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Re: Two wheels good.
Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2020 10:41 pm
by Warren t claim
What's the going rate for a full power Yamaha VMax these days?
Do they really handle as bad as their reputation suggest and would a 50 year old who spent the late 80s riding bad handling 70s big capacity bikes like CB900s and pre Katana GSX1100s feel right at home?
Re: Two wheels good.
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2020 5:32 am
by brandersnatch
Have you bought it yet?
Re: Two wheels good.
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2020 7:42 am
by Hooli
Warren t claim wrote: ↑Wed Aug 05, 2020 10:41 pm
What's the going rate for a full power Yamaha VMax these days?
Do they really handle as bad as their reputation suggest and would a 50 year old who spent the late 80s riding bad handling 70s big capacity bikes like CB900s and pre Katana GSX1100s feel right at home?
Dunno, probably not & have you bought it yet?
Re: Two wheels good.
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2020 7:53 pm
by Jazoli
Warren t claim wrote: ↑Wed Aug 05, 2020 10:41 pm
What's the going rate for a full power Yamaha VMax these days?
Do they really handle as bad as their reputation suggest and would a 50 year old who spent the late 80s riding bad handling 70s big capacity bikes like CB900s and pre Katana GSX1100s feel right at home?
Unless you really really must have one there are far better bikes out there.
Re: Two wheels good.
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2020 9:22 pm
by brandersnatch
Jazoli wrote: ↑Thu Aug 06, 2020 7:53 pm
Warren t claim wrote: ↑Wed Aug 05, 2020 10:41 pm
What's the going rate for a full power Yamaha VMax these days?
Do they really handle as bad as their reputation suggest and would a 50 year old who spent the late 80s riding bad handling 70s big capacity bikes like CB900s and pre Katana GSX1100s feel right at home?
Unless you really really must have one there are far better bikes out there.
Surely as enablers that kind of sensible answer has no place here
Re: Two wheels good.
Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2020 9:51 pm
by Yellowperil
The handling of a V Max is comparable to a TZ250...
Get it bought.
Re: Two wheels good.
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 12:46 am
by xtriple
I had a mate who did have a Vmax, he made me glad that I have never ridden one
Re: Two wheels good.
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 10:21 pm
by Warren t claim
xtriple wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2020 12:46 am
I had a mate who did have a Vmax, he made me glad that I have never ridden one
Well that's something off my bucket list then. I always imagined them as a sort of AC Cobra with half the wheels and cylinders. Clearly on TDW they're more regarded as an AC Invacar with 33% less wheels.
Re: Two wheels good.
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 10:46 pm
by xtriple
To be fair, he absolutely LOVED it and wouldn't hear a word against it.
However, he was a notorious bell-end so no one took any notice
Re: Two wheels good.
Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2020 10:58 pm
by Warren t claim
xtriple wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2020 10:46 pm
To be fair, he absolutely LOVED it and wouldn't hear a word against it.
However, he was a notorious bell-end so no one took any notice
I guess I'll give them a miss then. On the subject of bikes that will kill you one day with absolutely no warning, just exactly how bad or rewarding is the Suzuki TL1000S? Obviously I mean with the original public toilet door closer rear shock.
