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Just finished doing the pea shooter and shotgun carb cleaning on my 99. My symptoms are groggy throttle response when cold on partial choke, followed by great riding for about 15 minutes until warmed up to hot, then when I come to a stop sign, the idle drops to 500 rpm, then stumbles lower and...

Just thought I'd share this repair discovery with the group...I was fighting seized screws in all 4 of the carburetors. Only the security star bits screws cane out, the Phillips head screws were seized. Nothing in my 50 years of wrenching tricks would break them loose...and getting heavy handed...

So has anyone actually gained any neutral shift improvement by performing the shift adjustment shown in the Venture Service Handbook? It says it helps to take a vise grips and bend the shifter shaft spring tab. Should I try this on the Max? I experience a tough time locating it once the engine...

With summer stop-and-go riding upon us, I would like to install a manual override switch for the cooling fans. I have a Gen 1 '99. However, I have searched the forum and watched videos, but there's no description or pictures of where you find the two wires to splice in the switch. This was the...

In the carb synch procedure, I don't understand what the presenter means. I highlighted the part in yellow below, and attached a picture... "Hook the sync tool hoses to the nipples. Left-rear is cylinder 1, left-front 2, right-rear 3 and right-front is cylinder 4. See the tape on the hoses...

Does anybody have a stock tail light lens they want to part with? My '99 lens lost one of those square reflectors that was glued into the left side. I guess those aren't a separate part normally... so if anyone upgraded to a clear tail lamp and doesn't need the stock red lens, please let me...

So I looked at oil fill capacities in the shop manual and now I'm confused... See the attached shop manual image. Oil change with filter = 4 quarts. Total amount = 5 quarts. Where is the extra quart coming from? So I just did my oil change and put 4 quarts in. Now I'm seeing people say 3.5 is...