yamaha need to sort out the prices on new bikes

[chaparral02]

In 95 I bought an 18mnth old CBR600, 3000 miles on the clock, mint condition for 4800 from the dealer.  I sold it 18mnths later after adding 10,000 miles to it for 4600 privately.  Prices were rising.

In 1989 i bought a brandnew GPX600R from my local kawasaki dealer and it cost me £3150

[pitternator]

yes VNA...how do they do it ! ...it dont sit with your argument  does it !..

just maybe this ewan and charlie thing has changed the bike market enuff permanently, maybe sportsbikes may never be as popular again...but Yam in particular doesnt have themodel  range to compete in the current market , without slashing prices.ie sell on price alone  Given market realities, that wont happen, hence why I say they are sitting on the fence right now, unwilling to do too much r & d.IMO it is just now a road biased gen3 fazer could pick up some good sales, but would cost too much to develop for them to do it.Sadly the fazer could even be phased out?..however as Yam are still happy to make the even older FJR...who knows !