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jef.savage Serious Thumper Offline ridin' n slidin' Posts: 638 Boston, MA Gender:	Demo ride 06/17/11 at 19:53:55 Rode one of these today. Almost 700 pounds, over 170 rear wheel horsepower, 0-60 in THREE seconds flat. 1/4 mile in 10.30 at 136.44. Felt like I might suck the bike in front of me right into one of those huge air intakes. WOW!!!
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KristenAnn Full Member Offline Crashing Sucks!! Posts: 131 Westfield, Mass Gender:	Re: Demo ride Reply #1 - 06/17/11 at 19:55:25 What kind of bike is that?
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skeebo Senior Member Offline Ride It Like U Stole It........ Posts: 328 Fresno, Cali Gender:	Re: Demo ride Reply #2 - 06/17/11 at 19:55:54 GULP!!!!! I have a lump in my throat
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jef.savage Serious Thumper Offline ridin' n slidin' Posts: 638 Boston, MA Gender:	Re: Demo ride Reply #3 - 06/17/11 at 19:56:58 That's a VMAX. By Yamaha.
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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 6023 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: Demo ride Reply #4 - 06/17/11 at 20:39:23 Wwwooooow In first and second does the front come up or the rear spin ? a lot of cars doint have 170 HP. !
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kimchris1 Serious Thumper Offline Pink Posse Rider... Posts: 2135 Belfair, Washington Gender:	Re: Demo ride Reply #5 - 06/17/11 at 20:47:48 Wow super hot... Are you going to buy it Jef?
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jef.savage Serious Thumper Offline ridin' n slidin' Posts: 638 Boston, MA Gender:	Re: Demo ride Reply #6 - 06/18/11 at 06:40:51 I have read that it's capable of smoking the rear tire through the first four gears. I didn't feel the front wheel try to come up although it can't be too tough if you're trying. At just under $20k I won't be buying one soon. Just wanted to try one.
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 29287 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Demo ride Reply #7 - 06/18/11 at 10:16:55 I could seriously crash one of those... ... The problem with bikes like that, is... they are useless at any legal speed... Kinda' like owning your own personal bazooka... ...
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justin_o_guy2

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Re: Demo ride
Reply #8 - 06/18/11 at 10:30:57

Serowbot wrote on 06/18/11 at 10:16:55:

I could seriously crash one of those... Huh

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The problem with bikes like that, is... they are useless at any legal speed...
Kinda' like owning your own personal bazooka... Huh

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Kinda' like owning your own personal bazooka... Huh

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That ,, I like that! Finally a way to describe how I feel about hot rod cars & bikes. If I had as much fun driving as I do riding Id be in jail, but I dont have to be illegal on the bike to have fun,

Its sad that my new driving "fun" is seeing how many MPG I can wring out of it.

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LostArtist Ex Member	Re: Demo ride Reply #9 - 06/19/11 at 16:34:33 I can't get my leg over them V-Maxes would love to try one someday but not safe for shorty me. do the scoops on the new model actually do something? the FZ8 was cool but a bit disappointing after my buell, the fz8 has no balls, but I'm not used to riding inline 4s so maybe it's just me
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jef.savage

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Re: Demo ride
Reply #10 - 06/26/11 at 20:28:40

Here's the VMax

I also rode an FZ8, the newest Yamaha, and thoroughly enjoyed it. Very versatile all around motorcycle. Lost, MCNews shows the FZ8 slightly quicker to 60mph (3.51 vs 3.63) and about the same through the quarter mile (11.55 @ 115.71 vs 11.54 @ 118) as a Buell XB12s. Remember these things rev almost twice as high as the bikes you're used to and that's where they make their power.

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thumperclone Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline PGR rider riding with respect Posts: 6861 Grand Junction Colorado Gender:	Re: Demo ride Reply #11 - 06/26/11 at 21:45:28 some of my best fun is thumppin up the colorado national mounument at the posted 25mph...the old road john otto put in is called the tail of the serpent..this ones not quite as steep.. they had to back up some of the switch backs back then cause the fuel was gravity fed..
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Demo ride Reply #12 - 06/27/11 at 04:20:12 Id ride one O them bad boys, but Im afraid the DEMOnstration ride would turn into a DEMOlition event.
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LostArtist

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Reply #13 - 06/27/11 at 08:53:49

I have no doubt that the FZ8 is a better bike than I give it credit for, that was my first time ever on an inline 4 so I have no idea how to really wind them up to experience that power. idk, like I said, it's just me, I was probably abusing the engine by shifting too soon or something. just felt too smooth like there wasn't an engine there . . . but that's what demo rides are for, to try out things and see how they feel. so far my favorite has been a Victory Vegas but the Triumph Bonneville is a close second and half the price

I'm tempted to get an older vMax with the lower seat height (about 2 inches lower too), you can find some really good deals on those

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B1-66er Full Member Offline I've been everything you want to be. Posts: 124 Eastern Ohio Gender:	Re: Demo ride Reply #14 - 06/27/11 at 09:28:22 LostArtist wrote on 06/27/11 at 08:53:49: but the Triumph Bonneville is a close second and half the price Did you happen to ride a speedmaster when you ride the bonneville? How did the two compare? If you didn't ride the speedmaster, what did you like best about the bonneville?
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