When the R3 shows up, expect Ninja prices to hit $4999 (or $5999 on Kijiji after a year).
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Yamaha R3 is here!
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When the R3 shows up, expect Ninja prices to hit $4999 (or $5999 on Kijiji after a year).
There is no reason why the RC390 should cost more than an R3, and lots of reasons why it should cost much less, starting with the fact that it's a single made by Bajaj in India.
This guy thinks $5299.
http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2013/07/ktm-announces-rc390-sportbike-coming-to-america/
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Dresden
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http://www.motorcycledaily.com/2013/07/ktm-announces-rc390-sportbike-coming-to-america/
motorcycle-usa said:
Headlight looking better in different pictures:
sid_for_speed
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Yamaha, WTF...why are they using the same blue color as Suzuki? They really should have this R3 in the traditional Yammie racing colors of awesomeness..
Yamaha, factory color is dark blue...
..now, tell me where can I get the bike in your pic?
Yamaha, factory color is dark blue...
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That's only because Movistar sponsors them. The real racing colors are yellow and black bricks, I. E. Kenny Roberts.
Suzuki blue or Yamaha blue? Talk to Kawasaki, who got stuck with a ton of unsold blue Kawis a few years ago.
Because even non bikers know kawi's are green.
Yamaha, factory color is dark blue...
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That's only because Movistar sponsors them. The real racing colors are yellow and black bricks, I. E. Kenny Roberts.
Actually yellow and black is the team colours of Kenny Roberts. When the factory Yamaha team was run by Kenny (1989?) they went with Kenny's colours.
When the factory fielded a team the colours were red and white.
When Ago had the factory team the colours were red and white (Marlboro).
There was once a system of colours that would identify the country of origin. Japan was white with a red sun. (in this system white is the same as silver... that's why Hondas were silver).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_auto_racing_colors
The yellow bikes were in the 70s before they pimped out to Malboro. They had no major sponsor at that time.
When Roberts took over factory Yamaha, he used Malboro colors with Lawson and Rainey.
Yamaha switched from Red/White to Yellow/Black in the 70s, but when they made the commemorative bikes a few years ago, they used the yellow/black and red/white.
Yamaha sold RD350s with those colors.
When Roberts took over factory Yamaha, he used Malboro colors with Lawson and Rainey.
Yamaha switched from Red/White to Yellow/Black in the 70s, but when they made the commemorative bikes a few years ago, they used the yellow/black and red/white.
Yamaha sold RD350s with those colors.
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