FZ09 in the flesh.

[GrahamD]

I know this is a corporate add but it is good. I like all the redefined iSpeak.

http://www.yamahamotorsports.com/sport/products/modelvideo/685/1766/0/video.aspx

Notice the lack of "professional riders on a closed course" BS?

[edit] Ok I just noticed it right at the end in blurry fine print. Better than BOLD letters at the beginning. The iGeneration will never get to it. Not enough concentration span. ;D

I think YAMAHA have
1) Hired a new add agency.
2) Hired more Lawyers.
3) Upped their Corporate insurance.

If that is the case I'm expecting a 1700cc / 500lb V6 VMAX soon.

If they keep this up I might become a YAMAHA blue kool aid drinking rusted on Fan boy.

 

[Yamaguy55]

Our amusing reviewer was fairly correct on some counts: the FZ6 does have a Jekyll-Hyde personality. When I had mine, I found I actually liked it. Mild when you want, power when you need it. But after my saddle time on the FZ09, I didn't find it overpowering at all.

The oddball "sitting on the handlebars" remark actually is somewhat correct. It feels as though there is nothing out there in front. He at least can get the Euro-accessory fly screen. They also get the really nice cast Aluminum rear rack. I hope they bring all of the MT09 accessories over here, unlike some of the MIA stuff for the Tenere. I had to get my "Tenere dude" tank protector from Canada.

But maybe he should get somewhat of a break on the remarks about being somewhat intimidated by it, since he says he has only been riding "big" bikes for a year. I can only assume they have a tiered license system where you have to ride smaller displacement bikes for a while first. I found the FZ09 amusing and fun, sort of a Yamaha version of a HyperMotard. But not scary.

It needs better suspension. But at that price, you can easily afford to do it.

 

[greg the pole]

finally saw the gray/blue combo at iron pony yesterday.
Tasty.
It sat next to the red one, but honestly the gray grew on me...