24-05-2025, 07:42 AM
Yes, it is! Came out in 1985 I think. A friend in Taupo came up and brought one back much to our road club's fascination. The boys all crowded round talking rubbish about the monster machine, and decided it merited a road trip to celebrate the following weekend. I had something on so lent my bike - also a Yamaha, to another rider whose bike was in the shop, and off they all went to Napier. When he brought my bike back he had a grin from ear to ear on his face and told me with ill disguised glee that the vmax had developed trouble on the return trip, and he, on my little XJ600 towed it back to Taupo. It was a great bike the XJ. Beautifully balanced and easy for this short arse to spend lots of hours on...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamaha_XJ600
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamaha_XJ600