I wasn't at Daytona today but watched a great race on Speed channel. Anyway I was at the Cycleworld show at Daytona on Sat.and saw the FJR at the Yamaha tent. Sitting on it felt lighter than my GTS,but it was dry .I hope they come out with optional bar heights because the bars were about an inch or two too high for me. I might feel different after a ride. There was a vendor, I think it was GIVI who had an FJR on display all tricked out. It looked great and showed the potential for this bike. It had the wheels polished, Olhins remote rear and a D&D exhaust slipons. The tone comming from those D&D's was deep and throaty. Next I checked out the new Honda ST 1300. I can't wait for a magazine sport tour shootout because the Honda for me looks so much better built. Better looking and better fit & finish. I suspect though that the FJR will be the choice for the SPORT oriented guys and the ST for the more TOUR set. -Pete
--- John Laurenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you FJR1300 enthusiasts didn�t go to the Daytona > 200 today you missed a > real performance show of the new FJR1300 when ridden > by RANDY MAMOLA for a > couple of parade laps. I was told during our oyster > and beer get together > Thursday that the FJR at the booth, which is the > only one in the country, > might be in the parade lap..........it was big time. > > Randy entertained the audience for about 15 minutes > running around the track > and stopping and starting a couple of dozen times > and doing burn outs with > the FJR. In between the burn outs he would wheelie > it though the gears with > the FJR pointing skyward for hundreds of yards on > the track. If that wasn�t > enough picked on the R1�s and FZ1�s in the parade > and raced them around he > high banks..........he was actually pulling away > from them......:>) > > I couldn�t resist going back to the Yamaha booth to > see if the FJR was there > just to look at the rear tire........it was, and the > tire was down to the > bare nylon threads across the bottom. There had to > be fifty other riders > gathering around it talking about the FJR in the > parade lap. I�ll bet that > show alone sold fifty FJR�s. > > hawke __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! http://mail.yahoo.com/
