It’s a FAT pig. But it didn’t cost them anything to engineer.

That side number plate looks fcuking stupid. Can I say fcuking? Sorry Sean. I don’t mean to stink up your page. But damn. Who thought that was a good idea?

And if you need a little more...

@klurejr This:

Do you think at this stage of their careers any of these guys are more motivated by money than ego? They are all obscenely rich bastards. None of them is concerned about paying the garbage bill at the end of the month.

Yamaha had already won the contructor’s title and the team title and one of their riders was going to win the championship. Honda had already lost. Do you know Rossi’s history with HRC? How he snubbed them in his final season on their bike and moved to Yamaha the next season and took the title on a brand new machine?…

Hmmm... a Scrambler that’s “a bit problematic on broken pavement or other rough surfaces.” There is a Willy Wonka meme in here somewhere.

My Ducati raped my wallet. But it was worth every dead president.

Rossi finishes high enough that he wins the championship... ROSSI WINS! Rossi is the greatest of all time!

Rossi doesn’t finish high enough, Lorenzo wins the championship, only because of the intervention of Marquez... ROSSI WINS! Rossi is the greatest of all time!

Rossi fails to win his 10th world championship, it…

Starting at the back of the grid could be the best thing for Rossi. It wouldn’t give any excuse for Marquez to lag behind. Dani is fully capable of riding faster than Lorenzo. And Rossi shouldn’t have too much trouble making his way to 6th. And winning the championship.

He ran into Rossi at Assen too. It didn’t go the way he planned that time either.

Therefore your headline is wrong. Son.

Now you you do :-)

Do you know which rider is which?

Dude. We can have both! My assessment is only that I believe the XSR700 will be a better bike. For me. If you want to spend another +/-$2K on an (most likely) inferior apportioned and performing motorcycle to look at then by all means please do. I’ll take the less expensive easier to maintain model that’s lighter and…

The other thing about aesthetics is that it’s an opportunity to do some true customization rather than just bolting on the same pre-made from the factory kit that everyone else has.

Let’s think of it as a modern standard that doesn’t look like an insect.

Yeah, but... 100lbs lighter, more or less the same power, probably better suspension and brakes, longer maintenance intervals, probably a lower sticker price... if Yamaha doesn’t bring that bike to the US they are dumb. I’m kind of over European bikes. I need something that I an rack up 15-20K miles a year on without…

XSR700 please.

This is even better than Megaforce!