Guzzimax

Notwithstanding the unintended duplicate posts extolling the virtues of the Gen 2 VMax 1700, I’ll remind everyone that this is quite a motorcycle. Yamaha claim 123 ft lbs torque at the crank at only 6500 rpm. My guess that Yamaha sold 300 ish in the UK was optimistic. There are just 230 bikes registered here. That makes even a Ducati 900 SS seem a popular machine. I think a true future classic, the like of which we won’t see again

Not sure what happened there, I’ll blame my IPads operator

I think these have already hit future classic status here in the UK, in the 7 years it was imported Yamaha only sold around 300 total. They are rarer than unicorns, Yamaha’s over optimistic pricing didn’t help, and it’s difficult to pigeonhole what Mr Max’s target market was. I enjoy it for the technical masterpiece that it was (and still is) at launch, I don’t have anything to prove, and my days of hooning around have long passed, it’s a pussycat under 4000 rpm

Thanks for the helpful reminder about the cardboard. That could turn into a very bad day. Some trials I did comparing the slippage of the rubber grips on the concrete floor, compared to carpet, showed less slippage on the carpet, (my garage floor has very smooth concrete surface), the chock grips would slide on the smooth concrete, but when placed on a large area of carpet, the grip was good without slippage

That would be awesome thanks 😊

I love these front wheel chocks, easy to use, just roll the bike in, and save a lot of garage space

Roper plate installed

The temperature reached the dizzy heights of 42 F (5 C) today, roads are still salty, and my bikes have been in hibernation since late November. Powder coated sump & roper plate now fitted to the Silver V11. Added Putoline 10w40 oil & filter and it’s ready for the road for Spring. Shuffled the bikes around in the garage to access the MT01. The paints bubbling around the dry sump around the oil inlet pipe, so next project is to remove the oil tank, repaint & refit when I’ve sourced new gaskets. Then when that’s done onto the Greenie, where I need to repair a crack in the front fender and deal with a deep scratch near the base of the tank. Interested to hear how to source this green paint, or if I should leave it up to the paint shop to mix

It’s price is GBP£18250, that’s USD$25K

Bellisimo!

Teng Tools 5 ~ 25 Nm 3/8th” drive. Mid range price & quality. You can spend a great deal on torque wrenches, (as with hand tools generally) and you tend to get what you pay for. The very cheap stuff is useless, might just as well use a normal hex drive and guess Have a 5 ~ 25 Nm, a 20 ~ 100 Nm, & 40 ~ 200 Nm 1/2” drive, which cover all I’ll ever need

Powder coated pork chop

Roper plate installed, now to mount the oil filter carrier assembly. My small torque wrench is useful for correctly torquing the M6 bolts

Newly powder coated sump, I’ve throughly cleaned inside removing all the sludge,ready to go back on the bike now the roper plate is installed

My Greenies pork chops, powder coated around a year agp

I’ve had 2 sets of pork chops powder coated at a local powder coating shop. They shot blasted the old finish off, and masked the threads with excellent results. Much more durable than the original red paint (these are off red frame bikes), and no issues with longevity. This one was done 2 years ago and it’s pristine

Here is another UK Guzzi dealer saying they are open to pre orders for the V100, but no price or delivery date being quoted. Here in the UK IC bike sales ban is set at 2035. It looks like the rest of Europe will also set 2035 as the end for IC powered 2 wheelers. This might seem in the distant future, but I cannot see many manufacturers investing heavily in a new IC platform that may have a life of only 10 ~ 11 years, when the entire European market is set to end. Plus if the eco-warriors get their way, this could be brought forward to 2030 to align with the ban on IC powered 4 wheelers

Noticed this advert on the Bay from a local Guzzi main dealer, that suggests ETA & price TBC and available to pre-order now. This must be wishful thinking. I wouldn’t be in the market for a V100 until they have a track record of at least 3 ~4 years problem free production, but I’m intrigued enough to call the dealer and ask if they have more information regarding when volume production is scheduled to start. My money would be around Q3 / Q4 2023 at the earliest

I’ve never heard a V11 described as sex on toast. I’m trying to imagine what sex on toast is like

Current daily drives for myself and the missus, 330 M Sport Pro & Z4 E89

You have a MK 111 MG Midget I’ve had a BGTV8 (with the Buick alloy V8) for the past 30 years. These days I struggle to squeeze into a B let alone a Midget. Too many 🥧 pies

They weigh 750 kg !!!

We often seem to finish a ride at the cafe by that old red phone booth

My silver V11 next to a friends Beemer are examples of the regulation size UK motorcycle plate. Note the old red phone kiosk, they were originally introduced in 1925, they are made from cast iron ! No longer used for pay telephones many were sold off a few years ago