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This looks waaay to fast 2009 VMAX
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There wont be much out there to hang with that.....wow
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I need one of those badly!
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Looks fast but oh so ugly 
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Wow, that is a beast for sure. I would have to do something with those cans. Looks like bell bottom blues I wore in the 70's. Oops, telling my age I suppose.
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Looks like bell bottom blues I wore in the 70's. Oops, telling my age I suppose.
My dad told me about them. 
Nice, I always liked the the V Max.
Wonder will the mirrors fit?
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Looks like something out of Terminator 4.. sorry guys.. that is an ugly dang motorsickle.
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Well it certainly isn't pretty but it does look like a powerful "industrial" ride...a lot like the Terminator meets the "new" naked ethos...
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Ugly bike with bodacious numbers! Wow! 
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Defying all odds, they seem to have actually improved it instead of screwing it up. Maintenance won't be easy, though. Those who are saying it ain't pretty are missing the point. Like a Browning M-2, a Caterpillar D-9, or an M-1 Abrams, the beauty of a VMax is in it's effortless brute strength, the way it kills a fly with a sledgehammer. Me likey  Me broke  Me sad 
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$17,990 price tag??? I don't think so, Tim. There are VERY few bikes out there that I would be willing to spend that kind of cheese on, and they are all Italian.
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I'll agree that the price is steep. I'll agree it looks a bit unusual. I've got a feeling it will look better in person - and even if it doesn't, I believe that's one of those looks that will grow on ya. It is undenyably KICKASS! I particularly like the seating/peg position. It will no doubty be the naked rocket for old fat guys who can't take that 'feet tucked up under your keester, belly on the tank' feeling. I say they sell a bunch and those who put down the big bucks to get one will be pleased.
For a better look - check the videos - there are at least three, one of which is about 20 min. long. Yammerhammer did a real nice publicity job on the web intro.
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Looks like something out of Terminator 4.. sorry guys.. that is an ugly dang motorsickle.
I was wondering which character from Transformers 2 it was... 
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But it don't look slow. 
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well I think Victory's Vision just lost the goofy looking bike competition.
It's funny though I always thought the older V-maxes where ugly until I saw one in person.
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no expert here but the Vmax seems to have a cult like follwing. People that I have talked to have a "either you like or you dont, if you dont then so be it" mentality. The older one was ugly to me for years too but I ahve to admit...when I see one I know what it is and I know its a great machine. Id love to see one of the new ones up close...but not too close. Looks like it bites 
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One thing to note here.....this new V-max is prettier than a Rocket 3. At least in my opinion.
I bet its fun to take for a spin.
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This looks waaay to fast 2009 VMAX
Thers no such things as 'to Fast'. I like it. And i'm sure my insurance agent will like it ever more.
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I keep imagining a flock of birds going through those intake looking things by the tank....
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I'm not sure that it was one of these that I saw in my local dealers but the only thing that stood out were the wheels. They look like they're cut from sheet metal and then bent in a strange way.
There are things that look nice and/or pretty, despite their industrial-ness (Speed Triple comes to mind) but that thing is bloody ugly; too many lumps and bumps that look like after-thoughts.
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This looks like Spielberg came up with it for a movie. It does have folding wings, right?
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$17,990 price tag??? I don't think so, Tim. There are VERY few bikes out there that I would be willing to spend that kind of cheese on, and they are all Italian.
My brother spends 25k on a new Ultra Glide every two years and he can't even run away from me on the BA.
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One thing to note here.....this new V-max is prettier than a Rocket 3. At least in my opinion.
I bet its fun to take for a spin.
"Pretty". Rocket, V-Max ! Thats kinda like jumbo shrimp, it just dont go together.
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I love the mechanicalness of it, with all the complexity of the motor. Ugly? Heck no! I think it's beautiful, wish I could afford it.
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Well, it looks like old Max FINALLY got a decent frame. The jury is still out on the styling; however, I believe that 10 out of 12 of them are going to find it fugly as charged. Don't even get me started on that exhaust. 
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looks like a v-rod doesn't it?
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Me too. And folks say the R-III is ugly??? I think we have a new winner. I think that is one "Legend" they should have let pass a way quietly.
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looks like a v-rod doesn't it?
I believe the Vmax came out in 1985....whereas the copy Vrod
2002...so it would be the Vrod looks like a Vmax.
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a friend of mine has one with N2O upside down forks 200 rear tyre i like the bike but love the numbers 195BHP yes baby wonder who will turbo it first NOW TRIUMPH SHOULD GET THE ROCKET III AND RE-STYLE IT TO LOOK MORE STREETFIGHTER
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I've said it once and I'll say it again.....If I were rich, I'd be broke !  .....I'm straingly attracted to that Jap bike !
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I don't get it. FAST yes but big deal it is freaking ugly and distasteful. Never has and never will tempt me in the least. Looks like something Gomer Pyle would ride. This is what I think of...when looking at the vmax (Kawasaki Vulcan) or 
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I'm concerned it'll make my 65 year old butt look too big.
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I don't get it. FAST yes but big deal it is freaking ugly and distasteful. Never has and never will tempt me in the least.
Looks like something Gomer Pyle would ride.
This is what I think of...when looking at the vmax (Kawasaki Vulcan) or
I guess if raw power is your thing...ugly dont matter. And as somone else said the buety is in the engineering not the aesthetics. At one time the VMAX was the fastest 1/4 mile production bike out there, Dont know if that is still true.
(can somone recomend a spell checker)
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looks like a v-rod doesn't it?
Not even close.
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 Wonder what times it has in the quarter?
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I need one of those badly!
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