Now settle down here a little. Last spring, the Viper was supposedly going to out run the SRX till 80MPH, and that never happened. The hype got to everyone last year, even me. So I am going to be wait till I get a honset opinion.
This thing is still going to weigh 600+ lbs!!! that is heavy!!! SRX weighs 565 lbs. Yam says the RX1 will weigh within 5%, so that is 593 lbs!! Add 10 gallons of gas @ approx 7lbs a gallon, that is almost 700lbs.
There are things that would bother me about what Yam. is doing with the RX1. I think it is the way to go, and the technology is ready to take advantage of 4 storke performance. But Yam. is going to use a gear reduction off the end of the crank to slow down the 10,000+ rpm to make it clutchable. Yamaha had this on the VMAX4s, and it plagued the sleds. After a year or two, these gearboxes started to wear, and the performance went out the window.
I think the time is right, and praise that at least 1 manufacturer is pursueing the future of our sport. Just step back and wait fellas, let the technology come to us. Don't let the manufacturers use us as the test bed!!