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This is my first post. My name is Mike and I recently purchased an '85 V-Max locally. I am now 37 and I am buying the bikes I wanted when I was 15. :biglaugh: I started with the RZ350 and then when it was too painful to ride for any significant distance, I added the V-Max. Moving on. I got...

Ok, when I try to start with the button, the starter relay clicks and thats it, nothing else. I'm not very mechanical minded, so my thought process doesn't go beyond taking things out and putting this back together! No joy with a jump start -from the car just the same (starter relay clicks)...

It's me again :thumbs up: Have some problems with cold starts for last two weeks or so. Everytime I try to start my bike in the morning (no matter whether it's cold or warm outsude) I need to try 2 to 3 times before my bike fires up. There's one more strange thing - choke. Previously engine...

Hi everybody, My name is Cliff and I'm from New Bern, NC. I am trying to help my Dad out with a problem he is having with his vmax. The bike wont start in cold weather (below 50 degrees). It will turn over until you kill the battery, but no go. With the choke full on, it sounds like it wants...

Hello All Just finished performing the ShotGun cleaning, wow did a lot of crap come out. :damn angry: Anyways, cant get the bike to start after the cleaning. Mixture screws set at 2.5 turns and getting really bad blow back through the carbs. :ummm: Any suggestions would be greatly...

I'm 39 years old, and have been wrenching on my stuff since I was old enough to figures stuff out. I feel like I have above average abilitities, but today makes me wonder. You may recall my threads about the oil leak and oil all over the carbs. Well, thanks to Mark for the tip on the hose...

Hi guys/gals. My buddy owns an 85, he drove it down my house the other day, and after 5-6 hours the thing wouldn't fire up at all....tried some choke, full choke, no joke, some throttle, you name it, I tried it. I pulled the plugs, they looked a little wet...dried them off and turned the...

when I start my bike I need to hold the throtle open some to get it to start.some times you need to rev it a couple time before it will idle by itself.is this tipical for a vmax?it even dose the same thing with the choke on.dose anyone have some input on this :hmmm:

When I start the bike after sitting overnight I get a very quick wiff of oil burning after about 30-45 seconds. The plugs look fine and there are no indications of oil burning after that very brief period. I hate to think that it is the valve guides that are letting oil by :bang head: . Is...

First of all I don't own a V-Max, but love them. I own a Roadstar. A friend owns a max and would like to get more out of it. I told him, 1st pipes, then air, then go electrical. Would I be right? He likes the Cobra 4 into 4's but is hesitant on buying any pipe. He wants to start with air...