Jay Leno’s customised Yamaha V-Max sold at auction for 75,000 pounds, with proceeds going to charity. Above is the video of the bike, which was custom designed by Jeff Palhegyi in just two weeks. The V-Max is equipped with a 1679cc engine with 200 hp, and the custom features include Metzeler tyres, Russell Performance brakes and a Benny Flores paint job. See the video for a close look.

Source | MCN

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Jay Leno’s customised Star VMAX motorcycle will be auctioned at the Barrett-Jackson collector car auction, with proceeds going to the Bailey’s Café charity, a community program bringing art education to some of New York’s toughest neighbourhoods.

The auction will take place in Las Vegas, and the brand new VMAX should fetch a good price, having just been re-designed by custom bike builder Jeff Palhegyi. He had just one week to redesign it with the only instructions from Jay Leno being: “this bike’s going to be bought by an enthusiast, so make sure to keep it rideable.”

The bidding range is not known, though the charity is hoping to achieve their 100,000 dollar goal. We figure that the sale of the bike, along with a few other bits and pieces will probably achieve that.

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Akrapovic has developed a new titanium exhaust for the Yamaha V-max. The twin exhaust has a conical design and gives the bike both an impressive sound, and a brand new look. The end caps are made from alluminium, and the new muffler unit is designed with a “slip-on” fitting.

While not made for street-use, the exhaust comes with removable dampers. It saves 10 kg of the overall weight of the V-max, and delivers a power increase to 186.26 hp at 9117 rpm. That’s up from 181 hp at 8995 rpm.

To find out where to purchase Akrapovic parts, the site has a handy world wide motorcycle exhaust dealer guide, where you can click on the country and get in touch from there.

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An inside look at the Yamaha V-Max explained by Sean Goldhawk marketing manager during the Australian Motorcycle Expo.

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The blog dedicated to Triumph fans, called “blog triumph che passione” always provides interesting news and curiosities from the world of Triumph.

What you see in this picture is a creation from Pio in the form of a Triumph Rocket III RR. It’s a 200hp Supercruiser with Daytona suspension and brakes. Excess weight has been eliminated, and an Arrow exhaust in double valve titanium included.

The dream Triumph cruiser also has radial Brembo calipers and a braking wave brakes system. It’s not a bad effort at all, and if it were ever to come to light, it could be the first competitor to the Yamaha V-Max.

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Here’s a video showing a the Yamaha V-Max in action, complete with burnout. We looked at the technical specs and official pics of the V-Max a couple of days ago and we can safely say we’re impressed. Nice to see it now doing its thing.

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After the release of the new V-MAX, Yamaha wants to surprise the public again, letting out the possible release of the Yamaha RD and TDR 350 with twin-cylinder, two stroke engines.

After the renderings created by Motosketches, with Oberdan Bezzi models, an extremely compact and sporty naked is revealed, designed to guarantee some fun.

We can already imagine the excellent performance that this type of engine could provide, but the other interesting news is that the price should come in at under 6,000 euros.

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As we had already anticipated, the new Yamaha V-Max launch has occurred, and here we bring you some of the details from the press release along with some nice shots.

This is a bike made with 21st century technology, impressive power, acceleration to give you the shivers, and many other waves of adrenalin. This monster is equipped with a V4 at 1,679 CC, though the innovation doesn’t just stop there.

Yamaha is pursuing some of the latest and most advanced solutions available, electronically with the YCC-I and YCC-T, along with a rigid aluminium frame, disc brakes with radial calipers and six pistons, torque at 167Nm, and power at 200hp. Below we give you the details from the press release and a series of photos.

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Shown for the first time as a prototype at the Toyko show in 2005, the new Yamaha V-Max will be official come June 4. Reports come from the Spaniards over at Solomoto30.com, while the photos have been revealed by MCN.

At 10pm in Spain the new V4 DOHC 16V engine at 1800cc will be revealed (as confirmed by MCN) or a 2000cc (as SoloMoto30 seems to think) with power coming it at around 200 hp. Either way, the company has said the engine will be revolutionary, and the V-Max should create a new benchmark in its category.

Yamaha Motor Europe will launch the V-Max in two phases, officially revealing the new bike in Madrid, leaving testing open to the press in September to the launch it at the show in the city of Cologne in October.

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