New offering from Yamaha

[Waylander]

Mixed about this one. Doesn't look too bad, but yamaharley indeed. Even has similar engine size, 113ci. (1854cc)
Raider S


Raider

[deanohit]

Looks cool apart from the kinky pipes. 113ci, bet that sounds cool and the blue looks better than the reddish one.

[07fatboy]

dont like them pipes or front fender...Vance and hines pipes will make that 113 sound sweet,not a bad harley knock off but

[RantyDave]

Reminds me of that Suzuki thing .... M109? ... but with less plastic.

[Waylander]

Reminds me of that Suzuki thing .... M109? ... but with less plastic.

And better cornering clearance.

[Angusdog]

Like most of the metric cruisers, it seems to have a few too many "styling for stylings" sake or too much chrome. Not much, just needs about 10% less of everything all round (apart from those cubic inches). The Raider (not the S) looks about right, but again - why do the pipes kink down? 'Cause the designer thought it looked cool, and no other reason? If they'd run them straight, not level with the ground but carried that line up and back, they'd look better. Other than that, very nice.

[justsomeguy]

Hyosung Aquila????????????

Come on Yamaha - you guys are supposed to have the pretty bikes.....

[Waylander]

The Raider (not the S) looks about right, but again - why do the pipes kink down? 'Cause the designer thought it looked cool, and no other reason? If they'd run them straight, not level with the ground but carried that line up and back, they'd look better. Other than that, very nice.

You can tell the difference? Only thing I've spotted so far is the S has a bit more chrome paint on it. (Headlight, indicators, air cleaner cover....)

Agree with re the pipes.. Why the bend?
Only thing I can think of is to hide how much they flare out twords the back. probably something to do with them needing to be bigger to meet latest emissions laws.

[Lias]

Snot bad at all..

[NZsarge]

Engines nice but can take or leave the rest of it. Still waiting to see a New V Max in the flesh eh..

[Waylander]

Engines nice but can take or leave the rest of it. Still waiting to see a New V Max in the flesh eh..

Not coming in 08 now. You'll notice they don't have a VMax listed for 08. At all. Gonna be worth the wait though. The new engine supposedly puts 210BHP at the crank, stock. Seems the most common rumor even coming from people inside Yamaha so should be the closest to truth.

[yod]

jeebus, what a tank, i wonder what she weighs, gotta be 275 at least....

not my cuppa tea but im sure its a comfy beast

edit: checked the specs, 692lb = ~310kg oi gazoch!

[Rashika]

jeebus, what a tank, i wonder what she weighs, gotta be 275 at least....

not my cuppa tea but im sure its a comfy beast

edit: checked the specs, 692lb = ~310kg oi gazoch!

shite, thats a weight.
But I actually like the look of it... way nicer than the M109, which i reckon is a bit fugly esp from the front.
and I way prefer the red one to the blue, blue is soooooo common.

[deanohit]

I gotta agree it looks better than the M109, but its the front fairing on the M109 that stuffs up its looks. But the Raider looks so damn cool standard.

[delusionz]

nice to see a cruiser with round tyres for once