Check out the new link and video of the Vmax vs the Bking.
www.motorcycle-usa.com/8/2908/Motorcycle...-2009-Star-VMAX.aspx

Not a bad article for the most part. I don't care for them putting out 1/4 mile times and declaring a winner when they can't ride the Vmax in the quarter mile.


“I just couldn’t get the V-Max to hook up,” performance test-pilot Atlas said after the runs. “It should have been quicker – it feels noticeably faster. Problem is, it just spins and spins and spins the rear tire.

Looks like we're not the only ones that think B-King & Vmax are rivals. Below are my favorite quotes.

"While different, both the VMAX and B-King are natural rivals as the most outrageous performance street bikes on the American roadways."

“Acceleration on the VMAX is pretty much the gnarliest thing I’ve ever experienced. I mean a 1000cc sportbike is pretty fast but the VMAX gearing is so high and there’s so much power down low, you gotta hold on for dear life.”


"Riding the freakishly powerful street bikes devolved my brain from human, way past monkey, to somewhere in the lizard realm where all I understood was base lust for throttle and blurred peripheral vision"


"The lightning acceleration on the Max can’t be overstated. We never quite got used to the sensation – a good thing, as it’s what makes the VMAX such a grin-inducing ride."

"It’s definitely the fastest motorcycle on the street from 0-100mph."

Gee, I wonder where I heard that before?


Adam Waheed

"It’s got so much power and it’s so comfortable and there’s really no other bike like the VMAX."

"The VMAX is an original - there’s no other motorcycle you can buy like it. So for me it’s without question: I’d pop the 18 grand for the VMAX. I love it! "

Bart Madson – Managing Editor:

"Straight-line acceleration and rubber-laying burnouts your cup of tea? Then the sinful clutches of the VMAX won’t let you go."

In the quarter-mile by all rights the acceleration of the VMAX should have the Zook’s number. But the Max can’t get that power to the ground, with too much wheel spin and not enough traction to unseat the B-King on the drag strip. Our performance numbers show a clear edge, with the King getting the upper hand in each pass by almost a half-second. Corrected bests give the Suzuki a 0.43 second and 6.5 mph edge

“I just couldn’t get the V-Max to hook up,” performance test-pilot Atlas said after the runs. “It should have been quicker – it feels noticeably faster. Problem is, it just spins and spins and spins the rear tire. That’s fun, but it’s not fast. On the other hand, the Suzuki launched great and hooked up the entire way. And it’s still plenty fast!”

In top speed the B-King makes a bigger disparity. The B-King is geared much lower than its Star competitor, which reaches its limits below 140 mph. Geared higher than its Hayabusa kin, the King won’t reach the manufacturer gentlemen’s agreement of 186 mph, but it climbs well beyong the VMAX. We didn’t push it during performance testing, settling for the upper 150s registered on the dyno.

I personally hate the looks of the B-King. I'd just have to just take my chances with wheelspin.

Shane

Trust me, a simple tire change cures that, but from a roll everything else gets out pulled.

These reviewers need to get their heads out of their butt. The B-King has the same gearing as the Busa. It has an electonic speed limiter in the mid 150's.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that if I get an 09 Vmax it will run well into the 9's (with me on it) when I am done with it. And that is good enough for me.

Shane

Boocoodinkydow ran a 10 flat. All that's needed is the Metzler 210/40/18 to go 9s. Period

Bad_Max wrote:


Where is that posted?

One of the posts from yesterday where he chimed in that he went to the track same day as IMFASTOO, and was pretty depressed that he wasn't the first into the 9s, and never posted the 10.0083 he ran.

www.starvmax.com/index.php?option=com_ku...atid=14&id=40221

Bad_Max wrote:


Are you sure he was serious? If he is, I'd like to see his timeslip, for sure.

Shane