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    Kenji Ekuan vmax designer dies

    http://www.cycleworld.com/2015/02/18/yamaha-v-max-designer-kenji-ekuan-dies/?src=SeOC&dom=fb
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    fouling plugs need help please.

    there is no v-boost at all the pipes between the intake runners have been replaced with straight pipes that have no butterflies in them. the valves were good. put the bike togther last night. im really just getting tired of messing with it. im about to leave for the air force in a few months and...
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    fouling plugs need help please.

    its not unplugged, its disconnected at the end where the cable attaches in the area around the carburators.
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    fouling plugs need help please.

    "Is your vboost closed at idle? Are all four of your choke plungers closed? They operate finger looking things. The plunger is on the left side of each carb" the vboost isnt connected, wouldnt it be closed at idle? i dont reeally know how to check that. ill check the choke plugers tonight...
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    fouling plugs need help please.

    ok update: i took the carbs off and checked the floats they were fine, put the stock main jets(152.5) back in the bike, syncronized the carbs and the thing still is running rich as hell can tell if its a low end issue or a top end issue as i dont have a wideband o2 or a dyno to strap it to...
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    Post your fastest VMAX E/T 1/8 or 1/4

    only got an 1/8th mile track here so my best is 7.12 at 100mph. mods are 4-1 kerker and stage 7, with some screwed up carbs, hopefully getting that sorted out this weekend tho... have a nitrous kit waiting to install but i figure ill get the carbs right before i go blowing the thing up...
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    What is your job title

    bmw technician for hopefully only a few more months as i just swore in to the united states air force on monday to hopefully become a combat controller.
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    fouling plugs need help please.

    with the filters off i can see fuel spitting out of the top of at least one carb and a little out of the rest but mostly the left rear. to my knowledge ive never had a valve adjustment, never checked compression, no vboost, and most likely dj springs, the kit was on the bike before i bought it...
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    fouling plugs need help please.

    ok i just went to the garage and looked at the spark, from the plug to ground it has about an 10mm ark looks to be strong but thin blue/orange. if moving the clip towards the point is leaning it out then yes i can lean it alot more. i dunno how i can tell if the floats are sticking. i thought...
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    fouling plugs need help please.

    moved the clip towards the blunt end, it is now setting at 1 from that end. i dont know what the float levels are at unfortunatly, are the 152.5s gonna lean it out i thought stock was 154. ill try and provide as much info as i can i dont know a whole lot about carbs and i just ordered some...
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    fouling plugs need help please.

    when i bought this bike i didnt know how it was supposta run so i started doing some maintnance, i changed out the fuel filter and it woke up, unfortunatly all that rust in the filter passed on to the carbs. i removed the tank and had it redone and replaced the enw fuel filter and rebuilt the...
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    i want to put nitrous on my vmax

    yea he took off 150. gettin the rest for 500.
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    i want to put nitrous on my vmax

    i talked to the guy and he sold 2 of the bottles but the rest is hopefully mine, i sent out the check today, hopefully all goes well with the sale.
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    i want to put nitrous on my vmax

    http://www.dynotunenitrous.com/store/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=176 does this look like a good kit?? it seems to have everything there??
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    i want to put nitrous on my vmax

    man i called the guy last and left a message and he never called me back, so today i get home from work and try and call him again this time no answer but he calls me right back and says he sold the kit 2 hours prior to my calling him today, man that pissed me off. if any of you guys know of a...
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    i want to put nitrous on my vmax

    on a wet nitrous setup on this bike how do you get your fuel supply to the fuel solenoid?
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    i want to put nitrous on my vmax

    id love to hold off for the turbo but it seems that is gonna be one of those projects that would require alot of know how as far as the fab work goes and the whole converting the bike to efi sounds expensive as well i couldnt even get a local bike speed shop to help me with NOS let alone help...
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    i want to put nitrous on my vmax

    turbovmax that is a real trick way to mount the bottle, ive got individual filters right now on the bike, does the tank cover fit over that bottle and what size is the bottle (1.5lbs, 2lbs, ect.)? i was looking at some kits and it seems they are around $900.00. what is the biggest shot that is...
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    i want to put nitrous on my vmax

    ive been wanting to put nitrous on my vmax for a while now but havent had any luck in finding a "kit". i was wondering if anyone knows where to find a kit and how much it usually costs to put a nitrous setup on a vmax. the bike is an 88. any info would be greatly appriciated. i live in the pan...
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    88 max and need tech help

    alright today after i got off work did some work on the bike. started by draining the float bowls to see what came out and one wouldnt even drain barely any fuel the others seemed mostly clean but then i looked in the bottom of the glass and there it was, rust. i drained the tank and looked...
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