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Just got a couple of pics back from Barber... ...of my quaint, old-school '04. You'd be pretty hard-pressed to find another spode with a Bagster tank cover at the racetrack, no? :haha: :)

I've had to do some highway miles on my WR450 after getting lost at Enduros. Just remember, even though it's a monster in the woods, it still gets pretty out of breath on the highway. :)

Nice shot Omega! ;) Oh, and we'd have far fewer forest rats, if we'd just let coyotes populate and eat a few of our kids. As long as it's ANIMALS killing other animals, that's okay. :D Why do we not eat more venison? - - On the pidgeon strike, that pidgeon woulda really hurt if...

Gr8eyes, That Jamie James R1 has a powershifter, not an automatic clutch. Big, big difference. I like technology... until it makes something heavier and slower... like a new windows operating system. :dribble: or like a Honda ST1300. :blink: :)

Anybody know if that motor has been 'touched?' I looked on the website and the compression ratio was reading .1 higher than the 'non-LE.' :)

Would a motorcycle be born gay, or is it made that way by its environment? :P

I think I've figured out why this has me pissing and moaning - It looks to me like Yamaha is sneaking this platform away to the blue hair set, and away from the "maybe-do-a-track-day-on-it" set. That makes me part of the "not-intereested-in-it" set. :D I could be wrong. Oh, I have...

BrunDog, you're killin' me! :haha: It sure doesn't seem like the bike is moving in an F1 direction to me. :huh: I think if it were a performance upgrade, we'd hear Yamaha selling it as such. "Easy" is the word they seem to be using. I've ridden with a RevLok clutch on a dirtbike, and...

Umm, yeah... uh... :huh: :blink: :dribble: :)

+1 :)

I did. I talked to him at length on the subject before Dale Walker committed to try anything. Ivan had the same initial thoughts that Dale did. Nobody knows how much you'd get. Ivan speculated very little, without cam/valving/compression mods. Right now, Dale is a little out-of-pocket...

Me too. The full system wouldn't make the FJR a big polluter. It just doesn't work that way. The system without cats will not make much difference in sound level through slip-ons. My R1 through slip-ons makes no discernable difference with, or without the cat. No one knows if a properly...

Relax, I wasn't there... but this sort of thing happened to a friend of mine... 2 groups of different bikes, one fast - FJRs, one slow - Ducatis... The leader of the fast group makes a safe pass, and then over a blind rise and around a curve, and the WHOLE fast group went around totally...

Glad you're basically okay, Dana. :)

Make the comparison more interesting and put an R6 against the FJR. If the R6 driver isn't good with the clutch, you'll beat him every time. If he is good with the clutch, you may not see him until he stops. ;) :)

Just wondering... I can't seem to load the site. :)

I don't think they fit in the shape of the tail very well. I much prefer 2 oval cans that fill the void, and look like they belong there. I'll bet they're pretty squiddly loud, too. :blink: :)

I'd speculate that M1S will never make it out of the wealthy collector category. I don't know if anyone can tell what the lifespan of those growler motors would be on the street, yet. My golly, do those things sound incredible in person! -and- unless CARB (California's emission standard)...

On the street anymore, I'm starting to disregard the curve signs completely. In my neck of the woods, they are wildly inconsistant at best. Imagine the drunk hillbillies putting them up in the Ozarks, (speaking lovingly of my neighbors here) where I ride... perhaps mostly so they have...

DOH! TwoWheel... I think I just figured out what we were PM'ing about. Sorry about that. My rant above was triggered by my recent perceptions that ALL of the FJR boards are being 'inundated' right now. Sorry for that, good buddy! :cownoy: :)