• Hi everyone,

    As you all know, Coffee (Dean) passed away a couple of years ago. I am Dean's ex-wife's husband and happen to have spent my career in tech. Over the years, I occasionally helped Dean with various tech issues.

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Not a Nuda but...

An even firing 3 cyl will not have any of the benefits of the crossplane idea. Even firing is.......normal. There is no crossplane advantage here unless I am missing it?

The R1 has a true moto gp inspired crossplane crank with uneven firing that makes the most beautiful inline 4 sound I have heard. Simply amazing. The triples are just....normal?
 
jimmyc said:
stripped down like this?
I agree , it doesn't have to be pretty to be fun!
My holigan /naked bike. no instruments, some lights and go!
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Nice looking duc! :) The black forks and magura? brakes are awesome. Or are those the lockhart phillips?
 
huskylove said:
An even firing 3 cyl will not have any of the benefits of the crossplane idea. Even firing is.......normal. There is no crossplane advantage here unless I am missing it?

The R1 has a true moto gp inspired crossplane crank with uneven firing that makes the most beautiful inline 4 sound I have heard. Simply amazing. The triples are just....normal?
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I'm not here to argue crossplane or not. Only reason I listed it is Yamaha listed it that way.
 
Hahaa, No no no, I am DEFINITELY not trying to argue! I am just curious as to why they are calling it a crossplane crank. I just want to be informed :)


That is why I was asking if I am missing anything?

I kind of think its a marketing gimmick. The 700cc twin looks promising.
 
Motosportz said:
FZ-09 $7900, 115hp, 414 pounds, some fancy cross plane crank design that makes it smooth and fast.

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Crossplane or not, these guys make it look very smooth and real fast :D

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvQAHA1PNK4

I think it replaced the KTM SMT on the top of my list....but I'm not sure :thinking: definitely need to test ride one
 
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