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Old 08-05-2004, 02:33 AM
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Re: Bike Model

Sad to say I'm not too optimistic to see any releases of the type of sport bikes you talk about. Europe and USA have a lot of GSXRs, Honda 900rr:s and Kawasaki ZX-9r:s on the roads and probably just as many of the 600 cc versions. What seems to be the problem is that, at least Tamiya, plastic models mostly sell on the japaneese market. Correct me if I'm wrong but I've heard numbers of 70 percent of their production goes to the domestic market. Japaneese riders are said to be more keen on the high cc bikes and that's wy we've got the ZX-12, Super Blackbird and the Hayabusa but only the R1 as a bike we're more used to see over here. That's how I've got it explained to me.
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Joel
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