"KJ," that's a good-lookin' ride you got there. Isn't it too-loud cruising w/the short can? I listened to the road clip & it wasn't too-bad, but the driveway ones sound louder.
Not bad at all, Its actually nice and rumbly. It doesn't have the 2.5" baffle, It's sporting the 2" high-flow. Sean hooked me up good on the setup and I've had no regrets at all about buying it.
I think the noise difference is due to the placement of the camera. Its not uncomfortable at all while your riding. you can put many miles on it without having ringing ears syndrome (about 100 it will start to get pretty loud, but 55-80 your golden). If you rev it, it has that nice bark that a Vmax should have.
I had the same truck, '85 3/4 ton 16.5" wheels, 318/727 fully-loaded, bought from my friend, the original owner, sold it w/>150K on it, still ran & lookin' good, the a-c still worked...but it only got 12-13 mpg. A real workhorse though. Yours is also lookin' good, especially for where you live & the age (truck, not the driver!).
I love this truck, Like I said, I have a ton of history in it. Its got a few grocery cart dings, but at almost 30-years-old a few dings are expected and it adds character.
I don't take it mudding and such. Its been off road on the trails many a time, so I've had to spend some time buffing tree branch scrapes off of t. maily Its been used to pull my boat, transfer gravel or dirt, pulled a few cars out of ditches in the winter. So I like to call it "Used-pampered".
Its my little time machine. With the exception of the Kenwood (put in in the late 80's) the interior looks the same as it did when it was new and the grill and the PIAA projector headlights are the only thing changed outside. have a song come on the radio or CD (especially in the fall) and suddenly your taken back to that time. One time I was drving aroudn checking out the colors on the fall trees and wound up in the area of my old GF. Being in the area, the crisp fall air, and have some songs hit over the radio, it was eerie. I was almost like I was back in 1986 again. (insert twilight zone theme song here).
I have the chrome around the windshield ordered (rock auto still kicks ass)
Then I'll have that rusty, shrunken original gone.
PS: KJ, I sure wish I could get up there to see your bike and truck in person.. I hate the TSA an the 12 hour flight though...
I'll keep an open door for you. I try to be a good host. It was kinda surreal, but in a ass kicking good way when Shad was up here. You meet a fellow Vmax rider on a forum board, then the next thing they're in your living roon having a drink with you and shooting the breeze, its nice to put a face to the names. It was especially strange cause, my state isn't one of them joined states that you can ride to in a matter of hours. in the time it takes to get to the next largest city, someone in the lower 48 can be a few states over. But It's all good
