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Canadian 1985 serial 680, stock running great with 34000 kms. All gears working good, drag bars, small signal lights, 170 oversized rear tire, COP mod.

I'll take her. She doesn't sound too bad at all. With that kind of salary, we can record the game, buy a couple new Vmax's and watch the game later....lol

Lets settle this the usual way. Lefty rides an 85 Vmax.....:th_image003:

Thanks Sean, that makes sense. The voltage divide theory doesn't discredit this method because dividing the voltage has already been proven to work by adding a resistor in series with the COP. I never considered that the odd firing of the max to be an issue but of course it would be.

Has anyone ever tried to wire 2 COP's in series to achieve a couple objectives: 1) With 2 COPs in series, we can achieve the desired resistance of around 2.6 ohms without adding a resistor. 2) A double spark would occur when plugs 1 and 3 are connected in series. One spark on the primary plug to...

No problem, I'm going to mcgiver something that is better than stock. Took the carb bank out tonight and removed the broken vavle cover bolt. Got new gaskets and bolt on order. I should have it by Friday. Hope to be done this weekend. Still haven't found my COPs. If I don't find them by this...

thanks guys. guess I'll spring for the most expensive pencil erasers ever made.....lol

I'll be taking her apart tonight. I recall the 2 rubber plugs in the float space were lose. They just drop out. No friction at all. I wasn't sure if it was intended like that just to keep junk out or whether it was suppose to be a gas tight seal. However, now that I think about it, if gas gets...

Clean out your garage man.....that's no way for a Vmax that looks like that to live....:)

I'll fix it, not too worried about that. it just means messing around with this bike again and not riding. I'm just pissed off right now. Tomorrow is another day.

Measured float at 13mm. I think I found my issue. But now I have a bigger issue. The valve cover was leaking oil so I decided to tighten those special cover bolts and I broke one......fu ck.

I've got to say guys, no other bikes online community can beat the Vmax's community. I just posted this thread and immediately got great response. I didn't want to forget to say thanks for the help. I'm trying not to take people for granted.

That makes sense. Softer spring for a better response but smaller jets to compensate. Not sure I want to go there yet. I first want to getting it running properly. Then maybe I'll look at tweaking for better performance later.

@Traumahawk, yeah, I was going to see if its set to 17mm. Unless I did something totally wrong on the dry measurement (which I think I might have). @blaxmax, I'll try a 1.5 setting on the needle after checking the float. I'm also interested in the idea of loosening the spring tension. Are you...

1985 Vmax Canadian version so it has the stock adjustable needles. Everything is stock. Well not exactly. The exhaust has been punched out to get a better sounding max. I took the carbs off last winter and cleaned them all out. Every passage and jet was cleaned with seafoam and air blown...