Roger, THANK YOU!!! Just got myself a Christmas present :-)
-Thomas =========================== Thomas H. Keyworth http://www.keyworth.net http://www.district37ama.org http://www.jpt-promotions.com http://www.wallyscycleworld.com =========================== ----- Original Message ----- From: Roger Van Santen To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 5:48 PM Subject: Re: Fw: Fw: Re: FJR1300 PRODUCTION CANCELED. Thomas, If you are seriously interested in an FJR, there are some available. Sunnyside Yamaha/Honda has one in the crate as of yesterday. Check out their website: www.fjrgoodies.com. And their price is reasonable. Roger ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas H. Keyworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 9:11 AM Subject: Re: Fw: Fw: Re: FJR1300 PRODUCTION CANCELED. 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 =========================== Thomas H. Keyworth http://www.keyworth.net http://www.district37ama.org http://www.jpt-promotions.com http://www.wallyscycleworld.com =========================== ----- 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....
