After months of searching, back in the saddle.

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 :confused: I found what appeared to be an ideal specimen in the Tampa Bay areaā€¦ 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 Iā€™m back to getting 30 mpg, I really cant complain, its a fun bike around town. Iā€™m just not quite sure how long Iā€™ll keep her forā€¦

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)
  • SuperTrapp slip on pipes
  • Sissy Bar and front pouch (awesome)
  • Progressive rear suspension (Per previous owners statement)

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/542364_10100609824468828_683945452_n.jpg

Nice why the change to a muscle bike?

Muscle? LOL wuT

Thats what its called. Especially when youā€™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 theyā€™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 Iā€™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 emā€¦ 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)

i cant say i really dig the style of these bikes very much but at least its a bike :tup:

t-minus 7 days til Iā€™m whippin that piece around. kisses.

How long till your Mullet wig comes in?

Love it, how is the power?

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 Iā€™ve always wanted a power cruiser so for now its this for a daily bike ride and maybe a rigid something down the roadā€¦

Time will tell

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=muscle+bike

Good reason. I really like the bike and have always wanted one since riding around my popsā€¦

Wish he never sold it! Ran 11.5 in the 1/4

Willy- what do you think of older 2-stroke bikes that are street legal. Something like this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=261036008722+&viewitem=#ht_500wt_1072

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 ā€œlegalā€ breed in the USA. Correct me if iā€™m wrong.

Joelster i had a '74 gt750 and i loved it.

Willy let me know where I can ship this http://www.motorcyclepride.com/product_images/w/324/6db88fd1a81b6d58e66e25974285c115__12531_zoom.jpg

It feels slow to you Will? I donā€™t know anything about these aside from my 5 minutes of google just now
Quarter-mile acceleration: 10.87 sec., 124.0 mph

Thatā€™s what I found for a stock one, seems quick enough to me!

Sweet ride, Hoss :tup:

Honda Magnas were AWESOME bikes. I guess you need to start looking for one :wink:

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 premixingā€¦ I also hate the thought of trying to find parts for a low numbers 2 stroke bike from 20-40 years agoā€¦ If you buy one, i want to ride it though :wink:

hahaha, sounds like Iā€™ll have to scoop it when im in town next

I would think if i was confident that I could run sub 11ā€™s it may feel faster, but it doesnt feel like a 10 second bike to meā€¦ and until I get the carbs tuned properly in the higher rpmā€™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 canā€™t even find a place that sells older race bikes like that. You know they have to be out there somewhere, they didnā€™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 thoughā€¦ There were some street legal 2 stroke triples iirc