YAMAHA'S new V-Max sold an impressive 25 units in the UK in its first day officially on sale. Not bad considering the 25 potential owners haven't seen the £16,000 bike in the flesh yet!"The response has been amazing, we are really happy," said Simon

poke around a Vmax. It’s still a good-looking bike, mean and aggressive with the huge engine dominating its style. The monstrous, yet somehow only 1198cc, V4 is styled for show with the whole motor painted black then polished to a mirror finish on a

single-cylinder, 4-stroke, 4v, 125cc engine. It is equipped with electronic injection and makes 15bhp at 9,250rpm – the maximum legal limit for a learner.The SR Max 300 is equipped with a single cylinder, 4v, liquid cooled, electronically-injected 278cc

YouTube VideoERROR: If you can see this, then YouTube is down or you don't have Flash installed.VISORDOWN HAS been busy at the Paris Show, sending back footage of the most important machines for 2008.Yamaha haven't made it clear whether the new V-Max

SOURCES WITHIN the World Superbike paddock have told Visordown that Aprilia is having more than its fair share of teething troubles with their new RSV4 racebike.It's alleged that the team are struggling with the reliability of their new V4 engine

YET MORE PICTURES have emerged of Ducati's new muscle cruiser, revealing more of the much-rumoured a big bore V-twin.Last week Visordown brought you leaked design sketches of the new machine, dubbed Project 0803, showing the bike's muscle cruiser

THIS IS the stunning new Aprilia FV2 concept bike, complete with the company's 1200cc V-twin motor. The FV2 benefits from:- Carbon fibre chassis, which doubles as an airbox- Claimed sub-160kg dry weight- Unique weight-saving electronic front

and practical additions. On top of this, with a recommended retail price of just £7,300, the XP represents exceptional value." Available in Candy Max Orange and Metallic Oort Grey colour schemes, the V-Strom 650XP will be available in dealers at the end fo

THIS IS THE movie used by Yamaha to open the Tokyo Motor Show.The theme seems to be dominated by the little eco bikes and things with pedals (urgh!) but there's the 2010 R1, V-Max and the odd glimpse of parts ot the Super Tenere concept in there

VETERAN US drag racing star Jay 'PeeWee' Gleason has run a near standard, 2nd Generation 2009 V-Max to a 9.513 at 143.7 mph quarter mile at Bradenton Drag Strip.The only mods made to the bike were a UFO Performance Products CatSass exhaust system, a