VMax info?

[jedi]

Jedi,
Pretty special looking max there, what kind of wheels and forks are on it?

Aftermarket Harley wheels and forks.

[ital916]

This is from my thread on the test ride of the vmax, it definately was interesting, has a raw charm about it.

"Well, I test rode the vmax today at red baron. The only thing that comes to mind is "AHHHHHHHHHHHHH".

Rocked up at nine am, as soon as they opened and went, I wanna ride THAT *pointing to the pitbull of a bike sitting on the floor". Cosmetically it was average but it was a low mileage motor that had been fully serviced.

Anyway, John wheels it oustide (hes a good dude by the way, very helpful and friendly) and fires her up. Then he says something. I go,

"WHAT I CANT HEAR YOU, THE SUPERTRAPP EXHAUSTS OBVIOUSLY WORK, HUH, MY EARS ARE BLEEDING, THAT AINT GOOD" . It was loud, obnoxious and oh so sweet.

So I gear up and and I click it into first and gently take off down the road. First thing you notice is it is wide. Painfully wide, well for me anyway and would probably be much better with forward controls than mid ones.

Gear changes are pretty agricultural and not very smooth. Huge clunks are required to get it into second, but the NOISE...oh so good. 1200cc of angry V4.

Well I pootle through town and proceed to scare children, infuriate parents and wet the pants of most females (the ones that didnt get wet were obviously dykes) and then head onto the motorway.

Here is where there is a problem. The bloody thing doesnt like turning. It complains and wobbles and frets. Now it is most likely just me as it was the first time riding it but still, it was a grumpy beast in the handling department. The engine though was oh so good, it was powerful and relatively smooth. I found it a shame it was mated to a clunky gearbox. Oh and I was told it was the vboost model. I didnt believe it. Then I went on the motorway, second gear, cracked it above 6 grand and WHAM. I got a swift kick up the arse from what felt like a the boot of a biker god. Yeah ok, so it pulls pretty well in a straight line .

Anyway, cruise along going for a ride and then eventually head back to RB.

Now here is the funny thing. It was loud, obnoxious, bad on fuel, uncomfortable as fuck, cosmetically average, clunky gearbox, erratic boost delievery (well eratic fuel enrichening) and plain antisocial.

However whilst I would never be able to live with one, there was a certain rebellious and dare I say it undeniable charm to the bloody thing. It would be suicidal to ride in the wet, the handling was like a drunk fat chick on roller skates but it did pull harder than richard simmons.

When it sat there idling....it really did feel like it wanted to kill me. I liked it.

Moral of the story. Ride the vmax. It's an experience. "