Video Intermission – The Sultan of Swingarm

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I recently featured an oddball Yamaha GTS1000 custom, and reader Mark C made me aware of a 30 second TV spot that Yamaha released to market this technologically advanced bike. Consider it a history of forks:

For some reason, whomever created this video has the commercial play twice:

If that wasn’t tacky enough, you absolutely have to watch at least the introduction of this piece, called “Evolution of the Species.” Apparently it’s a promo video that Yamaha created for their dealers, so it would play in dealerships and customers may have also received a copy of it. Bask in the 90s CGI:

This bike-uriousity brought to you by Mark C!