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vmx1200nz
24th October 2005, 19:56
looks ok, nice rubber, sweet frame, no spec on the engine (1600cc??).
nice package, but ......still not the original, which lasted over 20 years.
vmx1200nz
24th October 2005, 20:01
oh yes, here are the photos
zadok
24th October 2005, 20:05
Doesn't do a lot for me. I prefer the look of the original.
vmx1200nz
24th October 2005, 20:09
me too, but i would like those wheels and brakes on mine :apumpin:
outlawtorn
26th October 2005, 13:38
I love it!!! It looks mean as fuck! I'd love to get my leg over that!!!!!
vmx1200nz
26th October 2005, 19:55
its ok, calm down, take a deep breath and now find a chic
T.W.R
26th October 2005, 20:29
looks ok, be interesting to see a spec sheet on it. still like the original styling of the original legend though, a true bench-mark bike. :cool:

nothing beats raw muscle!
plus when their beefed-up their even better! :doobey:
Waylander
26th October 2005, 20:54
That thing is a cruiser? Shit, had me fooled.
Motig
28th October 2005, 18:57
Give it to me !!!!! :blip:
vmx1200nz
28th October 2005, 20:04
power cruiser, intimidate and enialate!! :whocares: :love:
Waylander
20th September 2006, 14:43
That thing is a cruiser? Shit, had me fooled.
And now I own one!!! hehehe
dawnrazor
20th September 2006, 17:58
ah, but will it be mad, bad and dangerous to know - like its grandpoppy.

I still don't consider the V-Max a cruiser, I wonder why that is?????????
Waylander
20th September 2006, 18:00
Cause they're not. Well not in a strictly speaking sense.

They're in a class all thier own to most owners but they are a Muscle bike. Niether cruiser, motard, sports, tourer, or trail.
dawnrazor
20th September 2006, 18:17
Cause they're not. Well not in a strictly speaking sense.

They're in a class all thier own to most owners but they are a Muscle bike. Niether cruiser, motard, sports, tourer, or trail.

A mushcal bike eh! well shiver me timbers, nak nak nak nak. They probably shoulds throw on some biggur anchors on the new version then. toot toot.
dwnundabkr
20th September 2006, 18:34
ahhhhhhhhhhh v-maaaaaaaaaaaaxxxxxxxxxx
like it, looks cool , considering i am still riding grandad xv1000 i'd consider it
Waylander
20th September 2006, 20:14
A mushcal bike eh! well shiver me timbers, nak nak nak nak. They probably shoulds throw on some biggur anchors on the new version then. toot toot.
Old ones work just fine actually.
AllanB
24th September 2006, 08:44
Hmm liking it but I feel it could have been so much, well, 'rougher' more 'raw'. It looks to 'clean' like it has lost its back-street hotrod bruiser edging and gone to private schooling.

The front end still looks to skinny for the bike - OK in the 80's on the original as no one knew any better - why not a chunky inverted unit, take the Warrior front from their parts bin. I was over the signature fax air scoops two decades ago - I'd have lowered the overall 'tank' height and played on the top fueller look and had some type of visible air filter popping up through the top of the tank.

I am impressed with the engine finish and the foot peg machining, but again I would have drilled holes all over it in bits and pieces to give it that drag strip look.

Apparently when the MT thingy was listed as a Yamaha product a couple of years ago in the US, hundreds of people put down deposits thinking it was the new V-max. They got neither but you can bet whatever the new one looks like it will sell well.