I realize this thread is now a couple weeks old, and I must confess I don't always
keep up you guys (but I do peek in occasionally) but..... w/ both GTS' down right
now, (think I stripped the drive sprocket/shaft a couple weeks ago - haven't had the
heart to open it up to find out yet - the other's STILL in the shop, still waiting to
have the fuel injectors synced).. I finally decided to go down and get the FJR 1300...
hah! silly me. Of everything I read on Yamaha's site, nothing alludes to the fact
that they're impossible to get.
So I went down to the cycle Show in Long Beach yesterday -- and to add insult to
injury, an FJR1300 pulls up along side of me as we rolled towards the parking lot :-(
-- and made a beeline to the Yamaha booth to find out what gives.
Apparently you needed a $500 deposit down earlier this year. Even then they were over
sold (as mentioned below) and a special order had to be made to the factory to make
good on those sales. No one really knows anything about the 2004's -- color, ABS,
availabilty, etc -- but the only thing I did get out of it was to plop $500 down at
my dealer in February to reserve the 2004.
Sounds like a really fu__ed way to sell a product if you ask me. Nevertheless, I'll
be putting my bid in for one come Feb... BTW... the Yamaha rep I spoke w/
yesterday..... turns out to be the owner of the FJR1300 that I saw sitting in the
crate over at Montclair on Sat..... :-(
-Thomas
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Thomas H. Keyworth
http://www.keyworth.net
http://www.district37ama.org
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http://www.wallyscycleworld.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: Jason Kaplitz
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 8:15 PM
Subject: Fw: Fw: Re: FJR1300 PRODUCTION CANCELED.
Here is a message from a good friend of mine who has had a FJR since August
maybe. I've been sending him some of the FJR posts from out list.
Jason
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Hinton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Jason Kaplitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 11:14 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: Re: FJR1300 PRODUCTION CANCELED.
> The reason there are no more 03s is that totally oversold on the PDP
> program. Folks aren't getting the orders filled until January. Then
> comes the 04s, already announced in Europe and they also have an ABS
> option. So, everything I have heard on the FJR list is simply that they
> cannot produce anymore 03s due to being oversold, therefore they do not
> appear on the dealer's order sheets.
>
> As far as surging is concerned... there is just a little bit of surging.
> It gets a little worse with mileage.. then it all but goes away as soon
> as you do the first throttle body sync. We are all finding at least one
> intake off by a good bit when doing this proceedure. Evidently there is
> some early wear to cables or such which cause this. My bike only
> exhibits surging at very low speeds when I'm in a drift mode... no power
> on.. no power off... the injection can't seem to decide to feed gas or
> not. Otherwise, the common R1100 rider would say, "What the hell are you
> talking about? This bike, surging?"
>
> I think you can stay away from that dealer... I think they are feeding
> you a big line... maybe in hopes of selling you some other bike instead
> of telling you that you'll have to wait until August or September of
> next year... Then again, maybe they are the 'ONLY' one who know this?
> HAH! I doubt it. We have some pretty good channels open on the FJR list.
>
> There is very little talk about any surge on the FJRowners list... very
> little. Now, windshield, bars too tall, bars too short, seat too hard,
> seat too soft, sweat too wide, seat too narrow, too much heat, not hot
> enough... we got plenty of that! When it is above 85 degrees, the gas
> tank 'does' get hot... That's about my only gripe. Unless you'd call
> feeling like you are poking into a curve and then look down to see you
> are flying thru the curve... it gives very little sense of being at its
> limits.. drag limits. I managed to touch a muffler down and the bike was
> as secure as Fort Knox.. It just keeps saying "Thank you sir and what's
> next?" "Wheelie? Stoppie? Power slide? Shields up Scotty? Shields down
> Scotty? How about some really bright bright lights? So, you say you
> wanna hang the rear end out going into this curve? Sure, lets do it all!
> <VBSEG>
>
> Sorry... guess I'm a happy camper.
>
> John Hinton
>
> Jason, please send this thru for me....
>
> --
> John Hinton - Goshen, VA.
> http://www.ew3d.com
>
> Those who dance are considered insane
> by those who can't hear the music....
