1st Gen V-Max French Vmax greet you...

[Kashubelua]

VMax Year

1996

Hi there,
After few years with a 90 that i restaured, i went on a 96 that i restaured too with a complete dismantling to make it properly.
Frame swingarm engine calipers painted and every little parts. All welding slag and roughness smoothed first, everywhere. DVC parts only needed light polishing.
Then long alloy work to remove corrosion, all smoothed and polished no varnish. Didn't exactly put it back to stock, rear light is a double round bulb that look nice, also modified RR system and re routing of some cable to hide theme more.
Along time she suffered from few mechanics problems, classic regulator failure, starter clutch, water pump mechanical joint, clutch leak... no major things.


The 90





96 freshly aquired....





Pretty proud of my boner bike now





An RR from Aprilia




Front routing, ugly hose springs thrown away




This is representative of the whole finish aspect



Some people who don't know this bike think it's brand new, still a great nice bike, timeless.

 

[VMAXer]

Some people who don't know this bike think it's brand new, still a great nice bike, timeless.

That's a great bike. They have a good reason to think it's brand new. Do you still keep your 90?

 

[Kashubelua]

Hi,
The 90 is gone in another happy hands, i didn't kept it because i have another oldschool bike1150 suzuki, a familly bike that i'll keep forever, and for some reasons i needed to separate from one, no luck for Vmax... and for me ;-)

 

[marsmax85]

Beautiful work !!

 

[TK3333]

This is representative of the whole finish aspect

Very nice, very nice....

 

[Kashubelua]

Just time... thanks guys

 

[VMAXer]

Hi,
The 90 is gone in another happy hands, i didn't kept it because i have another oldschool bike1150 suzuki, a familly bike that i'll keep forever, and for some reasons i needed to separate from one, no luck for Vmax... and for me ;-)

Oh, I see, that was a wise decision I suppose. Thank you and please keep us in the loop?

 

[Kashubelua]

I know that was the right decision, didn't got regrets, but karma kicked in and i must confess that i just separate from this 96 too (in fact a 95 lately registered in 96), same reason, and this time i cried, because the story is that this one is the same as the one my father got back in time (a 1993), he used to brought me to driving lessons on it in an on/off rodeo style that gave me my first vmax boners, this memories suddenly rushed back in my mind just when new owner left with it, same scene when his 93 gone more than two decades ago, i feel a bit sad, confused.

Could sound like a big mistake and i ask myself so. But it's not over, my mind is in a vmax loop, got a project for the next.

Also the 1150 comfort me, to be honest i'm more attached to it as it was his bike and rather cut my arm than separate from.

 

[Incider]

Nice, ive got a house near Mayenne when I'm not in uk. 6,700kn in France last summer on my max combination

 

[VMAXer]

Could sound like a big mistake and i ask myself so. But it's not over, my mind is in a vmax loop, got a project for the next.

Also the 1150 comfort me, to be honest i'm more attached to it as it was his bike and rather cut my arm than separate from.

You're right, you still have a great bike that's dear to you. Please update us on your next project?

 

[Kashubelua]

Nice, ive got a house near Mayenne when I'm not in uk. 6,700kn in France last summer on my max combination

That's a good trip

 

[Kashubelua]

You're right, you still have a great bike that's dear to you. Please update us on your next project?

Would be engine and frame based only, i already got nearly all parts to fit around. That's a thing that built up in my mind since a while but wonder if i ll ever got time enough in this life, this would be a long work.... and first i need to finish the 1150 transformation and then a complete restauration of a rusted 1971 CB500 carcass that i funded completely forgotten in a farm, shouldn't had see the pity thing making me an agonizing blink, it hurt my heart.

 

[Incider]

That's a good trip

I only went out for milk and bread

 

[VMAXer]

Would be engine and frame based only, i already got nearly all parts to fit around. That's a thing that built up in my mind since a while but wonder if i ll ever got time enough in this life, this would be a long work.... and first i need to finish the 1150 transformation and then a complete restauration of a rusted 1971 CB500 carcass that i funded completely forgotten in a farm, shouldn't had see the pity thing making me an agonizing blink, it hurt my heart.

That's great, seems like it's not far from happening. I understand there's still a lot on your plate right now that you want to address first.
I love to see transformations/restorations, can you show your work when they're completed?
Thanks for responding.

 

[Kashubelua]

I only went out for milk and bread

Someone out there like Bread and milk a lot!..

 

[Kashubelua]

That's great, seems like it's not far from happening. I understand there's still a lot on your plate right now that you want to address first.
I love to see transformations/restorations, can you show your work when they're completed?
Thanks for responding.

Sure... will be a pleasure to do so, i guess we will have to project ourselves in years

Of course there is no comparison with a Vmax at all, and not even with the stock, but right now here's where I'm at... and a bit stuck for lack of time

 

[Incider]

Off to France for 10 days from Sunday, it'll be fun taking the max combination on the wrong side of the roads again

 

[Kashubelua]

Bread and milk quest again... the wild way ;-)

 

[Fire-medic]

GS1100 4-valve and the 1150 E and ES were the bikes back in the day, early '80's, and they still are a favorite engine for the strip. I bet those bars move downwards by the time that's done.

Here are some pics of saving a GS1100 case done at my friend's shop recently, and other GS1100 fabrication work. The two-wheeled axle is for a GS1100-powered offroader. The case to the right is a Hyabusa undergoing extensive modification.

 

[Kashubelua]

Hi,
i had heard about this, seems solid case and large crank shaft allow big bored cylinders. Got a spare engine in stock that was destined for strip, but the guy forgetted about his project and gave it to me.
Not sure to get you about "I bet those bars move downwards by the time that's done." maybe langage subtlety that i m not able to understand.
I don't know if they share the same case but never saw such issue, was it resulting from a broken part in the clutch?
interesting work