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Thread resurrection.. Wondering if I can change out the oring without removing the assembly, considering the hoses are 38 years old..

Thanks bud.. It has been a while but I still own both of them. I wasnt really looking forward to working on one, but once I got the garage cleared out and the bike up on the lift, I realized I had forgotten how much I like working on them

The instructions don't mention the necessity of purging air from these four drains while filling, so I'm going to skip it because I don't want to break a cover screw.

Thanks. Is this a important step, or only intended to drain more coolant? Because I don't want to break that last cover screw, and those rubber plugs are 38 years old..

Hello folks. Hope your having a great day.. I'm changing out the coolant on a 85 and I have three cylinder side covers off but the last, as usual, wont come off. I don't think they've ever been off. I'll keep the screw wet with PB blaster and keep working it, but can someone tell me if...

Where you guys buying your shorai's? My local stealerships want me to buy a different battery..

Thanks for all that.. I'm learning that AGM's are picky about their charge, float voltages and amperage's.. And that smart charger engineers err to the side of under charged. Which in turn diminishes the life span of the battery.. 3 tenths of a volt shy on float voltage can reduce life span...

I'm trying to decide if to continue with odyssey, or jump ship to Shorai for three bikes.. Im only getting 6 reliable years from my odyssey's.. To be fair, even though my batteryminder charger is approved by odyssey, it charges and floats a little low. And a few tenths of a volt do make a big...

Yes it does. It had stacks and a beat up kerker I replaced. Bought it from a guy in centerville iowa who's name escapes me. But Ive had it longer than 11 years I think.

I had some jingle in my pocket, had a family who helped around the house and HAD to have a true ram air Vmax. Things have changed but I'm keeping the DRZ because riding trails in the rockies is something everyone needs to put on their bucket list. But "been there done that" so maybe I should...

Exactly. This isn't a divorce sale and I don't need the money but Ive got so much stuff, Its overwhelming.. You can fit allot of crap in a 4 bedroom house. Not so much the ufo because I found out after I bought it I paid to much. Only way to know what similar ones sold for is ebays...

I didn't post this in the for sale section because I'm hoping someone local will swing over and look them over and make a offer.. Usually when folks are a long ways away, there's endless emails etc etc.. I know what I paid for them, but havent come up with a price as of yet..

Like a 85 lol Im looking for locals right now.. I'll get some pictures when I post it on the for sale section if I don't find a local.

Morning folks.. I've decided to put my two 85 vmax's up for sale.. One I bought brand new in 86 and it's pretty much stock and runs well. The other one was built by Jon Cornell rip and I installed Rick Bachmann millennium true ram air scoops on it which are no longer available. Both could use...

I still have email notifications, but since I'm not working on either of mine, I'm in other forums talking about full timing snowbirds, enclosed trailer conversions and dodge diesels etc. I just picked up the truck and want to travel as soon as I retire, but I'm having a hell of a time finding...

I'll be needing a new battery's for my 85's here soon but didn't have a good experience with a odyssey PC 310 for my DRZ400. It went bad in only two years, but I wrote it off because it was stored in a hot shed. But I just read.. "It seems the Odyssey batteries are not lasting as well as...

Were finally thawing here in Iowa City.. But I'm itching to get my garage queen truck out so I can go buy a cargo trailer to convert into a toyhauler so I can get the fuck out of this god forsaken state.. Its all in the name of cycling, but my favorite is a DRZ now because it takes me places...

My plan is to travel south during these cold months.. After I retire that is

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Just because its green doesn't mean its good. I'm going to flush and use zerex G05 next spring and started using RMI-25 Cooling System Treatment in my trucks.. Probably add some of that to the bikes as well. One of my 85's runs a little warm. Any suggestions on a aggressive flush? Iv read a...