Maxed Out: Yamaha’s Yard Built VMAX custom

The mighty V-Max is thirty years old this year. And it’s still making the news—for both the right and the wrong reasons. Its creator, Kenji Ekuan of GK Design, died a few days ago. Ekuan isn’t as well known as European designers such as Massimo Tamburini or Miguel Galluzzi, but he should be. His portfolio includes the Komachi bullet train, the Kikkoman soy sauce bottle, and dozens of Yamaha motorcycles from the past half-century. Now for the happier news: Yamaha has swung the spotlight back onto the V-Max by commissioning a custom build from Jens vom Brauck of Cologne-based JvB-moto....