ndivita
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I'm guessing the MSRP will exceed $18k for the ES.
So...is the six speed a big deal? I dunno, I guess if I go 140mph on a really long test track, I won't have to whine about the high revs. Seems like extra gear parts and expense to me. I always down shift before a pass anyways...so it's not like it's saving me anything there. I'm just glad they keep making them...I just don't want to have to row more to get where I want to be speedwise.
If accurate, then apparently I will not be getting a FJR next year after all. Maybe a leftover in 2017. Guess we'll see.I'm guessing the MSRP will exceed $18k for the ES.
Whew. Glad that's settled!So...is the six speed a big deal? I dunno, I guess if I go 140mph on a really long test track, I won't have to whine about the high revs. Seems like extra gear parts and expense to me. I always down shift before a pass anyways...so it's not like it's saving me anything there. I'm just glad they keep making them...I just don't want to have to row more to get where I want to be speedwise.
No one is going to make you shift into sixth gear Marky-Mark. You have my permission to never shift higher than fifth gear.
No. They know tightwad FJR buyer types wont pay that much.I'm guessing the MSRP will exceed $18k for the ES.
Does Honda even still make an ST? I don't think they do, or at least they're not bringing it to the US if dealers within a few hundred miles of here are any indication.If Honda releases a sportier ST with that awesome DCT transmission, I might be tempted there also. I recently bought my wife a Honda CTX700 DCT ABS. It's really fun to ride. Two auto drive modes and a manual paddle shifter mode. I'm sold on it, but still like the power of my 2008 AE.
Honda did release the VFR1200X DCT. That's another interesting bike with the killer transmission. Once you get hooked on the AE, it's difficult to go back to a standard old manual clutch. Believe me.
Suspiciously quiet. I'm refraining from compiling quotes from the NEPRT thread.Oh, and where are all my "The FJR is dead! Yamaha killed the FJR" bitching brothers?
Nah. I bet MSRP will be less than $17,500. Inflation has been very low this year and doubt MSRP increases even $500.I'm guessing the MSRP will exceed $18k for the ES.
I have to admit, with the demise of the ST1300, I have been wondering whether or not Sport Touring style motorcycles are economically viable in the US market.Gen 3.5. You heard it from me third. Or perhaps Gen 3.6 for the six-speed? I wonder what they did with the 7-speed tranny they were supposed to come out with?
Oh, and where are all my "The FJR is dead! Yamaha killed the FJR" bitching brothers?
Personally I am a lot more interested in the 80 mph to 100 mph roll on, and maybe the 5 mph to 80 mph on ramp test.Looking forward to the first Youtube video of a 1/2 mile drag race between a I, II, III and IV. Then we can figure out how this new tranny stacks up.
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