I HAVE A 05 AS WELL. #1041, ALSO M MEMBER OF VMOA. MY LAST BIKE WAS A KAWASAKI KZ900. I LOVED THAT BIKE. THEN I BOUGHT THE VMAX. I LIVE IN TEXAS, NOT MANY PEOPLE EVEN KNOW WHAT IT IS. AND MUCH TO THEIR SURPRISE. IT´S JUST MAX. THIS IS AS MUCH FUN AS I HAVE HAD IN THE 53 YEARS I HAVE BEEN ON THIS EARTH. I THINK EVERYONE SHOULD JUST GO TEST DRIVE ONE. THAT WOULD BE IT. MIKE