Drove to Miami 4 weeks ago to pick up a bike, it turned out to be a piece of crap and I returned back to my place, bikeless. Fast forward to a week ago I found what appeared to be an ideal specimen in the Tampa Bay area… so I called a buddy, jumped into my car and headed out west.
The bike is a 1999 Vmax and since getting it, I replaced the sparkplugs, oil/filter, the tires, and a leaky gasket.
It feels slow as balls compared to my previous bikes, but now that the plugs are done and I’m back to getting 30 mpg, I really cant complain, its a fun bike around town. I’m just not quite sure how long I’ll keep her for…
As for modifications and maintenance, the bike has
Steel Braided Brake lines
Steel Braided Clutch line
New pads
Stage 7 Dynojet kit ( 4 individual K+N Filters, vented crank case, with V-Boost still active)
T-Boost 3 position Switch (3k open, 6k Open (stock), and Always open)
Thats what its called. Especially when you’re referring to a bike that made over 140 crank hp and has the torque of a new liter bike. PS, it sounds awesome! hahaha
I kept getting wreckless tickets down here and they’re 1200, 2500, then 5k on the third offense for doing wheelies. Luckily they all go tossed out, but i found every single time i got on the bike I’d do irresponsible things so rather than grow up, I chose to limit my ability to do them. Also its fun to just comfortably just cruise around town and when a pipsqueak pulls up next to me on his 600 cc SS bike, i can still blow the doors off of em… especially to 70 mph on a straight. (which is the other reason, SS bikes in florida are pointless for me since there are verrrrrry few turns)
Now that I threw some new plugs in it, pulls hard, but needs to be tuned and possibly the stock airbox put back in as theres a lot of hesitation.
Around town, once i got used to the weight, its been awesome.
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aesthetically, its not my favorite, but I’ve always wanted a power cruiser so for now its this for a daily bike ride and maybe a rigid something down the road…
I think the limit was 350 or 400cc by 1985, then it dropped to 50cc or something like that. The Yamaha RZ350 was the last of the “legal” breed in the USA. Correct me if i’m wrong.
It feels slow to you Will? I don’t know anything about these aside from my 5 minutes of google just now
Quarter-mile acceleration: 10.87 sec., 124.0 mph
That’s what I found for a stock one, seems quick enough to me!
Honda Magnas were AWESOME bikes. I guess you need to start looking for one
I love the idea of 2 stroke powerbands on a street bike, the old motogp bikes were awesome. However, i hate the idea of oil injection or premixing… I also hate the thought of trying to find parts for a low numbers 2 stroke bike from 20-40 years ago… If you buy one, i want to ride it though
hahaha, sounds like I’ll have to scoop it when im in town next
I would think if i was confident that I could run sub 11’s it may feel faster, but it doesnt feel like a 10 second bike to me… and until I get the carbs tuned properly in the higher rpm’s it seems to fall on its face. Around town its a riot though and the sounds it makes are orgasmic.
Is there a way to put a real 500cc 4-cyl 2-stroke GP bike on the streets over here? I can’t even find a place that sells older race bikes like that. You know they have to be out there somewhere, they didn’t just disappear. I can find F1 cars and Indycars.
Ny might be hard with inspections and all, butt realistically find a cleab donor frame and swap it out. Cops will probably hassle you for noise and smoke though… There were some street legal 2 stroke triples iirc
I found what appeared to be an ideal specimen in the Tampa Bay area… so I called a buddy, jumped into my car and headed out west.)
