Picked up a too good to pass deal on a max last week that ran like a 250 rebel. it had obviously been in storage for quite some time. flushed the fuel tank,changed the oil and filter,vboost wasnt working but it is now and air filter was plugged up with mud dobber nests. new filter came in today...
took it for a short ride. ran it through the gears aggressively and did some normal cruising as well. took it back to the house and parked it. couple hours later half choke and she fired right up. let it run for a bit then shut it down and pulled the plugs and all looked well.
btw wasn't...
Ok fixed the choke so it wouldn't pull off, still wouldn't fire up. Pulled plugs again, all scooted up. Cleaned them again and the hooker fired right up and choke didn't pull off. So I guess were making progress
theres not enough tension to hold itself in its place. everything to do with the choke is hooked up (nothing came disconnected) so just going to shim it with a thin washer to increase the tension some. yes im using the choke but now that I know its pulling off I have to physically hold it in...
it ran like a stock vmax should run. idled smooth, started easy. I didn't ride it but the owner isn't the best with manual chokes and what not. he had no issues getting it to fire up and was stoked about how much better it ran after the carbs were gone through. I did notice the choke was pulling...
Is there a walk though on doing that? im mechanically inclined just haven't done much work on bikes ( my 05 hasn't had any issues that warrant any troubleshooting like this) im very ignorant when it comes to where the motorcycle specific things are mounted and what not. where to check the...
little background, brother in law bought his 01 vmax last year and it had ran like dog piss ever since I first test rode it. ( after he bought it of course) well early winter he took it in to have the carbs gone through and the guy found that the jets were in backwards? well anyway he rode it up...
I have a sync tool and will only take a few minutes to check it so I will. however I checked the charger this morning and it was still charging...should have shut off long ago. even though it starts with no issues im thinking the culprit is the battery.