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Hi Paul, thank you so much for your words of encouragement. I am going to proceed with this out-of-state purchase, but the deal has hit a bump in the road. Evidently the owner lost the title! He went to the New York State DMV and ordered a new one today, but it will take at least a week before...

Thank you very much for your reply Maxcaddy. My friend, who is a professional mechanic and owns his own shop (DWS Powersports in San Diego Ca), informed me that he personally repaired two V-Maxs with blown connecting rods in the early nineties. This got me worried about my pending purchase, and...

Hello CaseyJones. Thank you so much for your reply, and especially for your offer to inspect this bike. Unfortunately the bike in in Webster, New York (upstate), and I am in Murrieta California (just north of San Diego, where I lived the last 33 years). I have asked my brother, who lives about...

Hello Max, thank you very much for your reply. There are multiple threads about connecting rod failures on this forum. My friend, who owns his own motorcycle repair shop here in San Diego California (DWS Powersports) and has been employed as a mechanic for over forty years, informed me he...

Hello. I am new to this forum. I am about to purchase a 1997 V-Max with 44k miles from an out-of-state seller for $3k, but I just heard about potential connecting rod failures. How common are connecting rod failures in a V-Max? The original owner says he never abused this bike, and took good...