BIKERS ADVENTURE GROUP MALAYSIA

kennylee · Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 324 Location: Cheras

Mr. Max is back, and he's bigger, badder and, oh yes, ballsier than ever. It's been 23 years since the first V-Max musclebike slackened jaws and widened eyes, especially with hired gun Jay "Pee Wee" Gleason in the saddle, smoking the rear tire down to the cords
Business end of V-Max, showing quad pipes, shaft drive's rear gearcase and wide, 200mm rear tire. ABS braking is standard front and rear.

By design, the new version looks a lot like the original, in silhouette at least, but every component has been touched. The motor is still a V-Four—what else could it be?—but it's all-new and grows from 1198cc to a healthy-sounding 1679cc, working through a 90 x 66mm bore and stroke. And how's this for heart-pounding? The claim is 197 horsepower at the crankshaft, accompanied by a massive 123 foot-pounds of torque at 6500 rpm! That, friends, is stout and makes the V-Max the most powerful series-production motorcycle ever.

New Max is fully vested in the electronics revolution, too. He runs a ride-by-wire throttle, connected to four 48mm EFI throttle bodies that reside in the faux fuel tank. These have YCC-I variable intake tracts, just like the YZF-R1 sportbike. Above 6650 rpm, a servo moto reduces runner length from 5.9 inches to 2.1 for better, quicker cylinder packing. That's akin to the old bike's V-Boost system—where a butterfly valve opened at 5700 rpm allowing two carbs to feed each cylinder—but is way more sophisticated.

The '09 model has one more electro-trick. While outright top speed is governed to 137 mph, the black boxes have been programmed to recognize a dragstrip-style blast through the gears and in that case allow an extra 6 mph—but only for a quarter-mile. Taking that 143 mph as the bike's terminal speed at the strip, then, we can hazard a guess at the E.T. Heavy at a claimed 658 pounds and with a long, 66.9-inch wheelbase, hammering the V-Max off the line won't be a problem, assuming the 200mm rear tire maintains traction. Low 10-second passes should be cake; it'll be interesting to see if those 197 horses (figure 175 at the rear wheel) can overcome the bike's weight to break into the 9s.

kennylee · Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 324 Location: Cheras

THIS IS MY KIND OF BIKE !
Been drooling the old V Max for a while. No guts to buy as most samples now are pretty much in crappy state.
The old lines are retained .. (much like the Hayabusa) as the old bike is still much adored by fans work-wide. How many modern bike (saved for ever revised here and there HD Sportster) can last 23 years without any significant revision and still sells !

Hope to see an example here one day

WAY TO GO MR MAX

kennylee · Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 324 Location: Cheras

Original V Max .. 23 years on the road

Concept new V Max

Final version of New MAX

Side view like the old

stonkin seat with 4 gallons fuel tank underneath

seat position between cruiser and sportsbike

modern multi-function LED dash

speedo meter

Exhaust System

xv1100 · Joined: 28 Aug 2007 Posts: 26 Location: Seri Kembangan

....... woO ... makes me drool too bro ... there's only 1 syllable expression to describe the V max n the Guzzi Dual purpose ... FFfffffuh!!
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klpegaso · Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 189 Location: Tmn Melawati

Brother Xv1100

Anything with two wheels make you drool...hehehe.......
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xv1100 · Joined: 28 Aug 2007 Posts: 26 Location: Seri Kembangan

.... yo bro ...

u said it my maan ... u said it! .. anything on 2 wheels gives me life n makes my life so damn sweet ... if its got 2 legs then it better be 1 hot chick... ahah!

cheers!

zain
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