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Jay Leno's 2009 Vmax

Written by fxstein

Friday, 22 January 2010 21:32

Directly from Jay Leno's blog: A video summary about the VMax he auctioned off, a couple words from Jeff and the proud new owner. Talk about an experience! Welcome to the VMax community!

Jay, get another one! You can spank Conan on it! ;-)

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2009 Star VMax Drag Fest - The Story

Written by fxstein

Tuesday, 27 October 2009 21:22

October 25th 2009 - Sacramento, CA - Sacramento Raceway Park - 2009 Star VMax Drag Fest

Photos by fonzie

We did it! Our first of many more to come Drag Fest events here in beautiful California. For www.starVmax.com and its members (including our sister site www.rswarrior.com) we went all out and rented the Sacramento Raceway Park for a full day of drag racing, adrenaline, roaring engines, screaming tires and the smell of burned rubber mixed with a hint of race gas. If you have not experienced an event like that, you don't know what you have missed. Better even, if you have not taken your bike down that quarter miles, you have really no idea what it is all about.

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The Knee-Dragger

Written by fxstein

Friday, 16 October 2009 19:27

There is good riders and there is Randy aka Ranimal aka CruiseMissile. A gifted Custom bike builder and probably the best rider I have met on the streets. Whenever we get a chance we tear up roads together. Unfortunately being 2500 miles apart, keeps that to a once a year activity (at best).

Our September VMax of the month in full action at the Dragon - Route 129 - Deals Gap.

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Jay Leno VMax Auction hits $120,000

Written by fxstein

Sunday, 11 October 2009 22:05

Jay Leno's custom VMax hit the Barret-Jackson auction lot on Saturday. With Jay Leno making a surprise appearance, the bike ends up selling for $120,000. Together with the bike the lucky winner gets Jay's helmet, jacket and can pickup the bike at Jay's private motorcycle garage - tour of the facilities included.

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Jesse James Rides the VMAX!

Written by fxstein

Saturday, 10 October 2009 15:11

This time its for real. Great bike, awesome rider - mad skills.

Jesse - You Rule!

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2009 Star VMax Drag Fest

Written by fxstein

Saturday, 10 October 2009 07:43

Full Size Flyer

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First 2010 VMax video footage

Written by fxstein

Thursday, 08 October 2009 07:16

We got our hands on some great video footage for the 2010 VMax! Gives the bike way more perspective. That red comes on strong in SoCal sunlight. Go check it out!

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VMax History: Exceeding 200 hps at the wheel

Written by fxstein

Friday, 02 October 2009 22:10

Today October 2nd 2009 is a day for the Star VMax history books.

In preparation for the upcoming www.starVmax.com Drag Fest event on October 25th 2009 at Sacramento Raceway, we have done our near final race modifications and put the first bike through tuning.

We set ourselves a lofty goal of beating 200 rwhps in at least STD correction, or about 195 rwhps SAE. Months of tuning and design have gone into the setup of the bike and we plan to have two very similar configured bikes at the track in three weeks, to see what they can do in the quarter 1/4 mile.

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Jay Leno donates Star VMAX

Written by fxstein

Tuesday, 29 September 2009 18:35

Cypress, California – Jay Leno will be appearing in Las Vegas on Saturday, October 10. The star of The Jay Leno Show is no stranger to 'Vegas – he did over 160 stand-up gigs last year. But this time, he's proving that he's really a 'stand-up guy.'

Leno will be at the Barrett-Jackson collector car auction and he'll be helping the famed auctioneers get the highest bid for his customized Star VMAX motorcycle. The proceeds of the sale will go to Bailey's Café, a community program that brings art education to some of New York's toughest neighborhoods.

“Bailey's Café is an arts program,” says Jay, “but since I didn't have any Yamaha musical instruments to auction off, I thought I'd sell my Star VMAX, which was made by Yamaha.”

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2010 VMax Released

Written by fxstein

Tuesday, 04 August 2009 08:41

Cypress, California, August 4, 2009….Star Motorcycles is pleased to announce that the 2010 VMAX will go on sale at Yamaha dealerships beginning today via an exclusive priority delivery customer order program and continue through November 30.

Making its triumphant return to the Star line last season, the all new VMAX has been a hit with the enthusiast motorcycle press and with owners alike. The 2010 Star VMAX features a striking, new Candy Red paint scheme.

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VMax X-Pipe Dyno Charts - 194.7 rwhps

Written by fxstein

Friday, 27 February 2009 15:43

You might have seen our Video comparison of one of our members exhaust project. The X-Pipe - as he calls his design - has been discussed in great detail on our forums and until now its performance figures where pure speculation.

Today we had the chance to spend about 2h at our local Dyno shop to perform some testing and tuning. Together with the X-Pipe setup we have recently installed a Power Commander PCIII USB on our test bike, which allows us to fine tune the bikes fuel map to the requirements of the new setup.

Equipped with a Dynojet Wideband Commander for data logging we went out to test what this configuration can deliver and how it compares to the stock bike

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2009 VMax Power Commander PCIII USB

Written by fxstein

Wednesday, 11 February 2009 15:18

PCIII USB

I have written on the forums about the install of a Wideband Commander on the VMax for measurement purposes. With the arrival of aftermarket exhaust and performance systems, there is a need to measure and adjust the electronic fuel injection of the 2009 VMax.

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Jesse James Rides the VMAX!

Written by fxstein

Thursday, 06 August 2009 14:51

^{Cypress California, August 6, 2009}^Noted^{custom motorcycle builder Jesse James takes the Star}^{VMAX for a spin in his new hit TV show “Jesse James is a Dead Man” this Sunday August 9}^th^{on Spike TV.}

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Jay Gleason 9.51 @ 143mph - VMax History

Written by fxstein

Monday, 04 May 2009 14:30

Jay Gleason does it again! As reported in great details on our forums, Jay Gleason managed to put the hammer down yet again. Last week he rode a mild custom 2009 Vmax to a breathtaking 9.51 @ 143 mph in the quarter mile.

With the help of Bob Ward (aka Bad_Bob) and Tim Nash (aka VMaxGuru) the racing community witnessed an historic event and what is most likely the start of an even wilder journey.

Within only a few months the new VMax has already attained cult status amongst many racing and muscle bike fans around the world. Now that the legend - Jay Gleason - has shown us once again what racing is all about, we are sure to see a lot more attention from tuners and enthusiasts alike for the all new Next Generation VMax.

Without further due, here is a first hand summary of the events that unfolded by Bob Ward:

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VMax X-Pipe Video Comparison

Written by fxstein
Saturday, 21 February 2009 03:11
Our member blueta71 took on this very interesting side project to build an X-Pipe collector eliminator for the VMax. We got the setup about 2 weeks ago, but due to rain we did not get a chance to film it until this week. We finally go a chance to run the X-Pipe side by side against a stock 2009 VMax trying to capture the differences in sound. Even with an HD camcorder the sound cannot be captured to represent real live sound experience. This is a futile attempt to bring you a short clip comparing stock with x-pipe. This video has been filmed in 1080p HD and produced in 720p for extra clarity and better sound resolution. Read more Add comment (1) Hits: 10054

The Arrival - 2009 VMax - Part 1

Written by fxstein

Friday, 09 January 2009 01:02

The day is December 3rd 2008. The long awaited phone call. The 2009 VMax is on route to San Jose Yamaha. Time to pack up at work and head over for a special afternoon. Here is a raw cut video of that afternoon. No music, no wuss, just the VMax. It deserves to be the center of attention!

An unforgettable afternoon at San Jose Yamaha

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bigbikelupo replied to the topic Re:Searching for Yamaha part number Vmax 2010 in the forums.

I still looking for the Yamaha Part Number of the Candy-Red cover

09:39 AM

fastmax1 replied to the topic Re:Florida's Fast Motorcyclists Are a Growing Menace? in the forums.

I need to brush up on my laws and whatnot so please don't bash on me too much, can't you still at least take your bike to the track (well have someone take it there for you then you jump on)?

08:28 AM

finetune, Bad_Max replied to the topic Re:Share : convert DVD and video to iPhone,iPod,Zune, in the forums.

Bad_Max wrote:
No thanks spamming idiot loser!

Man B_M, it's great to have you back. LMAO

07:34 AM

goodfriend created a new topic Share : convert DVD and video to iPhone,iPod,Zune, in the forums.

Share : how to convert DVD and video to iPhone,iPod,Zune,PSP , etc
Download Ultimate DVD + Video Converter Suite at click here
Part 1:Convert DVD movie to iPhone, iPod touch/classic/video/nano, Zune, PSP, etc
Part 2:Convert AVI, WMV, MPEG, RM, RMVB, ASF, MOV, DivX, XviD, MPG, etc to iPhone, iPod touch/classic/video/nano, Zune, PSP, etc
It is easy-to-use and the converting speed is fast! After testing, all formats conversions work well, the output audio and image quality is excellent! Let's view the steps.
Part 1: Convert DVD movie to iPhone, iPod touch/classic/video/nano, Zune, PSP, etc
1.Download the latest version Ultimate DVD Video Converter Suite at click here and install it.

2. Run the Ultimate DVD Converter, load your DVD by clicking 'Open DVD' button or choosing 'Open DVD' from 'File' drop down menu. One or several titles appear in the list after loading DVD.

4. Output settings. Set your Audio/Video output Settings and tick appropriate parameters.

5. Choose the pathname where you want to save your video files by clicking the right button of Output table. When everything is setted well, click the 'Convert' button to start converting.

Tips:
Tip1: Crop---- Choose the crop mode
Tip2: Resize-------Choose the output size you need
Set Crop to "Crop both black bands" and resize to be "stretch to full screen" if you don't need to keep the subtitle.
Set crop to "Crop the upper black band" so you can keep the subtitle in the down black band.

Tip3: Mode
Direct mode, you can convert the main movie directly.
Batch mode, you can choose the chapter you need to convert.
Part 2: Convert AVI, WMV, MPEG, RM, RMVB, ASF, MOV, DivX, XviD, MPG, etc to iPhone, iPod touch/classic/video/nano, Zune, PSP, etc
1.Download the latest version Ultimate DVD Video Converter Suite at click here and install it.

2. Run the Ultimate Video Converter, load the video files you'd like to convert by clicking 'Open file' button.

3. Profile select. You can choose all video formats: iPod, iPhone, iPod touch, iPod video nano, Zune, PSP, video capable MP3 players, video capable mobile phones, Pocket P.C and so on. iPod MPEG4 Movie(.mp4) is the default DVD for iPod video quality. Set the appropriate format as you like.
4. Output settings. Set your Audio/Video output Settings and tick appropriate parameters.
5. Choose the pathname where you want to save your video files by clicking the right button of Output table. When everything is setted well, click the 'Convert' button to start converting.

Tips:
Tip1: Crop---- Choose the crop mode
Tip2: Resize-------Choose the output size you need
Set Crop to "Crop both black bands" and resize to be "stretch to full screen" if you don't need to keep the subtitle.
Set crop to "Crop the upper black band" so you can keep the subtitle in the down black band.
Tip3: Mode
Direct mode, you can convert the main movie directly.
Batch mode, you can choose the chapter you need to convert.

Download Ultimate DVD + Video Converter Suite at click here

06:34 AM

Yesterday

thanos12, fxstein replied to the topic Re:FINALLY 21 litre Fuel Tank from Exactrep!! in the forums.

I have read all the posts.But now everyone can get one by this company.

11:14 PM

thanos12 created a new topic FINALLY 21 litre Fuel Tank from Exactrep!! in the forums.

If anyone needeed is here!!! www.exactrep.com/acatalog/index.html?htt...html&CatalogBody

11:00 PM

Bad_Max replied to the topic Re:Hey Bad_Max....Nice To See You!! in the forums.

Thanks Steve. Max was only too glad to spit tire dust at the authorities (in front of my house at least) and let them know you can't keep a good man (or Bad_Max) down

10:09 PM

Bad_Max, Twin Daddy, skullmax, Kodiak, CruiseMissile, Qtip replied to the topic Re:A Whole Year Already in the forums.

Sorry I won't be able to do the ride this year Steve, but as always my heart is with you for your tragic loss..

I did a long 2nd gear burnout today in front of my house with Jakes name on it tho..

09:48 PM

itgoes, Bad_Max replied to the topic Re: Hey Bad_Max....Nice To See You!! in the forums.

Wow ...didn't know. Life does go on - I look back and remember everything I've put behind me...every kind of issue that seemed to be life and death at the time. But if we are strong, we always recover to enjoy life...and F'up again of course!
Well it's good to see you back - don't be a stranger, your contribution to this forum has been amazing.
Mark

08:05 PM