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2012 Spring VBoost Hello fellow VMOA members, There are less than 9 days left until all Spring 2012 VBOOST articles are due. We are always in the need of content. Submit anything you would like. A riding experience, your latest upgrades, how you designed your ride, any tech articles to...

getting close 2012 South Central Rally Schedule Texas Spring Hill Country rally April 20th & 21st Based in Bandera Tx at The Riverfront hotel www.theriverfrontmotel.com/ Phone: Local: (830) 460-3690 Toll-Free: (800) 870-5671 As most of you know i am holding all 11 cabins...

Hey all, I am in the middle of doing the shotgun on the carbs. What does everyone use to clean up the a/f screw and spring? Mine has the white chalky looking buildup on it. Also, how can you tell if the end of the screw is damaged from being bottomed out too hard? Thanks.

Well, it is that time of year where I need to get busy planning the Spring Ice Breaker. Hard to believe that this will be the 7th edition of the ride!!! Dates are fixed at June 1-3rd. What I am struggling with is a location for this years ride. For that I am going to ask you folks for some...

Hi, Just dismantled all 4 carbies and put rebuild kits through them. As I was separating the carbies the workshop manual has a note not to loose the spring that connects the throttle levers. The good news is I didn't loose the spring but the bad news is that I couldn't see where it came from and...

I've seen some postings from people here who live in Europe. I'm trying to think of some Spring Break vacation ideas aside from your typical wild Cancun party. I thought Ireland, Germany, Spain, or Greece would be a blast. If any of you have some suggestions I would sure like to hear them...

I am trying to find the thread for changing front springs only on an 85 vmax. Not enough money to do everything. Do the forks have to come off of the bike to do this? Kinda limited on tools. Any help or direction to seans video would be helpful. :ummm:

Well I set about re-building the clutch on my '06, (the OEM one was TOAST) so I went with the Barnett spring conversion because I tried the Double D once and it rubbed on the inside of my clear UFO case cover. When I was doing the job and put the Barnett pressure plate on, I noticed it has...

OK.... I took my stooooopid pill.... Please see pic below, anyone know where it attaches too (the spring)? Please dumb it down for me.... It's the rear brake lever, I have the spring attached (Assumingly correct) from the lever to the light indicator, but I'm not sure on the placement of the...

One of my Best Mods on my Gen 1 Vmax was the DD Clutch Spring. I found that using two stacked clutch springs greatly improved my clutch engagement and actually increased my clutch plates and discs life. I have used this arrangement on my modded Gen 2 for about 18 months and found it to be...

I hope the guys do not mind me starting this, guess I was the first one to get home :blink000:. I had a good time today meeting and riding with you guys. I got some Killer Ideas for "Must have" Mods starting with suspension, brakes and clutch work.... Anyway I hope it don't bother anyone if I...

Copied from the V-Max Owners Association section where Jim (Thevmaxrider) posted in the Ontario, Canada VMOA Chapter thread: Well, it's that time of year, the weather is getting warmer and it is time to announce the Ontario Spring Ice Breaker ride dates. We will again be sampling the...

Well, it's that time of year, the weather is getting warmer and it is time to announce the Ontario Spring Ice Breaker ride dates. We will again be sampling the hospitality in Port Dover, Ontario!! Hopefully folks from around the Great Lakes will attend!!!! Last year was quite the event!! 6th...

Just checking, I want to drop the bike 2", How often do you guys scrape the pipes or belly pans, putting in the race teck springs 1.0kg 250 lb rider, ufo exhaust, trying to see if I need 11.5" or 12" shocks? thanks for the input

So I finally got all my parts in the mail(will order from Sean next time), watched the video a couple times and put it all together. So before adding the oil, I thought I'd look in my Haynes book to see how they suggested putting it back together. They suggested some threadlock on the threads...

I just got a pair of NTC chrome blue double spring shocks for the max. It will lower the rear end 1 to 2 cm. will I have to worry about lowering the front end a lil bit as well? I have an 86 and i've heard its a pain in the *** lowering the front forks... any help or advice would be much...

I had the springs replaced on my 85 Vmax before I had found this sight and they used stock springs. All of the seal etc are new. Would I be able to just change out the springs with progreessive type? If so what oil and any other things will I have to change? And last can I do this while the...

I was looking for Progressive front springs to drop things a bit. According to Progressive, the same springs crossed referenced identical to a Suzuki VS800. So I'm thinking the forks have to be comparable if they share the same springs.(39mm fork compared to Vmax 40mm) A little more digging...

Letting off some steam here. God damn spring on my garage door snapped and not sure how long until I can get one bought and installed.. Takes two people to muscle it open now. :bang head::bang head::bang head::bang head: http://www.truetex.com/garage.htm

So anyone who has done the USD conversion what spring rate are u using and how is the ride? I have used the gsxr750 front end with a 0.90 rate which I think sucks and now im trying a hayabusa one,,Ill be putting it on in 2 weeks or so... So please post your conversion and the spring rate that...