--------HIGH SPEED FRONT END SHAKES.---------
The following statement shows my personal experience about front end shakes in the V-Max under full power speeding, why they happen and how to control them.
In NO WAY my purpose is to blame about specific aftermarket products ( frame braces, front plates, fork spring, etc ) or the bike itself.
The cause of the high speed front end shakes in stock V-Max's comes basically from these two settings: the wrong aerodynamic configuration and the rider position.
We have to remind that the V-Max is a comfortable daily run bike with much-much more power than a regular cruiser.
At 130 mph or even lower speeds, the aero-shape of the stock V-Max plus the rider offer a totally wrong aerodynamic configuration, loosing down-force ( depression ) over the front wheel and making the front end shakes.
It is impossible to achieve high speeds stability with a square front section bike, a raised handle bar and and a well stand rider position.
Just take a look at any racing bike and you will get the same conclusions I got:
1.- The handle bars are almost at the same height of the pilot seat.
2.- Racing pilots need to bend their body over the fuel tank to complete the aerodynamics of the bike, in fact, the aero-design of racing bikes consider the pilot as an integral component of the bike.
3.- Racing bikes have very sharp front plastic body works including the plastic screen, all of them pointing to the ground creating a BALANCE between the depressive down-force over the front wheel and the air drag resistance. ---This is the most important thing.--- 
If you create excessive down-force over the front wheel you will have amazing "straight run stability " but you will crash the bike at the next curve because when you bend the bike over the asphalt, the down-force will make the front wheel over- steer in excess.
I made these simple modifications on my own 1995 V-Max and the results "are" impressive.
1.- Installed a super sport handle bars sets, at the same height of the side scoops ( or lower if you want ).
2.- Lowered as much as I could the front headlight, the front turn-lights, the spedo, installed a very curved wind screen over the headlight, ( similar to the Monster Ducati´s ).
3.- ( This is important ) Bend your chest over the dummy tank and tight your arms around the side scoops to complete the aerodynamics of the bike.
These simple and cheap modifications allows me to have total control over the front end shakes, and the proof is that, when I run at 130 mph (with the body bend over the dummy tank!!) the bike turns into a totally different bike, feels very safe, solid and stable, the visual through the wind screen is perfect, you can see any obstacle approaching from so far, no vibration on your helmet, ( I can even read the plate of the cars being surpassed ).......but, as soon as I lift my head-chest just couple inches over this racing position and the stability of the bike begin to change...the more I stand my chest the more the bike loose straight-run stability.
Hope these simple statements help other riders to have a safer and more enjoyable rides.
Franco Ferrara ...member 122