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Hey guys! Getting involved in some independent design in the year to come. I'm an electrical engineering student so I'll need to come up with a few design projects and I would really like to do something motorcycle related. Anything and everything that could relate to my field of study and...

Hi all My name is Braden and I've been around here since April. I bought a mostly all original 1982 maxim that appeared to be in much better condition than it was actually in. So over the course of the sumer I drove it to work everyday and fixed up some odds and ends (thanks to all of the...

Well things have been going well for a while so it figures that something is seeming wrong again. When I get a bit over idle rpms, i start to hear a faint smacking/ticking noise lagging along with the increasing rpms. I have noticed no decrease in power but I dont think this noise was always...

Well i messed up bad. I trusted a cheap torque wrench (which i DO know how to use and had it correctly set) instead of my better instinct. And now I have very damaged threads in the oil drain. Checked afterwards and no matter what, the torque wrench locks up with no clicking. Rookie mistake I...

finally getting around to asking. When I brake hard up front the forks depress as they should but then right at the end there's a loud knock. After it happens on the way down, I can either give er the beans or just rock back on the bike and then it happens again when they fully extend. Cant tell...

turns out my petcock doesnt even have all of the correct internal parts and they are nowhere to be found online. anyone have an extra petcock with all the parts that'll fit my maxim? not a big deal if it leaks as long as it has all the parts

need some help real quick like. just got my petcock rebuild kit and have the petcock opened up. go f*cking figure the dumbass that had the bike before me just packed the thing full and threw out the plastic spacer block that goes between the diaphragms:banghead:. so now i either put it back...

the front brake always squeals when i use it. not a big deal it happens. my brand new brakes on the car squeal a little. whats getting me is when i try to walk my bike backwards, its hard as all hell and the front break squeals ever so slightly like there's still contact with the rotor. possible...

1. This small metal piece was just bouncing around in the bottom of my airbox. What is it and where did it come from? 2. What are these lines and why are they cut and plugged?

PO installed this on my 82 maxim 400. I have a fuel filter and new fuel line to go here, I was just curious if there's a good reason to have this on there? Is there any reason to be suspicious of why it was installed?:shrug:

One more week of hell here in Milwaukee with semester finals and then I'm finally home to my bike! :bike: Going crazy reading all these threads, makes me want to ride so damn bad! This forum is killing me, spending way too much time learning on here versus learning my actual course material...

Hey all So I managed to make it home for the weekend to ride my bike a bit. Well it's raining tonight so I've been sitting here just looking and admiring :) well go figure I start looking a little too close and I start noticing little things that are pissing me off :banghead:. The worst being...

Driving an 82 xs400j maxim to work everyday this summer. The bike handles highway speeds well enough i guess for what it is, I bought it to save some gas $$. My old man use to be a real big bike guy and has ridden lots of bikes. He's real stubborn and opinionated though so I tend not to take...

So I had my 82 xs400j maxim out this weekend and enjoyed it an awful lot. My first ever significant cruising. :bike: I've been asking questions here and there on this fantastic forum about performance upgrades for the bike such as pods, exhaust, and jets. After finding out how unpleasant this...

Driving an 82 xs400j maxim. Stock exhaust is still on and I am not a fan. However I am a student so I cant afford to buy nice exhaust for the bike so I'm leaning towards the cheapo route: straightpipes. I've been reading other threads on pipes but I cannot find any discussion of throwing these...

Just bought my first bike, 82 xs400j maxim. Bike runs and rides great, having a blast learning. Bike is in overall really good shape. Only damage is on the right side of the tank, i'd imagine from going down with a previous owner. So there's a pretty big dent and chipped paint. It's not major...