Muscle bike shoot out

Gunshots

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This months Cruiser Magazine run a 4 way shoot out with the V-max, V-Rod muscle, Rocket 3 and the Hammer.
ET/ MPH
V-Max----10.45/136.7
V-Rod ----12.11/111.9
Rocket----11.59/114.96
Hammer----12.33/106.63
If one was looking for a low ET the V-max would be a heck of a place to start. I good coat of wax might put in the nine second range. They apologized for not including the M109R2 as there were not able to acquire one in time for the publication. Makes on wonder how they got there hands on a V-max.
The feelings were mixed as far as results, the V-Rod muscle was like a uncomfortable for most with the forward pegs. The victory was most expensive and had a clunky trany. V-Max averaged only 20.5 mpg for a cruising range of a whopping 82 miles. It is nice now to see the Rocket getting a little press, at long last people are standing up and taking notice.....

Edited 1-15-09
Fer crissakes quit whinnin now:kk:
 
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Additionally, it looks as though the addition of some stealth performance improvements will cause the R3 to beat the stock Max in the 1/4 mile......Depending on rider ability and weight of course.

You don't need to tell the Max owner you have a TB and PC and triple pods and a custom tune. Just keep your mouth shut and ride..................

Probably a good thing that the M109 wasn't available. It's gearbox would not have survived more than one or two trips through the lights.
 
I dunno Flip, 1 sec and 20 mph is a lot to overcome. I've heard some stories of 200+ at the rear wheel with some tuning on the VMax. Unless you've got some hardware hanging off the right side of your motor I don't think I'd be issuing any challenges.

BUT, at the end of the day, its still a Yamaha.....
 

Mr. P.:

It's all in the rider and the launch and the rider ain't me. I'm strictly a spectator at my age.

Gunshots said:
Old farts got nothing but time
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You are sitt'in too close to the wood stove........
 
I second the tabulating argument It was my first thought...will I be able to assimilate the string...but I got through it without whining
Does the V-Max really belong in a match up against the likes of the Rocket III.
The exposure, nonetheless, is appreciated.
 
Got a speeding ticket today. Heard the siren and saw the lights, I kept going, could not imagine it was for me. Well, it was, cop said it took 5 miles to get my attention. I was a bit frozen after 3 hours in the saddle at 45-50 degrees. Cop said I was doing 20 over I said I was 10 over. Just wanted to get home and warm up, on a lonely country road. I was following a pickup truck! WTF? Calibrate that POS radar once in a while. Oh well, fair is fair. I burned out from the stop sign at 100MPH before he saw me. Was on a HD Roadster, good thing it was not the R3 our I would be "sans a license" and minus one bike right now.

PS: No matter what you do to a R3 it will not keep up with a V-Max. That's a good thing.

I think I am going to start collecting Vespas after I lose my license.
 
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We need to turn Hombre loose on the V-Max... If he can just keep his back tire from flying off
 
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