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On a ride home my engine startes sounding like a vtwin and i could hear the relay clicking on a very regular rythmic pattern very consistent with the engine. also saw white exhaust on the left stock muffler and a horrific gas smell. I let her sit for a couple days but i just tested and the...

look at all the cool parts in Japan http://search.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/search?p=v-max My wife is about to head there but I doubt i could ever get my inlaws to bid for me and hold the items. what other countries do you guys find fun to buy from? got the links?

I was all set to pull the carbs, check the jets and revert to stock. I have a sneaking suspicion that the prev owner goofed stuff up with aftermarket exhaust, then swapped the stock exhaust back on leaving me with a bike with richness issues and horrible gas mileage. so, I was going to...

after 22 years, does not seem like anyone has ever made a real cutaway diagram of our barbs. I mean, the http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/speedway/2476/basics.htm link is acceptable, but how about one showing all the goodies on the downdraft types? any links?

HI folks, in my everlasting quest for knowledge and vmax stuff, I'm stil working on my vmax troubleshooting. with the horrible gas mileage i have, I'm still looking here, and looking there. we all know the famous starting procedure where the fuel pump relay clicks or clucks itself up...

anyone know what size fitting is needed for the compression test of our bikes? anyone got a good kit that already sells that fitting? couple of you have mentioned that your kit didnt have the one that fit the vmax

My scoot starts up without too much trouble but the idles choppy (troubleshooting a variety of issues). I notice that when I push the throttle down 1/2 way that the bike boggs and dies. If i push it mm by mm it eventually takes over with the enrichment and idle raises as usaul. since my...

is there an online source for a parts manual? I always like to get the yamaha oem part number and fire that off into ebay to see if there are other models referring to the same part. a lot of our parts end up costing a premium when the words vmax are assigned to them so I am really trying to...

anyone know of a good source for the bolts. Mine need replacing as I change the gasket. I'll be taking off the rear and from what I read I will not need to drain coolant or anything. someone on the yahoo tech group mentions removing the charcoal canister .... what the heck is that? I hate...

on the side of each cylinder, right in front of the coolant drain area and right in front of the spark plug there is a hole. what is it? i cannot seem to get a part of the manual that explains it. I seafoamed the jets before starting my bike yesterday and it LOOKED like smoke floated out of...

today something kinda funny happened. I am sitting in traffic when a city bus pulls up next to me, stops and compliments my Max. He actually stopped during his route, I was pretty happy. I told him the bike was 15 years old and he said he was impressed at how nice she still looked. I've recd...

Hi folks, I've wondered about the sucking sound the bike makes when choke is applied. If I'm correct, choke just puts more fuel past the throttle plates. why would that cause a sucking sound? also, as long as the cylinders go back in can I be sure my choke is not stuck open? still trying...

so what do you guys do to trudge through all the ebay stuff. I like to use a little more custom search strings. when i look for carb stuff i use (v-max,vmax,vmx*) carb* -carbon any other good ones to clear out all the aftermarket junk?

a really great guy sent me some advice on checking for blockages. He said that if running the bike and plugging the bowl vent tubes, a clean carb should see gas shoot out of the main air bleed. Well i believe that would indicate pressure from the bowl vent tubes. when I plug them up, not...

well, not a good way to FIND it, but I was reading on another forum that if you cover the throat of the carb and she dies.... no leak. if it continues to run - you've got a leak. makes sense and saves me at least a little trouble spraying my bike with flammables. I hear soap works too...

with TBOOST frmo vmax outlaw splicing into cylinder1's coil, has anyone ever experienced problems? I've been trudging through issues related to a bad idle and I've even pulled the plug on #1 and seen no real differences. there is spark there however, but wanted to see it could be causing...

there seem to be a lot of posts on the oil filters for 96+ but I cannot track down part numbers for 85 - 95 oil filters. any takers? a list of brands? I know K&N is KN-146

can anyone explain what happens when a choke plunger has a hole in it? looks like mine has a little bit of a hole during my tear down. Dont have permatex black. does anyone know what ingredient is broken down by gas? i have a couple other permatex products here.... do i just use any...

thinking about how we have to sync our bikes up so much. would loctite help us keep dialed in or is it more a valve issue?

I bought a replacement slide and the hole is smaller than the ones i have installed. I know i dont have a stage7 mod, but would anyone have any ideas on what size bit is used in the mikuni and dynojet kits i could always just pull out the dremel a bit, but that could get risky