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It certainly wasn't the script that kept us watching. It was our imaginations that did. I wound up buying a '97 30th anniversary camaro z28 that is white with orange stripes and it took me a while to realize I unknowingly bought a modern day version of the Mach 5...

47 now, 48 this year. Hal

Do you have to change the oil in the shaft?

I originally did want to try something using the euro standards but they are hard to find in this area. I could only find one size which didn't fit. Ordering by mail would work if I knew which size to get but I didn't. But I feel pretty comfortable knowing I have a good quality full-face...

Big issue is Dot or Snell. Snell helmets are actually too hard. They are made to withstand two direct hits in the same spot. This increased rigidness allows far too much shock to get to your head. Dot on the other hand, allows far less shock. Snell are almost always rated 300 (I forget the...

Make sure it shifts well and stays in 2nd. It will occansionally slip out of 2nd, that's unfortunetly normal to some degree but it shouldn't do it more than 1 out of 10 times. Hal

Re: launching the mighty v-max? I think I remember they also tied down the front suspension. Second best thing is to at least set the forks down 2" or so. I lean forward a little and take off at 6K and only breifly need the clutch. More of just an even release of it. Don't use the clutch...

Is a bike charging 13.5 v at 2k rpm and no drain when bike is off a good test that the regulator is OK? I read the manual and it stated there was no good way to test it but I just think that's absurd.

Even though it seems like a gas problem that thin spark is very odd. I can see how a bad regulator would cause both a low spark and a weak pump. The voltage regulator is easy enough to check/replace so I'll do that next. So I realized the obvious test for the regulator/alt is just checking...

It just seems the problem is getting worse and worse. Now, it idles around 500, can't rev, and when driven slowly you get about 50 feet before it's really starving for fuel. I went half a block and it died so I turned the key off then back on and the fuel pump had to run for a few seconds to...

Funny but I was at a turn light right before it started running like crap. Was it a turn signal fuse?

Finally got motivated to diagnose some more on the bike. I've checked the fuel pump/filter and spark and checked the battery. The spark seems a little weak. Very thin spark but it does happen on all 4 plugs. I just don't get why it would run so poorly while getting plenty of gas and spark...

Haven't checked anything else yet but I'll do the slide with I check the coil/plug wires. Hal

Do I hook the meter up and test through the coil, or just both ends of the plug wire. I haven't checked anything other than the fuel filter and pump yet. I took the top part (small side) of the pump off and didn't see anything so I put it back together. I then reconnected the pump's input and...

I was cruising down a road and stopped for a light. Bike was idling fine but when I took off it started stumbling and wouldn't rev up very high. I made it home but now it won't even rev up to 4k parked. I tried the fuel filter, no luck. Do you think it'w the fuel pump or something worse? The...

It just started doing it after a quick run. It never hiccuped or anything on the pass, just a normal quick run up the gears then slowed down for a light. Turned around at the light and it was immediately apparent it didn't want to go that well. Plugs were swapped with new of the same after...

The bike only has 8.7k, looks like new, and was running great then right after a quick run it started running like crap. I'll check the compression in all the cylinders in the unlikely event it cracked a ring or something. Is there any way it could be bad gas? I had just put in gas 5 miles...

Tell him you're on your way in to buy it and to get the paper work and prep the bike but then never show up. Hal

Wasn't vapor lock. It continues to do the same thing. I popped the gas cap off and it runs the same. I noticed through the clear fuel filter that the level never changes and the exhaust reeks of gas so I don't think it is a fuel issue. It also sounds about the same at every rev level and...

Thanks. I'll try that this weeken. Hal