Somehwere around here there's a thread on that subject.
I just clearly recall the the bike was popular in the late 70's. Up until the then the Z1 dominated the streets. But after the advent of the Eleven things changed...hehehe.
I have a vivid memory of a warm summer night in 1979 on the street of a small west Texas town where I was raised. We were parked on the side of the street watching traffic go by...any one that understands small town life must remember the activity of "Draggin Main".
My friend and I were riding that night. He had a Z1...I had a Western Flyer wink wink. A black '79 Special came rolling down the street. We had never seen a Special before. Being it was night the thing looked extra mean. The guy had a Kerker 4-1 header and it sounded badd. He exclaimed "Oh my gosh....that's one of those new Yamaha 1100!" I poked him ..."yeah....go get him!" He looked me dead in the eye and said "Kiss my azz Griffin!"
Ah those were the good old days...when Yamaha was knee deep in the Cold War of muscle bikes. Now what are they doing? Building a Geritol Express affectionately referred to as a "Fudger" (FJR). I'm utterly dis-enchanted with Yamaha not steppin up to the plate to compete with Suzuki's Hay Bus and Kawasaki's ZX14. Of course those two entities have always been the leaders of the great "pissing contest".
Oh well...things change.
I just clearly recall the the bike was popular in the late 70's. Up until the then the Z1 dominated the streets. But after the advent of the Eleven things changed...hehehe.
I have a vivid memory of a warm summer night in 1979 on the street of a small west Texas town where I was raised. We were parked on the side of the street watching traffic go by...any one that understands small town life must remember the activity of "Draggin Main".
My friend and I were riding that night. He had a Z1...I had a Western Flyer wink wink. A black '79 Special came rolling down the street. We had never seen a Special before. Being it was night the thing looked extra mean. The guy had a Kerker 4-1 header and it sounded badd. He exclaimed "Oh my gosh....that's one of those new Yamaha 1100!" I poked him ..."yeah....go get him!" He looked me dead in the eye and said "Kiss my azz Griffin!"
Ah those were the good old days...when Yamaha was knee deep in the Cold War of muscle bikes. Now what are they doing? Building a Geritol Express affectionately referred to as a "Fudger" (FJR). I'm utterly dis-enchanted with Yamaha not steppin up to the plate to compete with Suzuki's Hay Bus and Kawasaki's ZX14. Of course those two entities have always been the leaders of the great "pissing contest".
Oh well...things change.
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