- VMax Year
- 2005
I was at lunch the other day and was just surfing the web and figured I'd check this online auction that I get emails for. I notice a motorcycle auction, so I had to check it out. Scrolling through the listings and there was this 2005 Vmax!, almost went right past it. Looked at the time left and was just 2 hours to go and the bid was at $925. I left work early and zipped on home, getting there with 20 minutes left to go. I started bidding at $1,200 and got the bike for $1,840 ($240 internet bid fee). I was so pumped up! been kinda wanting an 05 forever and this thing just dropped into my lap.
Some details:
Original owner bought it in April 2005, still had the original title...
51,xxx miles but I don't really mind that...
Battery was completely dead but no worries because I took a good battery with me...
Took hitting the starter button three times then it fired right up...
looked dirty in the pictures but this bike is actually pretty clean, don't really see any rust, the chrome all looks good, tires are good...
Seems a tiny bit sluggish and idle was so low it was wanting to stall...
Rode it to the gas station, filled it up and rode it about 10 miles today (I'm in Michigan and it was chilly this morning) and got on it pretty good a few times with no second gear problems. Seems to be running and idling a little better afterwards...
I'll play around with it this weekend for sure...and super happy with it!
Some details:
Original owner bought it in April 2005, still had the original title...
51,xxx miles but I don't really mind that...
Battery was completely dead but no worries because I took a good battery with me...
Took hitting the starter button three times then it fired right up...
looked dirty in the pictures but this bike is actually pretty clean, don't really see any rust, the chrome all looks good, tires are good...
Seems a tiny bit sluggish and idle was so low it was wanting to stall...
Rode it to the gas station, filled it up and rode it about 10 miles today (I'm in Michigan and it was chilly this morning) and got on it pretty good a few times with no second gear problems. Seems to be running and idling a little better afterwards...
I'll play around with it this weekend for sure...and super happy with it!