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Title: Yamaha's Dual purpose TW
Post by: VTNewb on September 20, 2005, 06:07:22 PM
Look at the sheer size of that rear tire  :?

http://www.yamaha-motor.com/sport/products/modelhome/10/0/home.aspx

I'd ride that beast.
Title: Yamaha's Dual purpose TW
Post by: RVertigo on September 20, 2005, 06:18:35 PM
Almost like a chopper tire. :)

I thought they used skinny tires on off-roaders for a reason...
Title: Yamaha's Dual purpose TW
Post by: GeeP on September 20, 2005, 07:00:26 PM
They use those in the MSF course in IL.  Pretty fun to ride, but really jerky clutches.  Many had trouble doing the box on the TW's.  I didn't get the do the course on the TW though.  I got to pop the cherry of a brand new Rebel 250.  WooHoo!   :lol:  :mrgreen:
Title: Yamaha's Dual purpose TW
Post by: oppy00 on September 20, 2005, 08:28:08 PM
That thing is hideous!  It looks like a tiny moguloid dirtbike with a tractor tire on the back.  




I want one! :)


That would be fun as all get out, with all the dirt road and logging roads around here in South GA.  Not to mention the looks I'd get commuting to school on it. :thumb:
Title: Yamaha's Dual purpose TW
Post by: callmelenny on September 21, 2005, 10:49:59 AM
You could have some real fun riding in the dunes on that thing.

Just have to be careful not to break your coccyx in the process. :lol:
Title: Yamaha's Dual purpose TW
Post by: Jake D on September 21, 2005, 10:52:41 AM
There's a lot about Grandma you don't know.

The whole dual purpose thing doesn't really get me going.  I do like the new BMW HP2.  That is pretty wild, but at $20K?  Not that wild.
Title: Yamaha's Dual purpose TW
Post by: Roadstergal on September 21, 2005, 11:10:41 AM
That tire isn't broad and flat, like a chopper tire.  It's got tread all of the way up the side while still having a skinny footprint; it'd be great in deep mud.

OK, it goes on the B-day list. :)
Title: Yamaha's Dual purpose TW
Post by: Stephen072774 on September 21, 2005, 11:10:55 AM
I am seriously considering replacing my totalled gs with a dual sport.  the drz400sm is calling me I think...

I don't need to go fast, I don't do long trips either.  I sometimes wish I had a dirt bike or atv for trail riding and camping, but i would like to have a bike to commute a short distance to work.  A street-legal dual sport seems to be the right answer for me.
Title: Yamaha's Dual purpose TW
Post by: davipu on September 21, 2005, 11:20:00 AM
you know Rg, I think you could flat foot the tw.
Title: Yamaha's Dual purpose TW
Post by: Roadstergal on September 21, 2005, 11:42:09 AM
I'm a little tippytoe on the DRZ200.
Title: Yamaha's Dual purpose TW
Post by: davipu on September 21, 2005, 12:01:41 PM
it has a 31 inch seat hight.
Title: Yamaha's Dual purpose TW
Post by: Roadstergal on September 21, 2005, 12:30:32 PM
Just a little lower than the DRZ200.  It's normally too high for me, but with a bike that narrow and that light, I can do it.  OK, I'll take one.
Title: Yamaha's Dual purpose TW
Post by: davipu on September 21, 2005, 12:31:38 PM
so what are you going to trade in on it?
Title: Yamaha's Dual purpose TW
Post by: RVertigo on September 21, 2005, 12:32:04 PM
BURGER!!!
Title: Yamaha's Dual purpose TW
Post by: Roadstergal on September 21, 2005, 12:32:47 PM
Well, if Aaron doesn't buy my GS when I'm done fixing it...   :)
Title: Yamaha's Dual purpose TW
Post by: Roadstergal on September 21, 2005, 12:34:25 PM
I'm keeping the Burger.  *swat*
Title: Yamaha's Dual purpose TW
Post by: davipu on September 21, 2005, 12:42:37 PM
you need to sticker up the burger
Title: Yamaha's Dual purpose TW
Post by: Roadstergal on September 21, 2005, 12:45:15 PM
There's a Fatburger down the street from me.  I need to take a pic in front of it.
Title: Yamaha's Dual purpose TW
Post by: RVertigo on September 21, 2005, 12:49:52 PM
Quote from: RoadstergalI'm keeping the Burger.  *swat*
:(   But it's soooooo ugly.

:(
Title: Yamaha's Dual purpose TW
Post by: Roadstergal on September 21, 2005, 12:58:48 PM
It's not all about looks, you know.   :)
Title: Yamaha's Dual purpose TW
Post by: VTNewb on September 21, 2005, 01:23:28 PM
If I didn't already have a dirt bike I'd love that TW. I deal with mud so often those ties would rock. Hell, it could play in the snow!
Title: Yamaha's Dual purpose TW
Post by: natedawg120 on September 21, 2005, 05:34:21 PM
I like it....a lot.  It would be great for romping through the forrests on the acres that my friend owns up in fredericksburg.
Title: Yamaha's Dual purpose TW
Post by: RVertigo on September 22, 2005, 03:11:04 PM
Quote from: RoadstergalIt's not all about looks, you know.   :)
Did you just call me ugly? :lol:
Title: Yamaha's Dual purpose TW
Post by: Roadstergal on September 22, 2005, 03:28:15 PM
Of course not!

And it's not all about the size of the rear tire, either.   :mrgreen:
Title: Yamaha's Dual purpose TW
Post by: RVertigo on September 22, 2005, 03:29:27 PM
Quote from: RoadstergalAnd it's not all about the size of the rear tire, either.   :mrgreen:
Have you been talking to my wife?   :lol:  :lol:  :lol:
Title: Yamaha's Dual purpose TW
Post by: VTNewb on September 22, 2005, 04:15:20 PM
You crazy seattle folk   :lol:  :lol:
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