u/ClaimLive1864

T700 advertising

Hey guys!

Wanted to hear your opinions on the matter.

Recent times i noticed many advertising reviews for the refresh bike. I remember ordering t7 world raid as it was released. At that time advertising felt real because it was based on experience of other riders and also it was new bike. Today i feel like all reviews for refreshed are bought out. Maybe im wrong.

With the China entering strong to the game. It feels that this moment expresses panic on Japanese side. Here is why i think so:

  1. Some time ago it felt that yamaha would let product itself to do advertising. Now it feels that they pay for adverising expenses which end user ends up paying for. Sooner or later.

  2. Refresh model is not what it could have been (pointless to upgrade if you already have t7. Or in other word lack of inovation. Sure all of us different. But i would better buy ohlins and other upgrades for the bike rather then replacing it with updated bike.

  3. China takes some of the buyers. It could be alot of them, it could be not too many. Don't have hard data to specify amount. With all those brands (voge, kove, cf moto and so on) most of yamaha buyers could find something they like at the fraction of the cost. Also parts prices are way different. You can buy some complete plastic parts for china bike for 20 eur, while some of the washers for yamaha cost more.

  4. Its an old bike. Wrap it however you like, but it was released 2019. Refresh or not refresh its still almost same bike. Exactly same stuff happened to r35 gtr, yamaha raptor and so on...

Ofc this is only opinion of mine, would be cool to hear other people thoughts!

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u/ClaimLive1864 — 5 days ago