Goodbye Hello Kitty or Yamaha MT-03 in Tina's Experience

I like Japanese culture, I have already been to the Land of the Rising Sun twice, so I suspect that the slogan is in its place. But not because it would be some sick culture of dark people who rarely smile. In contrast, in Japan, smiling is the norm, and girls in their forties and older still giggle at every little thing. But the Japanese have a dark side, which manifests itself in the "day" with the onset of night. In this sense, I also understand the sharpness of the steel beast that I raced from dusk to dawn - as a manifesto of darkness on two wheels, the ergonomics of which allow you to tightly hug it with your legs (muscular front, minimalist rear) and merge with it, as with darkness. Goodbye, Hello Kitty, the night has come and I've been waiting. So like. I want to trade my pink motorcycle jacket for black leather. The desire is instinctive, but that's how the Yamaha works for me, as my Catalan friend calls it.

For the road warrior, who can also ride with an A2 driver's license and is based on the YZF-R3 model, the designers raised the handlebars slightly, removed a lot of weight, brought back the pedals, and thus created a sitting position that is nothing short of ready to jump into the dark. . Driving a Yamaha is never sleepy, though it doesn't require much from the rider, be it motorcycling expertise or heroism. It's lightweight, manageable, has a soft clutch, fast gearbox, class-leading torque and a nimble engine. She only travels a few meters in first gear, is a winner on city streets between third and fourth, a champion on the tight turns of narrow streets, and looks confident on the highway. That's right, I had vignetted my Yamaha and, despite many judgments from fellow male journalists questioning MT-03 driving, I stumbled across a few toll stations. Maybe it helps that I'm 55 pounds, but at the end of the day, this is my test. Yamahata is versatile, original, phenomenal enough, and I'm behind it.

Text: Tina Torelli

Photo: Petr Kavchich