Have you seen this yet... MT01 Yamaha - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

RaDiAn · 09-15-2004, 08:56 AM

I was doing the normal net thing and ran into this........Whoa!!

I don't know if any of TFPers like the Yamaha VMax, but I do! Here is a new model with the VMax engine.
Link

http://www.motorbikestoday.com/news/...s/yam_mt01.htm

Moonduck · 09-15-2004, 12:46 PM

Ive been noticing a departure between styling on European bikes and American/Japanese market bikes. There's this sort of gronky functionality about a lot of the Euro bikes that missing in the American market, and what I've seen of the Japanese market. Things like the Speed Triple, this bike, the bad-ass Super Motard hooligan bikes, etc.

Frankly, I think these bikes are cool as hell, and wish they'd hit US shores. The Speed Triple is here, but I'll be damned if I could tell you where the local Triumph is.

Styling aside, it looks like a nice ride performance-wise. The Warrior (I think the Warrior is the one I'm thinking of) is similarly set-up, with a torquey v-twin and sport-bike-esque suspension and alloy chassis. It is styled as a cruiser though.

yakimushi · 09-15-2004, 03:51 PM

It reminds me of a Buell and a Ducati at the same time.

I like it though!

Ilow · 09-15-2004, 05:26 PM

looks like they heard the pounding of Triumph's giant Rocket III behind them! I've always preferred the V-max to the "buzzy" sort of sportbikes anyway.

RaDiAn · 09-16-2004, 08:14 AM

After reading more about it after I came home from work. I found out it is not a Vmax motor, its a air cool V twin 1600cc or so. I went to Yamaha web site they gave all the details & a nice write up in Cycle World.

Also thinking about the euro bike market, it seems that they lov the Vtwins. For example I read somewhere that the SV650 was a hit in euro, but hardly sold here in the US. Dealers in my area still have some sitting in crates yet.

Man all I can say is I lov all of these bikes, they all have +/- .

I must say that Rocket III is quite impressive too.

09-15-2004, 08:56 AM	#1 (permalink)
RaDiAn Addict	Have you seen this yet... MT01 Yamaha I was doing the normal net thing and ran into this........Whoa!! I don't know if any of TFPers like the Yamaha VMax, but I do! Here is a new model with the VMax engine. Link http://www.motorbikestoday.com/news/...s/yam_mt01.htm

09-15-2004, 05:26 PM	#4 (permalink)
Ilow Junkie Location: Pats country	looks like they heard the pounding of Triumph's giant Rocket III behind them! I've always preferred the V-max to the "buzzy" sort of sportbikes anyway. __________________ "Religion is the one area of our discourse in which it is considered noble to pretend to be certain about things no human being could possibly be certain about" --Sam Harris

09-15-2004, 12:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
Moonduck Junkie Location: SE USA	Ive been noticing a departure between styling on European bikes and American/Japanese market bikes. There's this sort of gronky functionality about a lot of the Euro bikes that missing in the American market, and what I've seen of the Japanese market. Things like the Speed Triple, this bike, the bad-ass Super Motard hooligan bikes, etc. Frankly, I think these bikes are cool as hell, and wish they'd hit US shores. The Speed Triple is here, but I'll be damned if I could tell you where the local Triumph is. Styling aside, it looks like a nice ride performance-wise. The Warrior (I think the Warrior is the one I'm thinking of) is similarly set-up, with a torquey v-twin and sport-bike-esque suspension and alloy chassis. It is styled as a cruiser though.

09-15-2004, 03:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
yakimushi Addict	It reminds me of a Buell and a Ducati at the same time. I like it though!

09-16-2004, 08:14 AM	#5 (permalink)
RaDiAn Addict	After reading more about it after I came home from work. I found out it is not a Vmax motor, its a air cool V twin 1600cc or so. I went to Yamaha web site they gave all the details & a nice write up in Cycle World. Also thinking about the euro bike market, it seems that they lov the Vtwins. For example I read somewhere that the SV650 was a hit in euro, but hardly sold here in the US. Dealers in my area still have some sitting in crates yet. Man all I can say is I lov all of these bikes, they all have +/- . I must say that Rocket III is quite impressive too.