You can ask me how impressed with it I was. The V-Max is everything they say, and less. I owned one for a year and it has crappy suspension, terrible handling, average brakes, horrible seat, horrendous gas mileage, and a really good motor. For the price of a new Max, you could get a Busa, ZX-14, GSXR 1000, R1, or about 50 other bikes that will beat the crap out of the Max in a straight line, or around any corner, and do so with more comfort and range. It feels every bit of 1985, and maybe even 1980. In fact, it was a bad handling bike in 1985 too. I'm sure you like yours, but you were never outrun in the canyons? You are certainly joking. Rossi would end up in the weeds on it.