08 thous: Kawa vs Yama

[bugjuice]

imo, I think Yama have been onto a good thing with the look of their bikes, and kept to it.. I think the guy(s) who design the ZX10 have been increasing their masturbation abilities and are starting to go blind. Tis fugly.

However, neither company have dropped the ball, and they're constantly trying to come up with new toys.. Personally, I'd like to see the ZX10 have a go at the Zuki too, since they're all starting to really use their own technologies;
Kawa with their 'anti-spin' system (that doesn't appear to work)
Yama with their 'intelli fly-by-wire' on both the 6 and thou
Zuki with their 'selectable on-the-fly maps'
Honda with their.... err.. electronic dampers? What have they done lately? (I'm actually asking, not criticizing)

Imagine a bike with everything thrown in.. Stick a gyro on it for added sensory on it, and that's be a super quick bike, even with skidpants riding it..

Anyway, watch, enjoy, debate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLI1dXGRBvo

I think the vid should have covered more, and doesn't really answer all that much to me, but still, it's a start, and they said they'll test more

[cowboyz]

The ZX10r just looks hot. If I was doing the test the summary would have been done in the dark after the track had closed and I had run out of gas.
Both bikes are within a whisker of each other and 99.9999% of riders wouldnt feel the difference.
Nice pass on the inside by the R1 but I got the feeling if the riders were swapped the 10 would have been passing the Yamaha.

[Swoop]

Honda with their.... err.. electronic dampers? What have they done lately? (I'm actually asking, not criticizing)
The VFR has new paint schemes (not available in NZ tho') AND some stickers removed...
Several other types have been put out to pasture.

We can only look forward to what they might come out with.:scratch:


Yup. Glad some other manufacturers are picking up the ball and running with it.

[NZsarge]

My reasoning is, be the Kawasaki the better bike or not, or a Gixxer thou, or Blade, !098 , MV, what ever, ride what YOU like and to hell with what anyone else thinks.
I'll wait to see what the bike looks like in the flesh but I reckon the Kwaka is a tad ugly but if nothing else it is obviously a very fast bike but WTF is with the front indicators hangin' off the wing mirrors, that shit is just wrong, wrong, WRONG!:pinch::D

[Patch]

bring on the Aprilla V4 Thou







bring back the TLR