Vmax is still produced and is still really fast. It isn't fast like the hot sportbikes are though. Given equal rider competency and a safe road, my bike will beat a Vmax in the 1/4 mile. When a popular magazine tested a FZ1, it cut a 1/4 mile in well under 11 seconds. A Vmax gets under 11 too. For comparison, a Suzuki GSXR 1300 (Hayabusa) straight off the showroom floor will clear the traps in 10 seconds flat, and with a few mods like strapping the front end will dip into the 9's. In 2004, all the big Japanese bike companies introduced or revamped their 1000 CC superbike line. All of them are scary fast with the Kawasaki ZX 10R apparently being the fastest. When one guy who was testing it on a quarter-mile run commented that the bike was doing a power wheelie when he crossed the traps, that is a good description of how faast they have become.
