Recent content by VMAX_Jon_NC

I'm sorry to have gotten your hopes up. The seat has gone to a good home. I should have updated this post.

I have the original seat from my 96 that got totalled after I put a Corbin on it. The base, hinges, and springs are good. The upholstery is trash. As you can see from the photos I wrapped the driver portion with black tape to cover a large rip. I don't want any money for it, but I don't...

Babbit's has been the most consistent for me. Whenever I've ordered something that ended up being delayed and back-ordered they sent me an e-mail with an option to cancel the order. A couple of times when that happened I searched the internet to find other suppliers and see if they might have...

Thanks so much to all of you for your words of sympathy and support. That's a little known cool extra feature of the VMax; the great rider community. In response to DansMax, practicing panic braking is definitely good advice and something I did casually rather than regularly. It may be that a...

When the insurance makes their offer I will ask about the buyback and if they will charge storage fees to hold it until someone can pick it up. I'll pass that info along to you through the conversation feature and you can let me know if you want it or not. FYI, the trans was fine and should...

I didn't own a bike until I was in my forties, but I had been lusting after motorcycles since I was 13 years old. As a teenager I read motorcycle magazines and remember the articles of the bikes I thought were spectacular and of course the VMax was one of them. I was thrilled to be able to...

I had full coverage insurance on it so the bike is in the possession of the insurance company right now. I think I will have the option to deduct the salvage value from the total loss payout and get the bike back. But then I would have to pay to transport it back to me and I would be in the...

I feel awful to tell everyone this but my 1997 silver VMax is totaled. Of course I'm disappointed for my own sake because I'm out one thrilling motorcycle. But I also feel guilty to the VMax community that I was given one of these special beasts to care for and I let us all down. I assure you...

Mine's a 1997 and I don't know what year yours is and I have no idea if all years are the same or not so take this response with a grain of salt. On my speedometer the knob is on the left side. All you do is roll the knob "forward" or top of the knob towards the front of the bike. The lowest...

This is nothing short of AH-MAY-ZING!

So I'm curious, how did you know the o-ring was displaced?

Thanks guys. And Sir Midnight, the reason I raised the question is because I had already seen some discussions of the O-ring and thought what I experienced might be the tell-tale sign mine needed correcting. I did ride it this morning and with oil at max fill it sustained 9,000 rpm without...

So of course I've seen many mentions of the oil warning light illuminating briefly or flickering under hard acceleration. And the consensus seems to be that it is due to the location of the sensor at the front of the pan above the sump, and the fact that it's sensing for the presence of oil...

Looks great!

That's brand-spanking new. I appreciate the compliments on the colors because I wasn't sure I liked them that much. The Corbin website has a virtual example feature and I thought the materials I chose would be a much darker grey for the seating surfaces and a silver-grey for the trim. I was...