My first bike was a Yamaha 100 . 1971 model . it made my whole world of thought about bikes . I have a 1981 CB900 Honda custom now and have wanted a VMax since they came out .
My first bike was a 1972 Yamah 80 GT I saved money from age 9 to age 12 to buy a new one.. My Neighbor had a Yamaha 100 Enduro .. The road I lived on was torn up gravel and sand to repave it and he went buy wide open one day with a Sheriff chasing him
Still one of the best store bought bikes of all time....winner winner chicken dinner (Kenny Roberts would have loved to race this bike back in his heydays..)
Almost thirty years after the V-Max first hit the market, its shape still remains out of touch! One of, if not the nicest-looking motorbike ever designed and produced in the history of bikes!
When it first came out in 1985 I thought that it looked weird but its looks quickly grew on me. Today I own a 2009 and the same thing happened. I thought that it looked weird at first but its looks quickly grew on me. I wouldn't describe it as beautiful though. I would describe its appearance as brutal and intimidating. Its looks perfectly match its character and performance. Its appearance is polarizing. You either hate it or you love it. I am in the latter camp.
I had a 92 that I went all out on. Custom paint, polished motor casings, lowered, 4 into 1 header,...loved it. I'm going to get a new one before much longer...
A solid engine design. The same basic engine was in two of my touring machines. My 1986 venture Royale, and my 2002 Yamaha Royal star Venture. I put over 200,000 combined miles on those two machines, never had a problem,Although I must point out that the 1986 Venture royale ran circles around my 2002 road star venture..too bad Yamaha couldn’t get the machine to actually go around corners like a sport bike at the same time. reminds me of the 1978 release of the Yamaha XS 1100 which upstaged the CBX as the quarter mile king for one month until Suzuki came out with a well-balanced package that was faster than the CBX and the XS 1100, and it would actually go around bends - The GS 1100 E I sold motorcycles at a Yamaha dealership when the Vmax came out. At the time I owned a Yamaha FJ 1200.. I was curious about the claim that the Vmax was faster than the FJ 1200 so I took one for a ride. I was actually stunned by the amount of torque the Vmax had over my FJ 1200. At the time, I actually described it as ridiculous Torque.. I saw that it was too much right now torque. There are degrees. Then as today, I prefer heavy fly wheel flatter torque delivery motorcycles but for those that feel that too much is just enough, the Vmax hits the spot.
There is no other bike that combine the torque and speed on such level. Being driving the old and the new one, friend of mine own both. Beautifull, the new one is just crazy bike mix of naked, cofee, bober and crochrocket in one.
@@johnjones5977 my friend those are two totallye different bikes with a different concept. B-King is naked Busa with Inline 4 that one is V engine. For the Busa - King you will need a High RPM to get to the power. By the V-Max you have the power towards the whole line of the RPM😰, comprende?
That's not what you stated, my friend. You stated that there is no other bike to combine the torque and speed at that level. Well...……...the B King doesn't have as much torque, but it is quicker in the quarter and faster on the top end. Comprende?
@@johnjones5977 so that mean I am right. Thank you for the correct statement. By the way my Friend, want to tell you the differences, point by point: 1. Different concept of the engines. 2. Different look. 3. Different RPM and acceleration ( here you are right the B-King is faster ). 3. Different ammount of produced bikes. 4. The price tag is also different , V-Max almost 20 G. The B-King 13 G. So every one look around, from his own tower. B- King is a naked Haysbusa and I've one. When the B-King come out they called that bike : " Killer Busa", for the fact. I ride bikes since 1967 , I respect your opinion , if I've possibilities will buy different bikes for every day of the Week.
I don't know,.. But I think I broke the sound barrier back in the 70s with my 750 Kawasaki two stroke .. .. I was the the fastest thing going back then.. No one could beat me..
VMax.Beautiful designed motor and great seat and position.. My zx14r has 200rwhp and weighs 255 kg wet. The new vmaxs are similar. Yammies are great well made nice finished bikes ive had 3.
Beautiful machine dude this has always been one of my favorite bikes. Same engine as the yamaha venture cruiser. Yamaha venture 1300 bottom end with the vmax top end is a hoot of a ride. You'll have to mod the air box to fit the vboost system in but you'll have the nastiest sleeper cruiser around. The WTF look on the sport bike riders faces once they catch up with you is worth the work.
Most Harley riders are smart enough to know the sport bikes will wax them but many think a V-Max is just another Cruiser.. Then again most of the Japanese crusirs can wax an HD anyway ...
I have been on hundreds of bikes in dozens of countries since 83. I have been on a couple gens of this brute. Never owned one. It earns an easy top ten all day for Me
Last bike I was riding until some prick pulled across the front of me on a cross junction.Couldn't sit down for two weeks.Road rash from my arse to my shoulders.Had jacket on but with just jeans on.jacket rose up and jeans pulled down.was only doing about 30mph.Great bike although you couldnt let go of the bars as doing so the front wheel started to wobble.Only bike I've ridden that did that.I think it was the strange wheel size combo.
Honda and Yamaha used to have nice V4 engine models introduced in the US market. All turned out to be not very successful due to high price. Hope Honda can bring in back the new VFR800.
vstarblackie I was simply making a comment on the power of the bikes. As far as reliability of my Busa - I only have 25k miles on it in 3 years. So far runs perfect. But not enough miles yet to make any judgment.
I got an 1985 and a 2015 you really gotta respect it that bike is about brutal acceleration. Pure adrenaline!
1985, 2000, 2014
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I rode one of these motorcycles years ago and I found it to be an absolute BEAST!!!
My first bike was a Yamaha 100 . 1971 model . it made my whole world of thought about bikes . I have a 1981 CB900 Honda custom now and have wanted a VMax since they came out .
My first bike was a 1972 Yamah 80 GT I saved money from age 9 to age 12 to buy a new one..
My Neighbor had a Yamaha 100 Enduro .. The road I lived on was torn up gravel and sand to repave it and he went buy wide open one day with a Sheriff chasing him
I love the max I bought one new in 1985 and it still runs great
Speaking from experience, These bikes are scary AWESOME!! Also a hell of a lot of fun especially if you like to take it to the edge!
Still one of the best store bought bikes of all time....winner winner chicken dinner (Kenny Roberts would have loved to race this bike back in his heydays..)
I bought the 1985 v max many years ago. I miss that bike. It was a monster.
Привет из России! V-max 1200 легендарный мотацикл! цювторой сезон на нем катаю и не могу не нарадоваться!
Ysmaha please keep on building this icon until I can buy one soon. Its my most favorite bike since its birth in 1984
Bike looks beautiful as a USAF vet also with front intakes and exhaust pipes the way they are
Almost thirty years after the V-Max first hit the market, its shape still remains out of touch! One of, if not the nicest-looking motorbike ever designed and produced in the history of bikes!
When it first came out in 1985 I thought that it looked weird but its looks quickly grew on me. Today I own a 2009 and the same thing happened. I thought that it looked weird at first but its looks quickly grew on me. I wouldn't describe it as beautiful though. I would describe its appearance as brutal and intimidating. Its looks perfectly match its character and performance. Its appearance is polarizing. You either hate it or you love it. I am in the latter camp.
Great video, especially the drag racing, way cool bike, always a head turner.
Классный байк, один из тех немногих, что шикарно и гармонично смотрятся в стимпанковском прикиде.
I had a 92 that I went all out on. Custom paint, polished motor casings, lowered, 4 into 1 header,...loved it. I'm going to get a new one before much longer...
Who are you
@@言-q8l He is a Ray Frye
One of the baddest bikes out there.
I DON'T ONLY LIKE THIS MOTORCYCLE . . . I LOVE IT and MY DREAM MOTORCYCLE ASIDE FROM THE ARIEL ACE IRON HORSE. . .
A solid engine design. The same basic engine was in two of my touring machines. My 1986 venture Royale, and my 2002 Yamaha Royal star Venture. I put over 200,000 combined miles on those two machines, never had a problem,Although I must point out that the 1986 Venture royale ran circles around my 2002 road star venture..too bad Yamaha couldn’t get the machine to actually go around corners like a sport bike at the same time. reminds me of the 1978 release of the Yamaha XS 1100 which upstaged the CBX as the quarter mile king for one month until Suzuki came out with a well-balanced package that was faster than the CBX and the XS 1100, and it would actually go around bends - The GS 1100 E
I sold motorcycles at a Yamaha dealership when the Vmax came out. At the time I owned a Yamaha FJ 1200.. I was curious about the claim that the Vmax was faster than the FJ 1200 so I took one for a ride. I was actually stunned by the amount of torque the Vmax had over my FJ 1200. At the time, I actually described it as ridiculous Torque.. I saw that it was too much right now torque. There are degrees. Then as today, I prefer heavy fly wheel flatter torque delivery motorcycles but for those that feel that too much is just enough, the Vmax hits the spot.
Air cooled has its limits in power. The FJ push it to that limit.
I had 3 Vmax and I know lots of people that own one, the first generation as a huge problem in second gear, they break easily, lots of them!
Très belle réalisation merci 🙏🏾 ingénieurs et techniciens 👏👏👏👏
The V Max is a BEAST!
Yamaha King of two wheels.
Phenomenal riding beyond my technical comprehension
That`s a SERIOUS hotrod right there ! High nines, bottom tens ain`t no joke !
There is no other bike that combine the torque and speed on such level. Being driving the old and the new one, friend of mine own both. Beautifull, the new one is just crazy bike mix of naked, cofee, bober and crochrocket in one.
No other bike...……......…….except the B King.
@@johnjones5977 my friend those are two totallye different bikes with a different concept. B-King is naked Busa with Inline 4 that one is V engine. For the Busa - King you will need a High RPM to get to the power. By the V-Max you have the power towards the whole line of the RPM😰, comprende?
That's not what you stated, my friend. You stated that there is no other bike to combine the torque and speed at that level. Well...……...the B King doesn't have as much torque, but it is quicker in the quarter and faster on the top end. Comprende?
@@johnjones5977 so that mean I am right. Thank you for the correct statement. By the way my Friend, want to tell you the differences, point by point: 1. Different concept of the engines. 2. Different look. 3. Different RPM and acceleration ( here you are right the B-King is faster ). 3. Different ammount of produced bikes. 4. The price tag is also different , V-Max almost 20 G. The B-King 13 G. So every one look around, from his own tower. B- King is a naked Haysbusa and I've one. When the B-King come out they called that bike : " Killer Busa", for the fact. I ride bikes since 1967 , I respect your opinion , if I've possibilities will buy different bikes for every day of the Week.
@@johnjones5977 Its sort of academic. The B-King has been out of production for years.
Man just that startup says POWER!
SUPER AWESOME, I love the sound. I would love to own one...
Rose on the first one ever imported to Western Australia...simply breathtaking...
I don't know,.. But I think I broke the sound barrier back in the 70s with my 750 Kawasaki two stroke .. .. I was the the fastest thing going back then.. No one could beat me..
Rotciv Inoccic I don't believe that you ever owned one simply on the fact that your still alive haha
had a 74 H2 fastest thing around in my hills. I road it 400 miles once , couldn't feel my tante for a week.
And those 3 cylinder Kaws were cheap. They outran bikes that cost several times as much.
Nice bike and nice sound
VMax.Beautiful designed motor and great seat and position.. My zx14r has 200rwhp and weighs 255 kg wet. The new vmaxs are similar. Yammies are great well made nice finished bikes ive had 3.
What engine mods have you done to your ZX14?
I rode one once.Only my laundry service knew how I felt.😳🏍
The figure eights we're elegant!
I love the V-Max. I had a Honda V65 Magna it would run a 10.87 quarter mile.It had 107 horsepower at the rear wheel not quite a V-Max but close.
lenis bennett 什麼東西嗎
I had a 98. What a fun bike.
Beautiful machine dude this has always been one of my favorite bikes. Same engine as the yamaha venture cruiser. Yamaha venture 1300 bottom end with the vmax top end is a hoot of a ride. You'll have to mod the air box to fit the vboost system in but you'll have the nastiest sleeper cruiser around. The WTF look on the sport bike riders faces once they catch up with you is worth the work.
Most Harley riders are smart enough to know the sport bikes will wax them but many think a V-Max is just another Cruiser.. Then again most of the Japanese crusirs can wax an HD anyway ...
IT'S A MOM BIKE AT BEST
"Once they catch up with you" 🤣🤣🤣
Stick with your x box kid
I had a v4 Magna. This v max must be nuts. 😁
Lord how is he making that 8 turn it’s a heavy bike
Took one for a test drive in 85'. Couldn't buy it. I'd be dead within a week. That bike needs respect. But I loved it!
always liked them. but the ktm1290 superduke stole my heart lol
Cheaper too....
Very cool muscle motobike ...
Owned a vmax for about 10 years.
Great bike but not for the faint hearted. But they only have a range of about 90 miles on a full tank.
My dad bought an 89 brand new, an $11,000 bike, for $5500. The fastest he ever got it up to was 147 with me on the back. It was a badass bike.
just one word,WOW!
I have been on hundreds of bikes in dozens of countries since 83. I have been on a couple gens of this brute. Never owned one.
It earns an easy top ten all day for
Me
I owned 2 of them the first was a 1986 an my last was a 2002 loved them both!
bruce4227 Nice to hear yer still alive. :)
How much they cost you sir?
Simply the best
This is why I love the physics of Yamaha
My all time favorite motorcycle!
..thats why i bought one Gen1
You gotta modify em tho
just brutal power
Oh yeh, these are the business! excellent engine!
Not too many bikes have a hard brass balls look to them like the V-max, and it had the muscle to back up the look.
Very beautiful bike
Love the Vmax
I love my 2000 Vmax!!!
V-MAX and V-65 are both Awesome Bikes! Too bad Honda didn't keep the V-65 around longer.
Kings of the hole shot!
I HAD A 85 LOVED IT,I WANT THE NEW ONE
2:45 the mirror close to the driver because of the full power and speed 😎
Hero Boss I see you noticed that too
I love this bike yamaha v max from tushar inarkar thank u
have an 01 vmax. The carbon fiber paint job year. Love it like one of my kids.
This thing is a monster.
ROB NAVAEI at5tgggyy6
I love the sound at 2:52
If the new ones weren’t so expensive I’d get one. Overpriced for what you get, but they ARE cool AF.
Ghost rider! Was Kool...😎. Seems like a good bike
Scary beast - I love it. Perfect where I live, still I'm intimitaded by the wheight, if it falls I doubt I could lift it. Give me a DUC any time !
My Grandfather jere in Philippines owned one of it...
Vmax the best bike ever in yamaha
The dragstrip scenes were filmed just up the road from my house. LOL
My dream bike
I just picked up a 2006 Vmax with the red flames on the tank for $2500. It has 17K miles on it. I bought it through a friend. I love my bike!
Best motorcycle on Earth.
James Joseph ...High praise , indeed .
Last bike I was riding until some prick pulled across the front of me on a cross junction.Couldn't sit down for two weeks.Road rash from my arse to my shoulders.Had jacket on but with just jeans on.jacket rose up and jeans pulled down.was only doing about 30mph.Great bike although you couldnt let go of the bars as doing so the front wheel started to wobble.Only bike I've ridden that did that.I think it was the strange wheel size combo.
The forks have a lot of rake.
Nice bike
I love my Piaggio Vespa
Had a VMAX, but it was just a bit too heavy for offroad use so I had to sell it. ;)
i dont even know how to ride a motorcycle and i want to buy a vmax.....because its beautiful
Holy mother of God. Must have one of these.
Owned one ,1 gen ,biutyful bike
Nice bike..!! 👍👍
v max was ever my dream Maschine
I love Japan!!
Jawa Tino ja kiedyś miałem 2 jawy nauczyłem się na nich jeździć
I loved my ‘85, but the new ones look even more sinister.
Wow great
Now this is a bike!
LA MOTO DE MIS SUEÑOS!
Honda and Yamaha used to have nice V4 engine models introduced in the US market. All turned out to be not very successful due to high price. Hope Honda can bring in back the new VFR800.
このバイク、エアインテークとマフラーが、まるで両手になってエンジンを抱き締めているように見えるんだよね。
Não existe moto melhor que V max
My Mighty Max is bad ass too...best bike on the planet
I want one so bad!! But I'm not ready 😞 I'm a new rider & I still wanna live. LMAO 😆
That would make an awesome cafe racer.
Fav musclebike👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
What a bike
what a beauty!
i raced a V-max with my Kawi ZX7R, he never had a chance. Sure, there's lots of hp and torque, but they're also heavy as all hell.
So is a fast car.
Its not a motocross bike.
Your do not have to petal it.
Lástima que ya no se fabriquen ,todo un maquinon
Jose Maria Obrador Lage ya nadie los compra. No se venden.. Si fuera la basura de harley americana.. Todo el mundo los tuviera..
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Привет,крутой канал,только самое первое и последнее видео в макс 1200,остальные 1700
Always thought these were more powerful. My Busa (stock) is 82 cubic inches and 197 hp.
vstarblackie
I was simply making a comment on the power of the bikes. As far as reliability of my Busa - I only have 25k miles on it in 3 years. So far runs perfect. But not enough miles yet to make any judgment.
Richard Johnson: And your torque, how much ?
TYSM BRO.