From the picture below clearly the 2012 Yamaha Fiore is marketed for women, and not the person who thinks with his brain instead of his heart
Like the new model Yamaha TTX the Fiore's
got Yamaha's latest fuel injection which it bills as YMJET-FI.
This setup has a dual valve two channel setup where the concept is to
shut one valve off when the bike is at idle or low throttle in order to
reduce fuel intake to a minimum but to open the second channel up with
the second valve when significant speed or acceleration is required.
The bike is lightweight at just 98 kilograms (216 pounds) while it
sports spiffy 12 inch diameter wheels and tires. It is this
that I take my chief issue with. The wheels are overly small
while being relatively fat (they are 9/90's in the front and
90/90's in the rear) which means they are even fatter than a Nouvo
Elegances. This is a concession to Italian design and as such it's
a spinoff of the Vespa which has been with us for over fifty years.
But the laws of physics cannot be denied. A larger diameter
rotating mass of larger diameter wheels and tires simply provides a lot
more stability than smaller 10 inch or 12 inch diameter wheels can ever
hope to provide, and if you don't believe me, simply go to Wikipedia and
a few other online sources where you can read all about centrifugal
forces and similar rules of physics that apply to such things as
rotating wheels.
There is no doubt that the Fiore is cute however, and cute will often
sell a lot better than common sense. The Fiore has a rather
smallish fuel tank at just 4.4 liters capacity but one can fill it quite
easily with the easy to get to gasoline fill-up that is located just in
front of the driver's left knee on the lower part of the bike's console.
On another plus side the storage area beneath the seat is much more
ample than the TTX's or for that matter all those Finos, Clicks, Mio's,
and Honda Waves.
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