2020 Yamaha VMAX Gains 100 HP After Removing Factory Restrictions

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[mrwhite]

The VMAX came out in 1985 and was not discontinued until 2021. In 2009 it was completely redesigned. And went from 1200 to 1700 CC. Amazing bikes from the 1st year to the last.

[paul_]

I've got an Mt 09 and my dad has a 2009 Vmax. We are in italy so the vmax production stopped in 2016. That bike is an absolute monster. We put a k&n filter and done the airbox mod.. All stock exhaust (here in Italy there are so much restrictions with aftermarket exhausts) and ecu flash from a famous guy that were working in the yamaha SBK team for a while. Got 186hp at wheel and it burns tyres like butter

[kelevra]

My pops has a 2017 but i built him full titanium exhaust from the heads back and used some carbon graves mufflers from my old 2006 R1. It has a power commander, intake, larger injectors, and a 75 shot of N2o. Barefoot, now i have no idea how accurate his speedometer is, i was able to touch 155 and im at 4400 feet above sea level. Giving her the juice i geared out at 169. I own a 2020 R1m and a 2016 FZ1. My R1 is a princess i only ride on the nicest days because ive dropped ridiculous money on carbon fairing, i built my own 4 into 1 into 4 under seat exit titanium exhaust like the old agusta f4i's, it has gytr race cams, forgot the name of the injectors, gytr intake, ohlins suspension and linkage, and all the super trick gytr rear sets, crimp ons, etc. I only run it on c16, period. Its absolutely phenomenal. I do stand ups on the freeway but mostly im a mountain carver and this thing handles like a 2004-2008 r6. Its fuggin marvelous. My FZ1 is my wife bike since i have a carbon eurotail on my R1m. But the FZ has every single thing you can possibly do to an FZ while running pump gas + a 50 shot. My dads vmax hangs right with me until i get into 4th gear then i start walking away which is insanely impressive. I LOVE the vmax. I think theyre hands down the most badass muscle/cruiser ever built. I acquired a 1992 vmax for such a small monetary investment im doing a frame up resto mod build. Itll have all 2006 R1 suspension, wheels, brakes, and im converting it to chain drive. Its getting fuel injection with a haltech elite 1500 ecu, ive already completely built the engine with custom carillo billet connecting rods, 30 thousandths over weisco forged pistons, i had the crank blueprinted and balanced, the heads are shaved 20 thousandths, ported and polished, custom ground cams, quaiffe stainless oversized valves, heat treated and hardened OE gearset, i could go on for way longer but who cares right? Point is, the thing is gonna be pretty cool i think. And im gonna just hand the keys to my dad to thank him for being exactly that. My dad. He has NO idea i plan to give it to him. He comes to my shop just to look at it and ask me how its coming he loves the thing. One more thing that im actually really proud of, i did the aircraft paint stripper in the frame, spent probably 20 hours polishing it, and had it powdercoated a transparent Yamaha blue. It looks like blue chrome its absolutely ridiculous. Cheers y'all.

[thomaslouis]

Great Vid! I bought a new 2020 Vmax early 2021 as a leftover. Since there were none left in the U.S. Yamaha accepted my order and shipped it from Japan and it took several months to get here because of the pandemic. 2 weeks after I placed the order Yamaha no longer took new orders so I was lucky. Other than the gas mileage the bike is absolutely amazing . I will have the ECU flashed and that's all, if I want to be loud and obnoxious I'll jump on my 08 Bking with TRE and Two Brothers CF exhaust. Both are keepers though!

[foxmaine]

I had a 18000 mile 86 V Max with a Kerker exhaust, rejetted carbs, boost valve bypass so that all cylinders drew off 2 carbs all of the time, upgraded valve springs, and ignition kit with no rev limiter. It didn't sound like a motorcycle. It sounded like a super hot running V8 car. It was scary fast! I got it for $3000 when it needed some cosmetics. I spent $300 on it and some polishing time to get it looking new again. I guy who had $30, 000 in his Vmax came into Ryans Steak house and Buffet for dinner when he saw and heard me ride in. We had a roll on heads up run from Ryans to next light and mine being a 1200 was as fast as his fully built 1300. I sold it for a $6500 offer and to this day I miss it something fierce. The gas mileage sucked, the best I ever got was 30 mpg, but OMG it was scary fast.

[elgar]

When too much HP is simply not enough = Moore Mafia !!
BTW, Love the very stealthy, super quiet exhaust on a very powerful bike...incognito speed is awesome...

[wraymogg]

You actually got 20 more HP (pretty good), the peak is at a different RPM. No one would think the +100 HP is just over the restricted RPM where it's falling off. The +100 HP is just clickbait.

[Vibrotronic]

Chris absolutely transformed my GSX-S1000FZ. Not only is it a power monster now, it’s astonishingly smoother than it was! I can’t even feel myself shift now.
Best $$$ I’ve ever spent on my bike!
Thanks Moore Mafia!

[matthewbundesman]

Had my 2018 MT-10 ECU done 2 months ago and couldn't be happier! Can see myself getting a VMax someday and will send the ECU to Moore Mafia shortly after lol! Keep up the great work Moore Mafia!!

[mikepierce]

So back in 2008, I had an 86. I had to modify the intake system to fix the previous owners mistakes. That bike spun the rear tire on a dyno at 165hp.

[duaneluchsinger]

Really appreciate a test like this for guys who don’t want to mod a stock bike…great gains, Chris…174 hp on a stock bike…nothing wrong with that.

[devilsbreath]

Here is a update on the Vmax and WOW!! The bike is crazy fast and pull like hell. I usually put add on to my bike in step so I don't get bored of them . Saying that have me open so a muffler and cat delete is on it way . Then I'm taking it back to tune it again. Loving the Vmax more and more with each ride .

[crystalgarden]

2006 Vmax with Cobra exhaust, sound is amazing. I could only imagine what you could do with her.

[TonVerkleijT]

Akrapovic has an x-pipe manifold to replace the cathalytic converter, which in it's own right weighs 10 kg's, 20 I used one on mine 2009 Vmax 1700 together with a plug to disable the x-up valve alltogether. I kept the original mufflers, they are just open pipes, to keep the original look, and the result was astonishing to say the least, the bike became a snoring beast tearing your head backwards, together with a new ecu it had almost 200 bhp on the dyno. Fuel consumption rose equally so I replaced the ridicilous 15 l tank with an aftermarket 22 l tank. Very complicated puzzle to get it in because every free space is used for fuel. In steat of 110 km's I could ride 200 km's till the next refuel stop, but only if you are not wringing it's neck because all that power has to come from somewhere. And still it was a very easy machine to ride, very docile, friendly, until you fully openend the throttle.

[Cultofpersonality]

I know someone that has one of these with an intake, exhaust and a tune. It’s an absolute MONSTER!!! Scary Fast!!!!

[outdoorswithlarryrobin]

Hello just Subscribed, I had a 1992 vmax stock it went 142mph on flat ground i was 212 lbs then👍🏼🇺🇸

[camabuntaa]

was just gifted my late father in laws 2003 vmax. it has ran in 10 years but I hope to have it back to its former glory again soon

[Shadowfdath]

These things are such beasts, with an exhuast, e85, and ram air effect i bet it would make an easy 200whp at speed

[mn_mt]

Vmax has always been the real monster all power can only imagine this tuning would make it a tripple death machine

[blakebiggs]

Even though I always love your content overall, I’ve always thought all your numbers (both baseline and in final tune) end up about 20hp low compared to many bikes I’ve seen tuned more locally or in other online venues.

Nash, the VMAX Guru, gets low 170s as a baseline. His flash and tweaks usually deliver between 193-198hp while removing top speed limiter and smoothing every rpm in every gear and eliminating rough on/off shaft-jacking from throttle transitions.

Good to see you doing your thing, but I’m always puzzled why almost all of your before/after numbers are so low.