Damn Bill, a hawt girl and a hawt bike? How do you rate?
You packin' 12 or something?
You packin' 12 or something?
Well, no... I call BULL SHIT on YOU!!!!Well I call Bull Shit!
My 10 spiders at 0 miles were oxidized on 3 of my spiders. And I mean enough to sand and spray ACF 50 and then completely coated with liquid tape. So wire gauge or whatever the spiders are shit, period.
Drink the Kool Aid but if they have not changed that arrangement it is spider bites waiting to happen, period.
And as to a wiring part being a different number, who cares? If they have not resolved the spider connections, it is still the same old issue. They can change a length of wire and give it a new part number.
Casandra is one of my favorite people. I bought 8 bikes there over the years and If I get the chance I'll buy another one from her. I always get a big hug when I visit. :yahoo:Here's a more appropriate picture of Cassandra, our Skagit Power Sports Gal, as she demonstrated the ease with which the fairing vent is adjusted to the "Open" position on the new 2013 FJR.
As for that Duc in the earlier post, it took her all of 30 seconds to sell me that bike this past summer.
Well the proof is in the picture. Of course when Jim Jones feed the kool aid to his folks, the first symptom was blindness!Well, no... I call BULL SHIT on YOU!!!!Well I call Bull Shit!
My 10 spiders at 0 miles were oxidized on 3 of my spiders. And I mean enough to sand and spray ACF 50 and then completely coated with liquid tape. So wire gauge or whatever the spiders are shit, period.
Drink the Kool Aid but if they have not changed that arrangement it is spider bites waiting to happen, period.
And as to a wiring part being a different number, who cares? If they have not resolved the spider connections, it is still the same old issue. They can change a length of wire and give it a new part number.
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Show me just ONE documented case of a wiring harness failure on a 2010+ FJR. Just ONE.
'zilla, you need to come a little further north to visit Cassandra. Skagit PowerSports is in Burlington, about an hour north of Seattle.Is that where Tom and I went for our tires?? I don't remember seeing Cassandra there. Just a band that was frigging awful and a hottie behind the parts counter. Almost invited her back to your place for the Bar-b-que...yum!!
I recall the U.S. Yamaha site stated the windscreen did not recline when ignition switched off.Are you sure you have this right?Did anybody notice, while very minor, that now the windshield does not retract when the ignition is turned off.
I'm thinking they did like the Beemer 1600 where it has memory of where you were when you shut off the bike . So basically it retracts fully when shut off, but when you startup the bike it goes back to that memory position (where it was when it was last set).
...gotta be, I'm sure this was copied as such.
Really? This is big news (if it's real). I myself see a lot of need and desire for an 800 class sport touring bike.Heads up!
Theirs rumblings Yamaha is going to introduce and FJR800 based on the 3 cyl cross-plane crank configuration.
If they just take an 800 fizzy and slap bags on it and call it and FJR, I'm out. But if it's shaft and has most of the bigger features of the 13, I'm most definitely interested.
Time'll tell.
The Ymamha site mentions the trans has been upgraded and the 5th gear is an overdrive. If this is true, who needs the 6th gear.I will be hanging onto my 09 because money doesn't grow on trees... but even if I did have the cash, I would want an A model but the fact that it doesn't have the electronic suspension is kind of a turn off (why have it only on the AE/AS ?). Kinda glad to see the 1300cc remain (means that Yamaha have trust in their design). I have to admit, initially I was disappointed to see a 5 speed, but really, it works fine and ultimately it gets the job done. So, will sales hurt because folks will turn away from the 5 speed ? I figure if the rest of the bike sells itself, the tranny won't make a big difference.
I wish money did grow on trees... I am loving the overall look of this 2013.
Both Gens, 5th gear has always been an overdrive. The transmission has been mechanically reworked but AFAIK the gear ratios remain the same as Gen II. If the ratios did get a tweak it will be small.The Ymamha site mentions the trans has been upgraded and the 5th gear is an overdrive. If this is true, who needs the 6th gear.
Yo, Jackwagon! You need advice whether to use 85 octane gas or not and I am supposed to trust you on 'alleged' electrical issues? I think NOT!Well the proof is in the picture. Of course when Jim Jones feed the kool aid to his folks, the first symptom was blindness!
If what the official Yamaha site states is truly an overdrive, I expect in 5th gear the RPM's at 4K will read 85MPH on the speedo. What good is an overdirve if it does not reduce RPM's. The bike has adequate HP to handle the higher gear. I'll take the improved MPG and drop into 4th for a quick pass any day.https://www.yamaha-mo...up=M#contentTop
"Revised, wide ratio 5-speed transmission utilizes widely spaced gear ratios for relaxed long-distance sport touring performance combined with seamless acceleration. 5th gear is an overdrive gear to reduce rpms at highway speeds. A new gear machining method is used on selected gears to reduce transmission noise."
"Revised" probably means something was changed. One might say 5th has always been an overdrive ratio (0.929).
Yo, Jackwagon! You need advice whether to use 85 octane gas or not and I am supposed to trust you on 'alleged' electrical issues? I think NOT!Well the proof is in the picture. Of course when Jim Jones fed the kool aid to his folks, the first symptom was blindness!
ONE! Just one. Show me just one confirmed 10+ failure and I'll shut up and start whining just like you.
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