How do you like this paintjob? (Yamaha R6)

[Maki]

How do you like it?

http://www.r6-forum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=73579

[HornetBoy]

Yea pretty nice actually ,not too "show off/hotrod" looking

Id certainly buy one if i had the $$$ but maybe go for a gloss black with white flames ghosted on :niceone:

[Trudes]

Damn!! That's hot!! A bit like the ZX10...?

[shadow sol]

i like it - not to over the top, but i agree black with white would look good, or metallic blue with silver flames

[HRT]

Looks hot... want one...

[McJim]

Hmmm - looks like a Hyosung.....

[skidMark]

Yea pretty nice actually ,not too "show off/hotrod" looking

Id certainly buy one if i had the $$$ but maybe go for a gloss black with white flames ghosted on :niceone:

Cant get em in gloss black anymore, they stopped making them in gloss black in 06... now you get granite or err graphite black? ...gloss black looks better though.

In regard to post 1 link, i think the flames are a bit too biker boyz hot rod wank wank.

Hot rod flames are best left on hot rods.

But, each to thier own.:cool:

[98tls]

Different strokes i guess,not for me at all though i love the bike,flames on hotrods are sweet but otherwise :girlfight:

[McJim]

Yeah, the Hyosung below makes the point I was trying to make about the flames.

[Dave-]

psssht

flames? really?

the grafitti cbr600 is cool to me cause it's so different.

http://hellforleathermagazine.com/images/2008-CBR-600RR-Graffiti.jpg

[AllanB]

I believe it will get an extra 5hp out of it with the flames.

Picture of the desired machine below.

If you desire a set of flames on your own ride you can have them added with vehicle stick-on graphics. Pretty cheap and fully removable.

[FkNAmerican]

meh.....I've seen one in person at my local dealer.........its nothing special. That yellow was the first '08 they got in and its STILL sitting there.....they've since got in and sold a liquid silver, a blue, and a black one. Nobody wants the yellow with flames heheh.

Now the old R-6 LE (Limited Edition) yellow was freakin hotness. I wanted one sooooo bad but couldnt find a new one or a pristine used one.

Here's a pic of the R-6 LE......I think you will agree that its kicks the shit out of the 08 yellow:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Motorcycles___2006-R6-50th-Anniversary-model_W0QQitemZ330239266130QQddnZMotorcyclesQQddiZ 2283QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item330239266130&

[Maki]

While the flame job might look coold for a day or two I am sure I would soon get a bit tired of it. I would pick the red and white version if I was buying one:

http://www.yamaha-motor-europe.com/Images/2008-YZF-R6-colour-white_tcm26-207713.jpg

[n0regret5]

very nice, but (unfortunately) it doesn't beat the factory flame paintjob on a zzr1400.
it matches it though eh, all you need to complete it is a pic of a near-naked chick hanging on for dear life..haha!

[HungusMaximist]

Yellow's cool, but the flames makes it look rather gay...

I mean it's fast enough alreadly.

[R6_kid]

For those that dont know it's an american market only paint scheme.

Skidmark is right, they dont do them in 'raven' anymore which is the gloss black which kind of sucks, i do like the new matt 'graphite/carbon' black bike... my favourite is the white/red/black 08, looks kind of like the 06? Valencia MotoGP bike rossi rode.

Yamaha has gone to the extreme of marketing different paint jobs to europe, australasia and america in an aim to cater to each market, the differences between the european and australasian bikes are minor but the american bikes are a bit different (silver, yellow + flames are US only colours).

Personally I think it looks stupid but i'm sure there are more than enough retarded rich kid 17 year olds in the states that are in love with it and will get daddy to buy it as soon as they can get hold of their licence.

[Cr1MiNaL]

Raven Blek Rules... unique for life, Im not selling anymore !! heh

[alanzs]

Looks hot. Flames always make a bike go faster, as does the colour black...

[glice]

I dont like the flames. looks a bit tacky to me.

[alanzs]

For those that dont know it's an american market only paint scheme.

Americans like flames. Don't ask me why...:bash:

[HRT]

Silver in the wallpaper section is kinda nice too

http://www.yamaha-motor.com/sport/products/modelwallpaper/8/0/wallpaper.aspx

[FkNAmerican]

Yeah, Im all for variety......but as far as Im concerned the U.S. always gets shafted when it comes to paint. Im forever lusting after the Euro special versions while Im forever disgusted by the American "special" versions that seem marketed to the 17 year old.

For example, Japan is getting a special "Minolta" race rep CBR600RR special edition..its got what we call "Carolina Blue" wheels with white body work..it looks AMAZING.

Pic: http://www.kreko.org/superbike/cbr600km1.jpg

My question is:

Why the fuck cant they be so kind to us over here in America. There IS a market for that sort of thing. There ARE Americans with taste. Sure, we might be few and far between....but in a nation of over 300 million.....even a few mean a big market dammit!!!!

Sorry.......its just a nearly continuous source of annoyance for me. Maybe I just need to get it over with a move to Europe or Asia Pacific (NZ)........more my sort of people anyway.

[marioc]

oh boy that is a hawt cbr!!!

[CB ARGH]

If I followed the rider of that bike into the toilet's I'd notice that he's stand very close to the urinal.

I reckon it's foul.:blank:

[svr]

the problem is yamaha built a classic piece of art in '06, which cannot be updated or improved. They have to build something different now.

[Cr1MiNaL]

the problem is yamaha built a classic piece of art in '06, which cannot be updated or improved. They have to build something different now.

I think I agree...:hug:

[Maki]

Great discussion, this is awsome:
http://www.kreko.org/superbike/cbr600km1.jpg

I agree about the R6 06 being a classic work of art. This is pure genius:

http://www.bikewalls.com/wallpaper/Yamaha_YZF-R6/31520831/1024x768.html

[325rocket]

psssht

flames? really?

the grafitti cbr600 is cool to me cause it's so different.

http://hellforleathermagazine.com/images/2008-CBR-600RR-Graffiti.jpg

i agree ... but it glows in the dark and thats just wank

[Maki]

I have decided that I hate the yellow flame paint job.

I like this though:

http://www.yamaha-motor.co.uk/Images/2009-YZF-R6-static-06_tcm46-271708.jpg

Like it a lot...

[R6_kid]

That White/Red 09 looks a bit whack. They have bought the gloss black back for 2009 as well, and a spiffy blue/white combo.

Personally I'd like to have either the original red/white 06 or the red/white/black 08 - see below.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Mvhjidbvdzc/RuYOiWo4sEI/AAAAAAAABzE/OTwqR7p8VRI/s1600/2008%2Br6%2B4.jpg

[Burtha]

I like the paintwork for sure - shame the front / lamp of the bike looks like a straw sucker pucker upper.

[cambridgedan]

that bike looks mint, When i get my full i think ill get one of thoes, but maby in Blue Black and White.

[Cr1MiNaL]

I like the paintwork for sure - shame the front / lamp of the bike looks like a straw sucker pucker upper.

So says a Buell owner ! The ugliest bikes of all time, second to perhaps BMW's!! :crazy:

[R6_kid]

So says a Buell owner ! The ugliest bikes of all time, second to perhaps BMW's!! :crazy:

LOL!
comeback of the century!

[Burtha]

So says a Buell owner ! The ugliest bikes of all time, second to perhaps BMW's!! :crazy:


LOL!
comeback of the century!

Ooooooo ! :Pokey: :)

[LittleJohn]

Got to agree Buell's and BMW's do nothing for me....

I do like the new ZX-6 LE Monster Graphics bike. Simple but has something about it I really like.

[Nade]

how about this????