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Most of the naked middleweights have got some parts from the budget bin... Seems to be a trend to keep em cheap.Originally Posted by Drew
That said, gotta look at the target market. If you're stepping off a small/learner bike, then sure, they're going to feel great. If you're experienced, ridden some really nice bikes, then you're not going to like it.
Ta
I know why they do it. But realistically the cost per unit would be so little different to just put GSXR front ends straight in, or R6 in the Yamahas case.
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Can't really blame them when the rest of us are content to ride a 20 year old bike because the new ones are "too expensive".
Same in all the markets really. New Corollas and Hilux's wouldn't last a week in the hands of a true work hack......the old ones are still going strong 30 years later.
My RG lasted 25,000 then the bill to put back on the road exceeded the cost of the bike.........the old RGV250's are good for 100,000 or a sharp right-hander, whichever came first.
Don't even get me started on Triumphs and coil packs/sagem computer.
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looks amazing and what i read about it i really want one . nooooooo mr honda save me
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wouldn't mind a new tenere with that engine
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I don't give a fuck what Drew thinks as he only rides shitters or gravel traps. I like it, I want one, and I'll be buying one new as soon as I can. It suits my needs for an occasional week day or weekend toy perfectly and it's a triple and it's not a Triumph. The colour options are horrible. I may have to employ a painter. Meh. No big deal. The accessories list for this thing is phenomenal and tasteful, no blue anodising to be seen anywhere.
http://yshop.yamaha-motor.co.nz/bolt...ue-sport/mt-09
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I believe a road tester did say the MT-09 has the R6 front end... Yamaha have said the MT-09 is targeted for a price point,.. There's no pleasing some, the MT-01 was a flagship, with damned good built quality at a price.. and that price killed it quite effectively... so Yamaha having learnt the lesson? Ya still bloody complain...
Now if you want to talk Fugly? Lets talk 'busa or b'king....
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Makes me wonder what I should expect in 30 years from now.
If its predecessor was any indication. Things look good....
http://www.returnofthecaferacers.com...aha-xs850.html
http://www.customfighters.com/forums...ad.php?t=38795
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the xs 850 was ugly compared to its xs750 forebear and those bikes are no better(imho)
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Not as ugly as the latest Street Triple, and not as Transformish as a Z800. Nor is it likely to be as hideously fraught with potentially fatal idiosyncrasies as a Brutale 800.
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They were the same bike.
I believe you are being confused with the XS850 special - which was a cruiser.
80' XS750 and 80' XS850 was same bike only difference was the engine. You can take the engine out of one and it slips into the other. Hell half the parts on the engine were interchangeable. Was no super-sports......but you got the 1100 for that. But all 3 bikes weighed a ton.
The special was a pig. But at the time would have been pretty cool because it was a cruiser that did 180. Dunno - if you like cruisers (I'm not really a fan).
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More than half the engine. I got given one of each out of an old farm shed once.
One of them was beyond getting running, but used loads of engine parts to make one runner. I wish I had kept them, would have made a sweet bobber.
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I have about half a doz sitting in a shed (various levels of disrepair) that my old man wants to pawn off to me. He even has some factory sealed NEW Yamaha parts (gaskets and the like).
I told him to hang on to em - when he retires I will give him a hand.
He told me his 3TA is the retirement plan
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It's lil brother looks like a goodin too!
http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2013/...le-689cc-twin/
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yes it does think like the tripple though for the sound
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