TC,
i've seen this sort of thing a gizillion times!!! and still get a
hoot out of it!!!
being one Vmax and 2yrs away from a 30 yr. stint in Hobled Ankles
Land i can see it happening like it's going on right next to me while i
write this.
another great laugh for me, thanks alot.
steve
>From: "TC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: V-MAX TECH LIST <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: '93 V-MAX COLOR NAME
>Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 09:10:44 -0700
>
>H,
>That may be true ... but the front fender part number and description for a
>49state '93 Vmax from Yomama is ...
>1FK-21611-00-P1 - FENDER REAR (DARK VIOLET COCKTAIL 1) .....
>
>For a '93 FJ1200 it is ....
>1TX-Y2165-80-P2 - COVER, REAR FENDER (DARK VIOLET COCKTAIL 1) ...
>
>One day last year ... I was riding with a bunch of Harley people; one had
>just had his bike repainted ... apparently at great expense and everyone
>had been admiring it all morning ...... At one point someone mentioned to
>him that it looked just like my "purple" Vmax. He made it clear that his
>bike was painted at a shop that only worked on "American" bikes and that
>for what he paid there was no way it could be a copy of what was on my
>Yamaha. His bike also had a blacked out engine which is apparently pretty
>popular now and that was another unwelcome similarity to the Vmax.
>
>We never got along that well anyhow as he had also convinced the crowd that
>his highly modified twin could outrun any Yamaha, (clearly a limited view
>of the world as he topped out about 120 mph and no downshift was required
>to dispatch him from a roll on above 40 mph ....).
>
>At the lunch break ... tensions were sufficient enough to warrant getting
>the Harley and my '93 front fenders side by side for a close examination
>..... they were exact matches .... I announced that my paint was original
>factory and that the painter must have went to a lot of trouble to copy it,
>(right down to the flake) ....... A few months later one of the guys told
>me that everyone had been harassing him to such a great extent about having
>a "Yamaha" paint job ... that he sold the bike in disgust and refused to
>ride with them anymore .....
>campbell
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: '93 V-MAX COLOR NAME
>
>
> THE STOCK COLOR NAME FOR THE 1993 V-MAX IS ELECTRIC BLUE
>
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