FZ8 Official picture

[ant_mb]

Wow that is freaking HOT!!!!!

 

[psnbye]

I think I'll stick with the FZ6...

 

[RJ2112]

I'm sure there are droves of people that will apeal to....... the folks that grew up playing with Transformer toys.

All the extra plastic just doesn't do it for me. Motor, wheels, frame, fuel tank.... the parts should be understandable, and perform their function. A bikini is timeless, because it does it's job..... I don't need to see fur on a bikini............

 

[Nelly]

I think that single prism headlight is fugly. Fugly on all those bikes you metion. Looks too "transformerish" to me. Kinda neat and wierd looking, but not something I'd want to look at day in and day out, when transient style has moved on to some other bike component.

I've heard it put forth that dual headlights are bad because they can be mistaken for a car that is a long ways away rather than a motorcycle that is close with two headlights near each other.

Ì think Yamaha are being clever. The original FZ6 was to many, a bike that had unique looks.
The thing that I am looking forward to is, when R6 owners do the ultimate engine mod and drop the FZ8 in lol.

Nelly

 

[Kriswithak]

If you look at the official picture its defiantely different from this one.
Hopefully thats the case, because the above definately isn't going to win any points with me over the FZ6 with its looks. Defiantely be a step back in styling.

 

[krid80]

these pictures are not official or they would be on the yamaha-motor-europe.com/fz8 site. These pictures are artistic renderings of what they speculate the FZ8 will be. These images are quite a bit older than the FZ8 announcement and should be disregarded. Weigh these images the same as the picture of the "2008" "2009" and "2010" "fz6" concepts that were a concoction of R6 and FZ6 pieces photoshopped together. Yamaha is VERY GOOD at keeping things tight lipped. Have patience! It most likely is gonna be Europe only anyhow.

 

[MattyA]

Yeah its a shame they didnt spend the money upgrading our bikes to a new model and we could change parts to make ours better.

Im in 2 minds at the moment about the new one. should i trade up or keep my baby. prolly keep my baby till its dead.

 

[keira]

the first pic I likey...this may be a contender for my future upgrade..... we'll see what it looks like in the US

 

[abacall]

These pictures are artistic renderings of what they speculate the FZ8 will be. These images are quite a bit older than the FZ8 announcement and should be disregarded.

^^Listen to this man. Those have been circulating for a long time. They are not the real bike.
Look at the photo on the website, completely different, and for the better.

 

[C-bus Biker]

This version (speculative as it may be) reminds me a lot of the B-King. Pretty cool IMO.

 

[Skeezix]

Anyone have any new news on the FZ8?

 

[urbanj]

I signed up for updates. No "official" news yet.

 

[michael_p]

According to a danish site(magacin.dk), this should be IT

Exhaust and swingarm looks different to previous pic.

 

[LERecords]

that looks like a photochop of bother the artist render and a fz6r... somehow doubt thats it.. or yamaha wouldnt be making such a big deal about this...

 

[Aleziel]

for a magasine that claims the first official photo of the bike.. it sure is awfull quality, + it doesnt go with the design principles yamaha is putting on their new bikes. it looks like something that would come out of a suzuki factory, not a yamaha.

its a photoshop job and not a very good one either

the official teaser has black plastic mirrors on par with the new models, and not the nikel cruizer ones of the "photo"
and in the teaser shot its obvious that the tank is made of metal and doesnt have any plastic coverings....

but im sure they got a nice bump on their website visits up there in demark

 

[nextfriday]

Hope the new model looks nothing like the botched photo. There are 4 bikes on the road that already have similar lines. The gladius, er6n, z1000, naked fz1. Yamaha will need some orginality.

 

[sxty8goats]

True, looks like a chop. black rim in back, white or chrome rim with black spokes up front? Not likely.

 

[Pelicanglider]

This is not official, but interesting nonetheless, from Top Speed.com

2010 Yamaha FZ8 rendering - Top Speed

Another "best-guess" / "what if" picture. I don't care for the "transformer" styling, but the mechanical bits I see, I like.

 

[Norbert]

This is not official, but interesting nonetheless, from Top Speed.com

2010 Yamaha FZ8 rendering - Top Speed

Another "best-guess" / "what if" picture. I don't care for the "transformer" styling, but the mechanical bits I see, I like.

That website said it won't be coming to the USA.
I wish they would back that assumption up with some facts though.

 

[grommit]

What was the world like before Photoshop. Lots of cutting and gluing on the kitchen table I expect.