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I'm about to get new tires for the vmax, wondering if I should go up one size to a 160/80. Just wanted some different opinions on this, I've heard that it worsens the handling quite a bit.

Everybody is so mf helpful in the forum it's amazing. thanks a lot!

My clutch master started leaking recently. I'm not sure where it's coming from, as it only starts leaking when I'm riding. I've cleaned everything on and around the cylinder itself, and I just can't tell where its coming from. Is there a better way to find the leak? Or should I just get a whole...

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that look retracted? I worked it in and out for 5 minutes. Sprayed some carb cleaner in there. These pics were taken after the fact.

I brought the bike to the shop, they can’t look at it thoroughly until about Saturday. But they said that from what they heard from it running, it’s probably a carb issue.

well the reason i'm considering that theory is because the bike is just as fast as it ever was. I was out riding it the other day and beat the hell out of my buddy's 2015 5.0. I'll be honest, I'm not too well versed on the inner workings of carburetors. However, from my understanding, the pilot...

As a matter of fact, I recently ran into a yamaha mechanic and thought I might as well see if he could tell me what might be wrong with it. I described it all to him, and he told me it could in fact be a carb issue. He said that if the pilot jets are either stuck, or just set incorrectly, that...

Will do, I'll update asap.

well like I said, I did an oil change, the oil that came out was definitely do for a change, but it wasn't awful. The oil thats in there now is perfectly fine. I haven't checked vacuum yet though. Say it was a head gasket, about how much do you think someone would charge to replace it?

I love my vmax to death, I do, but shit just keeps breaking. Recently, cylinder number 4 went dead, so I replaced the spark plugs, wires, and boots. When I fired it up, it sounded really bad, the right pipe sounded like a flip flop being slammed on the ground repeatedly. The left pipe seemed...

Everybody, I have some pretty funny news. The piston rings in my right two cylinders have gone bad. Smoking like a chimney out of the right pipe. Wondering what a rebuild might cost. Not sure if I should rebuild it, or just say screw it and get a whole new engine.

I can’t see why the carbs would be the issue given that I ride the thing pretty much every day.

well now that you mention it, I was running 93 octane, I wanted to see the difference between premium and regular. Maybe the sudden switch could've effected it? I checked the battery with 2 different volt meters at different rpm's and as far as I can tell the battery is just fine. I'll check for...

A new problem has started with my vmax. I replaced the battery recently, (about 3 days ago) and ever since then, it has felt way down on power. I thought the spark plugs might have been the problem, so I pulled them out only to find that they were actually decent. But I replaced them anyway...

Thank all of you for your help! I rebuilt my slave cylinder today and the problem is fixed, bike shifts silky smooth.

any tips or things I should watch out for in particular when rebuilding?

so it's the slave cylinder I suppose.

I’m assuming brake fluid did this?

I know, just said that for simplicity’s sake.