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My 1974 CB360 brought back to life. I rattle can painted it original metal flake orange candy. These cans were not cheap but the results turned out great. So nice in fact I am thinking of painting my spare Vmax fenders and air box cover. Only question is, use this same color candy orange or...

Not running yet. Tank was sealed some time ago. Petcock leaks and I am going through carbs first thing. Came with another tank (dented) and several other parts. Vin on frame says 1973, so not bad looking for a 50 year old. I took this picture after it's first wash in years. I also plan to remove...

I have about a 5 hour trip coming up for an army reunion that we haven't seen each other in 34 years! Because of the fun and gas prices I've planned on the Vmax since planning first started. It's been running great, until yesterday when I experianced back firing through the air filter.I did the...

Wife has a 2014 Jeep that we have seen signs of mice and keep traps around it and under the hood. We'll catch a few then months go by no problem then it starts again. My Ford pickup, 2006 sits next to it and never has a problem. We even switched parking places and they still go to hers. We eat...

Have subscribed to Motorcycle Consumer News for quite a long time, paper and digital. I had gladly left Cycle World and Rider a long time ago. Got a letter today saying the Jan. issue was the last. Too bad, to me they got into more detail, good and bad than any other read.

A friend I worked with has died in a terrible car wreck. He was returning from a Dr. appointment where he got cleared to go back to work after knee surgery. He came upon road construction and had to stop when a flagman stopped traffic. There was one car in front of him and weather was clear and...

Dumb question, but I have looked around on here and can't figure out how to PM someone. It was easy on the 'old' vmaxforum. What am I missing?

Looking around on Youtube and clicked on this. Nothing much to see until at 9:15 on the video it shows the fuel on/ res. switch and this one is a lights- on, off and po (parking only?) Very strange, I noticed the speedo is in mph, so not sure what the deal is. Any body got any idea on this...

My cousin Les was a corporate pilot living on Big Pine Key, Florida. I haven't been down in a while but when I did we went diving and buzzing the reefs in his plane. He had a Yamaha Venture and later a Soft Tail. His wife Arlene was a nurse and sold real estate. They were hit very hard by...

A friend and co-worker; Mike Nelms, got ultralight certified and bought a 'Skycycle' about 2 months ago. Sunday he hit a power line attempting to get to the airfield at his home. Wind and or warm weather may have caused it to not climb like he tried. He deployed the emergency chute but was too...

I am having problems seeing how the rubber mounted rear wheel hub comes off. I am stripping the wheels to have them powder coated. I thought the hub just pulled straight up off the 5 rubber cylinders in the wheel.:ummm: The service manual just shows pictures and I am still not sure. Also while I...

My 2001 Carbon fiber dummy tank cover looks good, but my front and rear fenders are faded and dull. I thought the clear coat might have faded out but the fading and spotting are deep into the carbon fiber pattern. I thought of painting the whole mess, but I like the carbon fiber. Thought of...

This forum is by far the best I have ever tried to be part of. About a year ago I bought a 2005 FJR. Simple things I need others opinions about are usually met with answers that don't help, don't have anything to do with my problem or (I have read) knew how to do something but would not share...

Still have an '01 Vmax; but last week got a good deal on a 2005 FJR. I need a backrest for passenger safety, and have been searching on the internet. I joined an FJR forum and I have to say, it is far from being as good as this one. Apparently there is a big change after 2005 and a backrest for...

I searched and found the topic had been discussed but it has been a while back and I thought I would add what I have found out. On the last page of the March 2013 Motorcycle Consumer News they tell about the Japanese Industry Standard (JIS) screws. Apparently what we call Phillips are really...

Last Friday my brother-in-law going from Tn to NC with my sister on the passenger seat and packed for the weekend had quite the crash on his Victory M/C. Here's what happened: he is a long time owner/rider but sporadicaly and not too much of a tinkerer, from what I can tell, we are not close...

This is the passenger seat mod I had done here at a local M/C shop. The owner has modified his own seats and several customers. He specializes in KLR650 seats. It is a wider and more bucket shaped, at first I didn't like is but function beats out form and I like it (wife does) just fine. It cost...

Mine is a 2001 bought a year and half ago with 3k miles. Previous owner had died, who knows how long it had sit. It has never had the go my '97 had, but did run pretty well; most of the time. i had an exhaust header cool to the touch and cleaned carb by spraying cleaner down the throat and...

Here is my almost completed 'dummy blank indicator' mod. I removed the red lens from another panel that had crazed tach and temp lens. It has a red LED in it which is not connected yet. It is rated at above 12v. It was going to be a low voltage indicator...but to simplify things I think I'm...

I had my rear wheel off for a while during my fuel tank replacement. I 'thought' I knew where the washers on the rear axle went. The larger diameter one goes on the final drive side (left) under the nut. The smaller one has me puzzeled. Both the manual and bikebandit pictures show the smaller...