Waited 29 years

[m-cman]

All you guys that were 24 in 1985 means you were born in 1961, right? That is when I graduated from high school! Bunch of kids... :biglaugh:

 

[frank5079]

Wow!!! I too was 24 in 1985 and stationed at Edwards AFB when I saw the first V-Max ads in issues of Cycle, Cycle World, and Motorcyclist magazines.

Prior to the V-Max, I wanted to get a Yamaha Fazer....

 

[lawman504]

24 years old in 1985??? Holy cow i feel like a baby.....probably cuz i was 5 years old then! I just got my '85 last year at 33 years old and im glad i got one of the originals. Kinda makes it feel...well original. Haha.

Welcome aboard mate and keep a sharp eye out for that "mod monkey". He'll sneak in, use your credit card and start adding stuff to your credit card before you know it.

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[adambweird]

Hell, i was 4 yrs old in 85, lol. I got my first taste of a Vmax in 04 and finally got one in 11, nothing else like it!! Especially after the mod monkey figures out your paypal and to send money to Sean, lol.

 

[1st Shirt Maxer]

I'll chime and say that I too was NOT 24 in 1985, I was a snot nosed punk kid at the ripe age of 13. I didn't see my first vMax until 1995 while stationed in New Mexico. Once I saw the bike and read about it the next day, I have always wanted one but life got in the way until 2012 when I purchased my 01 for $500 and I have been loving and hating the bike ever since. I love to ride it but she has been finicky since she sat in Guam for so long being neglected.

 

[88vmx12]

Congrats! There are a few of us on here that can help you when you soon realize. That there is a mod monkey sitting on your back and his tail and back feet are digging in your wallet! Enjoy that monster and it looks like a good score.

G

 

[Redbone]

I had recently sold my Honde Sabre, I was around 26 at the time, when I first ran into a Vmax sitting in front of the Post Office in town. I looked it over and couldn't get over how big the rear tire was, those scoops looked so different, I had to hear it! I waited around but I couldn't find the owner so as I walked around the corner to the restaurant I heard it start up! I ran back up the street but all I saw when I turned the corner was it riding away...damn! The Vmax for me over the years has been about glimpses and only a few times hearing it run, which added to why the bike intrigued me so much.
The final chapter to me finally getting a Vmax was a surprise of sorts. My brother had just purchased a FZ-1 so I started looking around for a bike but nothing I found would keep up with a FZ-1 or better yet beat it! A coworker said her boyfriend was selling his bike but she didn't know what it was, so I just keep looking for my Fz-1 beater. It was still early spring but she kept telling me to buy "the bike" from her boyfriend since she did not like riding it since the one/ last time she rode it she thought she was going to fall off. Late may finally she came up with some pictures which made me remember the first I saw/ heard one. I did a web search to see what they were selling for and ran across VMF which had a bunch of great information so I joined.
Well one thing or another and it was almost a month before I was able to see the bike so my anticipation level had peaked. I went over to look at the bike and my intention was to bargain him down from his $3500 asking price. We started it, he told me about some of his stories and he asked me if I wanted to take it for a ride. I just so happened to bring my helmet...I took off slowly through the neighborhood but then hit the main road so I hit throttle and I was hooked when I got "that rush". I can back and made a half hearted attempt to talk him down but I paid his price and rode it home.
After reading the other stories I just had to add my 2¢ to the list. I wish I had had purchased one in 1985 but as fate would have it I do own one now.

2007


2013

 

[Kronx]

Welcome and congrats on your VMax! No grin like a VMax grin!

 

[tmc_61]

Seems like a good board here. Ive been a member of a lot of diff boards from off road bikes to old hotrods, Vettes, Road Star, still do the G8 GT board. I look forward to being around here a long time.

The bike is kinda cramped for me. I don't care though as I have waited a very long time to own one.

Thanks all

 

[jfeagins]

Wow!!! I too was 24 in 1985 and stationed at Edwards AFB when I saw the first V-Max ads in issues of Cycle, Cycle World, and Motorcyclist magazines.

Prior to the V-Max, I wanted to get a Yamaha Fazer....

The advertisement ad picture you've attached here is not the ad you saw back in 1985. Just sayin'.

 

[Bill Seward]

I bought my Max 29 years ago. Still got it. Still honeymoonin' with it. (If I can get my son to let me ride it once in a while..)

 

[Maxine]

Gratz on the new ride
I was 18 and home on leave from the army when My best friend and I started drooling over one in the local showroom in 1985. Took me another 10 years before i scratched the itch and bought a new RED 1995 model.

Enjoy the Vmax.
Rob

 

[tmc_61]

New tires this afternoon. I took the wheels off and took them to a lil shop nearby. I put the washer in the wrong place on the re-install. It caused the caliper piston to get pushed back and when I got off freeway after a nice blast, I had no rear brake.

Was going to a buds house. I told him I wasn't sure where washer came from and he said that the problem was the washer needed to be outside caliper bracket then. Since that's all I did different. He was right.

The Shinkos feel fine. We shall see