FZSexy
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I was reading some forums and turns out it's true. Yamaha will no longer offer inline four engines in it's sport bike segment. Of course SS and Superbike application will remain, and things like the FZ1 and FJR1300. But the 600cc and 800cc and all it's models are gone.
Seems many say good riddance, too. Lot's of riders seem to like the new bikes. A triple and twin so far, and it looks like it is going to stay that way. And no Japanese maker (or otherwise, it would seem) has a 600cc I4 in a entry level bike in the U.S. Sure you can still get the liter bike in all sorts of models, but that is not a bike for all.
How do fellow FZ6 riders feel about this? Do you want 600cc bikes that are not SS, such as the FZ6? Will this be the "end" of the inline four in more standard / sport motorcycles?
What do you think of the direction Yamaha has taken? Did WE not like the FZ line with the I4's? I mean we ride one! Or two or three, in some cases. Will this be our last 600cc bike, too. Outside a Supersport, I mean.
I have read how twin engines have more "character" and the triples even more so. Some riders say 600cc engines are "soulless," and they love the thump 'n torque of a twin. Some say our bikes are weak down low. I'll give 'em that. But above 5000rpm it's a blast, and you have 9,000 more rpm right there, waiting.
It is a high revving bike, it wants to go fast. I thought that was called a good motorcycle?
Honda has a new inline four bike, the CB650F. How do you all think that will fare? I read it's to be a "world bike." However it's engine of choice would seem to be somewhat unfashionable in the world right now. Does that bike interest you?
It has the right kind of motor, at least :Sport:
Seems many say good riddance, too. Lot's of riders seem to like the new bikes. A triple and twin so far, and it looks like it is going to stay that way. And no Japanese maker (or otherwise, it would seem) has a 600cc I4 in a entry level bike in the U.S. Sure you can still get the liter bike in all sorts of models, but that is not a bike for all.
How do fellow FZ6 riders feel about this? Do you want 600cc bikes that are not SS, such as the FZ6? Will this be the "end" of the inline four in more standard / sport motorcycles?
What do you think of the direction Yamaha has taken? Did WE not like the FZ line with the I4's? I mean we ride one! Or two or three, in some cases. Will this be our last 600cc bike, too. Outside a Supersport, I mean.
I have read how twin engines have more "character" and the triples even more so. Some riders say 600cc engines are "soulless," and they love the thump 'n torque of a twin. Some say our bikes are weak down low. I'll give 'em that. But above 5000rpm it's a blast, and you have 9,000 more rpm right there, waiting.
It is a high revving bike, it wants to go fast. I thought that was called a good motorcycle?
Honda has a new inline four bike, the CB650F. How do you all think that will fare? I read it's to be a "world bike." However it's engine of choice would seem to be somewhat unfashionable in the world right now. Does that bike interest you?
It has the right kind of motor, at least :Sport:
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