If guys would quit stripping these complete bikes just for more profit than getting it running would help.But to show ya'll what I think about the forum and the max read my thread and see if that makes you feel better(why the vmax)
That's how we get reasonably-priced parts to keep our bikes running, instead of buying new Yamaha parts, although for some things I need to buy new. Brass parts for the carbs, carb slides/diaphragms; gears (the #2/#5 mating gears to fix the second gear issue; shift forks, the shift drum; clutch friction discs; electrical components; some of the things to buy OEM new, as used ones are just plain worn-out or broken.
'glickmpb' wrote:
Installed the Denali Sound Bomb for the horn. This was HUGGGEEE!!! Glad I did it
Denali makes good but expensive products. You can buy the same design horn from WOLO, theirs is called the 'Bad Boy." Harbor Freight sells it.
https://www.harborfreight.com/bad-boy-air-horn-94117.html Their price is considerably cheaper (see below). We all like to save $. I'm pretty-sure it also comes with a relay (installation instructions, below), which is an additional cost with Denali. The relay helps to power the horn. I have a thread for mounting the WOLO on a Gen. 1 where it can be more-easily heard, than the stock mounting point by the exhaust header pipe for the #1 cylinder. See post #18:
https://www.vmaxforum.net/threads/a-new-horn-for-the-vmax.24587/#post-412478
I checked revzilla for the current Denali airhorn pricing, $50 and the accessory wiring kit is $18, so call it $68. The Harbor Freight WOLO 'Bad Bot' is almost exactly
half the cost, if you appreciate saving money.
https://manuals.harborfreight.com/manuals/94000-94999/94117.pdf
'twistedmax,' that CB500-4 looks very clean, except for the seat. Do you know anyone who can fix-that? I currently have a SOHC 750-4 in my collection, waiting for its refurbishment. I just rebuilt the front brake caliper and master cylinder, I have a tool I fabricated which made it much-easier to disassemble a frozen master cylinder piston, let me know via the new 'messaging' if you are in-need of one. I also had to do a disassembly of the caliper, which wouldn't budge under air pressure to move the piston. I can send you directions on getting it apart, using things you probably already have in your shop. A dealer,
if you could find one willing to work on that-old of a bike, would probably want $500 to fix those two things, parts included, which you can do for $50, including parts and the fabricated disassembly tool.
