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$3500. 32K miles. valves adjusted a few miles back. I don't ride it much. 4 bikes is a bit too many to keep up with. Needs seat recovered. And a good detailing I'm sure. New sealed battery. Avon tires, tread good but age unknown. I believe one of the fork seals needs replacement.

rpm surges like crazy. the bike won't idle at all unless a lot of choke is used. and the engine surges with about a 2000 rpm range, like 1500-3500 or there abouts with the choke on. On the road at speed it runs great but at low rpm speeds (below 2000) it seems to have issues (stumble...

well i guess i screwed the pooch..... I was going to do the shotgun cleaning on my carbs and all the mixture screws are frozen. with much PB Blaster and much more force I got 2 of the screws loose. But the other two screws started to chip. The edges of the slot in the screw head is...

Trying to figure out how to take the spark plug wires & boots apart so I can check for corrosion and such and rebuild them with new wires if needed. I figured out the screw driver inside the cap to remove the end, spring, some ceramic looking thing and a small metal disc.... But didn't...

Whats the "norm" when adjusting valves? Mine seemed to be pretty tight. If I am using my feelers correctly all my exhaust valves were around .008in and I went down about 3 shim sizes on average....005mm increments...so if it was say a 260 shim I ended up going down to a 245 shim...and ended up...

OK, I'm looking at the Yamaha factory chart for valve clearance adjustment.....the exhaust chart don't make any sense.:confused2: The blank row for measured exhaust clearance which should indicate "normal" range has been observed and thus no shim replacement needed is on the 0.16-0.20mm line...

I removed the valce covers to do my valve adjustment and have noticed one of the oil plug things on the top of the camshafts is missing. I was not paying attention when i removed the cover so I can't say if i knocked it out or if it was never there. I pulled another plug to look at it and...

Anyone ever seen purple coolant???? I've started my valve adjustment and drained the coolant in order to remove some hoses for better access... anyway, I removed the bottom drain plug and a very purpleish coolant came out. after the initial draining I turned the drain fitting on the front...

anyone know where to find key blanks or what the ILCO key blank number is? I can't find any key shops here that can make me a spare. If I can find the right blank somewhere on the internet I can take them to a locksmith

I need to adjust the valves on my new-to-me Vmax. Does anyone have a loaner kit with assorted sims and specialty tools they rent out? I'd happily pay a deposit and such. The local dealer charges about $425 which don't sounds too bad for a service that is once every few years. But I'd still...

New Vmax owner with my first post... I just picked up a 2002 Vmax that was supposedly in storage for 3 years. Anything unique to the Vmax that I need to do for bringing it out of long term storage? ....over and above what one would normally expect to need to do to get it road ready again...