pegscraper Posted June 4, 2008 Share #1 Posted June 4, 2008 http://www.starmotorcycles.com/star/products/modelhome/23/0/home.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene-b Posted June 4, 2008 Share #2 Posted June 4, 2008 HMMMMM. Me Like! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilvrT Posted June 4, 2008 Share #3 Posted June 4, 2008 impressive!! and a good indication of what's to come in the next generation of RSV's I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86er Posted June 4, 2008 Share #4 Posted June 4, 2008 Hey Jeff, how we gonna fit that engine in a first gen?!?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mraf Posted June 4, 2008 Share #5 Posted June 4, 2008 1679 cc's not quite as big as the wings engine. Guess you could call it a 1700. Now detune it alittle and put that sucker in a Venture! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilvrT Posted June 4, 2008 Share #6 Posted June 4, 2008 1679 Cc's Not Quite As Big As The Wings Engine. Guess You Could Call It A 1700. now Detune It Alittle And Put That Sucker In A Venture! Nnoooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1679 Cc's Not Quite As Big As The Wings Engine. Guess You Could Call It A 1700. now Detune It Alittle And put That Sucker In A Venture! Yyeeesssssssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muffinman Posted June 4, 2008 Share #7 Posted June 4, 2008 Hey Jeff, how we gonna fit that engine in a first gen?!?!? We gonna test drive one and unbolt the motor and bolt it in a first gen easy as that:cool10: Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyHorse Posted June 5, 2008 Share #8 Posted June 5, 2008 1679 cc's not quite as big as the wings engine. Guess you could call it a 1700. Now detune it alittle and put that sucker in a Venture! But I prefer the V4 to the GW 6 cylinder at least it wont stick out the sides and interfere with the feet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve S Posted June 5, 2008 Share #9 Posted June 5, 2008 It even has ABS and fuel injection. Not to metion a KICK-ASS attitude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilCruise Posted June 5, 2008 Share #10 Posted June 5, 2008 Third Gen Alert... Third Gen Alert! I really hope they do make a new Venture out of this. Then in ten years when I 'm ready to get a new bike I can get a deal on a used one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoghead Posted June 5, 2008 Share #11 Posted June 5, 2008 I heard today down at the Yamaha dealer fuel injection. 1300 remains. Just shop talk but the mechanic had a new service manual that showed 1300 cc and fi. hh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeeze Posted June 5, 2008 Share #12 Posted June 5, 2008 We gonna test drive one and unbolt the motor and bolt it in a first gen easy as that:cool10: Jeff I read some Comments of the Engineers and the outside Dimnsions seem to be very close to our current Engines. Even the Ports on the Exhaust would fit a 2Gen if you exchange the Heads. But the Airbox is almost double the Size of a Vmax Airbox and this wouldn't fit easy. But other than this the mechanical Dimension wouldn't make it impossible. Output Gear Ratio seems also be much different. But this would involve heavy electronics Work also. There are variable Trumpets(Air Horns inside the Airbox) and Ride by Wire System and Catalytic Converter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snarley Bill Posted June 5, 2008 Share #13 Posted June 5, 2008 sounds like they are looking for a few guinea pigs to get rider and reliability impressions on the street.thats what i figure the limited additin is. don't think those are the only ones that are going to be built. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariner Fan Posted June 5, 2008 Share #14 Posted June 5, 2008 Man those exhaust pipes are ugly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegscraper Posted June 5, 2008 Author Share #15 Posted June 5, 2008 So are the fake air scoops. I have never like those things. I have always though this bike would look better with a cover that looked like a regular gas tank. It's really the only thing I don't like about it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeeze Posted June 5, 2008 Share #16 Posted June 5, 2008 So are the fake air scoops. I have never like those things. I have always though this bike would look better with a cover that looked like a regular gas tank. It's really the only thing I don't like about it though. The Scoops aren't fake anymore. Upper Intakes feed the Airbox, lower Intakes on each Side are for cooling Purpose utilized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegscraper Posted June 5, 2008 Author Share #17 Posted June 5, 2008 Well that's good. At least they're not just for looks now. They actually serve a purpose. BTW, did this bike get the VVT? I heard talks about that, but now I don't see anything about the bike having it. Am I missing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeeze Posted June 5, 2008 Share #18 Posted June 5, 2008 Well that's good. At least they're not just for looks now. They actually serve a purpose. BTW, did this bike get the VVT? I heard talks about that, but now I don't see anything about the bike having it. Am I missing something? Sure, VVT by hydraulic Cam Shifting and operating the EX Cams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snarley Bill Posted June 5, 2008 Share #19 Posted June 5, 2008 So are the fake air scoops. I have never like those things. I have always though this bike would look better with a cover that looked like a regular gas tank. It's really the only thing I don't like about it though.from all i've read on the new max the scoops are for real now and the motor is totally new and different from the ground up. even looks taller in the picks. has to be to handle the bigger bore and longer stroke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeeze Posted June 5, 2008 Share #20 Posted June 5, 2008 from all i've read on the new max the scoops are for real now and the motor is totally new and different from the ground up. even looks taller in the picks. has to be to handle the bigger bore and longer stroke. No longer Stroke here. Stroke remains 66mm. Bore is 90 mm instead of 76(1200cc) or 79mm(1300cc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreezyRider Posted June 5, 2008 Share #21 Posted June 5, 2008 I agree with Pegscraper...exhaust system is butt-ugly. Surely they could do better than this. And, at nearly $18,000 for a naked bike, I'm afraid that by the time they cram that engine into a renovated Venture it will be right up there with the Goldwing and Harley in price. That will lose Yamaha's biggest advantage in the touring bike class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V7Goose Posted June 6, 2008 Share #22 Posted June 6, 2008 VMAx, the most Butt-Ugly motorcycle made today!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flb_78 Posted June 6, 2008 Share #23 Posted June 6, 2008 VMAx, the most Butt-Ugly motorcycle made today!! It's worked for 20+ years now!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V7Goose Posted June 6, 2008 Share #24 Posted June 6, 2008 It's worked for 20+ years now!! OK, VMAx, the most butt-ugly motorcycle made 20 years ago, and still the most butt-ugly motorcycle made today. I sit corrected - thank you. You make anything powerful enough and the squids will buy it, even if it is butt ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squeeze Posted June 6, 2008 Share #25 Posted June 6, 2008 I like the overall Design, Head Light is ugly. I would go for a round one immediately. The Scoops are not the best Design, but i could live with them. 3 Months or so ... :rotf::rotf: Design is nothing to argue about. Different Folks, different Taste. Each to his own. But seeing the Price Tag and considering the 'poor' Tech Data. I will go for a Project Bike and make my very own 2nd Gen Vmax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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