2001 Yamaha FZ1
By BLAKE CONNER
Yamaha's R1 poses for
photographer David
Dewhurst ill the Spanish
countryside - oops,
actually that's an FZ1,
but It could Just as
easily be mistaken
for an R1 with it's
clothes off.
PHOTOS By DAVID DEWHURST
he Andalusia province of Spain
is probably one of the most culturally diverse in the country. It is
said that most of Spain's stereotypes
run rampant in the region. Bullfighting, flamenco music, sherry, and
tapas (what we call appetizers),
which are the dinner of choice in
Spain, are all very popular.
Located in southwestern Spain,
the region is also rich with history,
having been occupied by the Phoenicians, the Moors, and the Romans
among others, and attacked by none
other than Napoleon. The city of
Cadiz is actually very important to us
Americans, because it's where
Christopher Columbus set sail from
for a couple of his journeys to the
New World. So why were we in Spain
in the first place? When Yamaha
decided to do their international
press introduction for the new FZ 1 in
Spain, I jumped at the chance. Spain
has got to be the most motorcycle
friendly country in the world, and we
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were going to be
riding on public
roads, so it was the
perfect place to act like
a complete hooligan.
The street ride planned
by Yamaha took us
through some of the most
superb sights that Spain
has to offer, medieval
castles, Moorish arches,
and the region's famous
white villages. It was
sometimes hard to keep
an eye on the road, especially when famous sights
such as the Rock of
Gibraltar, or the beaches
of Morocco (just a few
miles across the Meditere
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