2009 Yamaha R1 Picture...

[YellowRacer]

Saw this on another forum...

Picture is out of an Japanese magazine... Not sure which one.

[honda60071]

Will need some serious crash protection for those open sides!

[Gixxerblade]

[Burt Munro]

I like the comment from MCN on the graphic....

'How the '09 Yamaha R1 will look, supposing the firm has a modicum of sense and taste.'

   

[Woofentino Pugrossi]

Then again, when has MCN ever been right? National Enquirer is more accurate.

[wolf44]

looks like someone blended an r6, cbr1000rr, and an older 675 together

[Burt Munro]

Anybody see a 2nd set of footpegs anywhere?   

How am I gonna convince my wife to let me buy it????

[mikendzel]

Not having anything to put sponsors' names on will be fun.  Bad idea with the bodywork.

[Woofentino Pugrossi]

Not having anything to put sponsors' names on will be fun.  Bad idea with the bodywork.

But thats the "in thing", minimal bodywork. First it was "the tail sections are too big and ugly" now lets skimp on the side panels.

But if thats how its gonna look, better grab some motocross number plates to strap on it.

[weggieman]

OK, that's only seriously ugly.........

[mikendzel]

But thats the "in thing", minimal bodywork. First it was "the tail sections are too big and ugly" now lets skimp on the side panels.

But if thats how its gonna look, better grab some motocross number plates to strap on it.

Yeah, Honda went that way in GP, and went back to human-sized stuff!!!

[bel-biv]

Try to remember that we're debating the finer points of a nicely illustrated piece of artistic rendition here...
MCN ain't the gospel people...