Sniffbooger
Well-Known Member
Thanks to all of the information and the great people here at the vmax forum, I have been able to get my project Vmax going and I'm currently commuting a few days per week to work on it. I've learned a TON about this bike from the older posts here, from reading and lurking and searching here, and also from some friendly tips and emails with a great guy named Sean Morley! So I finally decided to register and say thanks for all the moderators, site owners and members who contribute some really excellent information (and some really funny wisecrack comments here too).... THANKS!!!
As for the bike, I'm still tinkering and fine tuning it, but its good enough to get me around for now.... I bought it in Feb 2021, non running, only had 18k on the odometer, had been sitting for 4 years with gas in the tank. The prior owner had a stroke, could not ride anymore, and was selling it for cheap. I guess I took a big chance, since I just found out about the second gear thing last month, but I was lucky after I got it running it seems mine is solid and has no transmission issues. I have fixed up and flipped about 10 bikes in the past 20 years, after learning all about their little shortcomings and repairing them (mostly carburetors and cosmetics, no major engine work) but after resurrecting this one from the dead, I can't let her go... this one's a blast! I even had a V65 Magna a couple years ago and it was fun for a few months but parts like water pump were getting too hard to find...I couldn't see myself keeping it, so I let her go...and I really liked my 2002 VFR800 but the older I get (52 now) the less I can stand that riding position....but now, with my Vmax, its such a comfortable and fun ride, no chain to mess with, and available parts everywhere, I'm gonna keep this one! There's nothing like the feeling of instant roll-on torque in high gear down the freeway! Maybe there is a place where I can set a page up with some pics and everything I've done to the bike to get it running again? I'll have to look around the site more closely.
Thanks again to vmax forum and all the people who make it happen! You Rock!!
cheers Jacob
As for the bike, I'm still tinkering and fine tuning it, but its good enough to get me around for now.... I bought it in Feb 2021, non running, only had 18k on the odometer, had been sitting for 4 years with gas in the tank. The prior owner had a stroke, could not ride anymore, and was selling it for cheap. I guess I took a big chance, since I just found out about the second gear thing last month, but I was lucky after I got it running it seems mine is solid and has no transmission issues. I have fixed up and flipped about 10 bikes in the past 20 years, after learning all about their little shortcomings and repairing them (mostly carburetors and cosmetics, no major engine work) but after resurrecting this one from the dead, I can't let her go... this one's a blast! I even had a V65 Magna a couple years ago and it was fun for a few months but parts like water pump were getting too hard to find...I couldn't see myself keeping it, so I let her go...and I really liked my 2002 VFR800 but the older I get (52 now) the less I can stand that riding position....but now, with my Vmax, its such a comfortable and fun ride, no chain to mess with, and available parts everywhere, I'm gonna keep this one! There's nothing like the feeling of instant roll-on torque in high gear down the freeway! Maybe there is a place where I can set a page up with some pics and everything I've done to the bike to get it running again? I'll have to look around the site more closely.
Thanks again to vmax forum and all the people who make it happen! You Rock!!
cheers Jacob
