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1989 Vmax has stock front springs, and forks were rebuilt a couple thousand miles ago, fine. I weigh 240 lbs. while bike rides pretty good, I’d like to consider installing progressive springs, don’t know whose to buy. More important, forks are fresh, so I was hoping to replace springs without...

I’m about to wire in an upgrade rectifier/regulator(R/R) in my 1989 Vmax. My stators fine,(checked), but I’ve been left a couple times on the street, with dead battery, dead R/R. I’d very recently wired a voltmeter into headlights, mounted on handlebar bracket, but found it reads 0.5-0.8...

Ive seen the thread on putting a Shindinguen FH001 voltage/regulator in the VMAX (1st gen). Re that thread, I have a regular air box, so would have to be creative with mounting. Has anyone tried Electrosports ESR 279? It’s the same as the stock, but says it runs much cooler, with much more...

I have a 1989 V Max. The bracket that holds the handlebars appears to have 4 attachment bolts, and each appears to be covered with a chromed rounded (likely plastic) silver button. I want to remove one button, remove the bolt, put in an extended bolt with collar spacer, so as to attach a...

I did this write up so that if I ever need to do again, it’ll be available. My 1989 VMAX wouldn’t run anywhere near idle without choke starter. After several partial clean attempts, I gave up, totally removed carburetors, and rebuilt. This is a summary of parts of the rebuild that I hope...