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im getting an 18" x 5.5" sportmax rim:eusa_dance: the tires im thinking about getting are metzeler ME 880 tires but the rear tire is a V rated and the front is H rated. im thinking a 180/55ZR18 rear and a 110/90H18 front that's the best combo i can find my question is with 2 different speed...

Has anyone defined their speed limiter with a trap speed? In the quarter mile, my trap speeds have consistently plateaued now around 127mph. I know the indicated speed is exagerrated and it was indicating 130's already when my trap speed were 120ish, so now I wonder if I'm being limited by the...

Hi y'all. I am taking an online college course (intro to computer systems). I posted this question on their message board. I had over 50 views, but zero replies. Here it goes... I've been frustrated in the last couple years with the concealing of the processor speed on computers. It seems that...

Well I took my new 1985 Max for a fast rip down the highway. YAAHOOO,...weeble wobble at 85mph..yikes.Havent experienced that in years!!!!Well this sucks,..what to do?Where to begin, how much money and time is this gonna take? Hmmmm..GOOGLE Vmax wooble....boy these things are cursed!! Pages of...

Just went by my 4th speed trap in as many miles. WTF! Anyone else fed up with the draconian speed/stunting laws that seem to be the cash-cow du jour? For anyone travelling in the East side of the GTA (Greater Toronto Area), watch your speed in town and on the 400-series roads as well. Save...

I bought a 2002 with 7000 miles, in stock condition. I live at 4000 ft. I put a pipe on it and jet kit, kn filter with y's removed off box Fresh plugs The most I can get out of the bike is 220 km/hr. before or after mods. It runs good to about 125 mph then accel reallly slows. for the last...

Finally got around to checking my speed and rpm with my Venture rear end installed. My speedo was off more than stock as I have a 110/80 radial front tire instead of the stock 110/90 (110/80 having a slightly smaller circumference). At a GPS verified 70 mph, the tach was at 4000 rpm. About 17.5...

Ok.... I'm not a speed freak, but I'm always aiming to be 'in front of that guy, then that guy, then that guy....' you get the picture. Anywho, is it just me? Am I the only guy who gets out on the highway and every time I look down at the speedo it just keeps creeping up.... I have to make a...

No, I don't mean to shake yourself into a speed wobble or an accident. But I would like to know what your bike does and if it is stock or modified as far as suspension is concerned. If I do this, the front end continues wobbling at 2 or 3 times per second for a few seconds until the wobble...

I recently bought a 97 vmax. Just got out friday and drove it to work for the first time. It didn't run very good. At any speeds below 50 MPH when cruising one cylinder is missing and popping. Only when cruising, if I get on the throttle it disappears. Also it doesn't matter what the temperature...

I was just wondering if anybody out there has a problem with the infamous speed wobble at right around 90 to 100 mph. ? I heard something about replacing the rubber washer in the tree with a steel one . I have no idea where to get one at and does anybody know if it really works or what does. I...

borrowed from another site: With the help of several members and our local dyno shop Sport Tech Cycles we have completed our endavour of removing the 138 mph top speed limiter. Let's jump to the results first. A dyno chart tells more than a 1000 words and for some reason seems to be accepted...

c'mon guys, we only need to more peeps to sign up for it then we can have it out! :eusa_dance: Go to arcade, then click on '1 Tournament waiting for players' at the bottom left.

....and got my first US speeding ticket :bang head::bang head::bang head::bang head: so here we go, having renewed my steering head bearings, my high speed straight line wobble is GONE!!! I took my bike to an indicated 135mph today, and not a shake - it was as steady as a train. Also note...

Hey guys, I am in need of your help in trying to figure out how to solve my steering wobble at speeds of 40-50. It is really felt when decelerating from high speed through the 50-40 range. I just put new Metezler 880 tires on last week & my bike has not been the same since. I have had my front...

This thread is going to be sort of a progress thread on what I do (probably over the winter) to fix the speed wobble problems on my '85 Max. Not sure how long it will take me to fix the problem or how quickly I can get to it now that winter is around the corner (since it is hard to run 110+ down...

i read an article in a new motorcycle magazine yesterday that said the new V-Max was turning 3,900 rpm's in 5th gear at 70 mph. i think the magazine was Cycle World? anyway, that means at 140 mph the motor is spinning at 7,800 rpm's. i see that according to the dyno the bike makes 174 rwhp at...

When I'm switching lanes on the highway if their's any difference in the two lanes my front end wobbles a few times and then calms down. Would this be from too tight or too lose on those bolts? (I'll do the furbur fix next week - but since that's the only problem hated to mess with what was...

I guess this has been asked before,but what is the top speed for a stock VMAX? I;ved never held mine long enough to find out but I can say she'll do 145 and still be pulling hard! Several places on the net give HP ratings and quarter mile times but no top speed. Just curious if anyone knows...

So I recently got my '86 V-max. Started riding it, and noticed a pretty bad high speed wobble problem. I took it to 125mph and it shook its head so bad I thought I was gonna die. Through a few posts here, I found out about tightening the steering head bearing nuts. As I'm not home with all my...