Yamaha FZ-09 2014 First Look
Rumors of a
three-cylinder replacement for Yamaha’s crossplane YZF-R1 started at
Intermot last year with an inscrutable exhibit promising new motorcycles
with a “crossplane” inline-triple. It was a tease, of course, making us
wonder just what the Tuning Fork guys had in mind, and what, exactly,
they meant by a “crossplane” triple. Except for a few Laverdas, aren’t
they all?
We have it on good
authority that when a new R1 comes—probably for ’14, as Yamaha hinted
that more new models will be introduced in September—it almost certainly
won’t have three-abreast seating. Whether it’s closer to Lorenzo’s
daily driver or the current R1 remains to be seen.
And what of the triple? Here it is in the 2014 Yamaha FZ-09, a
naked standard to replace the FZ1-derived FZ8. But not to replace the
FZ1, which has been largely unchanged since moving into its second
generation way back in 2006. Supposedly, the FZ1 will continue into the
’14 model year.
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