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Who else still has their original Yamaha owners ID card?

Funniest one I've read!:rofl_200: The Yamaha VMX1200 V-Max handles like a drunk office girl on a photocopier...and is just as dangerous. The frame seems to flex, the back end squirms under the engine's power and the front end loads up with the Yamaha VMX1200 V-Max's substantial 280kgs wet...

Just swapped the headlight out for LED’s. I chose the GENSSI 5 3/4 Inch Round Projector LED Headlight DOT 80 Watt, link below. This light got good reviews and in anticipation of having to fab up a way to mount it the flat back panel on the light held on with four screws looked like an...

I couple months ago I purchased a pair of “CNC Brake Clutch Levers For Yamaha V-Max VMAX” on ebay for my 85 Max. The brake lever was no problem, you do need to use the stock reducer bushing to install. The aluminum clutch lever comes with a .392 or 9.95mm diameter aluminum insert which has a...

I dug back in the archives and found a post about this. The remedy was to replace the starter relay. I did that and all was well for a few long rides. Tonight I went to "Bike night" at a local tav and when I pulled in my oil light went on as soon as I stopped to back in. This is what happens...

So here’s my experience with the headshake issue on my 85. First the definition, let go the bars at 50, by the time I hit 45 the bars are shaking back and forth, by 35 they are shaking so violently that if you don’t grab them it will through your ass off! Tried everything including the Furber...

Finally after 32 years the 85 gets new paint! Bought it new on 06/13/85 :biglaugh:

A big thanks to all the contributors here on the forum! Now I have; No charging issue! No hot start issue! No head shake! Fatter rear tire! Killer brakes! Best handling ever! I bought my Vmax on 06/13/1985 and today I rode it for the first time not having to worry about my battery charging and...

I?ve been a ?lurker? on this forum a few months soaking up all the good info, so thanks to everyone for that. I decided to try the AVON 170/80/15 and was fully prepared to do the washer swap, but it was totally unnecessary. The tire slid right in and on the shaft side the clearance is .220 (for...