Mt-01 sp

[James Deuce]

A 10,000yd stare inducing bike if I ever saw one.

http://www.motorcities.com/vehicle/09DEF571611333.html

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[F5 Dave]

Go to bed Jim, too much cheese will give you nightmares. Arrgh it's happening.

[mikeey01]

First impressions....... :sick:
Then there's the size of the exhaust :rofl:

[EJK]

It's awkwardly nice. What's the rpm redline? around 5,000rpm? Hell it's a bloody car!

[James Deuce]

I love it. The standard one is a hoot.

[TOTO]

drully a dream machine

[mctshirt]

Then there's the size of the exhaust :rofl:

Suhweet! Baby got back! :shake:

[imdying]

You're taking the piss, right?

[pzkpfw]

I'll say "it's the nicest one of those I've ever seen".

[NZsarge]

Have always found the MT-01 to be oddly interesting, particularly with the factory upgrades that are available, just not sure if it's really me....

[nudemetalz]

Have always found the MT-01 to be oddly interesting, particularly with the factory upgrades that are available, just not sure if it's really me....

Totally with you on that one.
Also, the horrendous price tag is a bit off-putting.
Mind you, I like air-cooled pushrod v-twin sport bikes ;)

[James Deuce]

There's low mileage ones popping up on Tard Me in the low teens now. Price issue sorted! :)

Looks grouse with the fairing kit.

http://www.yamaha-motor-europe.com/community/lifestyle/genuine/mt-0s.jsp

[R6_kid]

WTF is up with those windmill wheels? Chuck some R1 rims on it and it'll look HOT!

Also I can imagine it looking pretty spiffy with a pair of hexagonal carbon akra's sticking out the back.

[James Deuce]

Akrapovic do three stages of tune for the MT.

[RantyDave]

There's low mileage ones popping up on Tard Me in the low teens now.

Including this rather marvellous demonstration of how not to sell a motorcycle...

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Motorbikes/Motorbikes/Cruiser/auction-221172026.htm

Dave

[James Deuce]

He's not only screwed the advert up, he's asking $4k too much for it.

Some people struggle with the concept that the "extras" they "add" to a bike do not enhance the intrisic value of the object by the amount of money they spent.

[Hitcher]

Some people struggle with the concept that the "extras" they "add" to a bike do not enhance the intrisic value of the object by the amount of money they spent.

Indeed. At best they make the difference between buying Bike A that has no added fruit and Bike B that does, all other things being equal, including price.

A "selling point" isn't the same thing as a "pricing point".

New tyres is an example. A bike with shagged rubber is worth exactly the same as ones that have just been ridden home from the shop.

Oh, and I really like the MT-01.

[pritch]

There was one at the local Yamaha dealer one day. It's an impressive lump but not really me. Well, to start with it isn't a Honda. :whistle:

As I recall it required an equally impressive wedge of the folding stuff to buy it too...

[Mikkel]

That's not a Yamaha, it's a KTM in disguise. Look at the chain...

[T.W.R]

There's low mileage ones popping up on Tard Me in the low teens now. Price issue sorted! :)

Looks grouse with the fairing kit.

http://www.yamaha-motor-europe.com/community/lifestyle/genuine/mt-0s.jsp

Yamaha should just produce the MT-OS :Punk:

[Mikkel]

Yamaha should just produce the MT-OS :Punk:

Now THAT is radical!

[Kickaha]

Now THAT is radical!

No, just ugly

When I was in the process of buying the Ducati the MT-01 was one of the bikes I would have considered if I'd missed out

I like them lots:love: (pissy small fuel tank puts me off though)

[The Stranger]

Oh, and I really like the MT-01.

On the topic of naked V-twins, what do think of the Shiver now that you have had it a while? Would you purchase the same again?

[Mikkel]

No, just ugly

It is radical (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/radical) in every applicable sense of the word. I never said it was pretty...


When I was in the process of buying the Ducati the MT-01 was one of the bikes I would have considered if I'd missed out

I like them lots:love: (pissy small fuel tank puts me off though)

Talk to Transalper - he knows where to get big plastic replacement tanks for motorcycles :p
I'm sure it'd look classic... not.

[NZsarge]

I also think it would look hot with a FZ1 N headlight grafted onto it. The more angular lines of that headlight would suit the bike better IMHO.

[RantyDave]

Some people struggle with the concept that the "extras" they "add" to a bike do not enhance the intrisic value of the object by the amount of money they spent.
Except Öhlins?

Seriously. When it becomes spring again I shall look in the piggy bank and see if it's halfway plausible. It seems strange to me that a Street Triple R is 2k more than a "vanilla" triple, but that the combination of Öhlins and Mr Taylor's magic touch (oooeerrr) should be, I suspect, a shade over 3 for a clearly better ride (ooooerrr again).

And yeah, tyres. Only buy them if you're intending to hang on to the bike :)

Dave

[James Deuce]

Nope. Suspension upgrades add no value to the bike. It's a selling point.

Personally I'd rather buy a second hand bike with stock suspension, as after market bits are personalised to the nth degree for the previous rider. Unless the dude is the same weight and rides similarly to you, you'll be looking at at least spring changes front and rear for the after market gubbins to do their job properly.

[erik]

If you can't afford the real thing and have loads of spare time and patience, yamaha offer a highly detailed paper version too:
http://www.yamaha-motor.co.jp/global/entertainment/papercraft/ultra/index.html

[Fatjim]

Imagine trying to stop cowpoos from sticking his dick in that!