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09-08-2008, 11:44 PM
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09-08-2008, 11:53 PM
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that has to be the ugliest front end this side of a buell.
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09-09-2008, 12:10 AM
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09-09-2008, 12:13 AM
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If that's its real sound, I'll buy one for that reason alone.
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09-09-2008, 12:18 AM
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09-09-2008, 12:21 AM
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Yup. Sold.
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"Cafe Racing is mainly a matter of taste. It is an atavistic mentality, a peculiar mix of low style, high speed, pure dumbness, and overweening commitment to the Cafe Life and all its dangerous pleasures... I am a Cafe Racer myself, on some days - and it is one of my finest addictions." - Hunter S. Thomson
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09-09-2008, 12:27 AM
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sounds bad ass even with all the emissions crap/stock pipes
I wanna see some dynos, how will she stack up against the GSX-R
weight san emissions & stock pipes
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09-09-2008, 12:31 AM
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Too much to remember
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Maybe someone will make a MOTOGP style exhaust for it; those underseat pipes are booty wack!
I've gotta admit though that while it's a step forward with regard to technological development/trickle-down, the bike itself is - in print - ugly.
Would love to ride one nonetheless and more to the point, hear one once uncorked.
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09-09-2008, 12:40 AM
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the angle looks very different
at least to my eyes
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09-09-2008, 12:58 AM
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Woot!
Finally something knew ya FAWKS..... What's MSRP gonna be? $13K?
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09-09-2008, 01:14 AM
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The Mighty Malakai
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Quote:
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Woot!
Finally something knew ya FAWKS..... What's MSRP gonna be? $13K?
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09-09-2008, 01:27 AM
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I love the Japanese manufacturers . Constant development to yield ultra performance, with top quality at a price mere mortals can afford . The scary thing is that there is a team of engineers currently working on the 2011 superbike !  |
09-09-2008, 01:27 AM
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Clever move, by Yamaha. Retain all the handling advantages of the short I-4 motor, and get the rear wheel traction of the close firing-order (big bang) motors. Won't make a difference to the actual power/torque production /powerband in itself, of course, UNLESS they changed the motor's tuning.
EDIT: Just listened to the sound bites. I don't like it. Much prefer the screamer I4 sound. But then, I've never enjoyed the sound of ANY of the big-bang motors. Maybe it will sound more forceful with some open exhausts, but it'll never have the F1 car high-RPM scream, of course.
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09-09-2008, 01:28 AM
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That's weird on the bottom of MCUSA's link above it said $9999 for the black version, $10XXX for the others.
At that price ($12500) and scales tipping in at 454# they can keep it!
I now wanna hear that Bimmer and see what that lists for.
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09-09-2008, 01:32 AM
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kinda like your first wife... 
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09-09-2008, 01:36 AM
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Does anyone have a link explaining what "crankshaft inertia torque" is exactly?
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09-09-2008, 02:30 AM
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At least it has an under seat exhaust - makes humping the tailpipe easier. 
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09-09-2008, 02:51 AM
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Reverse Bodylift of Death
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the new front end looks a whole lot like a buell firebolt!
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09-09-2008, 03:31 AM
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Too much to remember
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Does anyone have a link explaining what "crankshaft inertia torque" is exactly?
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Decent article on soup from a while back , Big Bang By The Numbers
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09-09-2008, 03:47 AM
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Quote:
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the new front end looks a whole lot like a buell firebolt!
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she will clean up in track trim  |
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