Wow, this looks great. Straight out of some sci-fi anime I absolutely love motorcycles. Sadly, most people into seem to be in the game just for the sound alone. I have very, very strong feelings about the vast majority of this "community" and cannot wait for electric to take over. Sorry for the rant. I have to endure a lot of racers during all hours. It's hardly pleasent
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#12Earlier quoted context omitted.
Their petrol motorbikes are absolutely wonderful machines, I can't wait for their transition into electric!
I'm not so sure, the engines are great but they cheap out on suspensions lately. I had an MT09 Tracer that was wobbly as f. in curves and on stright lines at high speed. The rear shock was just too loose. Same for the MT07 since 2014.
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#13I can’t wait for electric motorbikes to be more diverse and advanced. I used to be a “my loud exhaust helps me to be seen” kinda guy. Until one day, sat in standstill traffic in my car on the M74 motorway just outside Glasgow, a rider on a BMW S1000XR, with the same loud exhaust as on mine, filtered past the window and I didn’t hear him until he was level with my rear passenger door. Exhausts sound great, i love the…
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#14Woah, cpunk as fuark Good luck getting that approved for street use in the EU but what a beauty. I wish there were driving videos available, I'll patiently wait
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#17Oh man, this looks cool but the writing took me right out of the announcement. I don't usually notice bad writing, but this prose seems purpler than usual.
The original text is reasonable as Japanese advertising copy, but advertising copy usually shouldn’t be translated. Instead, it should be written anew in each target language, sometimes with different content and graphics.
I worked freelance for twenty years translating Japanese to English, often advertising copy like this. Though I did my best, I was rarely satisfied with the result unless I was able to work closely with the Japanese client and write something original in English that met their needs and was appropriate for the target audience. Most clients didn’t have enough time, money, or awareness of the drawbacks of direct translation to make that possible.
[1] https://global.yamaha-motor.com/jp/design_technology/design/...
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#19Wow, this looks great. Straight out of some sci-fi anime I absolutely love motorcycles. Sadly, most people into seem to be in the game just for the sound alone. I have very, very strong feelings about the vast majority of this "community" and cannot wait for electric to take over. Sorry for the rant. I have to endure a lot of racers during all hours. It's hardly pleasent
Also looking forward to ride electric. Currently, the range sadly doesn't enable what I want to do with my bike - ride it out of town, to the mountains, where there is no infrastructure. But hopefully soon. For inner city commuting, electric bikes are already a great fit - prices are the only problem left.
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#20Wow, this looks great. Straight out of some sci-fi anime I absolutely love motorcycles. Sadly, most people into seem to be in the game just for the sound alone. I have very, very strong feelings about the vast majority of this "community" and cannot wait for electric to take over. Sorry for the rant. I have to endure a lot of racers during all hours. It's hardly pleasent