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Hey so I've been pulling off parts, air box, rear fender, carbs, ect... as well I am pulling off the side covers of the motor for polishing. (girlfriends dad has some amazing polishing equipment he's letting me use. Now I've two questions. When I pulled off the covers the gaskets were brittle...

So this is the picture of the instructions.. what your saying is one will go into the wire harness for the control and one will go back to the regulator/rectifier?

hey guys so i picked up the ks right bar controls to replace the stock controls. it goes blue/white - black starter push button red/black --red/white run but the starters only yellow/red and the run/kill is black/white on original harness so my question is where to hook up the new...

when you say you slid the forks up.. just in the tree or another method? i want to lower the front but avoid bottoming out the shocks?

ya i've read a couple of other maxim to cafe threads... I hope I'm not getting in over my head. I figure with some suspension tinkering/swapping I can lower the front, raise the rear... just worried if it will be ridable after. Possibly using the minton mods method

The plan is to switch to clip ons, pods (with fab'd up stacks and re jetted carbs) lower the front end (new forks?? or fork oil switch) raise the back (new mono) fibreglass seat, and switch up the headlight, signals, and spedo & tach. Anyone know exactly how my carbs should be jetted or will it...

Alright guys, I've been lurking around for a while. I picked up a 1982 400 maxim last year for $400 got it running like a dream and been using it as a commuter every day to university :). When I bought it I intended to build a cafe right away ( I knew nothing LOL). I was too intimidated by the...

24 year old male in Hamilton with a 1982 maxim. I pay about $900 a year with desjardins. one speeding ticket no accidents, full G for 6 years, just got my M. But calling around other companies wouldn't insure me cuz the bike was too old, or wanted $4000 a year

Not trying to hijack the thread, but i also have a petcock problem.. at least i think i do. I have an 82 xs400j Maxim and i noticed a little bit of what looks like engine oil leaking out. not a lot just a couple drops. Does anyone have any idea what this could be?

Hey guys so I have an 82 maxim and I blew a baffle out my one muffler. Its very loud now :) but I'm also having heating issues so it'll have to be fixed. i was looking at welding in a new baffle and cap or just buying a new muffler. has anyone had success with a from scratch rebuild or should i...

I didn't try it with the bike running i figured it should work anyway but I'll give that a shot thanks

i plugged it into my dads xs550 and it works for his signals also its not the battery just tried it again

ive done some reading online and it could be low battery charge because the relay needs a strong charge or the ground wire connection is dirty or loose. Ive put my battery on the charger and will try again but if not I'm at a loss

Hi guys, I've just purchased my first bike and im in the process of fixing it up. I've hit the most frustrating problem today, my turn signals will not flash they just stay solid. Front and rear both sides. I got to my flasher relay (that was a bugger) but it is working fine. Any ideas as to...