mcatrophy
Privileged to ride a 2018 FJR1300AS
So today I rode to my friendly dealer (very cold, very bright low sun) and ordered a new (obviously) 2018 FJR1300AS (that's the YCC-S variant to those who don't recognise the "AS"), so Spending some of my Kids' Inheritance.
Had a bit of a wait while he tried to locate any in the country, but none available (I was hoping they'd have hundreds of '17s that they wanted to sell off cheaply, but no such luck), so one will be ordered from Japan. May not be here until mid February. I will have the shiny near-black colour, not the dull white or dull blue (that's "Tech Graphite", not "Matt Silver" or "Phantom Blue").
In passing, he says that the "A" will no longer come with side cases as standard, presumably to get the base price as low as possible.
I've agreed a price and a part-exchange value, the dealer will hold these even if there's a 2018 price hike, or even if I don't get the bike until 1st March - in the UK there's an advantage in registration number year marking which could affect the resale value. That doesn't particularly worry me, but if it's not here before very early February, I will wait until March.
Why am I changing? Certainly not because there's anything wrong with my present (2014) bike. Mostly it's because, due to recent events, my enthusiasm for motorcycling has diminished. I'm hoping a nice shiny new bike will renew that enthusiasm. I'm also hoping the lights will enable me to see better on some of the unlit country roads I've been on in the pitch dark, where I've scared myself sh*tl*ss when I've been unable to see any difference between the road surface and the mud, ditches, rocks and shear drops just off the edge of the road. It's not because it's got the extra gear, the helically cut gears or the revised dash layout. I don't know of any other improvements over my 2014.
Anyway, this will be my 4th in the series - by some sort of coincidence roughly every 4 years.
Two problems, one is that I shall have to take lots of plastic off to transfer my heated-vest controller and wiring (together with my Tomtom mount), the other is that I'll have a brown ("Magnetic Bronze") top-box that may look a bit funny on a near-black bike, in which case I'll have to find someone to paint it suitably. The top-box, not the bike.
Hopefully it'll be first-serviced and fully run in (maybe not the full 20000 miles) before the end of May, when it (and I) will be winging our way (actually sailing) to Spain for a week's motorcycling.
(Click on image for larger view)
Yamaha publicity picture
Had a bit of a wait while he tried to locate any in the country, but none available (I was hoping they'd have hundreds of '17s that they wanted to sell off cheaply, but no such luck), so one will be ordered from Japan. May not be here until mid February. I will have the shiny near-black colour, not the dull white or dull blue (that's "Tech Graphite", not "Matt Silver" or "Phantom Blue").
In passing, he says that the "A" will no longer come with side cases as standard, presumably to get the base price as low as possible.
I've agreed a price and a part-exchange value, the dealer will hold these even if there's a 2018 price hike, or even if I don't get the bike until 1st March - in the UK there's an advantage in registration number year marking which could affect the resale value. That doesn't particularly worry me, but if it's not here before very early February, I will wait until March.
Why am I changing? Certainly not because there's anything wrong with my present (2014) bike. Mostly it's because, due to recent events, my enthusiasm for motorcycling has diminished. I'm hoping a nice shiny new bike will renew that enthusiasm. I'm also hoping the lights will enable me to see better on some of the unlit country roads I've been on in the pitch dark, where I've scared myself sh*tl*ss when I've been unable to see any difference between the road surface and the mud, ditches, rocks and shear drops just off the edge of the road. It's not because it's got the extra gear, the helically cut gears or the revised dash layout. I don't know of any other improvements over my 2014.
Anyway, this will be my 4th in the series - by some sort of coincidence roughly every 4 years.
Two problems, one is that I shall have to take lots of plastic off to transfer my heated-vest controller and wiring (together with my Tomtom mount), the other is that I'll have a brown ("Magnetic Bronze") top-box that may look a bit funny on a near-black bike, in which case I'll have to find someone to paint it suitably. The top-box, not the bike.
Hopefully it'll be first-serviced and fully run in (maybe not the full 20000 miles) before the end of May, when it (and I) will be winging our way (actually sailing) to Spain for a week's motorcycling.
(Click on image for larger view)
Yamaha publicity picture
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Enjoy that trip to Spain, take lots of Pictures for us.
