I really hate Yamaha of Brazil. Today I had an excellent offer for my ZX9 and probably will sell it.
So I decided to search for an used R1 to buy.Can you believe that in 2002 and 2003 Yamaha only brought to Brazil red and silver R1s. Not a single blue one !! Notice that blue is the color that everyone recognizes when someone wins a race ( MX, SX ) as being Yamaha's.
Regarding the 2004 R1, Yamaha will only bring them in 2005 !!! WTF?!?!? I heard that in September they will bring 16 R1s , but 2003 !!! Nobody knows the colors they will bring, which dealers will receive them , or the price.
Here Honda dominates the market with almost 90% of motorcycle sales.I wonder why...
Being the most beautiful sportbike , the 2004 R1 would definitely get attention from everybody. Even non riders would notice it and relate the quality to the brand, thus making some free and very effective advertising.
Here , people think Yamaha only makes small , noisy two-stroke utility motorcycles. Meanwhile Honda is selling CBRs !!!
It seems I will have to get a gixxer or a ZX 10R , but I think they're soooooo ugly ...
Yamaha of Brazil sucks bigtime!!!