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Originally Posted by Seeker
Everytime I look at the MT07 all I see is that enormous catalytic converter/silencer box, most pictures of the Yam are shown from the other side. The AL7's cat and silencer looks far more balanced to me.
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Must admit, I've never properly studied one in the flesh - mainly just seen pics, so was oblivious. Now I've found pics of the other side, yeah looks terrible.
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Originally Posted by Craig380
My AL7 has the blue tank with big white stripe, black frame & wheels. Suzuki's wheel paint is dog-egg, whatever the colour. I really like the look of the Gen 3s: the MT-07 is too 'Transformers' for me and the XSR just looks like it was dragged through a breakers' yard backwards. Oddly, I like the MT-09's styling.
I do love the original half-faired FZ, though.
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I probably broadly agree with all of that, though I was attempting irony when I suggested best mate "understands what a motorcycle should look like" as I don't remember a huge amount of praise for the rectangular headlighted FZ back in the day.
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Originally Posted by svenrico
Mine has blue wheels and they are staying that way !
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Hope you can keep them that way. The generally rough finish on the spokes and wheel centres of my 2018 AL8 is ideal for getting dirt ingrained, (so on the assumption yours is the same) bluey / browny / grey will probably be easily achieved and much harder to remedy if you're not careful.
For that reason I'd already toyed with the idea of getting them powder coated at some point as a much better finish is guaranteed and black is always a strong contender on any bike (so much easier than trying to get a colour match to the frame in the case of my SV).
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Originally Posted by svenrico
It's all a matter of opinion of course but I can't stand so called tail tidies which spoil the look of any bike I think.
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I'm not crazy about them either, but generally consider them the lesser of two evils, as I consider sticking the number plate a foot out of the back of the bike on some weird sort of reverse beak does a pretty good job of spoiling alot of bikes straight out of the factory.
I suspect I'm not alone in this, hence the relatively modern phenomenon of the roaring trade in "tail tidies" . I would FAR rather manufacturers just tucked the number plate under the rear light like they generally did through most of the 70s / 80s / 90s.....
To take a bike launched the year before I started riding in 1986 (and still made today) The GSXR750:
2003 GSXR750 :
Number plate neatly and unobtrusively tucked under the rear light, in a manner pretty similar to all of the previous GSXRs going back to 1985. I mean why would you ever even consider doing anything else?
2015 GSXR750
WTF??
