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I just changed my yamalube over to amsoil (20w50 to 20w50 amsoil) and also changed my coolant (regular prestone for aluminium engines). Bike is now running closer to the hot zone when riding around subdivision slowly and the fan has not yet turned on. I bled the coolant and seemed to be no...

Ok so the mod bug is in full force. i put in the my v-boost switch yesterday which BTW doesn't feel that much different but I guess i don't have any power mods on the bike that would take full advantage. I put my bar end mirrors on. Do most guys have the mirrors pointing down or up? i...

did starter clucth yesterday, not easy but got through it went for a ride today and the further i rode the worse it ran felt like bad gas,missing on the low end, not to bad at speed but didnt have the excelleration it should have. put it in the garage fired it up ran for a few then died. wouldnt...

Took most of the Kerker off last night, except for the two rear inner nuts. I had to take one of my 8mm allens into work. today to have one of my maintence guys cut me stubby. Off with the down pipes tonight and everything goes to Jethot for a nice extreme sterling bath to replace the...

Can anyone tell me how hot the final drive gets? Mine is very hot to the touch. It?s so hot that I can hold on hand only about 5 sec! Is this normal? :confused2:I change the hypo oil. It did'nt make any difference. All is stock and only had 5000 miles on it.

I've been having charging issues, so I upgraded my R/R to a late model Electrosport unit, and installed new battery. I ran the R/R wires directly to the battery via soldered leads. I'm getting good voltage to the battery now, but the R/R gets toasty. It's really hot to the touch, not burn...

One of the casualties of the Ontario Drag Day is Billie's Vmax. It is now sitting in my garage after it died on the highway ride home. When the motor is cold it works OK but as it warmed up the clutch worked less and less until he couldn't even do 60 kph on the highway. Loading onto the tow...

Ive used the search tab to no real success with this issue. so i hope maybe someone can shed some light on my problem. last Monday i was on a long ride and washed the bike immediately when i got into town... after the wash i noticed a slight miss and a little lack of power. i figured wet...

I'm not sure where to start.... with the symptoms perhaps. Once the bike is at what I will call the 'normal operating temperature' or about half way on the temp gauge, I experience the following: Idle drops below 1K, not much mind you, kinda jumps from 900-950?. However if I blip the...

OK, so I've had my '85 Max 2 weeks now, and just took my first weekend trip. Filled the tank a couple of times each way on the round trip. It starts fine when cold, but when I stop for fuel and try to start again, it turns over very slowly and takes several attempts before it will fire. Once it...

Well after determining my starter relay was bad. I still seem to have the problem of it barely turning the motor when hot. I just pulled the starter and everything checks out. I saw on vmaxchat that someone recommended drilling a hole in the starter top and making a direct wire connection from...

I am not sure if this is the correct place for this post but here goes I thought I had all of the problems worked out with the carbs Has anyone ever experienced sputtering severe misfiring and hesitation after the motor becomes hot enough for the fan to come on? I drove home on a cooler day...

Seem to have marginal Hot starting issues. Initially starts fine..Ride for about an hour..stop for a few minutes and go to restart..starts but seems to struggle a bit to turn over. Checked Volts getting 14.2 at idle. Is this a starter issue? :ummm:

Anyone using these Climax hidden controls? http://www.customcyclecontrols.com/index.cfm/page/ptype=results/category_id=70/home_id=70/mode=cat/cat70.htm You end up dropping about three grand on controls and bars but they're the sweetest looking add-on I've seen in a long, long time.

Great makeup mirror.

I have a "96 Black V-Max with approx . 7500 miles on it. I can install a new battery, will charged and maintained, and after I ride the bike, for an hour or so, or until the engine becomes hot, I have a very difficult time in starting the bike. It acts as though the battety is weak or dead. When...

I may be seeing signs of this. Besides better grounding what are the other possible solutions

My bike wont start when is hot,so I was testing battery today with multimeater and I touch r/r and it was soo hot,I burn my fingers.Bike was runing no more then 1 minute.Pipes where much cooler then r/r. What do you think? Thanks. Jaromir

my 86 has been running fine for the first week that i've had it running mostly just to work and back,28 miles each way all highway and only in the 70's with my temp needle about a needles width below halfway up on the temp gauge.I got stuck in heavy traffic for the first time yesterday and it...

Need a little help with this please.. When my bike gets hot and i sit in traffic, i get a lot of popping. It only happens at idle, when i start moving it's fine. I have new plugs, new wires. I did the peashooter and ran 2 bottles of seafoam through the tank. Also had the carbs synched...