I have noticed something about yamaha. my cousin pointed it out to me. and since then ive been noticing it in everything yamaha.
yamaha's engineering philosophy is summed up in their trademark term of "GO!!!!!!!!!!!"
and its amazing how true that is.
the R1 vs the CBR1000.......sitting on the r1 it just screams at you to go mach 3. its in the seating position, the engine revving setup, everything. the cbr and zx6r etc etc isnt the same. something about the yamaha. just very special. they do it in all their machines. combination of things i guess. but it always has the same edge in the end. very effectively executed as well.
same goes for r6 vs cbr600.
now look at out beloved FZ6. yamaha couldnt just make a docile sport-tourer. that would have been too simple. every major manufacturer has a bike in the class of the FZ6. city-bike, zippy, capable of some touring, sporty. there is the 650R, the SV650, the bandit even, and theres others as well but you get the idea. Now, everyone else has a machine which is quick enough, fun, sporty, comfortable, manageable, balanced.
what does yamaha do? they stick their R6 engine in it. they detune it so as to make it docile ENOUGH for the target group. it just shows how even when they are trying to be sensible and street-mannered, they feel they need a racing heritage in the heart of the machine. the engine note ties in as well, the way it SCREEEEEEAMS at you like its on the verge of an orgasm over 9,000rpm....contrasted with its dissatisfied muttering below 7k rpm...just MAKES you twist the throttle sometimes. the bike WANTS to go fast. it is whispering in your ear below 7k rpm "sir go go faster plz sir might i have some more sir plz go, plzzzzz go go go" then over 9k rpm it just goes "WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
the other day i saw an ad for a yamaha personal seadoo watercraft. and what does it say? does 0-30mph on water faster than a corvette on land. it has an 1800cc engine and looks like the starship enterprise.
Yamaha.....you guys pwndizzle. What in the hell goes on inside your heads? I swear there is a speed or meth dealer that works in the lunchroom at Yamaha headquarters.
God bless you Yamaha. If He can catch you to deliver it anyway.
yamaha's engineering philosophy is summed up in their trademark term of "GO!!!!!!!!!!!"
and its amazing how true that is.
the R1 vs the CBR1000.......sitting on the r1 it just screams at you to go mach 3. its in the seating position, the engine revving setup, everything. the cbr and zx6r etc etc isnt the same. something about the yamaha. just very special. they do it in all their machines. combination of things i guess. but it always has the same edge in the end. very effectively executed as well.
same goes for r6 vs cbr600.
now look at out beloved FZ6. yamaha couldnt just make a docile sport-tourer. that would have been too simple. every major manufacturer has a bike in the class of the FZ6. city-bike, zippy, capable of some touring, sporty. there is the 650R, the SV650, the bandit even, and theres others as well but you get the idea. Now, everyone else has a machine which is quick enough, fun, sporty, comfortable, manageable, balanced.
what does yamaha do? they stick their R6 engine in it. they detune it so as to make it docile ENOUGH for the target group. it just shows how even when they are trying to be sensible and street-mannered, they feel they need a racing heritage in the heart of the machine. the engine note ties in as well, the way it SCREEEEEEAMS at you like its on the verge of an orgasm over 9,000rpm....contrasted with its dissatisfied muttering below 7k rpm...just MAKES you twist the throttle sometimes. the bike WANTS to go fast. it is whispering in your ear below 7k rpm "sir go go faster plz sir might i have some more sir plz go, plzzzzz go go go" then over 9k rpm it just goes "WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
the other day i saw an ad for a yamaha personal seadoo watercraft. and what does it say? does 0-30mph on water faster than a corvette on land. it has an 1800cc engine and looks like the starship enterprise.
Yamaha.....you guys pwndizzle. What in the hell goes on inside your heads? I swear there is a speed or meth dealer that works in the lunchroom at Yamaha headquarters.
God bless you Yamaha. If He can catch you to deliver it anyway.
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Too much caffeine last night? J/K
