Australian Motorcyclist — December 2017

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bike. Yamaha said it has the same

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riding had been run in better?

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would soon be on the front page of

the newspaper and my new home

would be one of those with bars on

the windows and guard towers on

the corners, but that’s the appeal of

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makes you feel a bit naughty... just

don’t get caught. The other great

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coming out of the exhaust and boy

will it sound tough!

Ergonomics are very comfortable

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would make a great tourer. This

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it’s essentially the same, bar the

material on the seat. Rumours are

that Yamaha will release a touring

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future. All you really need to make

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panniers and you’re set. Also,

that little hump in the seat is well

and truly welcome; it could even

do with being a little larger as the

acceleration is so intense that this

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• silver with blue highlights, or
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  number of onlookers said they love
  the blue wheels. One particularly
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  man, they really pop!” I’m sure he
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  might be a little polarising: you’ll