Motorycle For Sale 99 VMX12 OBO

[caseyjones955]

The time has come... with a heavy heart I offer the following.

1999 VMX 12 with Just under 20k on the clock.

Good:
Max Gasser seat. It's night/day better than OEM or the Corbin that was on it.
After Market Backrest and Rack
Kerker 4-2-1 (Sounds extra bitchen' with the hi-flow filter lid)
Morleys filter lid and tuning bits, Stg 7, drilled slides/7 springs, new UK made carb diaphragms
COPs
Progressive fork springs w new OEM fork seals/cups.
Comes with an extra set of undamaged (need refinish) scoops/inserts, wiring harness, forks and whatever else came off the parts bike before I moved it along, there is a good solid tote full of extras.
properly dialed in for about 4k' but I will include some extra jets to fatten it back up for lower altitudes.
Light turquios paint/clearcoat. I've not seen another VMX this color anywhere. I get tons of compliments on the color.
Solid mechanicals, lovely engine. Shifts through all gears as it should with no 2nd (or any) gear isues.
I have all the reciepts.
I do not put Chinese things on Japanese bikes, I do not service using Chinese parts. I've used OEM or US, Japanese aftermarket whever possible (cept the windscreen is prolly from China)
Highway pegs kit, but I used offsets on the to accomidate lankier riders like myself, but they can be easily fitted with virtually any tyle peg.
The windscreen and hiway pegs make a HUGE difference in rider fatigue for highway use. Hoestly I think the windscreen is butt ugly but most of my riding is highway so I left it on there. It's easy to pop off.

Bad:
Front master cyl needs R&R, front brakes do not function but cracking the bleeder screws allowed the calipers to release so that I cold ride it the block or so.
Due for oil/plugs and fresh fuel, before I put it in heated storage I filled with pure gasoline/Stabil. There should be no corn swqeezings here.
Tires aged beyond serviceability.

Other stuff:
Last licensed in 2020, never stored outside. I'ts been stored in my frontroom for a couple years until last fall I fired it up, rode around the block and into a heated garage where it sat until this week. After riding and moving it around it my knee was on fire for days, seems It's just too low and heavy for me to manage with arhtritic joints. It was, however briefly, ridden most recently last fall.

I'm willing to sell it without the seat, spare scoops and rack/backrest for a lower price. I feel confident those would be easy to sell individually but would rather just make this transaction include everything VMAX that I own.

Thanks to all, Feel free to offer value opinions or offers. If soemone wants it but wants it ready to ride, contact me, I can make that happen but would prefer just to have someone swing by in the coming days and take her home.

Located near Sturgis, and nearer to Rapid City. If this scoot resonates with anyone coming for Sturgis than let me know, for a minimal good faith deposit I'll push it back inside and hold it until during/after the Rally to be picked up. Everyone knows someone who will be in Sturgis with a trailer during the Rally haha.

I'd rather sell than trade, but if someone has a literbike of <450lbs & >200rwp i'll deffs want to hear about that, even if it's been dropped or copped. I will work on getting the pics off my phone and onto the PC, so hopefuly this will have pics within the hour.

Questions, comments, offers...

THANK YOU for looking.

 

[caseyjones955]

This is all I have related to VMX, everything is pictured except for the fork tubes of the 85 parts bike that is responsible for most of what you see on the table. There are a few gems in there for someone I hope.


$4500 obo for the bike and all the fixins' pictured. I'll hear any reasonable offer, I'm sure I'll get corrected if I'm lofty haha.

 

[caseyjones955]

Price drop $4000 OBO.

 

[Davelaf]

You'd think a Harley rider would want to go fast once in a while.

 

[caseyjones955]

You'd think a Harley rider would want to go fast once in a while

They certainly move slowly and quite often get underfoot. Sometimes they even get hurt feelings when we invariably push on past them. It appears to be largely cosplay, I see no evidence that performance is a real consideration for them.

I like anything fast, I love fast bikes. I'm thrilled to have lived to see a day where we can buy 200mph motorcycles right off the showroom floor. THAT is progress! haha

 

[Fire-medic]

H-D's have a lot of torque off the bottom-end. Once they start to taper-off you might as-well shift. Long-stroke engines are like that. Short-stroke/'over-square' piston bore engines like to rev, and they rev higher than 'under-square' engines. Revving higher is where 'over-square' engines excel. They have more area for designs like 4 valves/cylinder, allowing better breathing, 'wedge' cylinder head design, and the famous Yamaha 5-valve per cylinder Genesis engine. That was used beginning in the mid-1980's FZ750 and the FZR750 and FZR1000 from 1987. That later became the YZF1000 Thunderace and the YZF750 Thundercat. They were replaced by the R1 Yamaha literbike, 1000 cc power in a 600 cc size/weight.

I have one of these in my garage since 1988.



The YZF1000

 

[caseyjones955]

The twin off-idle torque is pretty darn nice, that cant be denied. They get pretty anemic at highway (highway +) speeds. I can see the appeal to riders that are not concerned with hooliganism or eluding, er, I mean outpacing. Yea, outpacing.

I love that FZR pic, what a great timeless classic! It harkens to the VFR 750 V4 Honda interceptors of the 80s as well. What a cool era for bikes. Thanks for sharing that one.

 

[Tom Determan]

You'd think a Harley rider would want to go fast once in a while.

If you ask any HD rider, they go fast all the time but unless you're running a Vance and Hines bike, HD and fast shouldn't be in the same sentence and the only HD part on that bike is probably a decal.

You'd think a Harley rider would want to go fast once in a while.

 

[caseyjones955]

I will be replacing the master cyl and giving it fresh fuel and oil making it road testable to a buyer. It will still need tires but that should be about it.

 

[caseyjones955]

SOLD.

heavy heart but to a really good home. Do I get to keep my hall pass?