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A local HD dealer was having an open house recently and I got to ride a V-Rod for the first time. I had low expectations going in, but was actually surprised. It certainly handles and brakes better than a Gen 1. It was agile and felt solid, even at stupid speeds (they let me take it out alone...

No, the 2003-2004 silver stripes are decals, and they are a bitch to remove. I had a vinyl wrap done on my 2003 and I destroyed the paint attempting to remove them. I heated them up until the tank cover was hot enough to burn you and they wouldn't budge. I ended up using a razor to pull them up...

Whose bike was this at ROC this year?

I have a buddy who owns a 2001 R1 that will crank but not start when the engine is warm. Bike runs fine when warm with no stuttering, lack of power, etc., just won't re-start. Once the bike cools down, it starts fine. This is a carbureted bike. I would think coils, fuel pump (it has one), or...

DDM Tuning offfers a good, inexpensive kit. The 50w is stupid bright. With the 50w bulb on the Max I constantly have people flashing me, and people move over to the right whenever I'm behind them (not a bad thing). I especially find it humorous when i get flashed, then I hit them with the...

Im not sure about Lithium Ion (Li-Ion), but Lithium Polymer (Li-Po) batteries have a tendancy to explode and cause horrible fires. I recently got back into R/C cars and the Li-Po batteries are all the rage due to less weight and more power, but there's hundreds of instances were the batteries...

I raced R/C cars 20 some odd years ago and decided to get a new Traxxas Stampede VXL. What a hoot!

I really, really want to like this bike. I got started riding on air cooled in-line four Hondas (1973 CB750K and 1983 CB1000C). This is the bike I wanted when I bought my V-Max in 2005 (yeah, the 919 was out, but it didn't do anything for me). I wish I wanted this enough to sell my CBR to buy...

To Hell with the ladies from the first two movies, lets talk about Anne Hathaway! Good looking, but in that down home, sweet, 'take her home to meet mama' sort of way.

I'd like to hear your thoughts if you mount the tire, but I'm thinking that this won't be a very good tire on a Max. While it may physically hold the weight of the Max, I wander how the sidewalls will handle the increased force of the Max around corners under power. Its designed for a 40hp TMax...

Motorcyclists always seem to get biased against in cases of road rage. Earlier this year during a cruise with a sport bike group I ride with, we encountered some guy who rammed and brake checked a few of us riding. Even with the witness accounts and video, the guy was only charged with...

I had a custom vinyl wrap done on my Max a few years back and I get alot of compliments on it. I've always liked the Di-Noc Carbon look, and I think yours looks great, but didn't know how well it would cover the rear fender. With the multiple angles of the 'duck bill' I would think that the...

A stock Max would absolutely crush a stock or even midly to highly modified Forty-Eight in any speed contest. More than twice the stock HP (50 whp approx for the HD / 115whp Max), a little less TQ, and comparable weight. Talk about bringing a knife to a nuke fight!

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Its not well known. but the true 1st gen Corbin seat used the original V-Max 3 piece seat pan. They apparently only made this seat for a few years, and it was early (85-86), but I haven't been able to confirm any details on the seat or production years / numbers. I know that this is the only one...

Bump and ditto on what Milne said!

Saddlebags can be made to look good on the Max! Better than a backpack too. I can fit a week's worth of groceries into these mofos!

The sad part of that qoute is that the V-Max is a 27 year old design and the modern jap bikes are 10x(+) better now then they were back in the early 80s. The Judge and Hammer are supposed to be American modern day interpretations of the 'muscle bike', and at still aren't as good as Yamaha's near...

The amount you need to cut is minor and the casual observer will never see it. I think the HID is a great benefit. The stock headlight sucks for the amount of light it puts on the road. The Eastern Beaver relay kit and the Sylvania Silverstar Ultra bulb I ran before cost more than my HID kit and...