SkooterG
Purveyor of Crooked Facts
Disagree.My opinion is that either (a) leftover stock from 2020, in which nobody bought a bike (thanks COVID, Hurricanes, Locusts, and ______), and/or (b) Yammie way of saying that they are not going to put any more R&D into the FJR1300. Not even a marketing study for color. When they are gone, they are gone. The Tracer 9 GT is going to be Yamaha's S/T bike.
As that fart smeller wfooshee alluded to, once it is built and a VIN assigned (not to mention shipped to North America) it is that model year. Period.
And your assertion that gone is gone is not supported. There have been plenty of other model years where they have done the same thing. 10-11, 18-19, and now 20-21. This is my SWAG here, but no doubt if the model is selling slowly, or they overestimated production numbers, they have a lot of parts sitting in the supply chain. Easy to just use those for the next model year. Cheap solution with no R&D investment required.
Also my SWAG, but when Yammie builds the final FJR1300 model year for North America I would expect to see a send off like Europe got with the 'Special Edition' Might happen. Might not. At this point it is all wild conjecture.
So I am slightly optimistic that there will be a 2022 FJR1300. Hopefully a different color, and if the last model year for the model, a special edition model offered. Which will cost me some serious $$$. Fuke. I hate buying new. Rarely ever do it.