2009 Yamaha FZ6R Review

[Buzglyd]

Originally Posted by BrowningBAR

Eh, I've got a 5lb and a 10lb sledge hammer and a wood splitting axe. I feel confident I could crack that shell.

And I forgot, the FZ6 with less plastic does still exist.

I've got my eye on Craigslist and Cycletrader. I have some bills ending in the next couple of months and my cheap ass might have to buy a second bike.

Maybe you could whittle one.

[seruzawa]

So, if I understand this correctly you are all saying that a Kawasaki H2 that's been ported would not make a very good beginner's bike?

[sachiwilson]

It wouldn't make a good bike, period.

Except to look at.

[BrowningBAR]

Originally Posted by Buzglyd

Maybe you could whittle one.

I've got enough split wood over here to make a fleet of motorcycles.

Oh, and I went from using 1250 gallons of heating oil to 350 gallons.

[newagetwotone]

Originally Posted by acecycleins

OEMs now feel that anything sub-80hp can qualify as a beginner bike

Great. So lets tell nOObs to kill themselves more often! Great idea, lets KILL our customers! woooo.

Morons.

[seruzawa]

Originally Posted by sachiwilson

It wouldn't make a good bike, period.

Except to look at.

Longride says he's going to look at one. We'll know if he got it by the telltale death rictus on his face.

[acecycleins]

Originally Posted by newagetwotone

Great. So lets tell nOObs to kill themselves more often! Great idea, lets KILL our customers! woooo.

Morons.

I'm not saying it's smart. It's just a marketing thing that they've picked up on. Since we Americans are too cool to start on 35hp bikes we don't get 35hp bikes. All those cool bikes that never see the light of day here get left out because marketing to the "bigger, better, faster" Americans they know we won't buy them. Why don't we buy them. Bad marketing and even worse licensing standards. I've said before that MIC and the AMA should put out regular PSA commercials encouraging noobs to start in class and progress through bikes based on hp tiering. It won't happen any time soon, but if it did the generations of motorcylist coming up may be better informed and prepared than we were when we started riding.
Yamaha sees a nitch and they filled it. In my job you'd be suprised how easy it is to switch a noob from a supersport bike to the nekked/standard based on something as simple as the cost of the insurance. The EX250/500 were great choices but until the 250 update they looked dated and people like the looks of the big brother bikes. Yamaha wasn't going to bring back the SecaII but what they did bring to the table was a good execution of function, affordability and versatility.

[newagetwotone]

Originally Posted by acecycleins

I'm not saying it's smart. It's just a marketing thing that they've picked up on. Since we Americans are too cool to start on 35hp bikes we don't get 35hp bikes. All those cool bikes that never see the light of day here get left out because marketing to the "bigger, better, faster" Americans they know we won't buy them. Why don't we buy them. Bad marketing and even worse licensing standards. I've said before that MIC and the AMA should put out regular PSA commercials encouraging noobs to start in class and progress through bikes based on hp tiering. It won't happen any time soon, but if it did the generations of motorcylist coming up may be better informed and prepared than we were when we started riding.
Yamaha sees a nitch and they filled it. In my job you'd be suprised how easy it is to switch a noob from a supersport bike to the nekked/standard based on something as simple as the cost of the insurance. The EX250/500 were great choices but until the 250 update they looked dated and people like the looks of the big brother bikes. Yamaha wasn't going to bring back the SecaII but what they did bring to the table was a good execution of function, affordability and versatility.

nono i agree. it wasn't me saying you were endorsing it, problem is you're right. Pretty soon we're going to be left with little to nothing below 100hp except the big harleys of course

There really are few good beginners bikes. Atleast in the US. I don't know sometimes i wish we had tiered licensing.

[Dr_Sprocket]

Originally Posted by newagetwotone

There really are few good beginners bikes. Atleast in the US. I don't know sometimes i wish we had tiered licensing.

Well, I know that's not the popular opinion among motorcycle riders here in the US of A. Very likely, under the new administration, the US will follow the EU lead of tiered licensing.

IMHO, we don't need another law to restrict motorcycle riding. We need a culture shift that encourages people taking responsibility for their own actions. We don't have that anymore. It's always someone else's fault. This is in large part due to our litigious legal system (sorry, Sachi).

[acecycleins]

I, as an insurance agent, believe tiered licensing would work. But I, also, believe that we wouldn't need it if we just promoted the idea of motorcycling a different way. That's where you put those AMA and MIC dues to work and let the industry help guide the sales. It'd work given time.