User Friendly?!?

[Pat Kelly]

Wife and I were at the Yammy Dealer the other day picking up some chrome goodies for her Virago.
I was talking with the owner about my desire of a V-Max. He told me to wait till next year as they should be more "user-friendly" I told him that if I was to get a V-Max then "friendly" is that last thing I'd want. He grinned and told us to follow him. In the service bay was a blown V-Max. Belt drive hanging off the left side and an air cleaner sticking up through the "gas tank".
Definately not user-friendly.......I want one.

[hamjam]

very interesting ;-)
where does the belt drive hook up on a shaft drive bike ?
the air cleaner maybe, although it has to go through the air cleaner cap then some duct work then the ' gas tank' just to see the light of day
just curious
Jim

[John]

The belt drive he was referring to was the blower drive belt, not the rear wheel drive belt.

[Geezer]

Originally posted by John
The belt drive he was referring to was the blower drive belt, not the rear wheel drive belt.

The new V-max is supercharged? And I thought the old ones were insanely fast.

Geezer

[hamjam]

what blower? we don't have no steenkin' blower.. it's a regular carb engine but the vboost thing is electrical , it just opens up a pair of butterflies to let each cylinder draw from 2 carbs at around 6000
Jim

[chevy45412001]

blower

Iv'e seen the v-max with an actual blower on it.Was in a bike magizine.Man was that thing insane. blower belt was run off the crank just like a car.had like this monsterous rear tire also looked like it was a drag race slick or something.But this was not of coarse production,was a very cool home brewed contraption.

[xs1100yam]

Hi V-MAXists !

Here, in France, we call V-Max :
"The most powerfull crazy bike to go from a gas station to the next gas station"

And remember: Brakes are optional

[Pat Kelly]

This is a belt-driven super-charger. The shaft drive to the rear wheel is still there. If it's still there I try to get a pic and post it. This bike is street legal (has a license plate anyway).
I hate to think of what would happen to the riders left leg and groin if the belt ever came off <shuddering>