Talk:Yamaha VMAX
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I remember Motorcyclist magazine having a big, history-filled article about the V-Max for its 20th anniversary. I think I have that issue; I'll try to find it.
Meanwhile, I am shocked at how little info on the V-Max was here when I found the article (i.e. even less than the pittance that is here now). The article was redirected from one spelling error (Vmax) to another (VMax).
Can anyone find a citable source about how and why John Reed (I think that was his name) designed this bike from the Venture platform? Maybe a technical explanation of V-Boost? The reason why European V-Maxs didn't have V-Boost at first? Respectfully, SamBlob 23:37, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
Re: "john reed says: ..."
An entry has been made by User:67.142.130.34 stating the following:
john reed says: Ed Burke designed a lot of bikes for Yamaha including the V-max and the Virago.I did not do any work on the V-max But I prototyped the Virago based on sketches and directions from Ed
But I prototyped the Virago based on sketches and directions from Ed (Edit: I forgot about this part of it. Respectfully, SamBlob )
I am going to remove this from the article and will continue to do so until a documented source for this statement is provided. If the statement happens to be true, could someone please supply a verifiable source that documents this? Respectfully, SamBlob 03:41, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
Same engine is used in outboard boatengines. Any more info about that? RGDS Alexmcfire —Preceding unsigned comment added by Alexmcfire (talk • contribs) 21:37, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
V-Max photo
Does anyone out there have a V-Max they can photograph and add to Wikimedia Commons, so that we may have a photo for this article? Maybe you can take a photo of someone else's V-Max? Thanks in advance. Respectfully, SamBlob (talk) 14:02, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
V-Boost and YCC-I/YCC-T
I added descriptions of the operation of V-Boost and YCC-I/YCC-T. The V-Boost info comes from the service manual and parts fiches. The YCC-I/YCC-T info comes from current Yamaha sales propaganda. I hope it meats your standards. S Bumgardner (talk) 17:13, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
Article split proposed
I dislike the title, I dislike having two infoboxes in the article. Given that both bikes are so different I would like to propose that we split the article into
- I prefer to keep models that fill the same niche in a lineup on the same page, because the story of how a model evolves over time makes more sense when told in a single telling. I wouldn't want two, three or four separate pages for the talk) 18:27, 8 July 2010 (UTC)]
- Also, one solution for the article title would be to rename it to talk) 19:24, 8 July 2010 (UTC)]
- Agree to split. These are two different motorcycles. Apart from the name, there is no continuity as there is with models like the Honda CB750. Were this a car, the article would have been split already, like the articles on the BMW 3 Series or the Porsche 911. Sincerely, SamBlob (talk) 23:50, 1 August 2010 (UTC)]