2008 Yamaha Raider S

Hi All,

Check out this bike - beautiful!!!

http://www.starmotorcycles.com/star/products/modelhome/587/0/home.aspx

I hope Yamaha release it in Australia. I read somewhere it's only
being released in the USA but Yamaha haven't released their 2008
models here yet (as far as I know).

Armand

 

Must be a new definition of the word "beautiful" that I'm not familiar
with...

 

try this well

"beauty is in the eye of the beholder"

 

How about this?

"In a pig's eye"...

 

Interesting in that for the yank market they are not Yamahas, but
'Star' motorcycles. No sign of Yamaha badging on the bikes.

Bill_h

 

some of the customs on that page look cool if you are into that sort of
thing

 

Looks like a Chinese copy of a Softail that's had something large
dropped on it. Who's doing their styling, Hyundai?

 

I read somewhere it's only being released in the USA

theres a reason for that, americans have no taste in bikes, look at
the 4000ton shitheap cruisers they all lap out on with no brakes, no
handling and no looks..

FFS.. they would sell 1 in aust.

 

what like a harley rider????

 

You've been looking at my pictures...

 

2006 Australian bike sales figures

Honda CBR1000RR 901
Harley-Davidson FXST 891
Honda CBR600RR 883
Yamaha YZF-R6 818
Suzuki GSX-R1000 704
Honda VT750C 701
Yamaha YZF-R1 695
Yamaha XVS650 633
Harley-Davidson FLSTF 572
Harley-Davidson FXD 542
Yamaha XVS1100 493
Suzuki GSX-R750 492
Suzuki GSX-R600 482
Harley-Davidson XL883 479
Kawasaki ZX-10R 455
Kawasaki ZX-6R 358

it seems Australians have no taste in bikes either.

Nev..

 

I could be wrong, have been, are and will be again, but unreg dirt
bikes out sell reg road bikes by two fold if I read correctly
somewhere

it was the biggest seller thought


mh

 

ok.. a cut and paste from
http://www.mcnews.com.au/NewsArchives/2006/sales_year/comment.htm

Honda CT110X 2363
Yamaha PW50 1868
Yamaha WR450F 1847
Honda CRF450X 1516
Honda CRF230F 1480
Honda CRF50F 1479
Honda CRF250R 1327
Honda CRF450R 1318
Yamaha TT-R50EV 1270
Suzuki DR-Z400E 1264
Yamaha YZ450F 1203
Yamaha YZ250F 1189
Yamaha TT-R230 1172
Yamaha WR250F 1129
Yamaha PW80 1106
Yamaha TT-R125 1053
Yamaha TT-R90 1013
Bug Jive 1002
Honda NVS50 996
Honda TRX350TM 941
Honda CRF150F 918
Honda CRF80F 916
KTM 525 EXC 912
Honda CBR1000RR 901
Harley-Davidson FXST 891
Honda TRX250TM 885
Honda CBR600RR 883
Honda CRF70F 881
Hyosung GT250R 878
KTM 450 EXC 847
Kawasaki EX250-F 841
Yamaha YZF-R6 818
Honda TRX400FA 785
Vmoto Monza JP50 775
Honda CRF100F 754
Kawasaki KLX250 752
Suzuki LT50 736
Suzuki GSX-R1000 704
Honda VT750C 701
Yamaha YZF-R1 695
Yamaha TT-R250 689
Suzuki DR650SE 647
Yamaha XV250 641
Kawasaki KX450 641
Vmoto Milan Jx50 637
Yamaha YZ250 634
Yamaha XVS650 633
Honda CRF250X 625
Yamaha CV50 617
Bolwell Jolie 598
Honda SCV100 595
KTM 250 SXF 589
Honda XR400R 582
Yamaha YFM350FA 580
Harley-Davidson FLSTF 572
Honda CBR1100XX 562
Honda TRX500FM 557
Harley-Davidson FXD 542
Honda VTR250 537
Yamaha YFM350A 525
Honda CR250R 500
Yamaha XVS1100 493
Suzuki GSX-R750 492
Suzuki GSX-R600 482
Honda CBF250 482
Honda TRX350FM 481
Harley-Davidson XL883 479
KTM 65 SX 473
Polaris ATP 330 459
Harley-Davidson FLSTC 455
Kawasaki ZX-10R 455
Honda XR250R 454
Yamaha YFM250 449
KTM 85 SX 445
Vespa GTS 250 417
Triumph Speed Master 405
Vmoto Monaco V1 JR125 393
Harley-Davidson FXSTB 383
Suzuki DL650 382
Suzuki GS500F 363
Hyosung GV250 359
Kawasaki ZX-6R 358
Honda VTR1000F 349
Suzuki GSX1400 332
Bolwell Gelati 331
Suzuki VL250 325
Honda CB900F 325
Triumph Sprint ST 315
Suzuki GSF1200S 306
BMW R 1200 GS 295
Honda VFR800 290
Triumph Daytona 675 282
Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa 264
Yamaha FJR1300A 263
Suzuki GS500 248
Yamaha XT250 245
Kawasaki EX250-H 237
Triumph Speed Triple 230
Kawasaki ER650 224
Triumph Bonneville 900 214
BMW R 1200 RT 202
Yamaha FZ-6S 199
Yamaha DT175 196
Honda CB250 189
Kawasaki KL650-A 177
BMW R 1200 GS Adventure 173
Kawasaki KLE500 173
Suzuki DR-Z400SM 168
Yamaha FZ6-N 167
Buell XB12S 164
Suzuki GSX750F 162
Yamaha FZ-1S 151
BMW F 650 GS 147
Suzuki SV1000S 141
Honda ST1300 139
Yamaha FZ-1N 138
Triumph Tiger 127
Yamaha TW200 120
Honda XL 650 V 120
Honda GL1800 113
KTM 640 ESM 112
BMW F 650 GS Dakar 110
Suzuki DL1000 109
Yamaha XT660 106
BMW K 1200 GT 94
Honda NT700V 89
Honda XR650L 80
Honda NT650V 77
Kawasaki KL250-H 76
Harley-Davidson FLHRCI 75
Harley-Davidson FLHTCUI 69
Harley-Davidson FLHRC 49
Aprilia SXV5.5 32
KTM 950 ESM 31
Husqvarna SM610 28
KTM 625 SMC 25
Husaberg FS650E 23
Husqvarna SM450R 23
Husqvarna SM510R 16
KTM 560 SMR 8

 

The data I posted was (obviously) not a complete list of all bike sales
in Australia. It's an extract from the top 10 cruisers and sports bikes
sales to illustrate a point... and there I was thinking that Biggus
would be the only one who didn't get it.

Nev..

 

Honda CBR1000RR 901

Yea, selective data.. Mine looks better now doesnt it... 2 out of 7
are sports bikes.

 

Yes, it was selective data. It showed that a variety of American (and
Japanese) cruisers are more popular than some of the most popular
Japanese sports bikes... and the most popular H-D outsells all but one
of the most popular Japanese sports bikes, and only just misses out on
pipping it by 10 units. Your list above only serves to emphasise that.

Nev..

 

Yeah. There's not a single FJR among those figures.

Nor a Guzzi, I notice.
---
Cheers

PeterC [aka MildThing]


'01 Yamaha FJR1300

www.dmcsc.org.au
http://eladesom.com.au/ulysses/
# 37181

 

So it says that jap sports bikes are the most popular anyway you wish
to play.
one against one, or add up all the sports bikes in that list, and then
add up the "cruisers/boatanchors" and you still see a trend. what is
that?

 

G-S wrote:

You are right.

It's just the folk who put the figures together ignore the postie, even
tho it is consistently the top selling bike. Bloody snobs!

regards,
CrazyCam

 

What happened to your "they would sell 1 in Australia" statement? don't
wish to repeat it ? Go on.

Nev..