V-Max

[island_duc]

Have you guys seen the new V-Max?! 

[MadDuck]

Only pictures, not in real life.

[island_duc]

Oh yeah, that's what I meant.  What do you think?  I like the way it looks  . . . . much better than the B-King.  The only thing is the price.  Looks like it'll be around $18,000 or so.  Seems kinda pricey to me.

[teddy037.2]

whatever, mang. the B-king is freakin' MEAN!

and it's even bigger in person!

I'd still rather trick out an older v-max, though. but that's just me.

[MadDuck]

The B King gets my vote for the ugliest exhaust ever made. I've seen it up close and personal. Just an opinion and not being judgmental about other peoples tastes.

[island_duc]

Yeah man, that exhaust is over the top. 

There was a 97 V-max on CL a while back.  With that V-boost I wonder how hard it would be to work on those carbs.  I'm sure it's a lost art at this point.  Mac any idea?

[MadDuck]

I have yet to meet an owner that was willing to spend the money for a tech to properly go through carbs. By the time I figured out my Monster carbs I had already bought the FCR replacements. Time and effort spent on getting the CV carbs to work with an open air box would have equaled or surpassed the cost of FCR's. At motorcycle shop billing time I think it would have easily cost more than the FCR's. Does that answer your question? (I have two CB750's waiting for me to take apart all carbs and rebuild them -- they're still gonna wait a while)

[island_duc]

Wow, so I take it that getting an old V-boost system would be even worse?  My limited understanding of the old V-Maxes was that at a certain RPM another carb would kick in? 

Anyway, the reason I thought about it was that I believe one of the V-maxes on CL said that it needed carb work.  I was wondering if it was worth it on an old bike like that.

[MadDuck]

Wow, so I take it that getting an old V-boost system would be even worse?  My limited understanding of the old V-Maxes was that at a certain RPM another carb would kick in? 

Anyway, the reason I thought about it was that I believe one of the V-maxes on CL said that it needed carb work.  I was wondering if it was worth it on an old bike like that.

I'm not familiar at all with the Yamaha / Star carb setups.  It sounds similar to the old 2 barrel "six packs" on the the Chevys and Pontiacs. 3 two barrel carbs--- at low throttle one carb would be running all 8 cylinders. Add some middle range throttle and 2 carbs would feed the engine and at full throttle (or close to it) all three carbs would kick in and run.

If the old v max was basing carb operation on rpm I wouldn't even want to know where to start. That implies electronic controls that monitor the rpm so a whole new range of variables could be introduced. No thanks.