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Is This The New 2014 R1?

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#1 · (Edited)
I'm sure this is a frickin rory but just got my SSB magazine and saw this article

 
#6 ·
The new front fairing and mirrors look like a cheetah but I don't think it fits good with the beefy swingarm. I love the rear end of the bike just think they should have left the front alone. And the gap in the fairings WTF is that about
 
#11 ·
Looks Photoshop. Like a bunch of different bike parts molded into 1. Tail looks kinda ZX10 stubby and rounded. Front looks like a mish mash of R6 and Ducati. Swingarm is beefy like the S1000rr with a similar downturn at the axle.
 
#23 ·
The caption says "concept design and words by ..." which tells me this is just someone's idea of what it could look like and not directly from our beloved Yamaha.... like and dislike it....looks radical though and I think that is what the R1 needs right now is a radical new design.... the anticipation... will they live up to the hype?
 
#28 ·
As was said already and for those born yesterday: It wont look like that, those "spy photo" , "leaked info" BS mock-ups are almost always simply current bike pieces photoshoped together as some sort of horrible idea of what it might look like, 99% it's not even close. My only question is where's the shit SSS? Every BS mock up in the past 10 years either had a MV or Duc pos swingarm on it.