Kerker / Supertrapp install complete.

[Drewfus]

So I got the bike a few months ago, and my ambition finally kicked in to install the Kerker 4-2-1 with a Supertrapp silencer that came with the bike. The owner prior to the guy I got the bike from had installed it and did the re-jet. The OEM was re-installed to make a wife happier.

Yowza, what a difference! Between the weight loss and power increase, this is approaching my idea of a perfect machine. I lowered the disc count to 4 from 13, and there is no perceptible difference in noise on the highway. The boulevard rumble is quite a bit more raucous though.

Not bad for $2700 total eh?

 

[KJShover]

Not bad at all unk:



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[davesax36]

What front fender is that?

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[Drewfus]

What front fender is that?

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I have no idea where the fender was sourced. The fit and finish is very good though.

The next addition is an OEM flyscreen from eBay.

 

[KJShover]

It kinda looks like this one:
http://shop.mek.biz/product_info.php/info/p54_MEK-Front-Fender--Vmax-.html/language/en

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[Drewfus]

It looks exactly like that one. Note that the top of the fender is even molded to accept the factory fork brace which mine still has.

Just found it for sale here, out of AZ. http://www.whaccessories.com/Vmax Accessories.htm

 

[davesax36]

Cool. I'll look around again for that brace with the lowering tubes to get it closer to my tire.

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[Fire-medic]

Time to upgrade your brakes. There are many ways to go. You can bolt-on a 1993+ front end which gives you larger-dia front forks/downtubes (7.5% bigger in dia.), and makes it easier to swap for better calipers, from an R-1 Yamaha w/its 100 mm O.C. mounting, for example. All you would need is a pair of triple trees, and the downtube/slider combos. Everything else bolts up, but you do need to go to the 298 mm dia front rotors the 1993+ VMaxes came-with. You should be able to find a good used set like that for ~$250+ and it may include the stock two-pair opposed piston calipers that the 1993+ bikes came-with, which aren't bad if you get some HH-rated pads for them. I say it's better to make changes like calipers and springs, RICORS or Cartridge Emulators to the better stock 1993+ front end instead of spending all that $ on your smaller 40 mm downtubes your '86 has.

Going to an upside-down fork will probably run you $1,000+. Buying adapters to stick with your 40 mm downtubes while upgrading to another manufacturer's caliper/rotor combo, and possibly another master cylinder, isn't to my way of thinking as big a bang for the buck as the newer front end. Crunch the numbers for yourself.

You got a good value for the $ it looks-like, have fun next season. The exhaust looks good, too.