{"id":155566,"date":"2016-11-07T10:41:26","date_gmt":"2016-11-07T00:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/?p=155566"},"modified":"2016-11-07T10:41:26","modified_gmt":"2016-11-07T00:41:26","slug":"2016-movistar-yamaha-r3-get-your-motogp-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/2016-movistar-yamaha-r3-get-your-motogp-on\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 MOVISTAR YAMAHA R3 \u2013 GET YOUR MOTOGP ON"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oh to be 17 again.<\/p>\n<p>Fearless, bulletproof\u2026attractive to babes\u2026sigh\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, being 17 these days is not like being 17 when I was 17.<\/p>\n<p>When I was 17, you made your motorcycle bones on vicious fire-breathing Jap 1100s. Or you died.<\/p>\n<p>Happy days.<\/p>\n<p>Today, our feckless youths have been constrained by the State to straddle LAMs.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_155586\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-155586\" class=\"wp-image-155586 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/227.jpg\" alt=\"2\" width=\"620\" height=\"969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/227.jpg 620w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/227-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/227-224x350.jpg 224w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/227-600x938.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/227-300x469.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-155586\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Racing clay, ladies. It&#8217;s the new black.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>They make whatever bones they have to make on bikes that are in every way more friendly and useable than a GPZ1100 with the entire Moriwaki catalogue fitted to it (May you rest in peace, Scotty).<\/p>\n<p>I kinda feel a bit sorry for them. It must be really hard to look, ride and sound like a road-demon on a LAMs bike, huh?<\/p>\n<p>So if I was 17 again right now, and hell-bent on riding motorcycles, I would be looking for something that\u2019s got a bit of\u2026um, swag (is that the term?).<\/p>\n<p>Something that\u2019s got a bit of sass.<\/p>\n<p>So how about a Yamaha R3 with a full race-system on it painted up in Movistar MotoGP colours?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_155594\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-155594\" class=\"wp-image-155594 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/146.jpg\" alt=\"14\" width=\"620\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/146.jpg 620w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/146-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/146-565x350.jpg 565w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/146-600x372.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-155594\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Just like Rossi, only heaps slower and fatter. And poorer.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Yeah, I reckon I\u2019d have me some of that. Hell, I might even buy a Lorenzo replica helmet from Shark, or an AGV replica lid from AGV and watch the damp undies just pile up at my feet.<\/p>\n<p>The normal R3 is a superb LAMs bike. You may view my soliloquy to its Learner glory in this video.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zs4yMU9dPnw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It offers the beginner excellent ride characteristics \u2013 the brakes, the handling, the riding position, the ease with which you ride it, the confidence it offers to the unsure, and the forgiveness it provides to the hesitant, are all top-notch.<\/p>\n<p>But paint it up in MotoGP colours (Yamaha did this because George and Vale brought the constructor\u2019s MotoGP title home last year), stick a serious Akrapovic sound-system on it, and suddenly it\u2019s quite special. Not that it\u2019s gonna give you more horsies. It will, but only maybe three or four.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_155611\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-155611\" class=\"wp-image-155611 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/611.jpg\" alt=\"6\" width=\"620\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/611.jpg 620w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/611-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/611-531x350.jpg 531w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/611-600x396.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-155611\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is where the song of your people will come from.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_155620\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-155620\" class=\"wp-image-155620 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/513.jpg\" alt=\"5\" width=\"620\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/513.jpg 620w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/513-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/513-226x350.jpg 226w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/513-600x929.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/513-300x465.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-155620\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Just so you know who your sponsors are&#8230; Movistar is the major Spanish mobile phone carrier. ENEOS is a Japanese lubricant company that makes some of the finest oils on earth. &#8220;Semakin di Depan&#8221; is the spirit of Yamaha Indonesia, which means &#8220;one step ahead&#8221;.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This is all about the noise.<\/p>\n<p>That exhaust system is the reason this is the first time I can put my hand on my heart and state: \u201cYou know, this is a LAMs bike that sounds pretty good.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Normally, I wanna beat the rider to death with a tomato stake \u2013 which is what old people want to do to lickspittles who rev-bomb LAMs bikes at 2am when their young brains have surrendered to testosterone overload. And because they sound terrible. Hell, kid, if you\u2019re gonna sing the song of our people in the middle of the night, please make that song worth listening to.<\/p>\n<p>So enough \u201cget off my lawn\u201d shit.<\/p>\n<p>The Movistar R3 and I spent a cheery two weeks banging around Sydney and making lots of noise. It lane-splits like a bastard, but since L-platers aren\u2019t allowed to do that, I\u2019m only mentioning it in case some of them decide a law that endangers them is one worth ignoring.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_155639\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-155639\" class=\"wp-image-155639 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/104.jpg\" alt=\"10\" width=\"620\" height=\"914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/104.jpg 620w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/104-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/104-237x350.jpg 237w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/104-600x885.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/104-300x442.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-155639\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Just so you remember. No, it&#8217;s not you. But it could be.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I also had a lot of fun pinning it around twisties. If you ride it high up in the rev-range (double digits all the time every time), you\u2019ll find that it carries a hilarious amount of corner speed. And corner speed is what you need if you like to shame wombats who\u2019ve bought litre-bikes they can\u2019t really ride very well. The R3s handling integrity is superb. Be smooth and you\u2019ll be fast. But if you button off in fear, you\u2019re gonna struggle coming out of bends hard on the gas. A LAMs bike doesn\u2019t come hard onto the gas like a litre sportsbike does. So you have to carry a high corner speed to stay competitive. Just so you know.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_155647\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-155647\" class=\"wp-image-155647 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/415.jpg\" alt=\"4\" width=\"620\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/415.jpg 620w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/415-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/415-536x350.jpg 536w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/415-600x392.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-155647\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The quality of finish is very high. It&#8217;s always very high with Yamaha.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But that\u2019s alright. You have to work with what you have. And this high corner-speed paradigm will teach you to ride, just like those Moto3 bikes teach racers to race before they step up to the big league.<\/p>\n<p>But wait. There is more.<\/p>\n<p>On the day Boon, Dan and I went out to photograph the beastie, I made a wondrous discovery.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_155577\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-155577\" class=\"wp-image-155577 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/139.jpg\" alt=\"1\" width=\"620\" height=\"348\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/139.jpg 620w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/139-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/139-600x337.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-155577\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">With full Racing Clay slicks to go with its full racing exhaust system.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There is a way you can make your R3 spin the back wheel coming out of corners just like the champions do through Stoner Corner at Phillip Island.<\/p>\n<p>What you have to do first is ride the bike into a muddy paddock. Make sure both wheels are coated with magnificent clay. Let it dry a bit.<\/p>\n<p>Now go find some corners.<\/p>\n<p>Happy days. Again.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_155686\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-155686\" class=\"wp-image-155686 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/unspecified18.jpg\" alt=\"unspecified\" width=\"620\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/unspecified18.jpg 620w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/unspecified18-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/unspecified18-601x350.jpg 601w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/unspecified18-600x349.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-155686\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">High-side in 3&#8230;2&#8230;1&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Oh how we all laughed as I filled my pants with terror the first time the clay-caked back-tyre stepped out and started spinning.<\/p>\n<p>But, as I discovered after a few passes, it\u2019s actually quite a lot of fun. Especially with that Akro pipe screaming it head off.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_155659\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-155659\" class=\"wp-image-155659 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/88.jpg\" alt=\"8\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/88.jpg 620w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/88-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/88-525x350.jpg 525w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/88-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-155659\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">All the buttons and info you need at your age. Anything more will only confuse you.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_155668\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-155668\" class=\"wp-image-155668 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/78.jpg\" alt=\"7\" width=\"620\" height=\"894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/78.jpg 620w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/78-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/78-243x350.jpg 243w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/78-600x865.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/78-300x433.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-155668\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The lightest in its class and razor-slim.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_155676\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-155676\" class=\"wp-image-155676 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/1117.jpg\" alt=\"11\" width=\"620\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/1117.jpg 620w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/1117-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/1117-518x350.jpg 518w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/1117-600x405.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-155676\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Very comfortable for you. For her, not so much. But then you can&#8217;t legally carry pillions anyway.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Happily, Australia is a land with a lot of clay. Any good building site has tonnes of it. Most times, you\u2019ll have to bring your own water to make the racing clay, but the reward is certainly worth the effort.<\/p>\n<p>But see how you go. Try not to write cheques your arse can\u2019t cash.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and another thing. You know there\u2019s this thing called the R3 Cup? It\u2019s a race series for R3s. Grown men compete in it, as well as kids with pimples. It\u2019s hilarious. Check it out.<\/p>\n<p>So there you go.<\/p>\n<p>The Yamaha Movistar R3 with an Akro race system on it.<\/p>\n<p>Do it. Think of the panties.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_155694\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-155694\" class=\"wp-image-155694 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/1212.jpg\" alt=\"12\" width=\"620\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/1212.jpg 620w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/1212-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/1212-564x350.jpg 564w, https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/1212-600x373.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-155694\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yeah, I could lose a few pounds.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>\u00a0HOW MUCH?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Movistar R3 is the same price as a normal R3 \u2013 $6399.<\/p>\n<p>The Akrapovic stainless steel exhaust system is $839, or about 140 gelatos, 209 coffees, or 56 pizzas. When you get older, you\u2019ll realise that girlfriends spend this much on a pair of shoes.<\/p>\n<p>Just want the can? No problems. That\u2019s $399.<\/p>\n<p>Go <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yamaha-motor.com.au\/\">HERE <\/a>for more info, specs and your nearest dealer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh to be 17 again. Fearless, bulletproof\u2026attractive to babes\u2026sigh\u2026 Sadly, being 17 these days is not like being 17 when I was 17. When I was 17, you made your motorcycle bones on vicious fire-breathing Jap 1100s. Or you died. Happy days. Today, our feckless youths have been constrained by the State to straddle LAMs. [&#038;hellip<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":155577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[175,24,211,103],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155566"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=155566"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":155732,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155566\/revisions\/155732"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=155566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=155566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bikeme.tv\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=155566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}