Andy, why even compare a YSR80 to a NSR80, the NSR will totally smoke the Yamaha as I have owned and raced both of them.......finally I really hate this word you use, "the Japs".....is it just me or is this a really bad word, just a bad racist word for me, I don't want to see you use this anymore. Please don't say this anymore, I find it disgusting. Maybe I am over reacting a bit, but thats how I feel.