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kleinbl00  ·  3194 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: July 22, 2015

    "It’s the best thing ever!" I responded. "It’s absolutely incredible and blows everything else like it out of the water, and that’s before you factor in price. It’s also basically un-rideable and feels like it could be trying to kill me. This thing is so close. Someone just has to get it sorted."

http://www.revzilla.com/common-tread/2014-yamaha-fz-09-long-term-test





Meriadoc  ·  3194 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's what I'm seeing more of. The original reviews coming in were "it's the most exciting things I've ridden" and "I will never not love it", but the newer ones are "I want to go grocery shopping without fearing for my life".

kleinbl00  ·  3194 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Could be worse.

Much worse.

Meriadoc  ·  3194 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Christ alive I forgot about that.

I saw one in the wild in DC not too long ago. The guy riding it could have qualified as a schooner as much as his bike and I seriously wonder what ability he had at getting it up a hill that a Vespa wouldn't.

kleinbl00  ·  3194 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I sat on one. They're really quite peculiar. You sort of feel as if you're in position to have your genitals tattooed.

They were repulsive enough at the time that the dealer discouraged me from contemplating a purchase. When the guy in the Honda shirt calls it a "Do Not Order One" you can rest assured that sales will be slight.