misiek93
Well-Known Member
Hello everyone,
I've owned by vmax for about a year now, which is about the same time as I've been on this forum. All this time looking for ideas and what other people have done to their bikes to improve them. What I found out is that the max needs major help in the handling department and one of the best ways to do it is to upgrade to a modern suspension.
As I was reading more and more posts it also dawned on my that there is no easy way to do this. My original plan was to put a set of Carrozerias on my bike and progressive springs, however that plan was quickly abandonded when it became apparent (to me) that those wheels are discontinued and the rear wheel is all but impossible to get :bang head:.
With that I moved on to plan B, which was to just get an 18inch rear. The problem was the weight of the wheel and the price. After a lot of research and phone calls/emails I decided that if I'm going to spend that much money on wheels I want something that doesn't look stock.
At this point I was about to give up on the whole idea of radials on my bike when I stumbled upon a thread by a fellow countryman Satariel666 (Prez), and his conversions of GSXR wheels to fit the vmax. That got me thinking, maybe I could put GSXR wheels on my bike, the only problem (again) is that I really don't like the way the vmax looks with the 3 spoke wheels, but than a light bulb went off in my head and I started to think that if the GSXR wheels can be converted than why not other wheels as well. Well, a few emails later, and some "negotiations" with Przemek I boxed the my wheel from my zx10 and off it went to Przemek.
I forgot to mention that I sold my 05 zx10 track bike few weeks before and had spare wheels and suspension just laying there in my garage. unk:
Here are few pictures of my bike all stock and pretty.
Sorry for the crappy picture qualite all were taken with my phone.
More to follow:
I've owned by vmax for about a year now, which is about the same time as I've been on this forum. All this time looking for ideas and what other people have done to their bikes to improve them. What I found out is that the max needs major help in the handling department and one of the best ways to do it is to upgrade to a modern suspension.
As I was reading more and more posts it also dawned on my that there is no easy way to do this. My original plan was to put a set of Carrozerias on my bike and progressive springs, however that plan was quickly abandonded when it became apparent (to me) that those wheels are discontinued and the rear wheel is all but impossible to get :bang head:.
With that I moved on to plan B, which was to just get an 18inch rear. The problem was the weight of the wheel and the price. After a lot of research and phone calls/emails I decided that if I'm going to spend that much money on wheels I want something that doesn't look stock.
At this point I was about to give up on the whole idea of radials on my bike when I stumbled upon a thread by a fellow countryman Satariel666 (Prez), and his conversions of GSXR wheels to fit the vmax. That got me thinking, maybe I could put GSXR wheels on my bike, the only problem (again) is that I really don't like the way the vmax looks with the 3 spoke wheels, but than a light bulb went off in my head and I started to think that if the GSXR wheels can be converted than why not other wheels as well. Well, a few emails later, and some "negotiations" with Przemek I boxed the my wheel from my zx10 and off it went to Przemek.
I forgot to mention that I sold my 05 zx10 track bike few weeks before and had spare wheels and suspension just laying there in my garage. unk:
Here are few pictures of my bike all stock and pretty.
Sorry for the crappy picture qualite all were taken with my phone.
More to follow: