1986 YAMAHA VMX-12S V-MAX

Every motorcycle has a reason for being. With some, that reason just is more obvious than with others. In the case of Yamaha's all-new 1986 V-Max, that reason couldn't be any more obvious: power. From the don't-mess-with-me snarl of its exhaust to the way its massive 1198cc V-Four engine literally dominates the bike's appearance, the V-Max is power distilled to its purest, rawest elements. The V-Max doesn't even have to go fast to prove that it is fast; somehow, you and everyone else who sees the bike already know it's fast. It doesn't use the guise of a roadracer-replica or a high-tech canyon-carver as an excuse to have power; it has power for the sake of power. The V-Max is power.