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I'm trying to turn over the engine with the starter and when I hit the start button both the fuel light and oil light come on and nothing happens. The instrument cluster gauge backlighting dims and the power to my after market digital speedo cuts out. I don't hear the starter relay clicking. Any...

not sure if this is the right place to post this but ive been investigating a problem starting for a little while now and am stumped. about a week ago i started getting a kind of slapping noise when starting the bike. sounded like it wasnt getting a good bite on the starter or idleer gears...

Key- on KS-on Battery tender jr-plugged in. I get -- no lights, no dash, no crank. Smoking battery after about a minute of leaving the switches in those positions while fiddling with stuff. I pulled the battery this morning. It's full of liquid. It's a year old and has never had to run the bike...

Just rode 30 miles and stopped at the bank. When I came back 5 minutes later, the bike would not start. It made the priming sound but did not crank ore. No starter sound at all. I waited 30 minutes thinking it the starter was hot but nothing. The AAA guy hooked up the cable but it did crank...

Hello Everyone, I have a 85 vmax, won't start up to this point, but I do have: 1. P.U. Coils ohmed out at 118-120 2. New Stator 3. 12v at my coils, red & white wires Any direction would be awesome, thanks.

Just bought a stock 07 with 4xxx miles. It was in storage for awhile and PO have the carbs cleaned earlier this year. It believe it is running super rich. "Lazy" throttle, no surging, runs hard 7000 RPM up, and has a wet pop/burble in the left pipe. I think something went wrong in the...

Just finished building my CR500 Supermoto street legal beast. Been building it for the past year. its an 01 250 aluminum frame chopped up and modified to fit an 89 cr500 engine. Everything is new and or powder coated. should be a fun ride. Best of all, I can now start to build a VMAX!:punk...

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I was looking into the sticky about this and want to make sure this is the problem I have. My 89 always starts but at times (mostly when hot) it BARELY turns over. I have had bikes in the past that when you push down the start button it cranks multiple times very quickly and then starts, but...

I have recently bought this 1998 vmax. its completely stock. Road to work everything was fine. after work went to start it up, cranks no start. checked for spark, found no spark. so i proceeded to replace the spark plugs. ohm checked the coils and wires, all test good. 3ohms per coil primary...

went riding with some friends the other day (sport bikes) and had to work my ass off to keep up. i have a 96 with progressive suspension. i know my tire situation sucks but it came with a kenda rear and a radial fron...cant remember what kind right now. problem was that i was flat tracking...

Fella's...read all the choke related threads but didn't find anything that addressed my new issue. My bike will fire up and run fine (need a little throttle help to warm it up) without the choke. If I use the choke, it will not start. Now...I think this choke issue happened immediately after I...

Had my bud sync my carbs this weekend,and for sometime ive had a slight "backfire" exhaust pop when i first start the bike up for the day,once its warmed up,it goes away,he noticed the vacuum on one cylinder was slightly lower during warm up,and got better once it got hot,,,and ive notice if you...

Ok, guys. I've got the bike reassembled enough to start testing for my electrical gremlin. I get stronk crank and no spark. I've got a test kit from Sean and have replaced my parts with his at the following locations bar switch housings left side cover relays and boxes tci brain ignition switch...

So my drunk ass friend damaged my stock pipes a few weeks back. Clean 85 bought new. UFO seat.. My first thought was to buy him a bottle and then steal his 03 pipes.:biglaugh: But now I cant decide if I want to pursue keeping it stock. Or say screw it and start customizing it with maybe some...

Finally getting caught up after my short absence... I got the tank in my 89 run down to a little over 2 gallons. So , I dumped the 4 ounces of Start Your Engine in. Their minimum recommendation is 2 oz per gallon. Started the bike to let it warm up some while I finished getting ready for the...

Start happeaning last week, It sounds like its still doing system check when its running.... :ummm: Its hard to tell over the exhaust. But i'm pretty sure that its still clicking when its running. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgnbGiULuxQ

I parked my 85 max about 4 days ago,and went to start it today,and no go!:bang head:The starter is spinning the motor over,but its not cranking up.So,after little investigation,i find that i am not getting fire to any of my plugs.Ive checked all the fuses,and they all check out fine.I rode this...

I've seen some of the posts on starter/hot start issues. Here's what I'm experiencing; Hot starting got worse. Won't crank at all now when hot. Battery place checked the battery and the charging system. Battery @ 13 not running, same @ idle and high 12's at 3500 rpm's. Battery guy says probably...

I was talking to Gary and Garrett about starting a list of members in different areas that would be willing to help out a stranded member. Gary is checking on the site software to see what we can do with what he already has. Anyone familiar with the BWM owners list? It's a list of people with a...