I'm gonna wait til I see the new R1 in person. I didn't like the new body R6's when they came out, but when I saw it in person, I loved it.

Where the fuck is the intake on the R1, in the head light bucket area?

I was wondering where the intake is too. And you have a point about seeing it in person. I hated the cbr1000 until I saw one at the dealer.

And that orange r6 is badass.

Thats what it looked like to me. :idk: I dont see anywhere else it could be. Tried to do the 360 view to look at it head on, but that's not working yet.

Electronic damper and weird suspension internal setup.

In keeping with this machine’s exceptional cornering ability and crisp handling, the all new aluminum frame has been designed to offer exceptional rigidity balance. The rear frame is now lightweight CF die-cast magnesium, contributing the optimum mass centralization. Suspension includes new SOQI front forks which use one of the tricks developed for our winning MotoGP bikes: independent damping. The left fork handles compression damping and the right side handles the rebound damping. And the rear shock adopts new bottom linkage for optimum suspension characteristics. Want even more? For the first time, R1 comes standard with an electronic steering damper.

Intake: The side fairing is smoother for a sleeker appearance. And, instead of the usual four bulb headlight design, the ’09 model now has only two projector-type bulbs mounted closer to the nose of the bike.

More R1 info...

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2008/...908yronelv.htm

looks like a zx10 slipped an 08 r1 the mikey and had its way and this is the bastard child that resulted...

It appears as though Yamaha cut a deal with NESBA too.

http://www.nesba.com/info/Yamaha.aspx

This is my next street ride! http://www.yamaha-motor.com/sport/pr...19/0/home.aspx

I can use my ZX6R for track days and work the highways in style...Forget about the R1/R6 track bias!

heh that eccentric firing order is a nasty looking setup. intakes appear to be in the headlights area. that white/red is sick. now we just gotta see what zuk does.

it looks like a gixxer