Well, here’s the first photo of the 2009 V-Max via Motorcycle News. No tech details but it looks very close to the concept model on display at all of the shows. I’m breathing a sigh of relief because there was ample opportunity for Yamaha to get a little crazy with the styling, this looks like [...]
May 2008
Steve Crevier is racing a Buell 1125R in Canadian Superbike against a whole lineup of Japanese inline fours and placed 3rd in the 2008 season opener. Steve is mixing it up with GSX-R1000s, ZX10Rs and Yamaha R1s and beating them despite a weight and horsepower disadvantage. If the win itself wasn’t enough, listen to what [...]
Can it be? Is the long awaited and hoped for new Yamaha Vmax just around the corner? Are long suffering, frustrated Vmax devotees about to have their faith restored? If the countdown clock on the Yamaha Europe website is to be believed, it looks or at least sounds like the new Vmax is coming June [...]
There’s a certain mystique associated with radial engines which may be why several builders have recently built motorcycles wrapped around the circular powerplants. Of course, they look pretty cool, too. As we’ve also pointed out here before, several motorcycle engines have been adapted for use in airplanes, usually in their standard configuration but using an [...]
