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9/16/00

Text, Movies: Beemer Dan

Isaac is a big guy. Like Andre the Giant kinda big. He has to hire billboard painters for his tattoos, eats 14 egg omelets and needs a BIG bike.

He's had a Yamaha XS1100 bored up to 1170....big enough bike but not enough motor.

A late 60's Harley Sportster hardtail, no way could it keep up with him. It died a rather sloppy fate.

Then there was the Kawasaki Vulcan 1100, nope, looked like a 250 Honda Rebel under him.

The 65 Triumph Bonneville 650 chopper.....he kept breaking steering head bearings. Not to mention it just didn't have the room to let him stretch out.

A few years ago a bunch of us were on a road trip and Isaac borrowed Chris's Ducati 750 Super Sport. The consensus between everyone was that Isaac on that bike looked remarkably similar to godzilla raping a red football.

So, Isaac has been on a quest for the right bike, and none seemed to be just right...or even close for that matter. That is until he met Little John Hacksaw Buffet of Rocky Mountain SportMax, the man who built Isaac's current beast.

Little John has been building, wrenching, customizing and completely re-creating Yamaha Vmax motorbikes for years. He's even got his own line of aftermarket frame struts that keep the motor from torquing it's way out on to the roadside. He's also quite adept at stuffing blowers, turbos, nitrous, injectors and the like into the motors. He's modified the frames, added 250 series rear tires, stretched forks....you name it, he's done it. As a matter of fact, if you've spent much time in Daytona Bike Week, Sturgis, Laconia, Four Corners or been to a custom bike show, you've seen his stuff.

Isaac's prayers and sacrifices of goats and virgins to the dark one had finally paid off. With the help of Little John the two were able to put together the fine red beast of a machine you see here.

Goodies like a supertrapp exhaust, high compression pistons, Lightened flywheel, stage 7 jet kit and a turbocharger, Issac was finally ready to ride in style. The bike has horsepower well over 130 and can go from here to there in less time than your average sportbike. A fine machine indeed!

For your viewing enjoyment, here are some movies of Isaac completely obliterating a brand slappin new rear tire....

BURN1.AVI 6.3megs

BURN2.AVI 9.3megs

BURN3.AVI 2.9megs

BURN4.AVI 3.6megs

BURN5.AVI 2.4megs

HUMP.AVI 2megs

Year: 1996 widda 1997 motor

Make: Yamaha

Model: Vmax

Fuel System and Pipe: Supertrapp exhaust , Dynojet stage 7 jet kit, K&N lungs.

Big monster snortin' bits: Lightened flywheel, turbocharger, largy valves, high compression pistons and a bigass blower comin outta da tank

Bits Yanked: stock air box removed, California smoggy box and can yanked, some little plastic bits, that silly "unleaded fuel only" sticker......and about half of the rear tire in the videos;-)

Straight up funky cosmetic stuffe': flush mount turn signals, a neat leather toolbag, o-ring chrome grips, abunchastickaz and a few bungie nets here and there.

		Isaac is a big guy. Like Andre the Giant kinda big. He has to hire billboard painters for his tattoos, eats 14 egg omelets and needs a BIG bike. He's had a Yamaha XS1100 bored up to 1170....big enough bike but not enough motor. A late 60's Harley Sportster hardtail, no way could it keep up with him. It died a rather sloppy fate. Then there was the Kawasaki Vulcan 1100, nope, looked like a 250 Honda Rebel under him. The 65 Triumph Bonneville 650 chopper.....he kept breaking steering head bearings. Not to mention it just didn't have the room to let him stretch out. A few years ago a bunch of us were on a road trip and Isaac borrowed Chris's Ducati 750 Super Sport. The consensus between everyone was that Isaac on that bike looked remarkably similar to godzilla raping a red football.
So, Isaac has been on a quest for the right bike, and none seemed to be just right...or even close for that matter. That is until he met Little John Hacksaw Buffet of Rocky Mountain SportMax, the man who built Isaac's current beast. Little John has been building, wrenching, customizing and completely re-creating Yamaha Vmax motorbikes for years. He's even got his own line of aftermarket frame struts that keep the motor from torquing it's way out on to the roadside. He's also quite adept at stuffing blowers, turbos, nitrous, injectors and the like into the motors. He's modified the frames, added 250 series rear tires, stretched forks....you name it, he's done it. As a matter of fact, if you've spent much time in Daytona Bike Week, Sturgis, Laconia, Four Corners or been to a custom bike show, you've seen his stuff.
		Isaac's prayers and sacrifices of goats and virgins to the dark one had finally paid off. With the help of Little John the two were able to put together the fine red beast of a machine you see here.
Goodies like a supertrapp exhaust, high compression pistons, Lightened flywheel, stage 7 jet kit and a turbocharger, Issac was finally ready to ride in style. The bike has horsepower well over 130 and can go from here to there in less time than your average sportbike. A fine machine indeed! For your viewing enjoyment, here are some movies of Isaac completely obliterating a brand slappin new rear tire....