…final drive gearing of the five-speed Max is made for acceleration not top speed, with the VMAX maxing near a paltry 140mph. Did we just say ?paltry? 140 mph? Such are the strange verdicts of our comparison, the B-King tapping on one fourth-gear dyno run at 155 mph. The five-speed gearbox is smooth and…

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…the?Yamaha V-Max is like shooting fish in a barrel. I could go to the muscle-bound metaphor, the proverbial Arnold Schwarzenegger call. I could talk about back alley aesthetics and performance, all of which are true, but certainly not original, which in my estimation is a disservice to the V-Max. It is, after…

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The V-Max turned the motorcycle industry upside down with gobs of horsepower and torque.There's no argument the Japanese have led the motorcycling world in terms of producing efficient, reliable machines as far back as the 1960s. What they have been less good at is making bikes which stand out as being…

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…Jardine's dyno shootout as if afraid that they'd be hunted down and shot.The LA Calendar Show had a couple of Metrics in attendence. This decked out V-Max won the Custom Metric Class.That said, if you're into custom American rides, it was a killer show. Filling the space formerly occupied by a few exotic…

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…has a three-inch stretch on the fork, which is exaggerated by the motorcycle?s 45-degree rake - a combination of 40-degrees in the frame rake plus five-degrees in the triple trees. The seat sits almost even with the gargantuan 23-inch front wheel. I sit low and upright on the motorcycle, making it a…

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…bar effort to right itself from when leaned over. More troubling is that the Rod's pegs and mufflers dig in harshly when past its claimed 32-degree max lean angle, making the prodigious grip of the Dunlop D207s a moot point. And there's so much distance between the wheels that mid-corner bumps cause…

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…fly-by-wire throttle system is said to be instantaneous. Until we hike a leg over one, we'll take Star's word for it. Putting power to the rear is a five-speed transmission. It also has a hydraulically-activated ramp-style slipper clutch to keep downshifts as smooth and rider-friendly as possible. The…

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…the Polaris side-by-side business, and eventually as Vice President Sales & Corporate Marketing, overseeing the creation and phased roll-out of the Max Velocity Program. Steve Menneto has been promoted to the position of General Manager of Victory Motorcycles, to lead profitable sales growth for this…

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…hard right off the bottom. From the moment the throttle is cracked, it's twisting out more torque than a four-cylinder 600cc sportbike does at its max."The power delivery is a definite step above the other Twins we tested in 2004," said Editorial Director Ken Hutchison after his ride at Pahrump. "I…

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