Recent content by Nateshoe22

Well got a chance to take the bike for a longer ride tonight. After reading more on the 2nd gear slip it looks like I am at the beginning stages of its failure. It is an interesting sensation ; like a violent clutch slippage without a noticeable spike in RPMs. $1150 is my firm number if...

I’m farther north, spitting my time between Grand Rapids and Ludington

I like the quiz. Checkers were made in Kalamazoo, don’t know about the transformer but I’m guessing the other cars were at the Gilmore museum ( never been but heard great things)

Yeah the bike is still very rideable, 1/2-3/4 throttle in second gear is no problem. With this new hypothesis in mind I need to go take it for a long ride. I understand $1500 would be great. It wasn’t I bike I was planning on keeping, it was a clean-up, fix up, ride for a season and sell. Just...

Good to know about the carb kits, they were included with the bike. I did use the jets, float needles and seats. After more reading I think it may be the dreaded 2nd gear slip. My initial thoughts were that it sure felt like misfire, but the fact that it only occurs in 2nd gear under heavy load...

I'll start w/ the background. Bought an '85 VMax as a garage-find, hadn't been on the road for 5+ years. Along with a variety of other items the carbs were stripped down to individual bodies -- ultrasonic cleaned and rebuilt w/ Keyster kits. The CV diaphragms and intake boots both looked...