I'm more of a lurker, but have been here since the end of '06, when I had my 83 650 Maxim. I now have an 83 750 Maxim that my stepdaughter named...
[ATTACH]1973 Pontiac Laurentian Safari wagon. 400 2bbl, turbo 400 trans. This was a sleeper and I smoked a LOT of muscle cars with it, even tho...
A bit of Caig Deoxit D5 on the connector contacts will help clean things up.
Blacked out my bars and installed a new petcock. Still need to hook up the lines and chopa bit off the end of the petcock lever so it wont hit...
Pop the gas cap next time it dies and if that solved the issue, then it means that the cap vent is plugged up.
I've had a bad right ankle since my senior year of high school( I'm 52 now). If it gets any bit of a wayward twist I scream like a little girl....
Your main mistake was converting to pods.
[ATTACH] This was a direct fit (well, mostly...had to be finicky in the squence of tightening down the factory retainer screws as it was off a...
Avoid synthetic, as it can cause premature failure of the starter clutch.
Because?
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The 82 Maxims had the multi-piece "square" aluminum handlebars that typical bar mounted windshields wont work with.[ATTACH]
Had a similar issue with the 650 I used to have. Multiple studs were snapped off, a couple were missing. A friend with good intentions tried an...
NGK discontinued the non-resistor versions of the plugs. I havent measured the caps on my 83 750 maxim, butI assume mine are tmstill the originals...
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Check the safety switch on the side stand (unless it was down when going thru your issue, lol)
Might be a stupid question....but... Are you sure the battery was fully charged when you installed it?
Hanging idle tends to be caused by a vacuum leak.
Mattawa! I'm related to the Valois family and live in Sault Ste Marie
Displacement/size of it may help you sell faster
With the 100, I find my speedometer reads abt 5km/h fast. Strange, as the outside diameter of the front tire is a bit larger than OEM now and...
I have that exact tire on the front of my 83, soon to be followed by the matching rear so I can get rid of the crappy Spitfire II thats came on...
That last one I'd grab if I had the $$ just for that 900 mill to transplant into my 83 750 Maxim... lol
I have 100/90 19 on mine (XJ750 Maxim) If you're willing to modify your front fender, maybe you can "slot" the mounting holes so you can raise it...
Do you have the original? Theyre notorious for bad/cold solder joints. Also, I dont remember if there's any electrolytic capacitors in it, but if...
For the record, it's a TCI (Transistor Controlled Ignition) not a CDI (Capacitive DischargeIgnition). Two completely different methods of...
Yes you can. All it does is stop one signal from energizing the signals on the opposite side. Basically, it's just a couple of diodes to isolate...
Did you replace the throttle shaft seals?
New LED headlamp for Luna. Much thanks to a friend of mine that gifted it to me.
Welcome. A friend of mine used to have the same model Fiat...that's the one that looks a bit like a Pontiac Fiero, right?
I wo[ATTACH] I wwouldn't want to touch that paint either. It's something unique on your bike, as is the mural on my XJ750 Maxim. I'm going to be...
Mine is a K, which have the normal bars and non-"Atari" instrument cluster.
You think?
Only difference between the Maxim and the Midnight Maxim, is the Midnight is all black with gold trim.
I normally find this to be the case most of the time, if not all.
100/90 19 for the front. 130/90 16 for rear. I put a front tire a size bigger on mine. I think it looks funny with the stock size.
The mural is only 3 years younger than the bike...dated 1986. The artist is one of the most sought after airbrushbartists in the area, and this...
Put my new grips on to replace the torn and worn cheap foam ones that were on there when I got it. Took me forever to find this style of grips for...
Installed my new geips today[ATTACH]
Does it have the original fuse box? Might have an intermittent connection thru one or more fuses if you do.
Glad you solved it. And learned something new. None of us started out as experts. It's a learning process. :D
Spark plugs behave differently when not under compression. Make sure all 4 header pipes are about the same temp, be careful not to burn yourself....
Is your bike using the factory airbox? Or is it running pod filters?
Check the fuses after it stalls out. Make sure no e of them are hot (10 or 20 amps at operating voltage can get pretty hot!) Sounds like a heat...
Good to hear you're all right. Never stop learning.
To me, that would indicate a spark issue on that cylinder if there was no change with spraying starter fluid directly into the carb. When you...
I normally dont care for cafe mods, but yours looks great!
If you are able to, swap the wires between the brake and marker light connections. If its miswired and it'susing the brake filamentfor the marker...
When I had my 83 XJ650 Maxim it would not want to start once temperatures would drop to single digit degrees C with the standard NGK plugs...