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I just don't understand Yamaha's marketing plan for the FJR in the US.....There are buyers for the product but there is no product to see/test ride or buy (for the most part). You would think that they would floor some models at the larger dealerships....probally boost sales a ton. How many buyers have the lusting to get a bike....Go see that the FJR is not in stock and buy a ST1300 down the road?

 
On the truck from Japan. No wonder it is taking so long. Are they taking the bridge or the tunnel? :angry:

Sorry to hear that they got your hopes up and didn't really give you the straight scoop initially. I was unhappy when my June delivery didn't happen, but at least my dealer didn't tell me it was on the truck until it was actually on a truck, in the USA, travelling in the right direction.

 
We know for sure the Yamaha container was loaded on the ship....

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(Sorry, bros, I couldn't resist... :erm: )

Stef

 
Just my luck. <_< My bike is on that ship, That ship will sink, My bike will wash up on Gilligan's Island. :huh:

Cheers.

Marc

 
IT IS HERE! :D I think it was on the ship pictured above because the shipping crate was trashed. :dribble: BUT other than a few fairing scratches and a dent in the left muffler it is OK. Yamaha will replace those parts but I am going to pick it up and ride it anyway. I am not sure if the bags have come in yet also ???? :(

Oh well, Tomorrow will be set aside for paperwork signing, Picking up the bike, 50 miles on the way home, An oil change, a good coat of Tech-Wax, Insurance, and some farkeling. The rest of the weekend is for riding. :D

So PDP date was May 4 2005 and a promised delivery in June. Actual arrival is July 21 2005. It has the Metzler MEZ4 tires. (YEA!) Oops I don't want to start a tire thread.

I gotta go down to the garage now and sit on the Ducati and make Yamaha noises. :lol:

Ride Safe.

Marc

 
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I had to wait from February 9th to August 5th for my first FJR.

I sold and delivered it to Twisties this past Memorial Day and had my new 2005 delivered to my driveway (Yeah!) on that Friday...June 3rd. In fact, it was a surprise since I was not expecting it for at least a week or so. Got a call at 9:15am Friday morning (still in bed since I took the day off) and was told the truck left the night before and would be there that morning. 11:00am that morning the truck showed up in front of the house. ...Gotta love it. :clap: :D ;)

Got about 3500 miles on the new FJR since June 3rd with a ride to Arkansas and another to the CFO.

 
I gotta go down to the garage now and sit on the Ducati and make Yamaha noises
Compared to the Duke it sounds like a blender :blink: but it's a helluva bike.

Congratulations, bro. You must be sitting on your Feejer by now and making Ducati noises :haha:

Stef

 
... How many buyers have the lusting to get a bike....Go see that the FJR is not in stock and buy a ST1300 down the road?
I tried the ST1300: it sounds like a sewing machine, looks like a scaled down Goldwing and I don't like the burgandy color they're offering us this year... I want a Galaxy blue FJR, as my 12 year old grand-niece would say: "Dude, I want it all and I want it now!"

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I've had mine for 59 days and have 4885 miles.  :p
Don't any of you guys have a real job? You're spending way too much time with the FJR!
That's only ~83 miles a day. Back before I worked out of my house, I called that "commuting". My Laguna Seca trip this year was only 2200 miles in 12 days- spent more time looking at the scenery than riding, I'm afraid.

Go home, get aquainted with the wife/kiddies,
The spouse-unit learned how to ride this spring- she went to the races with me.

mow the grass...
That's what the child-unit is for. :D

get some quality time with your neighbors...  ;)
They're never home, either- always running around in mini-vans, schlepping the kids from one activity to another. At least when I haul the child-unit around, I get to do it on the FJR.

 
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