Yamaha announce 2006 line up

[mike-s]

out of all those, the MT1 is as dogs balls as ever, the R1 looks the goods, the FJR, i havent a clue. the R6, an accquired taste and yesh, aftermarket cans are going to be popular. as for the others. I really havent a bloody clue why they are putting such massive cannons/dustbins on there, fz1, anyone?

[aardvark]

out of all those, the MT1

Actually Mike, that's the new MT03.

[mike-s]

meh, either way it doesn't look like it'd do a lot for me. But it'd be a fun bike if i was into that style though

[mrmina]

R6 Look great but the rest look crap.

[SNR]

Guess the lowing of the exhaust brings the weight lower. Therefore the lower the mass, (the offending item) leads to greater flickability through the corners.......or they have been smoking to much weed in those little design rooms where they test exhausts, lots of smoke and fumes in there.

snr

[Steve_TLS]

the r1 in the yamy racing yellow actually looks alright.

whats the go with the r1-RR all that ohlins stuff - they musta heard mr k was using an ohlins steering damper

still, gotta love anything thats got ohlins written all over it

Yamaha owns Ohlins.

From the Ohlins website. http://www.ohlins.com/company_ohlins.shtml

Since 1987, Öhlins Racing has been majority-owned by the Yamaha Motor Company, though it continues to operate as a dynamic, independent company within the business group.

[kempy]

The new R6 looks incredibly good. Love the angular lines. But that can is feckin stupid.

The R1 is perfect. They got it spot on right, particularly the underseat zorsts.