New Vmax was listed at the Tokyo show

[Waylander]

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]

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.