That actually looks decent without the bags on. Of course I still prefer my FJR tho
I don't know their marketing strategy, but, my guess is that they are more concerned with having old Concours owners upgrade to the new one rather then tempt FJR riders to switch. However, there will be some, including some on this forum, that will make the change.
I think you're right but that's to be expected even if you are introducing a Bergman. I have gone on one Kaw forum from time to time as I initially had an interest. There have been lots of posts of dissapointed waiters who cancelled deposits and bought FJR's for various reasons. I'm thinking that they were targeting the FJR more than the C-10 as they matched the price exactly, specs are almost identical. HP/weight - FJR 4.45 GTR - 4.41 etc, etc Also the C-10 guy seems to be more of a "value" buyer. I hear a ton of resistance from those guys, not to the bike, but to the price. After all it was a 55% increase over the 06 C-10! I think that if you take the next FJR up even 25% you'd hear a ton of bad mouthing from the fold.
I was going to throw in a dig and say that Yamaha wouldn't keep a model around relateively unchanged for 15 or 20 years (like the Concours or KLR 650), but, I soon remembered a dinosaur called the V-Max.
I'm thinking we should wait until we see an independent weighing of the bike. Motorcyclist Magazine puts the AE at 687 wet. If we beleive mamayamaha, the AE weighs 11 more lbs than the A which puts the A at 676 wet. Will be curious to see where the GTR comes in.
