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Yamaha Tokyo Motor Show Special Site

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Yamaha Tokyo Motor Show

If you’re among the vast majority who could not make it to the Tokyo Motor Show, Yamaha has put together a special site with all of their motorcycles that were on display. It’s pretty nice. Everything is there with 360 degree rotations and you get to see them all, the Sakura, the MT-01, even close up action of the Tesseract leaning quad. It’s worth a visit.

Link: Yamaha special site via Roadracing World

Comments

  1. Seems you could even test ride them?
    In Second Life…
    Maybe Yamaha were trying to make virtual motorcycling safe for virtual motorcyclists?

  2. Great job Yamaha for the site & for the concepts.

    The Sakura has some inspired ideas, shapes, and finishes. The headlight is really refreshing, yet traditional. The speedo is better than the Confederate Wraith speedo, which I thought was hard to beat. Even the finish & shape of the chain guard is well done.

    Just how “premium” is it? price? or experience? or both? From the site, “a new proposal from Yamaha for premium motorcycling for grown-ups”

    Can anyone explain how a “phased crankshaft” works? This was in reference to the Rossi MotoGP bike. Is it referring to the big bang firing sequence?

  3. oh, and I like the piano tuning sound while you are on the site. Good job Marketing/Graphic Artists….very clean site.

  5. “Seems you could even test ride them?
    In Second Life…”

    Wait, what? Really? I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m a Second Life “resident”, and yep, I own motorcycles in-world too (a BMW R50 with detachable sidecar, a GSXR replica, and a custom-built Honda CL100). I’ll have to check this out, for sure.

    By the way, the motorcycling scene in SL is unfortunately very similar to that in the real world: lots and lots of choppers, some nice sportsbikes, and a minimal sprinkling of standards.

    Hey Kneeslider, if you’re listening, I’d be happy to be a Second Life motorcycling insider for you 😉

    (Now I wait for people to call me an incredible nerd…)

    More on topic…that Yamaha site is really cool! I was having a lot of fun exploring it last night. Be sure to check out the actual cam images of the real booth at the show, too.

  6. The Sakura is a wonderful example of “future retro” in that the overall design is inspired by the general configuration of a 1980s motorcycle but on closer inspection the details – such as the headlight and speedometer – are futuristic. It’s a great design.

    This is the bike that deserves the clutchless YCCS system – not the FJR1300. The Sakura being smaller, lighter, and having a low seat height would make a great city-bike and the YCCS system belongs on a city-bike not a huge sport-touring bike that spends all day on the highway in 5th gear.