Cycle News - Archive Issues - 1990's

last year's fork. But we do know the '94 fork works well. The new fairing and windscreen combo does a fine job of keeping wind turbulence down in the cockpit. In the tucke d-in position, very little wind blast can be felt - and it's very quiet. We managed to cram in about 60 miles worth of street riding on the FZRlOOO during our short stay in Georgia, and it still makes for an outstanding street bike. For a "race" bike, the FZR is reasonably comfortable, makes good low-end power and is extremely quiet, thanks, in part, to the EXUP valve in the exhaust system. As far as its appearance goes, the '94 FZRIOOO is strikingly pretty. It will be available in one color scheme - mostly solid black, with bright orange and purple stripes. The cast-aluminum wheels are painted black. And how much will it cost? As of now, Yamaha hasn't set a suggested retail price for the FZRIOOOF, and isn't likely to do so until closer to the bike's February release date. Yamaha is still waiting to see what happens to the relative value of the Japanese yen to the U.S. dollar... but one Yamaha spokesman did assure us that the FZRlOOOF will cost slightly less than the $9799 MSRP of the YZF750R. Yamaha's mission to improve upon the '93 FZRIOOO was a tough one, but they pulled it off, nonetheless. Any rough spots the FZRIOOO might have had, have been smoothed out on the '94 FZRlOOOF. The big question now is, just how are they going to improve it next year? c¥ While Cycle News believes theforegoing test reliable, it is the opinion ofthe reviewers only and should not be relied uponin determining the performance or safety of the vehicle!s). The reader ~hould make his or herowninvestigation We ,W o uld Like To Congratulate All Our Riders For 1993. Just To Name A Few * ••• MOTOCROSS ROAD RACING KEVIN SCHW ANTZ SCOTT RUSSELL MIKE KIEDROWSKI MIKE LAROCCO 500 WORlD GRANDPRIX CHAMPION WORLD SUPERBIKE CHAMPION 00250 NATIONAl MX CHAMPION 00 500 NATIONAl MX CHAMPION BRITT TURKINGTON MIGUEL DUHAMEL GRE ALBERTIJN G PEDRO TRAGTER 250 WORLD GP MX CHAMPION 1 WORLD GP MX CHAMPION 25 TODD DEHOOP JIM CHESTER 00 750 SUP ERSPORT CHAMPION 00 600 SUP S ER PORT 2nd PlACE 00 500 SUPERSPORT CHAMPION AARON SLIGHT WORLD SUPERBIKE 3IlI PlACE DALE QUARTERLY 00 SUP ERBIKE 2nd PlACE DOUG CARMICHAEL GERALD ROTHMAN 00 GlVCHAMPION 00 600 &750 SUPERSPORT EXPIERT CHAMP SUZUlO 750 NATIONAl CUP CHAMPION oo-ecs NATIONAl HNI SUPERSPORT CHAMP SUZUIO CAN·AM NATIONAl CUPCHAMP GEEP TERRANOVA AFM 1st PlACE OVERAll FORMUlA II1 stPlACE FRITZ KLING TIGER SOHWA 00 750 SUPERSPORT EXPERT 3IlI PlACE 00 750 SUPIERSPORT 3IlI PlACE ooROOKIE-oF·TliE·YEAR MIKE BARNS AND SCO ZAMPACK TT JASON PRIDMORE 00 600 &750 SUP ERSPORT EXPIERT 2nd PI. 00 GTOENDURANCE 2nd PlACE 250 TENN SX SERIESCHAMPION 250 CAROLINA UlTRA C OSS SERIES C R HAMP 1 N CAROLINA MX SERlE CHAMPION 25 , JUSTIN BUCKELEW JIRI DOSTAL CMC GOLDEN STATE NAT 80cc 11-11 CHAMPION IN NMA WORLD M I GP 80cc 11-11 CHAMPION GOOD TIM 80cc 11-11 CHAMPION ES NMAPONCA CITY GNC 8Occll-ll CHAMPION C GOLDEN STATE NAT 80cc 12·13 CHAMP MC G vmTER SERIES 8Occ12·13 CHAMPION A CORY KEENEY STEVE ANDRICH 00 REGIONAl 125 STQC1( INT CHAMPION 00 REGIONAl 125 MOD INT CHAMPION CMC GOLDEN STA NAT 250 PRO CHAMP TE CMC GOLDEN S TE NAT 125 2n

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