2017 YAMAHA FZ-10 FIRST LOOK Naked version of the latest-generation R1 makes it to the United States as a 2017 model When Yamaha announced that it was selling an R1-based sport naked for the European market in 2016, we felt left out. Bastards! How could they do this to us, we wondered? But the reality is that in this age of global markets, there was still a good chance that U.S. buyers would get this new sportbike that uses a version of the current generation “CP4” (cross-plane four-cylinder) engine. This is not an engine repurposed from a mothballed couple-gen-old model, a la the FZ1. Well, guess what? Not only is Yamaha bringing the FZ-10 into the States as a 2017 model, but it goes on sale this month, like, as in any day now. ON SALE: Now BASE PRICE: $12,999 DRIVETRAIN: 998-cc inline four, six-speed manual transmission OUTPUT: Around 150 hp at the wheels, maybe? CURB WEIGHT: 463 pounds wet (mfg.) PROS: Near-superbi...
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