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  1. desert_max

    Motorycle For Sale SOLD! 1986 For Sale (yes, my "forever" Max)

    I have had 6 Gen1s - 3 acquired AFTER this one. It is the best VMax I have owned. I am the second owner. It was 100% original when I got it - that lasted about a week. Illness forces sale. It now sports (I hope I don't forget something: Morley midcut seat Morley single tube frame braces...
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    What Humans Do

    Boy, is that an open-ended thread title! It was intended as such. I don't know if anybody has been paying much attention, but it might appear that old desert_max has begun waxing a bit philosophical of late. Maybe so, but I'd like to think that I always had a bit of a poet in me. I just don't...
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    The CBX is FOR SALE

    You guys have heard me mention this CBX before - and I never pass up an opportunity to provide a gratuitous glimpse. It's a '79 CBX, quite custom, but beloved its entire life and essentially pristine under the cosmetic changes. If you have any questions on recent work, want to see pictures...
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    The dangers of linseed oil

    As he is wont to do, my son made use of my shop, materials, consumables and electricity last weekend to do a complete refurbishment of his jet boat trailer. He displays a superior work ethic as this was a large project. Took the better part of two solid days. The job included stripping the old...
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    Motorcycling "Off" Season - Pitfalls of extended layup

    Okay, okay. I got slightly roasted bringing this up before, one of the most common comments was "There is no off season!" But everybody, and I mean everybody eventually faces an extended period of non-operational motorcycle use either because of weather, health, an injury or perhaps a long...
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    Motorcycling "Off" Season - What do YOU do?

    Not everyone is fortunate enough to be able to ride year 'round. In fact, most either cannot or don't ride 12 months out of the year. Phoenix is no exception. Only a little backward. While as in colder climes, there are a few hardy souls who soldier on and suffer mightily for it, I am not...
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    Dropping Motorcycles

    It’s inevitable. You handle motorcycles, eventually you’re going to drop one. Happens to everybody. Today it happened to me. Dropped my ‘78 GL. I must be losing it. First one I have dropped in a very long time. Can’t even remember the last time. The stupid thing is that I had taken it out for a...
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    1st Gen V-Max One-Owner ‘86 (Well, not anymore)

    Although I currently have my 7th Gen 1 in the garage, this '86 gets the love. (This one is #4). Picked it up not even two years ago. It was a one owner bike, but had been sitting for about 10 years. 100% original. Although I thought about leaving it that way, that thought didn’t last long...
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    Pet Peeves - motorcycle related only or this thread will consume the board!

    I don't have awful lot of pet peeves with regard to motorcycles, but I did discover one thing today that bothers me. Take aftermarket exhausts for example. The '90 semi project Vmax that I have has 2 Brothers slip-ons. These are some huge cans. Whoever installed them nicely fashioned a couple...
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    Motorcycle Collections

    Working at Intel and having recently changed sites here in Chandler, I’m learning who parks in which Motorcycle spot and who apparently has collections going because they begin to be readily apparent in some cases. Given that most of the engineering folks are working from home, riders tend to...
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    Valve Adjustment

    Ok. I give up. I must not be holding my mouth right. Or I'm thickheaded. Or my Honda background has me confounded. (A CBX adjustment is cake compared to this. Shims slide right out.) Got Sean's shim kit with the Yamaha tool for compressing the buckets in preparation for doing an...
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    Needles and Seats...and more

    This discussion took place in another thread, but there was just too much "good stuff" regarding, in particular, needles and seats to let it molder there unloved. So that it might benefit someone besides those who happen upon an errant project thread, here's a link to a page where the...
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    OEM Luggage Rack <SOLD!>

    I ended up with this luggage rack and no motorcycle to put it on. It bolts onto the OEM sissy bar that is so sought after, yet relatively hard to find. In fact, the relatively scarce OEM sissy bar often lacks this rack. I guess it’s even more scarce! Excellent conditon $75 shipped CONUS
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    Critical Mass Yet Again - ‘90 Gen1

    Phoenix is fertile ground for Motorcycle picking. Lots of projects where people get in over their heads with grandiose ideas and then reality sets in. Those are the deals I try and locate, zero in on and take advantage of. I really enjoy this stuff, so humor me here. The recent anniversary...
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    Age Old Question: Ride or Shine?

    Well, it was bound to happen. We have had this discussion in various forms many times on this board over the years. I have tended to lean towards the shine crowd. Not that I don't ride, I ride a lot! But I used to shine a lot as well. Used to? I just stepped out into the shop for a bit to...
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    Motor/Frame paint

    As this ‘05 is the first late model Vmax I’ve had in my possession, I’m finding a couple of things that have changed. Although I am not anal about cosmetics, I like to optimize the appeal of a motorcycle where possible. And on the Vmax, that means paint. There’s some boot wear on the engine...
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    WTB: Dale Walker Frame Braces - FOUND Morley Frame Braces!

    Had a set of these once, really liked them. Would like to obtain another set. If somebody has a pair laying around unloved, if you'd like to get rid of them, give me a shout please. American dollars at the ready.
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    Garage Floor Finishes

    These days there are lots of options with regard to finishes on garage or shop floors. Dirt, raw concrete, painted concrete, or any number of epoxy coatings. I really liked the speckled epoxy coating on the floor of my shop when we bought the place. It cleans up easily and it presents well...
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    Yet another Gen1 - critical mass achieved

    OK. This is not the kind of thing that one can keep quiet in a Vmax forum. I recently had an opportunity to bid on and acquire a 2005 anniversary edition Vmax. One owner, gentleman passed away, bike has been sitting for a little over two years. I did not hear it run. So yes, it is a bit of a...
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    Preaching to the choir

    ...but to inject some Vmax content into the mix...I thought I'd offer up a couple of observations. I have had many motorcycles in my life, Been lucky, but it is definitely a choice...something more than luck. I enjoyed pretty much every one of them (at least those I rode). I currently have...
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