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Go Yamaha and the FZ-09 and FZ-07!....http://blog.motorcycle.com/2015/02/12/manufacturers/yamaha/yamaha-reports-2014-fiscal-results/
 

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SouthernSpeed

Holy Smoke 5.8 million Yamaha motorcycles sold in a year!

The torque on this thing is pretty addictive....

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No surprise to me. I went into 2015 a Suzuki guy.... Then I saw the 2015 Yamaha models at the DC IMC. It was love at first sight...or lust....whatever.

O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason. Bear with me.
My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,
And I must pause...till it come back to me.

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Yamaha model design is being taken over by Toyota. I hope we don't end up with 'Camrys' and 'Corollas' from Yamaha. Be a sad puppy if that happens.

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Yamaha model design is being taken over by Toyota. I hope we don't end up with 'Camrys' and 'Corollas' from Yamaha. Be a sad puppy if that happens.
 
 
That's actually pretty disappointing to hear.

Everything went braap.

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   Not such a bad thing, Yamaha and Toyota have been partnering on vehicles since the 60's. The 1967 Toyota 2000GT was actually a joint venture between the two. The early to mid 70's Corolla's and Celica's had a 2TC 1600cc pushrod/hemi head engine, in Japan, Europe and Australia these awesome little cars had a 2TG option which was a dohc cylinder head conversion which was also made by Yamaha among others.  Don't underestimate the two 8-)
 

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I guess what I meant was there's not much from Toyota, that from an appearance standpoint alone really rustled my jimmies.
 
Maybe that'll have to change.

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Well, actually, Yamaha model design was done by a particular Japanese firm since world war 2 or so, whose main founder recently passed way. So any collaboration where Yamaha had input into the design would by extension mean that firm. All these years, they operated embracing a 'Kando' philosophy. Probably google it than me butchering its core principles.
 
I stand with hobbs on the 'ugh' factor when it comes to Toyotas. Pure base response, nothing to do with logic.

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Yamaha model design is being taken over by Toyota. I hope we don't end up with 'Camrys' and 'Corollas' from Yamaha. Be a sad puppy if that happens.
  Yea that is disappointing to hear, Toyota models have been pretty boring to me the past few years and I don't know what the hell the Lexus designers are thinking the front bumpers of all the new Lexus cars looks awful! IMHO 

The torque on this thing is pretty addictive....

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   Not such a bad thing, Yamaha and Toyota have been partnering on vehicles since the 60's. The 1967 Toyota 2000GT was actually a joint venture between the two. The early to mid 70's Corolla's and Celica's had a 2TC 1600cc pushrod/hemi head engine, in Japan, Europe and Australia these awesome little cars had a 2TG option which was a dohc cylinder head conversion which was also made by Yamaha among others.  Don't underestimate the two 8-)
  good point they have worked a lot in the past and the 2000GT is an awesome iconic car.  I think Yamaha designed the engine.   I think Yamaha has always been on point with the design and styling of their bikes though.  I always thought they looked the most sporty 

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