kind he is but I saw him as the enemy and whacked his ass with a board! :rip: creepy spider!

OK, it was an adventure but my '89 had its starter clutch on so tight, I had to resort to extreme means. No amount of heat, air tools, sledge hammering or dirty looks got it to budge :bang head:. I then resorted to the 12 ton gear puller from Harbor Freight:ummm:. Like a few others on the...

Before I start... 5300 miles on bike. Sat from '05-'11, when I bought it. It was obviously under a tree or something for a lot of that time. I've been getting 20 mpg for all three tanks of fuel I've put through my max.... I know that's not right. Everything seems to run smoothly, but I don't...

I bought a proper fork seal driver and got started but I'll be damned if I can get the bottom allen bolt out. I've hammered on it with a 1/2" impact but it doesn't budge. What is the next step to try? Is there a way to dig the old seal out and just replace it without disassembling the fork...

I had this in the vboost room but seemed appropriate to move it with the turn it has taken. Basically what I have is a mess. Found that the ignition switch is an epoxied together cobbled mess. In the harness that goes up to the right side switches at the handlebar I.E. run/off, on/res, and...

I ordered up the parts for the forks and am getting ready to go on vacation so I found a local Indy to do the front end while I'm gone. Went out to get on the bike to take it over to him. Hit the choke turned on the key bowls filled servo did it's thing hit the button spins but no start so I...

I can't get this bike to fit me. I'm undecided between hiring a welder and selling it. The mods I need would likely be more than I have to spend. I traded my Harley FXDX for this Vmax; I definately traded up. The Dyna, the most sporting model in the Harley lineup, was not only slow, but also I...