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My new Yamaha VMax

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I picked this up last weekend. Getting used to something newer than 36 years old is fun. That and the V4 sound. I've always been an inline 4 guy, but I've loved the VMax as well. This one is a 1997.

The Suzuki really seems like it was set up well, and as such, is still my favorite of the 3...so far. :o



 
I have always loved the looks of the 1st generation V-Max, one of my favorites all time. The newer ones are beasts, but they look more brutish, and I think the early ones are far more "handsome". I think the same of the older GS bikes.
 
They are fun bikes. I enjoyed mine. Spent too much on making it handle, but it was still a pig in lipstick. Probably the most fun motor I've ridden, though (barring the insane GPz 750 Turbo I had built, but that thing was a suicide machine). Terrible range was the biggest drawback overall, though. 100 miles and you start getting panicky ...
 
Not sure about the exhaust. I asked the guy I bought it from and he said it was on it when he got it. I was out cleaning it up last night, I should have dug around for a brand on it. Yes, about the mileage. Don't think I'll be heading too far from home on this one.
 
They are kick ass machines, in every sense of the word. I've got both a 2004 and 2015 model in my stable at the moment.

 
V Max - the only shaftie I've ever lusted after. The phony air intakes are completely forgivable.

In the early '80's I bought a brand new Z28. Claimed HP? 145. Then Mr. Max comes along and makes the same claim. Unbelievable.
 
Gen 2 is on my radar... I cleared all my debts and am saving hard and fast!
It won't be a the touring bike but I'll definitely commute on it and take it to events or occasional far away weekend rides. I rode one and absolutely fell in love with it!
I have to see here my heart is with the Indian FTR1200, I need to get some saddle time in to see which bike is going to win out. The new Rocket 3 is just way too expensive... I also only can justify owning 1 Triumph.
FZ-10 is also on my short list BUT... I can't get over the look.
 
Must be something good about the V-Max, been around for ny-on 40 yrs. & most motorcycle folks have liked & bragged on them. I've never been impressed, nor disliked them. I never knew what they were. They almost kind'f look like an "L" model, cruiser style, with the low rear end & high front end, look nothing like a sport bike, the FJ models, were Yama's sport bike, the shaft dr. kind'f means, non sport & more touring but the V-Max sure wasn't touring. It's always seemed the V-Max was in a class by itself. The old GS, KZ, XS, & CB's were all purpose bikes, class. The "L", LTD Kawa's, Special Yama., & Custom Honda's were the cruiser class, Katana, Ninja, Interceptor, & FJ's were sport bikes, I just never figured exactly what the V-Max is or would be compared to.
 
I first saw a first Gen 1 V Max sitting on a sidewalk in Tokyo years ago when my wife and I went over there for vacation. Instantly fell in love with the looks. Didn't find out until years later that the gas nozzle is under the seat. Weird.
 
"V -Max snacks" is what we use to call them back in my drag racing days. My GS would eat them all day long. There was this guy that would ride his from Akron to Quaker City Dragway (about 50 miles). When he got to the track he would lower the Wheelie bars to race. Going home he'd raise them back up. He had taillights on them and everything, it was the craziest set up. Fun times back then...
 
Aside from their dubious looks, the 125 mile range and 700 pound weight make the newer VMax a non-starter for me.
 
Anybody know what the second generation Max does in the 1/4 mile? They ever get it into the high nines?
 
Funny thing, another ugly bike that is exactly as quick is one I would own (and one Jedz has owned): The B-King.
 
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