Wandered into a Yamaha dealership today just to kill a bit of time and spotted this… In this colour scheme it’s a little beauty ! Very impressed with the fit and finish of it in the flesh, first time I’ve seen one, great job Yamaha Riding position didn’t look too extreme either. Now if they did the same job on the 3 cyl MT 09 with 115 horses that would be a bit more interesting Or, if they made a 3 cyl 1100cc version knocking out 140 - 150 horsepower,….just take my money Yamaha, job done However, it does have the longest hero blobs I’ve ever seen Overall,..very impressed though
Looks cool, I've spoken with a mate about buying something like this for Sunday fun. Would it be like riding a rgv250 back in the day, trying to maintain your corner speed and having thrills at lesser speeds I wonder?. The trouble is are you going to get fed up if you go out with people on much faster bikes?. Hmm... I guess try one out to see. Oopps just written that out and thought it was an R3....
Could just be the camera angle making it look a bit odd, looked fine in the flesh and don’t forget it has pillion pegs so seat unit needs to be big enough for a passenger. To me, the V4 Panigale has gone too far the other way… This just looks a bit too truncated and not in proportion to the rest of the bike, makes the bike look a bit nose heavy,..unlike the timeless aesthetics, beauty and proportional balance of the V2, 8/9/11/1299 bikes , but then again I could be biased !
