Chuck,
Did you get my private mailings?
eldon
chuck,
Does the new FJR have a heavy feeling in the front end at slow speeds in tight corners? or a feeling of suddenness when going into a leaning situation?
Reason for hose questions is that a 08 or 09 that I rode about 50 miles on ca couple of years ago felt that way too me.The power was sweet, but the feeling of that bike left me with nagging doubts in my mind. It had good rubber under it , but the feeling was in a sense like it had a car tire on the rear , or a mc tire that was squared off from mostly straight road riding, or as if it had raked , or extended forks. I am not knocking this machine in any way a the rider it belonged too said he never noticed these features.
I see in the specs that it is recommended for regular gasoline , that is a very nice, and handy feature!
Eldon
Yamaha has listened to there customers, Honda better get with the program here in the US or more of us are going to defect.
The weight of the FJR falls right in between the ST & the NT.
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There is a bit of a learning curve, as Yamaha does things a bit different than Honda, and they write/layout their service manuals a bit different.
Just to let you know, I might not be posting on the forum as much as I did in the past but I am not going to go anywhere, as I have some good friends on this forum. Might even throw up a pic or two from time to time. Besides who is going to give the AirForce (Rick) any grief if I were to leave.
Arrgghh! You guys have planted a seed. I'm going to try to kill it! I don't want to get another bike!! But..... the FJR sure looks good.
Well, guys, the '13's are sort of a medium grey. The '14's are red. The '15's are kind of a dark graphite grey.
Chuck, at Spearfish, I had a chance to sit on an NT. I was surprised how heavy it is.
I like the FJR service manual.
And I never owned an NT or ST, yet you all let me hang around here. And I do not plan on leaving until you all kick me out. I bought an REI tent because of the recommendations here.