Jhbox13
Well-Known Member
Hey all. Just got done replacing the pickupcoils for my '85, which thankfully breathed new life into my #2 cylinder. I took the carbs off and found them to be a bit fouled, no more than I would expect from a bike thats been sitting up a few years though. I ran through the carbs and have fuel, spark and compression to all four cylinders.
Now heres the situation: for the life of me I cant get this darn to thing to crank. I've been doing bikes of various kinds for years, but I've realized that the vmax is a special snowflake in the two-wheeled world, so maybe I'm missing something here. Hell, it took a bit for me to figure out what that switch on the right handlebar was, makes since I guess but it feel weird for a fuel reserve switch.
Any misc advice would be appreciated. Like I said, fuel, spark and compression check out. I even stuck a car battery with 14v on it to give it an extra kick. I'll get a bit of backfire every now and then but thats it.
Maybe its this vboost thing? I tried to check out the sticky but the link/pic is dead. Same for the a/f mix screw sticky.
Hopefully there is some magic idiot switch that I'm missing.
Now heres the situation: for the life of me I cant get this darn to thing to crank. I've been doing bikes of various kinds for years, but I've realized that the vmax is a special snowflake in the two-wheeled world, so maybe I'm missing something here. Hell, it took a bit for me to figure out what that switch on the right handlebar was, makes since I guess but it feel weird for a fuel reserve switch.
Any misc advice would be appreciated. Like I said, fuel, spark and compression check out. I even stuck a car battery with 14v on it to give it an extra kick. I'll get a bit of backfire every now and then but thats it.
Maybe its this vboost thing? I tried to check out the sticky but the link/pic is dead. Same for the a/f mix screw sticky.
Hopefully there is some magic idiot switch that I'm missing.