2002 V-Max Cafe

[Fire-medic]

Welcome, both appear well cared-for. The mild custom is tastefully-done.

 

[jamie g]

looking for forward controls for my 88 for a little more comfort and safety ? affordable would be nice any help team thk you

 

[Zeus36]

Bare Bones creation:

 

[CostalGrey]

Bare Bones creation:

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That looks very cool

 

[Grey Wolf]

Hey all, I just joined the forum so I wanted to say hi as I will be on here picking the brains of you modifiers ; ]

My story is that a very close friend recently passed away and left me his almost-mint 2002 V-Max (60,000 highway km and a new second gear). He was aways talking about doing a cafe-style mod to the bike so I want to honour his memory and try to do something that he would respect. I really like what MotoCrew did on a couple of V-Max in Germany - URBAN WARFARE: 1998 Yamaha V-Max by Motocrew Cafe Racer. - I think it's a great place to start.

I hope people will share any thoughts or ideas they might have about this project with me because it's a bit daunting. Especially the seat/fuel situation. I have done a few smaller bikes in the past (an '82 SR 250 and a Kawi 305) and I own a 2017 Triumph Bobber so I have a pretty good idea of the style. But to do it and also keep the cult-cool aspects of the V-Max is a bit of a different world. Anyway glad to be here - cheers all!

John

https://www.youtube.com/c/ShooglyShedMotors I thought I would share this link to a do it yourself type guy on you tube doing a custom cafe vmax . Lot of fabricating. I love mine once I took care of the handling issues. Lot of bike to make a cafe racer on the stock frame. Good luck and no matter what you decide your friend will love you, even if you customize it your way and add his name to the bike somehow. Just riding and taking care of it shows respect.

 

[Aquamax]

This bike looks incredible! This is the first time I have seen a Vmax platform as a possible cafe racer. The bike pictured here looks like something of a straight up street fighter bike, and totally looks like a riot to ride!

 

[Grey Wolf]

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This bike looks incredible! This is the first time I have seen a Vmax platform as a possible cafe racer. The bike pictured here looks like something of a straight up street fighter bike, and totally looks like a riot to ride!

Thats just F ing Cool as hell.

 

[Andre325]

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This bike looks incredible! This is the first time I have seen a Vmax platform as a possible cafe racer. The bike pictured here looks like something of a straight up street fighter bike, and totally looks like a riot to ride!

Where to buy a seat like this ?

 

[Grey Wolf]

A copy of that bike. you may could ask ?

 

[Andre325]

thx

 

[gentsvmax]

It can be done, but I don't expect it to be easy or cheap. A set of rear-sets and clip-ons, with a modified seating area to put the pilot into the crouch, would be a good start.

The closest I can think of, is Kainzinger's bike. The read on it is a lot of fun, as I suspect is riding it. You could buy three new Gen. II's for what this would cost you.

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Here's another person's take.

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You might want to re-think the cafe racer theme and choose another performance theme, which might be cheaper and easier to realize: a short track theme, or probably more in-keeping with the size of the engine and the bike a 'miler' dirt track bike. Something along the lines of Kenny Robert's TZ750 miler bike.

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WOW! The engine specs for the Powerkrant! The whole machine is beyond impressive.