"The muscle car was coming into the market..." In 1985?! Where's this poor ignorant guy been??

There is a Vmax by the Window in the cartoon film Barnyard 🤔

Better have a job dedicated to keeping this one running, in today's industry having a mechanic that's wanting to even touch it is another problem.

Musik wie von einem anderen Stern. Ich war dabei.so schön❤

1:00 mich würde mal interessieren, was dort angestimmt wird? Das war auf jeden Fall sehr bewegend als neutraler Zuschauer :)

I wish I could afford it again... Best bike ever!

Japanese make cool stuff ❤

Brilliant man 😊

Handles like shit but a slingshot in a straight line. Waaaay to heavy

This commercial got me... 1985 was a Good year!

Love this bike, and I'd have one in a heartbeat. However the crap at the start talking about airplane intakes....those "intakes" on the original V-Max were affectations which were blanked off and fed zero air to the carbs. The kick was given by the second choke butterfly opening at a certain rpm allowing a much larger charge to enter the engine.

Bought my 2002 new and it has over 44k miles on it now. I didn’t care much for the way it looked until one pulled up next to me at a traffic light and I heard the engine idle. I was an amateur drag racer back in the day, small block Chevy Monza Spyder that had a few engine mods (carb, intake manifold, MSD ignition, exhaust, etc.) and I fell in love with the sound of the V-Max that day. Today I replaced the battery (3rd one) and spent ten minutes just standing behind it listening to the engine. Never crashed it myself but a deer knocked me off it ten years ago and I insisted they fix my V-Max instead of replacing it. Long live The Beast!

Breathtakingly fast, loved mine!

I still have my 1985 v-max They had trouble with the 2nd gear (Was changed) The seat was uncomfortable. I changed the seat for a 2007 v-max No problem after wards It's too bad that they didn't have a gas gauge. Cheers from Montreal Canada

Had my 88 model for 23 years, absolutely nothing else gives the same fun 😊

The Nearest you'll get to Time Travel on a motorbike fearsome deadly in the hand of a fool

Love everything about this bike except maybe the turning lights design could be cooler like halo lights in the intakes some people have done… Really hope they make them again soon and 2020 isn’t the last year for the beast VMAX

I have mine and I love it!❤

Oh man. Ich war 2003 (bzw. glaube eher 2004) bei Sting am Tanzbrunnen und habe leider echt wenig Erinnerungen an das Konzert. Die Setlist hier macht mich fertig. Ich wusste gar nicht, dass er so viele alte Songs spielt. Zur nächsten Tour muss ich dann wohl auch nochmal unbedingt. Wahnsinn!

War die Akustik gut? Mein Vater war vor vielen, vielen Jahren mal in der (damals noch und für mich inmer noch) Kölnarena und die Akustik war damals nicht gut. Als ich bei diversen anderen Konzerten war (Innenraum oder ein wenig näher auf deiner Seite) war es gut. Kann mir aber vorstellen, dass Sting nochmal eine andere Herausforderung ist. Btw: die Live-Version gefällt mir richtig gut. Es kam erst letzte Nacht ein Video mit Stings Drummer raus, wo er diese Version gespielt hat. Ich bleibe Vinnie und Copeland-Fan, aber die Abwandlung in der Form muss man Zach Jones wohl zu gute halten. Sorry für den langen Kommentar. Ich hoffe, der Abend hat sich gelohnt! :)

War ein super Konzert! Danke für deine Eindrücke

War gestern da! Mega!Drei Jahre warten hat sich gelohnt!

One of the most beautiful bikes ever made.

Beautiful bike.

I bought a brand new 1994 V Max in 1995 it was my 1st bike.

I got a 1999 Yamaha VMAX with vboost these bikes are no joke sicking fast they will always be legendary bikes I still have mine to this day and love it tons of jaw dropping power unreal acceleration and tons of performance parts to make these things scary fast I like how you can get the big tire kits for them. I had a poster in my room forever and finally got one these bikes are unreal. I will never get rid of mine.

Wow.. love it. Great commercial..

145 hp for a street bike is bonkers even for today standards!

Put a lot of miles on a Gen 1 Vmax, super quick & very fast once fully opened up. Factory they come at 120 BHP at the wheel, after the Dyno 155 BHP, with full acceleration to max gearing. Gen 1 was dangerous in the wrong hands. You had to plan your ride by the second, between the bikes power, weight, suspension & brakes, yet rewarding to ride. It was an old design barring the powerplant. Brakes were scary for a naked bike that could pass 150 MPH. Gen 1 Vmax was very much more engine than bike... A guy was always hammering about letting me give him a shot, always had a bad feeling about it. Eventually someone else gave him have a go, he wrapped that Vmax round a lamp post, didn't end well for the owner or the rider. Gen 1 you really need to respect the bike. Gen 2 is more forgiving, equally doesn't suffer fools... Gen 2 Vmax was a revelation, handled so much better and far safer, for the rider with a potential for a controllable 200 BHP at the wheel with an ECU mod & open pipes. Vmax's one crime is it's very limited tank range at just 4 gallons & thirsty consumption. If you have an opened up 1200 or 1700 be lucky to see 100 miles with sprinted riding... Was a sad day, but I needed a bike that could travel across EU at speed with not needing to stop stop at every second gas station.

To fully understand the power of this bike and the impact it had on the market, you have to go back and ride one to see how insane it was compared to everything out there at the time. It’s a pure beast, and always will be.

Back in 89 one of the men I served with on Ft. Campbell, KY had an 86 V-Max 1200 and I had an 88 Suzuki GSX-R750J so when I saw what his bike could do it was insane! My Suzuki was my second road bike but I stayed within my comfort zone but I’m confident at my ability level and he was in his. The MP’s on the base hated him, he dusted one one day which pissed them off but, I see why he did it, I had to write the counseling statement for him doing 60 in a 35 zone, lol. But we both laughed since we know he was going A LOT faster. He framed the ticket he got from the MPs and hung it on the wall in his room. Back then a lot of young riders got into trouble with the V-Max since they didn’t expect slight differences that can sneak up on you. So if you ever find an older one in good shape and at a good price, please snatch it up and restore/preserve her. The other option is to contact any local street bike club or a specific V-Max group as to where the bike is and who to contact. If you have any info on vintage Military Vehicles, there’s groups of people that bring them back to life and they’re actually very affordable if you ever want to buy one, don’t go by ebay prices to look into it, go to Steelsoldiers.com and G503.com. There’s ads on there for parts, restored vehicles and projects, it’s like an inside group pricing structure and we help each other out and horse trade to help with parts.

Greetings from Scotland. Got a 95 V Max a few months ago, absolutely love it so far, it's a low mileage Japanese import so really nice condition, completely stock except for the drill mod to the stock exhaust cans. Sadly the V Boost was not functioning when i got the bike but have a new (used) controller and servo motor to fit so hopefully that will fix it.

And yet history shows the first and second generations weren't even the fastest. And they are like a Harley, heavy and under powered. Give us a 3rd generation with 350+ hp and weight under 500lbs.

I have a 1997. 55k miles. This machine is awesome

Cool video. I was there in Cologne and in the afternoon myself and some other fellow fans got some autographs on LP or CD-Cover on photos and one guitar. Fantastic evening in Cologne.

I was there. Great memories. Thanks for upload.

👍👍👍Ich war live dabei 👌🤗

I have been looking for a 100% stock VMax 1200 for a long time, and have yet to find one. Seems like every single VMax ever made got butchered.

Best bike? Hardly, peddled my ‘85 since new for 20yrs, it had power (Stage7 kit & Kerker full race system=160hp), but little control; 600lbs, worthless suspension, terrible brakes, occasional high speed warbles, consumed batteries, messy oil changes, obnoxious looks. My ‘05 Triumph Speed Triple is a far better bike is every category; weight, braking, suspension, handling, etc. Still riding it daily with 80K on it. I’ll never own another Jap bike again😎.

This is so beautiful how can anyone compose such fantastic music.?Thank you Mark.

I come from riding sportbikes and just bought my 1992 VMAX for $2500 I'm addicted to the bike and I own a lot of superbikes says a lot about the VMAX

ロンを首にしろよ よくこんな薄ぺらな演奏しかできない奴を雇用してるよな

Gives me shivers listening to this fantastic tune ❤

BRING BACK THE VMAX!

BRING BACK THE VMAX

Nosé para mí la más bella de todas !!! Tuve una 1992 ,intentaron copiarla , pero es UNICA

i was a teen then but i don't remember seeing the commercial. i used to ride my bmx bicycle across town to sit on the new motorcycles at a row of dealerships on one street. i think is was late 1986 when i walked into the yahama store and finally saw my first vmax, sitting in the middle of the show room floor, propped up perfectly on its center stand. it was a glorious sight. i will never forget it. it literally took my breath away. i started riding my bike across town multiple times a week just to look at the vmax. i don't think i even asked to sit on it. i was too in awe. a year later i managed to talk the owner of a business i worked for into cosigning a loan to buy a vmax from an airline pilot who only rode it a few times. he said he was terrified of it. i was still a teen then. can you imagine? i spent the next few years working to pay off speeding tickets, but thankfully i survived. my guardian angel put in some serious overtime that's for sure

How can I get that make

i think the VMax 1700 (11 yrs in production) can be considered a failure compared to its wildly popular predecessor the VMax 1200 (22 yrs in production) and imo this is chiefly due to the bizarre styling which seemed an ugly caricature, almost parody, of the original's brutal but clean lines. the original was a muscular but stately design. you'd be just as home riding it with a suit and tie as a leather jacket. the new design looks like something out of a bad manga cartoon. the front half is not too bad save for the ugly headlight, but the rear half looks like it was made by that kid in your elementary class who could not draw to save his life. i was an owner of two 1200's and when i heard the 1700 was coming out i was THRILLED and could not wait to buy one when able. but then the design was reveled and... i nearly threw up. i was physically ill. i could not believe how far the designers had missed the mark. to this day i still don't want one, but would consider buying a 1200 again. it was such a handsome design from almost every angle. the 1700 imo is ugly from almost every angle. i know beauty is in the eye of the beholder but the comparatively short production run seems to agree with me

Brilliant!