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Greetings from Norway! This comment is about the original swingarm, not intended as a comment on what the owner of the nice Vmax in threadstart should do with his bike. I love the Vmax, and I was aware of the reputation of it having handling issues. So a part of how I "fooled myself" into buying...

Not exactly about fitting the OEM exhaust, but I see there is also lot of exhaust competence in this forum. I recognize the challenges of assembly when I installed my OEM silencer. Keeping everything loose until it was fitted did the trick to me. I replaced Cobra 4-4 pipes with a perfect OEM...

Thanks for providing more relevant hands on experience, so we all can learn about this topic. Personally I doubt that a 17'' radial tyre setup can disguise the problems that a flexing swingarm will cause for handling. The fact that I experienced a totally different ride experience just by making...

I was considering solid mounts, as I see this as a far better stiffener from a engineering point of view. But a consequence of replacing my rear shocks with my own fabricated dragstruts, the swingarm will utilise the rear section of the frame as a "monster brace". The bike responded very...

Thank you for a very interesting reply! The goal is always to improve the bike so the rider becomes the limitation :cool: That is safer as well, being able to quickly change direction without inducing wobble is never a bad feature. We don't have to use the improved capacity to increase overall...

Thank you very much! Yes, this forum is a very valuable source for information. I learnt here that the Cobras had to go. I love the look of the Cobras that came with the bike, but I have sourced a original exhaust that will replace them. Heavy indeed, but the whole bike is heavy. Probably better...

You are right, I wasn't copying another bike when assembling "Locomotive" :cool: Thank you very much for a brilliant reply, filled with valuable information! No question about that, good progressive rear shocks, and modern 17" radial tires front and rear, will certainly objectively be far...

Hi! I am new to this forum, and live in Norway. I was not happy with the performance of the original fork/brakes of my 88' Vmax, either in handling, high speed stability or braking. Being used to sharp handling and braking on my streetfighter, owned and ridden for 22 years, it was a too big step...