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I have a new problem with my max. When I hit the starter switch the starter doesn't engage right away. Someone told me it could be the battery though when I connect a small charger it doesn't help. Is the starter a common problem? My bike is an 04 with 18k miles on it.

I have an 04 that has developed a nasty grinding noise when I hit the starter button, as if it had worn teeth on the starter gear. I know it's not the battery because I put a 100 amp charger on the battery and it still made the grinding noise. Has anyone else had this problem? Was it the starter?

I am planning a bike trip and decided to take my Max. The problem is I have a pair of leather saddlebags but don't have a set of those steel saddlebag support brackets. Is there such a thing for the Vmax?

Unfortunately I am needing to sell my 2004 Vmax with 16,600 miles on it. He has a windshield, was lowered a bit by the previous owner, has forward located pegs ( a couple of inches) a boost switch, and fan switch. Everything works, and he has not been ridden hard. I'm looking at $4300 which...

I got to thinking about a post 2009 Max and wondered if the first gen had potential for an overhaul. What would YOU guys do to bring the Max into this century if the 09 limited ed were gone next year and thereafter. Me: 1. Much better lighting all around, y'know, modern headlights and signals...

I ride my Max about 300 miles per week, and ONCE a day it makes a VERY odd sound. On accelerating rather gently, I hear a low Poof sound. Not a backfire, it sounds like you filled a plastic baggie with air, sealed it placed a VERY little pressure on it, and slit it with a razor. I hear it...

There seem to be a LOT of people interested in running their bikes on a dyno, why? I mean regardless what the maker did, the power is the power. Even after heavily modding the machine, the power is still the power, no? I've met bikers that could beat hotrod 4's with a VT, and it's the skill...

"GENERALLY" most bikes of a certain model sound the same. I have two V4's both VERY different in acoustic signature. My Honda sounds like a WW2 buzz bomb, not an annoying sound, and the Max sounds like a large dog growling loudly, which I really like. Assuming stock and aftermarket pipes how...

One reader (vmaxrider) mentioned in an earlier post that his Vmax name was snowmax. My Vmax is the FIRST bike I ever named because the name fits... and it's name is GROWLER, simply because it sounds like a LOUD vicious dog growling when I goose the throttle hard. Does anyone else have a "pet...

I'm 57, and have been riding most on my adult life. I have been through cruisers, older Jap inline motors, and "power cruisers" and settled on the two bikes I now have. They say that this type of progression happens but now it looks to me like in reality most people START with cruisers, and...

A week ago I was out for lunch on my Max and pulled into a parking spot. At the same time one of those Ford HD pickups pulled into the spot in front of me. The guy got out and was a typical stereotypical HD owner... tats, bald, a BIG burly guy (I'm 5'4") and walked right at me and as I pulled...

I apologize in advance for the multiple part questions! I read that the pre-09 models have anywhere between 109 horsepower and 145. That's a BIG difference. What's the actual HP? Did early years have more or less than later years. Could the difference be the Euro versus US models? I read that...

I'm sure someone has asked this before but.... I'm looking at shop manuals for the VMAX and all the ones I've found say that they apply to the model years 1985 to 2003. Mine is an 04 is there ANYTHING about the 04 to 08 models that's different? What about the difference between Clymer and...

Thanks again to all of you who answered my Q's about the Max. Y'all were correct and I found out what 2/3 of my 3 position switch does, boost off, and boost at 6k. The other pole is disconnected. The other switch is indeed a fan on switch, which I AM using at traffic lites in south Florida. My...

I've owned six bikes in this order, two Honda Inline 4's, two Vtwin Honda's, two V-4's one a Honda Magna (Still have it) and the Vmax I also still have it. HONESTLY, there are very few bikes I do not like... some I like a LOT, others I don't care. After buying the Max and Magna I started...

I stopped in the local Yama dealership yesterday, and right in front of me was a PRISTINE 2004 VMAX with less than 5k miles on it which could be had for under $6000. There was a salesman there who said the owner traded it in on a new 09. WHAT? Someone trades in a barely used bike, took a...

I guess I notice it more because I am getting noticed more? There's a shop nearby where the people are pretty cool, they don't care WHAT you ride, as long AS you ride. Of course the shop people all ride HD's but NEVER a critical word comes from them about other brands. One fairly OK guy...

Story from today, I'm a firearms instructor, and a student of mine who works at a local HD dealership was going on about his (unknown model, don't remember don't care) HD with a 94 cubic inch engine. He tells of being able to "SMOKE" every "jap" rice burner he meets... I let him go on for a...

I picked up my used 04 yesterday. The dealer had fresh fluids in it, and I took it for a 100 mile trip. Two seemingly minor things IMMEDIATELY showed up. 1. The cooling fan doesn't work (without hitting the on switch, no temp sensor?) 2. Shifting into neutral after it gets hot is impossible...