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2006 Yamaha R1 Officially Announced

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byke95
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PostPosted: 12:24 - 06 Sep 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
Agreed, it looks like a beautiful bike, but that's what I don't like about it, it's too pretty!

I'd take the Gixxer, more aggressive and I like the side exhaust still, underseat being more pretty then useful.
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PostPosted: 13:14 - 06 Sep 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
byke95 wrote:
I like the side exhaust still, underseat being more pretty then useful.


Yeah, I'm a side exit exhaust fan myself. Bikes all looking too samey with underseat pipes Thumbs Down
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PostPosted: 13:53 - 06 Sep 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
MJ wrote:
The US don't get the R1SP, but the R1 LE in the 50th anniversary colours with Marchesini wheels, Ohlins suspension and steering damper and a slipper clutch:

https://www.yamaha-motor.com/sport/products/modelhome/8/0/home.aspx

And it gets Pirelli Diablo Corsa tires.
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Valver
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PostPosted: 13:56 - 06 Sep 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
I think the R1 has got more and more ugly since the end of the 90s the Gixxer in my opinion peaked at the millenium while the Honda and Kwak have turned meaner, leaner and sexier, looking better every time. I think the exhaust on the 2006 R6 looks the nuts!

But life would be boring if we all liked the same bikes eh?
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Annabella
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PostPosted: 13:57 - 06 Sep 2005    Post subject: Re: 2006 Yamaha R1 Officially Announced Reply with quote
gauloises wrote:
Not to keen on the yellow but the black r1= Thumbs Up Drooling

Thumbs Up Thumbs Up Thumbs Up

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I second that!


Race you to one of the 500 Shocked
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PostPosted: 14:10 - 06 Sep 2005    Post subject: Re: 2006 Yamaha R1 Officially Announced Reply with quote
Annabella wrote:
gauloises wrote:
Not to keen on the yellow but the black r1= Thumbs Up Drooling

Thumbs Up Thumbs Up Thumbs Up

S.L



I second that!


Race you to one of the 500 Shocked

The 'regular' R1 is available in midnight black (or Raven as the US have known it for a year):

https://www.yamaha-motor.co.uk/Images/2006_YZF-R1_Color_Midnight_Black_tcm46-78027.jpg

Here are a couple more pictures of the SP (they are bigger if you open them in their own browser):

https://www.fjrtech.com/photos/r1/YZF-R1SP.jpg
https://www.fjrtech.com/photos/r1/YZF-R1SP.jpg

https://www.fjrtech.com/photos/r1/YZF-R1SP_rear.jpg
https://www.fjrtech.com/photos/r1/YZF-R1SP_rear.jpg
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Annabella
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PostPosted: 14:13 - 06 Sep 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
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AcIdBuRnZ
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PostPosted: 17:49 - 06 Sep 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
The midnight black R1 with the red pinstriping on wheels is amazing Drooling
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PostPosted: 12:04 - 09 Sep 2005    Post subject: Reply with quote
This picture gives you a better idea about the colour scheme of the SP, which features on the Canadian Yamaha site as the R1 L.E.

https://www.yamaha-motor.ca/products/images/motorcycles/2006_R1_LE_1.jpg
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