I'm waiting for my dad to hand this down to me. He gets Cycle World and then gives it to me.

On starvmax.com they report that 10.13 is the time had by Dale Walker (an avid V-Maxxer).

I'd like to see some times/numbers when they put exhaust and open up the intake with a better air filter. That will be interesting.

 

107 miles a tank? Ugh.

Everything else looks like tons of fun.

 

Yeah, fuel tank capacity did not change. 4 gallons. I used to get 33 MPG on my '85 VMax.

 

Which one's the Muscle?

 

I DON'T THINK A V-ROD could dial those 1/4 mile times:moon:

 

B-King better 1/4 mile, better top end. A little better MPG.

 

VMAX is more better fugly too...

 

:them:

A hands-down win on the Fugly scale....

 

Maybe its me, but those numbers compare well with a turbo charged V Rod, don't they?

701 lbs wet
174 hp
113 torque
Low 10's in the 1/4

What's the cost of the bike?

Still, the vrod is so much better looking!!!

 

:them:...but this is all on engine and stock at that. I thought my vrod weighed a lot. They missed the mark on weight IMHO. Also, vrod wins hands down on looks.

 

Cost... anywhere from $16,900 USD on up. TT&L extra

Think MSRP is 17.9K

 

...well, I don't feel bad at all then...

 

That thing is a beast of a powerful cruiser.

I think we all like techy motors and that is one for sure.

 

Sure... stock for stock, they win hands down in a race. Bolt on a turbo or do a BB or s/c and its just about even.

Nice bike, not my cup of tea though.

No question what so ever in the looks department!

107 miles to the tank and reserve. Hmmm... Rick make a new tank for them, yet?

 

If it is already doing 135+ in the quarter mile, and top speed is 138, how much better can it do in the quarter?

 

3 mph...? :stilpoke:


I think some creative gearing could give you a little more top end.

 

I'm not sure about the new one's, but the old V-max's most popular mod was to convert it to chain.

 

next year that vmax will be last years model and will age accordingly.our v rods havent suffered that enigma.they will always look good.the vmax and suchi have a lot in common.kinda hard to feel satisfied by and goes off quick.

 

Impressive performance but they could have tried a bit harder on appearance.With all the rumors I thought it was goin to be alot sleeker than the original.Guess not..

 

Those are some nice numbers. But if you're going to get a 4 cylinder bike, why not a sport bike? I donno. Those numbers compare to a 1250 w/ turbo. The 107 miles to a tank isn't that bad, considering with the pre 5 gallon tanks, we were getting about 100 before we felt uncomfortable. I will agree tho, it's not the best lookin bike on the road. not by a long shot.

 

Yeah, the VMAX will smoke a VROD.....hands down......unfortunately.....

 

AH!! But the real question is....WHICH ONE WILL PICK UP MORE BABES?????

 

I always wondered what a profession rider (like Dale) would do on my bike in the 1/4 mile. I just read the CW article on the VMax yesterday. Good article.

 

I ran about a 11.3 "corrected" of altitude bone stock DX...


(11.98 sec @ DA 8300ft)

For running the strip, my 08 DX ($14,000 what a deal) + nos gave me a much quicker bike than that on the 1/4 miles and still ended up cheaper.

I'm happy.

Oh, and it looks good too.

 

138, that's it :banghead:, here's a shot from my gps unit when I went to reset the trip meter, I was suprised to see the speed that it recorded and I wasn't even pushing my bone stock muscle (I had more in it )

 

That bike of yours should hit the limiter in 5th gear, I think it's capable of 150 (not suggesting you try it for a gps pic, just saying)

 

I did a buck fifty five on my '05 ZX-10R, and that felt really fast (that bike was less than 400 lbs and making ~181 hp ). When I recored that gps number, I had a clear straight path, so I down shifted to 4th, ran it up close the the red-line just to see how it feels, and then I looked at the speedo, the needle was moving fast above a buck twenty, then I shifted into 5th.

 

Don't do it, but the bike will go to the limiter in 5th as well, way too fast for a foot forward no fairing bike, but it will do it. I swapped the front pulley for a 26 tooth in mine and about 138 is all the bike's capable of with that set up.

 

no doubt.....but I never got paid to campaign one of those.....hahaha
The Project V was plenty bad azz, though it was far from "streetable".....we irked several Busa boys with it....even turbo bikes......Man was that fun....hahaha
The look on their face when they came back to the pits......having to tell their buddies they just got beat by a friggin Harley! hahaha

 

we irked several Busa boys with it....even turbo bikes......Man was that fun....hahaha
The look on their face when they came back to the pits......having to tell their buddies they just got beat by a friggin Harley! hahaha

Now THAT had to be priceless! I'd pay money to see that go down.

 

Speaking of VMaxes again, people are starting to take delivery of these.

 

I notice that it took 26 seconds from start to finish. So, 0 - 137 - 0 in 26 seconds...

Not bad.