Todd,
Call Central Yamaha in Richardson, TX. The have a 90-something
V-max set up for drag: side-mount belt drive super, air intakes jut
through fake gas tank (just think of the howl 2 inches from your
face!), stretched frame w/ axle directly mounted (no rear shocks),
wheelie bars, 8 inch slick, electronic shift control, LOTS of
high-perf. internals. No 'chute, though. All for $10,000, only $1k
more than a new V-max, and licensed and inspected for street
use (minus the slick). Must have $5k or more bolted on.
klm
>>> "Todd Schmalzried" <tschmal@iseg14.imd.cig.mot.com>
07/22/96 09:48am >>>
>
> These conquests are fun, but what is also fun is surprising the
kid
> in the (daddy's) Talon TSI or Probe GT when he won't let you
> around him on the highway. You go the other way and he
TRIES
> to shut the door, but you are already gone!
I agree whole heartedly!!! The best is when you pass them pull in
front of them
and test your brakes, but only if they were doing it to you. :)
Another thing
which makes it more enjoyable is when it's a pretty boy with his
girl friend.
>
> I also get my jollies thrashing megabucks sports cars with my
'86
> FJ1200. Come to think of it, I redline the FJ in 3 gears even
when
> there is no one to thrash. Got my eyes on a V-max, next.
>
> Speed is irrelevant. Acceleration is everything.
If you own a V-max speed isn't irrelevant, and acceleration is more
than
everything. I speak as a former (may she rest in pieces, other
guys fault)
owner. I am hot on the trail of another though, '86 with cams,
stage 7 carb
kit, kerker single... On the street you don't redline this bike in 3
gears, 2
is enough to get to at least 90, with the front wheel about a foot off
the
ground for a good part of the way. Hmmmm maybe that's why my
friends call me
mad. Mad Max will ride again...
>
> Later,
>
> klm
>-- End of excerpt from KEN MANSFIELD
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