Archive for the ‘2009 News’ Category

Chicago Tribune on the VMAX

The 28th Cycle World International Motorcycle Show rides into Rosemont on Friday, Feb. 6. Hundreds of street bikes, dirt bikes, cruisers, scooters, ATVs and accessories will be on display through Feb. 8. Here are just a few not to miss. Yamaha VMAX Yamaha displays its latest «stars»— the 2009 VMAX (shown) and a V Star […]

2009 Star VMAX: Rebirth of a Legend MotorCycle Daily angle

If the redesign of the VMAX isn’t the most highly anticipated new product in the motorcycle industry over the past five years, I am not sure what is. After a long line of false rumors, the real thing emerged yesterday evening on the flight deck of the USS Midway in San Diego, California. An irreverent, […]

Popular Mechanics take on the Yamaha Vmax

  The motorcycle horsepower wars   have been raging since the very first Yamaha V-MaxEnzo was born in 1984 (as an ’85 model). Back then the V-Max was rated at 145 hp—an astonishing number for the 80s. In many ways, the V-Max was the very first muscle bike. Yamaha paused production of the iconic power […]