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So I fired up the bike at lunch and it died after a minute sitting in the driveway. Saw a little puff of smoke from I don't know where. Needless to say it blew the 30 amp fuse just above the positive terminal on the battery. Pulled sest, tank lid and airbox and can't seem to find anything...

Well its 2 in the morning and things are going pretty smoothly. Got the lower end all together and am working on ddegreeimg the cams!

Just curious what there are for options for HID lighting. I have looked around the web for awhile, and cant find a whole lot of info out there. What is available that is fairly easy to make work?

Well just as I thought luck was looking up and PCW finally got some of my engine parts shipped I realized that was not the case. I got the upper engine case unpacked only to find the rear of the block broken where the middle gear cover bolts on. My thoughts are to bolt the engine cases...

I have been talking with my buddy who has successfully built a few EFI systems for sleds and the like. He is an electrical genius and can build all the computer and electrical interfaces we need supposedly. I might give this a go over the winter but am trying to do a little more research on...

I'm looking for ideas on what a guy should do for a catch can. When I get my 1500 together I will need to change my setup and eliminate the vacuum from the air box. The problem I am having is where to mount it. There is nowhere with much free space. Could I run barbs through the air box and...

Well I should have my block and pistons back monday. I am curious what I should try to set initial jetting and needle height at. It will be a 1500 with 03 pcw camshafts. Any thoughts would be great!

Anybody think I could make this setup look right on the bike with a complete R1 front end? I'm just looking for ideas and I really like this type of speedo but not sure how I could install to give it a good look. Any thoughts would be awesome or show me what you put together...

I am posting these so that people can see what the PCW pro oiler is. I have seen a few questions asked on this so I figured I would share while my engine is apart. I would get the oil pump kit from Morleys Muscle, and I think the PCW pro oiler manifold is the way to go.

Well I was hoping to avoid changing the fork seals again, but I now have the time since i am rebuilding the engine. I put seals in about 4 years ago when bike was mostly stock and are leaking now. I used the leak proof seals which are obviously all a lie! Curious what you guys have had good...

So I was running my 1428 Tonight riding with a buddy. So beating on it as usual it started to run poor. The bike has had an oil leak for a while but next to nothing. In 500 miles I used maybe a half court. Tonight I used almost a quart in 50 miles and the right side of the bike is covered...

Well guys many of you regulars probably remember my journey last year with building a 1428 chain drive mostly from used parts that Sean had. I build a lot of engines so it was not my first by any means. The block was honed, new pistons, and rings that were all end gapped properly etc. My...

Ok guys I am going to try to get my autometer on and working this weekend but for some reason am having a very hard time understanding the whole ignition pulses thing. So our bikes have a "dual fire" ignition which means it fires once on compression and once on exhaust stroke for each cylinder...

Hey guys I put a Sunpro tach on last year and it worked great but after sitting a year now the needle acts all goofy. It doesn't seem to snap and stay steady like it used to. I was wondering if you had any ideas why and also what it would take to get a autometer setup. I know you need a 2...

Well guys I am waiting on carb parts to do a rebuild here. Just curious if anybody has any experience with jetting on a big bore. I am running high comp pistons in a 1428 chain drive but everything else on the top end is stock other than some mild head porting. It will have a marks 4 into 1...

Hey guys my wiring diagram doesnt say what coils are what. I am curious if somebody can tell me which wire colors go to which cylinder so I can avoid the trial and error process?

I had my frame hanging from the ceiling the other day sitting on the front wheel while i was cutting the frame and modifying it for the chain drive and it tipped over and busted my brake lever. Just wondering if you guys have any suggestions on good looking aftermarket pieces that are fairly...

Hey guys, I was wondering if any of you know a source for the chrome radiator shrouds on the sides. I hate the way the plastic ones look and would like to get rid of them.

Hey guys I have always like the look of this tail section on the vmax but in my searches have never found one. Anybody know who makes them if anybody? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Yamaha-V-Max-85-YAMAHA-V-MAX-/320994577224?pt=US_motorcycles&hash=item4abcc48b48

Well guys Sean Morley got me hooked on engine cases sleeved and setup for a chain drive. So now I am building a 1428 chain drive with 8.5:1 pistons and H beam rods, pretty much all the goodies to make this motor take the turbo I am putting on it. Ideal goal with this bike is to get...