on it you will know this sound. It’s the sound of power valves priming. Early European bikes never made this noise as, bizarrely, Yamaha Europe took the decision not to enable the V-Boost system until 1996, neutering the bike to 95bhp rather than the claimed

to 1,500rpm but will pull cleanly and smoothly right up to the (restricted) top speed of just over 130mph. It's an almighty two-wheeled nuclear powerhouse that makes the old Max look downright lame. V-Boost? What's that?But this ain't no top speed gun

The new V-Max ... click the pic to see the galleryYAMAHA unveiled their all-new V-Max today in Madrid, at Santo Tome, an old airfield converted into a drag strip. The launch was witnessed by Europe's top motorcycle journalists. And I was there too

Yamaha have relased images of the 2010 V-Max and the only difference is that it's available in red. Oh, that and we expect there's going to be a hike in price - although we've had no official word from Yamaha UK - the V-Max has been selling well

Click the pic to see the galleryMORE pictures of the new V-Max from Yamaha – showing the 70 degree V-twin motor that will power the muscle cruiser. The 1800cc motor is expected to produce around 210bhp (compared with the original bike’s 145

Yamaha V-Max ... new versus oldACCORDING to Visordown.com’s Japanese factory insiders, the all-new Yamaha V-Max will be launched to a waiting world in just over 12 days time. The countdown has begun for a worldwide launch of the new musclebike

The new V-max will retail for just under £10,000YOU'RE LOOKING at the first official image of Yamaha's all-new 2009 V-Max.The machine, which is due to go on sale later this year, is believed to be powered by an all-new fuel-injected 1800cc V4

Watch it go!SIT BACK and enjoy two minutes of tyre-smoking, V-4 screaming footage of Yamaha's eagerly-awaited 2009 V-Max.The new machine, which has been the source of endless rumours over the last decade, seems to have been well worth the wait!

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

FOOTAGE FROM the 2009 Yamaha V-Max launch shows the new 200bhp V-four musclebike anhialating a 2500bhp drag racer.We reckon the car driver's not quite trying as hard as he could...