New Yammy R25 and good Tokyo stuff

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CafeRay

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Very slowly introduced by Rossi. 250 parallel twin.

They also announced an XV950 Cafe Racer -this is the old Virago engine which has been stuck in ugly cruisers forever, but was made iconic by Greg Hageman.
Hopefully, it won't be just a bigger Bolt.

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I actually spoke to Hageman. He can build one of those Viragos for under ten grand, including the cost of the donor bike.
He's now selling the rear sub-frame, seat on eBay, and the tank is a Benelli Mohave repro.

Japan is finally starting to pay attention to these custom builders, because they are generating more ideas than some guy on a CAD machine.
 
my son will own this bike once he reaches riding age in a few years!
 
A manufacturer needs to make a bike like this with a detuned 450cc single. I would be all over that like stink on ****.
 
CafeRay said:
They also announced an XV950 Cafe Racer -this is the old Virago engine which has been stuck in ugly cruisers forever, but was made iconic by Greg Hageman.
Hopefully, it won't be just a bigger Bolt.
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??
But the XV950 is the Bolt.
Do Bolt and Virago have the same engine?
 
CafeRay said:
Bolt engine is derived from the Viragos.

The model is XV950 Cafe, which is supposed to be different from the 950 Bolt Cruiser.
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Really? I thought the Bolt motor was derived from the newer V-Star 950 motor. Different bore and stroke, anyway. The various Viragos served as the starting points for the V-Stars. Who knows though. 125, 250, 400, 500, 535, 650, 750, 920, 1000 and 1100 (and unrelated 1300) displacements start to blur what's derived from what.
 
MarcosSantiago said:
I want that! My coworker emailed Toronto BMW and he is getting his deposit ready... I hope he can afford it and buys it. At $17,000 I know I won't, so my only chance to ride it is if he lends it to me...
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It's a pretty vanilla design standard bike. BMW expects owner to fork out $18-20K, then buy another $5K in accessories to make the bike distinctive.
This works for Harley as well. I just don't see the value.
 
CafeRay said:
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If you're looking for a fix it might be a yawner but as a motorcycle to ride around on it'll be more than fine. What's it lacking?
 
CafeRay said:
Bolt engine is derived from the Viragos.

The model is XV950 Cafe, which is supposed to be different from the 950 Bolt Cruiser.
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Here are the photos - the cafe bike that Yamaha presented at the Tokyo show is just a Bolt... done in the cafe style... the engine is not bigger, it is just the same Bolt that was introduced earlier this year, with plenty of custom bits...

http://www.autoblog.com/2013/11/22/cafe-racer-motorcycle-yamaha-honda-bmw-tokyo-2013/
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