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I bought mine 3 years ago for 700.00... Literally the best 700 ever spent. LOVE IT!

Personally I wouldn't go over 5000 on any oil in a motorcycle. Remember the trans is beating the snot out of the oil as well. Oil is cheap IMO. I do it every 3000 but I am anal like that. lol Cheers, Chris

OK all, Dunk sent me a message last night. It looks like sitting for a while may have solved the issue. It was MOST DEFINITELY a stuck needle or float. We had the air box off so visually inspecting it was not a problem. Dunk started it last night and let it run with NO issues. The night before it would start pretty much as soon as you turned the key because the pump would try to build pressure and due to the open needle it couldn't so fuel kept flowing. So for right now we're good to go. He ran the breather lines last night and tonight he's bringing it over to my house to synch the carbs. I think we may have a runner! Woohoo! It's a 1987 with 7000 miles on it. Hard to believe someone bought a touring bike and only put 7000 miles on it in 23 years. Thanks you all for your help. Chris

Yeah I beat on it till I was blue in the face... (minds out of the gutters guys) I am thinking a low pressure burst of air down the individual fuel line and vent line. Thanks all for your help with the vent lines. By the way the Vmax vents come out in front of us under the faux tank but we don't have the negative air to hold he fumes near us. Chris

I'm an Apple fanatic so I use iTunes. More money than others but it's SUPER easy to get them on all my devices. iPhone and the like. Chris:thumbsup2:

Everything in these carbs is BRAND NEW. The fuel issue isn't really our number one issue IMO. (I'm sure Bill would disagree) These aren't over flow lines. They're the vent lines. You still think they run back in front of the rear wheel? Seems like a long way to go but who am I to argue? lol Hey Dunk, Jump on your favorite site and order 4 lines or we can get some clear tubing at the hardware store and route them ourselves. Up to you. Thanks for your help guys!

Hey Dunkin1, Guess who... Hey guys, I'm the guy that helped Dunk work on his bike last night. I'm a Vmax guy. Which other than a few changes, have the same motor. OK so let me help him explain the issues here. The carbs were rebuilt by a guy that knows these carbs better than nearly anyone in the US. He's VERY well known in the Vmax community and owns and runs Morley's Muscle. You couldn't ask for a better guy in all honesty. So the issue we had is that UPS used the box as a football and broke one of the carbs. They were very well packed but you know how UPS is sometimes. Anyway... We ended up removing one of his old carbs and swaping out all the new parts from the rebuilt unit to the old body. ALL jets, jet block, gaskets and even the enricher circuit. Our carb worked flawlessly. What I and Dunk believed happened is during the game of football the carb in question got it's float and needle stuck. I'm hoping a puff of air or carb cleaner down the vent tube or specific fuel line will dislodge it and keep us from unracking that carb. What we REALLY need to know is where are the lines fed to that go to the breathers? I see in the fiche that they are supposed to be there but we're hoping someone with a like motorcycle can look to see where they route the lines. On the vmax they route them to a couple of screws on top of the air box using a special fitting to attach them. I guess we could just get 4 lines and the fittings from a max to do it, but would like to know for sure how it's supposed to be. I know from Vmax's that if they're not connected the bike will buck and run like poo at higher speeds... Oh and I would like to say that Yamaha had they're head up their you know what when they put the fuel filter where they put it... What a PITA to replace. Thanks all! Chris Pics of broken carb and pics of the rack after reassembly. You can see the 4 large vent tubes in the rack picture. We need to know where the vent lines go to.