problems

Hey Vmaxers, I just bought this 2006 a couple of months ago and sometimes it has hesitation on take-off and midrange between 3000-6000 rpm. The guy who had it before put one of those aftermarket 3-way switches on the v-boost system. The bike is getting horrible gas mileage (100 miles/tank). Any...

:damn angry:Hi all. I have a 2010 vmax with. On friday i took it into my local dealer to have a oil pump recall performed. 2 miles down the road after leaving the dealership the engine started making some serious squealing noises then actually quit. At first it didnt start then did with the...

Hi, fitted a new battery in march was starting fine but now even though the battery has charge ( kept on an optimate) the bike doesn't want to start. when you turn the key to on the lights on the panel come on, you get the click click click then it pops from the exhaust. It will start if jumped...

I finally got my ignition system working right but now I have a carb problem (this was the biggest problem to begin with) sounds like I'm carrying a cylinder but at idle I'm not fat according to my wideband but it still has a pretty irradic idle for having the vboost totally closed. When you...

I have an 05 v max. It runs pretty rich, sometimes has a slight hesitation when you gap it wide open on the road( at cruising speeds of 65-80) the plugs seamed a lil black so put new ones in and didn't help at all. The bike has a jet kit ( before me no idea what size) k&n, and a UFO street pro...

Hi All, I own an 88 Vmax which for the past year or so has an intermittent starting issue. I keep the battery on a trickle charger so usually have plenty of power to start. I'm pretty sure it's a faulty fuel pump. When I try and start it, it won't kick until the fuel pump starts ticking, then...

So last summer I was having some hard starting issues, as well as multiple random fuel rrlated issues. So this winter I tore all 4 carbs completely apart, cleaned everything, replaced parts, set dry float levels, and reassembled. This spring I had very minor, very occasional starting problems...

hey guys has a question.. a couple actually just took the 85 out on a nice rip in upstate ny 55 today im holding the throttle at about 4000 rpms and i hear a put put sounds like little misses on the bike but the bike runs great at idle and has the power when i give it gas no lag and vboost...

Hey guys, heres the issue. I've read the service manual, read every thread, sticky, and answers on here. I tried setting the levels with the dry measurements of 1.115 and 1.125 with the carbs upside down on level surface but the wet readings were showing too lean. I was getting low wet readings...

Hey eveyone this is actually my first post. I have recently cleaned the carbs(with the help of Sean) and decided to install the carbs this evening. Well I got hooked up with a quite unique problem.... For starters, the choke did not seem to work at all. When I would try to start the bike, I...

Coming home tonight from work my clutch started acting up. Pulled all the way in and it still wasnt disengaged. So I couldnt down shift very easy at all. How do the clutches on these bikes work? I looked when I got home and saw that there is a button that is pused in when the clutch is out...

I have a 1993 VMax with a TBoost installation. I have had the bike since 2005. The VBoost has been working perfectly all this time. Even after I installed the TBoost, 4 years ago, everything worked as it should, 3K, 6K, off. The first time I noticed any problem was 2 weeks ago. I went out for a...

Ok put in the morely kit went to synch the carbs, Carb 3 and 4 went to adjust and the idle changed but the Gage does Nothing, switched hoses around same thing

This is one topic that comes up again, and again, and again, I'm pretty sure it's even surpassed the "which oil is best" threads in post count. Every time it comes up, there's lots of good info, until it slips back a few pages and the question gets asked again by another new member. There's a...

So I got my fuel filter in the mail (OEM $18) and replaced it (15K miles) and found my old one was full of big reddish-black flakes which I can only assume is rust from the fuel tank. :damn angry: So now I gotta fix that. Probably just easier to have a place coat the tank. Or even buy a used...

I was wondering anyone has had a problem with their speedometer? Recently mine started acting up so I replaced the cable. It was a little frayed so I thought that was it but when I tested it it did the same thing. The odometer seems to be accurate with the miles but the speedo is acting...

My 2001 max now surges violently and backfires loudly at 85mph. I had a rusted tank that I replacwed with a clean one and soon after I started getting backfiring like crazy. Yes I did change out the fuel filter and so far I have shotgunned her about 6 times. Now she only does it at 85, starts up...

I was setting my A/F screws and when I was adjusting the #1 cylinder, I noticed that there was not any change in the engine. I can turn the A?F screw all the way in an the bile runs the same. I did try the peashooter and the shotgun cleaning methods on this and the results are the same. I am...

I went out for a ride yesterday and the bike just died, I thought that it had ran out of gas but it wasnt completely empty, I went and filled the bike up and had to jump start it, but it ran fine while the jumper cables were on it, but when removed it started with irregular idle and back firing...

Hi , Swithed out my flasher for LED lights and had all kinds of problems. When I engage the turn signal the flashers strobes like a disco light. I tried keeping the original in the back and the led in the front and all seemed to work correctly. Could this be an impedance thing ??? Tks Max