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* Yamaha, what are you thinking?Bruce Horrocks
+- Yamaha, what are you thinking?chrisnd @ukrm
+- Yamaha, what are you thinking?YTC#1
+* Yamaha, what are you thinking?Turby
|`- Yamaha, what are you thinking?Bruce Horrocks
`- Yamaha, what are you thinking?Mike Fleming

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Yamaha, what are you thinking?

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From: 07....@scorecrow.com (Bruce Horrocks)
Newsgroups: uk.rec.motorcycles
Subject: Yamaha, what are you thinking?
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 23:47:18 +0100
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 by: Bruce Horrocks - Thu, 13 Apr 2023 22:47 UTC

Back in 2017/18 Yamaha demo'd a prototype, electric, self-balancing
motorbike

<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjDh2jerYbE> and
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Lx0ZJGgsFs>

I can only assume that the pandemic and global downturn has resulted in
some R&D budget cutbacks because the latest is this:

<https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/new-tech/yamaha-self-balancing-motorbike/>

It's kind of: "Tony Stark, we can't afford a new Iron-man suit so try a
pair of Nora Batty's surgical support stockings instead."

--
Bruce Horrocks
FJR1300AS

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From: chri...@privacy.net (chrisnd @ukrm)
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Subject: Re: Yamaha, what are you thinking?
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 by: chrisnd @ukrm - Fri, 14 Apr 2023 11:57 UTC

On 13/04/2023 23:47, Bruce Horrocks wrote:
> Back in 2017/18 Yamaha demo'd a prototype, electric, self-balancing
> motorbike
>
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjDh2jerYbE> and
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Lx0ZJGgsFs>

So they only just discovered stabilisers?
:-)

Chris
--
The Deuchars BBB#40 COFF#14
Yamaha XV750SE & Suzuki GS550t
http://www.Deuchars.org.uk

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From: bdp...@ytc1-spambin.co.uk (YTC#1)
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Subject: Re: Yamaha, what are you thinking?
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 15:23:04 +0100
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 by: YTC#1 - Fri, 14 Apr 2023 14:23 UTC

On 13/04/2023 23:47, Bruce Horrocks wrote:
> Back in 2017/18 Yamaha demo'd a prototype, electric, self-balancing
> motorbike
>
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjDh2jerYbE> and
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Lx0ZJGgsFs>
>
> I can only assume that the pandemic and global downturn has resulted in
> some R&D budget cutbacks because the latest is this:
>
> <https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/new-tech/yamaha-self-balancing-motorbike/>
>
> It's kind of: "Tony Stark, we can't afford a new Iron-man suit so try a
> pair of Nora Batty's surgical support stockings instead."
>

IT's MCN.
Maybe TOG is trolling from beyond the grave?

--
Bruce Porter
"The internet is a huge and diverse community but mainly friendly"
http://ytc1.blogspot.co.uk/
There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/

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From: xsu...@xmail.com (Turby)
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Subject: Re: Yamaha, what are you thinking?
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2023 15:49:26 -0700
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 by: Turby - Sat, 15 Apr 2023 22:49 UTC

On 4/13/2023 3:47 PM, Bruce Horrocks wrote:
> Back in 2017/18 Yamaha demo'd a prototype, electric, self-balancing
> motorbike
>
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjDh2jerYbE> and
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Lx0ZJGgsFs>
>
"No! I don't wanna go down that road! I'm going this way!"

--
The erstwhile Thomas
FJR1300, R1200GS & ST1100 (in memoriam)

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From: 07....@scorecrow.com (Bruce Horrocks)
Newsgroups: uk.rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Yamaha, what are you thinking?
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 by: Bruce Horrocks - Sun, 16 Apr 2023 11:45 UTC

On 15/04/2023 23:49, Turby wrote:
> On 4/13/2023 3:47 PM, Bruce Horrocks wrote:
>> Back in 2017/18 Yamaha demo'd a prototype, electric, self-balancing
>> motorbike
>>
>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjDh2jerYbE> and
>> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Lx0ZJGgsFs>
>>
> "No! I don't wanna go down that road! I'm going this way!"

Heh. Like a grumpy horse, it might decide to buck you off by doing a
full rotation of the battery pack! :-)

--
Bruce Horrocks
FJR1300AS

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From: mik...@tauzero.co.uk (Mike Fleming)
Newsgroups: uk.rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: Yamaha, what are you thinking?
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 by: Mike Fleming - Tue, 18 Apr 2023 09:21 UTC

On 13/04/2023 23:47, Bruce Horrocks wrote:
> Back in 2017/18 Yamaha demo'd a prototype, electric, self-balancing
> motorbike
>
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjDh2jerYbE> and
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Lx0ZJGgsFs>
>
> I can only assume that the pandemic and global downturn has resulted in
> some R&D budget cutbacks because the latest is this:
>
> <https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/new-tech/yamaha-self-balancing-motorbike/>
>
> It's kind of: "Tony Stark, we can't afford a new Iron-man suit so try a
> pair of Nora Batty's surgical support stockings instead."

I love the way that the original looks like it's powered by giant AA
batteries.

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