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- From: trsajo@eua.ericsson.se (Anders Johansson)
- Subject: Re: CBR900RR
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.120014.21128@eua.ericsson.se>
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- Organization: Ellemtel Telecom Systems Labs, Stockholm, Sweden
- References: <580.97.uupcb@compdyn.questor.org>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 12:00:14 GMT
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- In article uupcb@compdyn.questor.org, ryan.cousineau@compdyn.questor.org (Ryan Cousineau) writes:
- >
- > MI>RC-> Tacking on ABS isn't my idea of a hot new design, like
- > MI>RC-> the RC30 or even the CBR900, much less the GTS1000.
- >
- > MI> I wouldn't call the CBR900RR a new design. It's merely a refinement of
- > MI>existing designs. I can't think of a single item of new technology in the
- > MI>entire bike. It's quite conventional, really... just LIGHT, with an extreme
- > MI>emphasis on "mass centralization".
- >
- > Okay, now it's time for my exposition on the subject of what
- > constitutes a cool motorcycle. At the local motorcycle show, I had an
- > opportunity to talk with a representative of a product design firm (New
- > image? next image? ??) who have been working with KTM of late. I
- > commented to him that I thought that the most technically impressive
- > bike at the show was not the GTS, but rather the CBR900RR. I really mean
- > it. The GTS was neat for including virtually every current cool
- > motorcycle technology in one publicly available bike, but no so neat for
- > its dry weight of 533lbs. That's pathetic, even for a sport tourer, when
- > it has the lineage that this one does. The CBR is easily the motorcycle
- > that shows the most painstaking attention to design details of any bike
- > on the market today.
-
- Think again!
- New technology (GTS) is NEW, old technology (CBR) is, however refined. OLD.
- Then, of course, if you want performance right now, you are free to choose
- any bike you like, new or old!
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- The GTS and the CBR are of two different generations, the GTS is one of
- of the first of its generation, and the CBR one of the last(?) of its
- generation. That's it, a change of technology (GTS front suspension), that
- undoubtedly will need some time to reach the same level of refinement
- as the conventional front suspension. Therefore it is understandable that
- Yamaha chose to make the GTS the way it is.
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- In the not so far future though, I expect this new front suspension
- will take biking to new heights of excitement, and I am also expecting
- the now not so far away two wheel drive (almost impossible with conventional
- forks) to work wonders for my off-road riding!
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- Anders Johansson
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